The Opera Populaire

Hmm, shd have bought more books here. Books r expensive here, prolly becos it's imported. I tell u, Jakarta is not a good place to shop. Anyway, these r e books I have finished reading this hol:

1) The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
2) Burmese Days (George Orwell) ...legacy of our dear Dr. Aung-Thwin. Hehehehe :)
3) The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
4) The Odyssey (Homer)

Yupz, I tend to like fiction and it was great to take "History in Fiction" and learn that fiction can be a good historical source as well :) As some of u peeps know, my ISM was oso done using fictional works as primary sources. Johan was terribly disappointed when I said I dun need to interview him for info for Eurasians. Hehehe. BUt he's fine after I explained to him.

Anyway I went to Kinokuniya yesterday here. Wanted to buy these books:

1) Chang and Eng
2) Boy and Going Solo (Roald Dahl)
3) The Pianist (which was made into a movie some time ago)
4) The Umbrella Man and Other Stories (Roald Dahl)

Looked for these elsewhere:

1) Larasati (Pramoedya Ananta Toer)
2) Di Tepi Kali Bekasi (PAT)
3) R.A. Kartini (PAT)
4) Buku Kita (PAT)
5) Kencana (PAT)

Pram's books r now more easily found in Jakarta, after e downfall of Suharto. Just for info, Pram was exiled to Buru Island and his books were banned during Suharto regime. I have always liked his writings since I did "History in Fiction". During exam time, I would take some of his books off our Central Lib shelf and read during my break time from studying, for 2 sems liao.

Ok...off to bug theThai Airways to give me a place on e 19th Jun.