After more than two sleepless weeks of preparing for a midterm AND a group assignment (completed), I think I'm back at full strength. Enough strength for me to write about the Bookfest @ Malaysia 2010, held from 4th - 12th September at the KL Convention Center. If it wasn't for my dad, I wouldn't know about the event. So, we went there on the first day, and I took a few shots with my humble 3.2MP cameraphone. Quite a tough thing to do, considering the hellishly large crowds barging throughout the BookFest...the place was literally SWARMING with people.
A brochure and a wrist band. These are what you need before entering.
Managed to catch Amir Muhammad's session at 2.30 pm. He talked about the book "Yasmin Ahmad's Films" (which, from what I know previously, was written around 1 month after Yasmin Ahmad's death from stroke in 2009), and it was followed by a preview of one of her movies. I bought one of his books titled 'Rojak' and had it signed after that. :-) Unfortunately, I forgot to take the book back from my brother, who borrowed it to read during the Singapore trip one week after the Bookfest. Noooo!!!
My one greatest regret is that I couldn't catch Russell Lee's sessions, at 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., and 7 - 8 p.m. I've been reading his compilation of True Singapore Ghost Stories books since primary school, how long has it been, 12 years I think? Though I do doubt the authenticity of some of the stories in there, I love to read Mr. Lee's remarks (often witty and sarcastic) at the end of each story. Noooo (for the second time)!!!
A few more shots here.
This is only part of the queuing lines to the cashiers.
And now I end this post with a picture of the chicken bowls often used for 'mi kolok' in Sarawak. *Big smile*
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