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CONTAMINATED My Journey Out of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Title: CONTAMINATED My Journey Out of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Author: Gerry Radano, MSW
Publisher: Bar-Le-Duc Books
Price: RM100.90 (USD$18)
Pages: 205
Year: 2007
ISBN9780979228803

INCURABLE! This was the knockout punch she had dreaded hearing, yet knew in her heart was inevitable. Her psychiatrist had apathetically put a label on her that was tantamount to a life sentence without parole. Equally devastated by her doctor's declaration and furious by his cavalier attitude, she vowed on the spot that she would prove him wrong. Her diagnosis - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Gerry's storybook life as a flight attendant who traveled the world, an accomplished real estate entrepreneur, and a happily married mother of two was interrupted overnight by OCD. She survived the kind of mental torture normally only seen in movies like The Aviator, she in three psychiatric hospitals, had countless hours of therapy, tried every medication available, and eventually lost connection to her relatives and friends, her career, her husband and nearly her children. Radano's relentless determination pulled her thru. Now she is using that same fierce resolve to rebuild her life.

My Life in France

Title: My Life in France
Author: Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
Publisher: Anchor Books, USA
Printed Year: 2006
Price: RM58.09 (Kinokuniya)
ISBN9780307474858

Synopsis:

Julia Child singlehandedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn't know the first thing about cooking when she landed in France.

Indeed, when she first arrived in France in 1948 with her husband, Paul, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets and taking classes at the Cordon Bleu, her life changed forever. Julia unforgettable story unfolds with the spirit so key to her success as a cook and teacher and writer, brilliantly capturing one of the most endearing American personalities of the last fifty years.

Warna & Coli

ELEMEN warna memberi pengaruh besar kepada penampilan diri seseorang.

Segelintir pakar aura mengatakan tidak semua orang sesuai dengan warna yang dipakai sehingga ia menidakkan penampilannya untuk kelihatan menarik.

Bahkan, pakar terapi warna memperincikan bahawa warna dan individu memiliki aura tersendiri yang mungkin tidak mampu diungkap dengan kata-kata.

Bagi sesetengah wanita, kepercayaan terhadap aura bukan hanya diterjemahkan dalam pemilihan pakaian yang dipakainya dari sudut luaran saja.

Menitikberatkan soal dalaman, bahkan hingga kepada coli dipakai, ia diperincikan dengan penuh ketelitian oleh golongan hawa.

Menurut Pengurus Pemasaran Avon Cosmetics, Hanim Sahrom, wanita menitikberatkan pemilihan warna termasuk coli dengan memilih beberapa warna popular dalam menjuruskan keperibadian masing-masing.

“Kira-kira 30 peratus wanita memilih coli warna hitam dan merah kerana ia mewakili keunggulan, kesungguhan dan kehangatan diri mereka.

“Kedua-dua warna itu sesuai untuk saat istimewa iaitu ketika mereka inginkan mesej untuk menggambarkan diri yang bersifat lantang dan terang.

“Warna hitam dan kuning pula turut memberi petanda efektif yang membawa erti ‘perasaan panas’ dan ‘suasana hangat’ atau petanda ‘berbahaya’,” katanya.

Biarpun warna coli memberikan seribu pengertian diri dan mewakili selera peribadi, beliau mengakui pilihan warna lain turut menggambarkan keperibadian dalam mencipta suasana dan cita rasa tersendiri.

“Warna menyebabkan mata bertindak balas terhadap gelombang tenaga. Tanpa cahaya, tidak ada warna dan apabila hari beransur gelap, warna pudar akan hilang sedikit demi sedikit.

“Ini bermakna, jika cahaya adalah sumber kehidupan demikianlah juga pentingnya warna terhadap kehidupan itu sendiri.

“Memakai coli berwarna bagaikan meletakkan tenaga semula jadi ke atas tubuh selain mencipta reaksi bawah sedar,” katanya.

Menurutnya, pilihan coli merah jambu mewakili sifat feminin dan diri wanita sopan. Pada masa sama, pilihan warna itu juga memiliki daya kekuatan cukup bertenaga untuk menarik perhatian dalam kelembutan.

Beliau akui lebih 40 peratus wanita gemarkan warna demikian. Warna putih yang menjadi pilihan sebahagian wanita pula menggambarkan kesucian serta nilai ringkas dalam diri wanita berkenaan selain mewakili sikap jujur dan tulus.

Bahkan, katanya, warna bersih itu adalah pilihan terbaik kerana dalam keadaan suhu panas, ia membantu menyejukkan minda, jiwa dan perasaan.

Namun, apa saja warna digemari wanita, yang terpenting dan harus difikirkan adalah kesesuaian serta keselesaan untuk memilih coli.

“Selain kecanggihan fabrik, corak dan warna pilihan yang pelbagai, cara pemakaian turut memberikan kebebasan untuk berfesyen mengikut cita rasanya.

“Misalnya jika memilih coli tidak berkelim beralas span, ia menjanjikan kemasan dan licin pada pakaian sendat seperti kemeja-T dan kebaya,” katanya.

Selain itu, dia tidak menafikan jenis fabrik seperti nilon, satin, renda dan net adalah fabrik asas yang merevolusikan pakaian dalam hari ini.

J.K. Rowling & I

Every one knows her - J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter. But does any one know about her life, especially before she is well-known? Upon finishing her first Harry Potter book, she's been through a divorce, her mother died, being a single mother - raising her daughter alone and lived on goverment subsidies. I think she began to write at the age of 30, more or less.

Her manuscript was rejected bu 12 publishers! Even the one that purchased it advised her to get a day job. But now, she's rich, much richer than the Queen of England!

I'm going to be 31 by September this year. 30 was my turning point age. I do everthing that I wish for. After losing a job last year, I bought lots of book but I had no intention of being an author or writer. I'm happy when I look at my book collection. I bought everything, novels, travelog, beauty, etc... and even psychiatry book! I was thinking of writing essays. I wrote one but I got no feedback from a magazine.

Until fourth quarter of last year, I began seriously writing a book. The idea of writing music book pop up on my mind. I never planned it. Thanks God for that idea. I pray so hard,  hoping that my music book project goes smoothly.

I heard people say, "You can't make money by writing book." But I want to prove that it is wrong!

La Principessa Schiava - Jacqueline Pascarl

Saya ternampak buku ini, La Principessa Schiava di sebuah kedai buku semasa berada di Stesen Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Harganya Euro20.00. Saya tidak membelinya kerana saya tidak faham bahasa Itali. Ketika itu saya mengagak tajuk bahasa Inggerisnya Once I Was A Princess, mengenai perebutan hak penjagaan anak seperti yang diketahui umum. Buku ini telah diterjemah dalam pelbagai bahasa. Saya ingin sekali memiliki buku ini kerana saya ingin mengetahui cerita kedua belah pihak, iaitu Jacqueline dan bekas suaminya. Kesinambungan buku ini ialah Since I Was A Princess.


I guessed the title La Principessa Schiava must be Once I Was A Princess written by Jacqueline Pascarl, although the direct translation is The Princess Slave. I saw this book at the book shop at Santa Maria Novella Station, Florence and the price is Euro20.00. This book is about a mother's grief over her son and a daughter who were taken by their father (her ex-husband). I wish to have this book since I want to know the real story from both parties, Jacqueline herself and her ex-husband. This book is translanted into so many languages and the sequel is Since I Was A Princess.