Books?

Assalamualaikum semua..

I was sitting down tadi, trying to start reading a book but my mind was wandering off somewhere... I couldn't concentrate on whatever was written on the page... I flipped through the book.. It is thick indeed... one of the hundreds of books in this room that I picked... I looked around and asked myself, how did I know which book to pick out of the hundreds... How did I know how the story will entertain me?

I picked another book and sat down with two of them on my laps... One on the right, and the other on the left... The one on the right was not too thick and not too thin... It is the second book that I chose... Baby pink embroided pillows, flowers lay selfless on the bed and a night lamp tinted gold.. It looks so fresh and inviting... I read the synopsis written on its back... my eyes widened!! I was really scared to explore the book... a story about a woman who is married but in love with someone else? No way! I put that book away...

The one on the left had a picture of a red scooter and a guitar on a farmland.. It looks like a kampong.. The sky was blue with some clouds painted in.. This was the thick book I was looking at earlier... I picked it because of the title 'Kalau ada Jodoh..' ... I read the synopsis at the back, and it really hits me how it feels like I was in the story.. Then I became scared lagi to really sit down and hayati the book... I was scared I would cry...

If I was me 3 years ago, I would go on and explore any books despite its cover or storyline... because that Me 3 years ago kept everything simple... If it made me cry, then I would cry... If it made me sad, then why dwell over it... Some books really touches me and I never forget them even for a page.. Some books makes me think and sometimes I just forget about them...

Then I started thinking... Reading a book is just like knowing a person... From one page to the next... Really exploring what is hidden and what is shown.. placing myself on that person's shoes and try to reason why this and that happen.. A synopsis is just the surface that the person wants me to know... It was up to me whether I am interested enough to read through after knowing a little bit of the story..

Choosing a book out of hundreds is just like choosing a partner for life out of millions.. but ofcourse you won't know millions of ppl, wud u? I don't know about you but not me... Choosing a partner for life eh?

The books that have been forgotten are people who just come and go in my life and doesn't really make any impact... But those books which I have read and become a part of, I will always remember, not because of the red scooter and guitar stuck on the front page but because of the story it brought me through till the end...

Me, Saya, Ana : women are deep thinkers.. and men think we are complicated..