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What a busy day I have gone through today! Guess what again ? I bought myself a copy of Harry Potter 7 ! Finally I have it, right there in my room ! And guess what I did as soon as I reached home from the bookstore? I quickly wrapped it with high quality transparent wrapper, it shows how much I treasure and love this book, same fate for the 6 previous books which are under good care of me.

As I mentioned earlier in my previous blog, I got 20% off for the book and guess again what I bought as supplement in order to have that discount? I wanted to buy a detail map on Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding area and today all my dream came true. Yes, a map plus a passport transparent cover for my new passport. Speaking of that passport cover, with regret I must say that it’s now in my trash . Wonder what happened to the cover right? It’s just an ordinary and perfect transparent cover yet pricey, so when I tried to put my passport into it, the cover was a bit small till I couldn’t fully insert my passport into it. It’s so tight and in the end I torn the whole cover due to vexation. So that’s its fate and I wasted RM 2.70 for nothing. The Immigration Department did offer me a cover, but it’s not transparent, moreover I don’t like its “design” and it costs 30 cents more than the one I bought today.

Forget about the cover, let’s concentrate on my book. I plan to read it tonight yet I think I should start reading it this coming weekend (albeit I know the ending already ). So on what reason I postpone the reading? Some of you may know that I will go to Tioman Island in this coming Thursday till Saturday (3 days 2 nights) . There will be 10 of us including 3 French girls. Thus I won’t have time to read it. And it’s the reason which kept me busy in the whole morning. Jun Hui and I were kinda responsible for looking for resort. We called almost every resort asking for chalet availability for 10 persons and it’s urgent since we are going there this coming Thursday. In the end we managed to get one which suits us the best – Juara Beach Resort, a stand alone resort located in the east of the island which facing to the South China Sea and it’s the only resort where we can admire the beauty of sunrise . Although it’s far away from the main village – Tekek on the island, we guess it’s suitable for us to have getaway from the busiest jetties and resorts which concentrate around Tekek.

Perhaps due to excitement, I woke up quite early for doing it and my dad, he just came back from work in the early morning (my dad comes back once every month, he works at outstation). We went to pay bill together in the afternoon and bought some bulbs to replace the broken ones at home. Guess what? I “overpaid” the bill! Haha . It’s a long story and I don’t intend to tell it here unless you ask me face-to-face. Later I went to Jusco to buy some biscuits for the trip and also for the Harry Potter book at the bookstore located inside the shopping centre.

So you might wonder why I put double two as my blog’s title . The double two stands for 2 new discoveries and 2 surprise phone calls. So let’s commence the first one: 2 new discoveries I had today: I found the chocolates which I bought from France at Jusco! The chocolates, I forgot its name but I recognize the packaging, surprisingly it comes with many flavors ! I should inform my friends who love eating my chocolate that night during the reunion that we can actually buy it in Malaysia but it’s a bit costly. It sells at RM 7.50 for a small packet; second discovery is about chocolate as well! Remember that I mentioned a chocolate biscuit which cannot be found in France called Tim Tam as recommended by Sookie Kwannie (sold only in New Zealand and Australia according to her). So SK, we actually can buy it in Malaysia! I wanted to buy it today but it’s pricey! Haha, what a lousy pretext! Yes indeed, it’s pricey for a small packet of chocolate biscuit. Since Jusco does sell Japanese and Korean food, it’s not surprised that we can actually get western food as well. So that’s the 2 discoveries I found today at Jusco (where I love shopping ).

2 surprise phone calls, one from my really-long-time-no-see-and-contact friend . It’s been 5 years that we didn’t contact each other, since the day I left to study abroad. I was shocked when she asked me to guess who is she (actually both phone calls I had today, both of them asking me the same question ). I didn’t recall any when she finally revealed her identity. Thank god you found my contact number, Zhi Zhi! That’s her name though… I am really overjoyed about our conversation today, hope we can really meet in Kuala Lumpur later; second phone call, it’s also from a girl, also asking me to guess who is she in the beginning. This I must apologize that I am very sorry to ask you to hang up during the first call because I was doing some administration stuff at post office. Of course I recognized your mature voice, it’s Yen Ting anyway, another ex-classmate of mine for almost 8 years. Yeah, as promised, I will try to arrange a date to meet up with you in Kuala Lumpur. Hopefully it will be another great reunion.

Two surprise phone calls from two different girls, that’s really double two happiness and they are actually my long-time-no-see friends. So do keep in touch, my friends! Do call and message me always, my phone is always on and I check my email quite often. My blog is the best place to know my story that I go through everyday. So to my friends, treasure your friends and make them know you are actually missing them as well by sending them a short message or calling them. It’s worth it, believe me, and there is surprise outcome which is waiting for you !

If you have experiences with buying book online or if you have good French vocabulary, you will know the difference between relié and broché. I learnt a lesson recently, I ordered 4 books at Amazon and when I received the parcel, it's "light" than I thought. Once I opened the parcel, the 4 books as I ordered were perfectly in good conditions except there was a small problem with the books, it's not the type I wanted.

Ah, got it? You learn two new French words today, congrats! Well, relié and broché are simply mean hardcover and paperback respectively in French. No wonder I paid for them at "reasonable" price. I rechecked through Amazon site, it's about 10€ different between these two types for the same book. Luckily, I could return the books and I could get the refund; on the other hand, the post fee isn't refundable. Due to my negligence I have paid for that post fee, sad... So guys, check wisely before paying for the items you buy and make sure it's the item you want, don't end up just like me. You all are wise guys...

I am watching the debate between the two French presidential candidates (Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy) on channel France 2. Frankly, I don't understand much of their debate regarding to some laws and politics. Well, I don't care much since I don't have right to vote . The second round presidential election will be held in this coming Sunday. Who will be the future president of France? Wait till Sunday night.

I forgot to mention that I have fnished reading it a week ago. So it's time to let me say some words on it.

My first impression on this book? You really wanna know? It's boring at the beginning of the story which made me ummotivated to keep reading it. But in the end, it's getting climax and interesting.

Its story? Erm, it happened at NSA (National Security Agency), USA where it had a machine called TRANSLRT which can intercept any encrypted email from all over world and decrypted it. This permited them to reveal any illegal actions like corruption and terrorism, which could endanger the security of USA.

Then an ex-japanese-worker at NSA, who was son of a female victim in Hiroshima, Japan where it had been bombed by USA army during second world war, claimed that NSA should respect people's privacy because everyone is permitted to have his/her own secret, hence the destruction of TRANSLRT is a must for NSA.

So the Japanese guy invented a genius algorithm code which was not able to be decrypted by TRANSLRT, the ultimate code which was put on bidding on internet and downloadable for everyone. The one whose bid is highest would have the decrypt key. The Japanese guy threatened NSA to destroy the TRANSLRT before the bidding was ended.

The NSA didn't believe it's unbreakable code and downloaded a copy then tested by using TRANSLRT. Normally TRANSLRT spends maximum 3 minutes to decrypt an encrypted email. TRANSLRT had run almost 24 hours but it's failed to decrypt the genius algorithm code.

There was attempt to get the code from the Japanese guy. So the whole story is about murder, being hunted, keep on the run, etc. For those who are interested, this book is you wanna looking for. Another thriller novel from Dan Brown.