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friday five childhood stories

1. What were your favorite childhood stories?
gosh, i have so many of them! i like all enid blyton's and astrid lindgren's books, trio detektif series (what's the english title?), tintin, asterix, tanguy & laverdure, and definitely the little house series (laura ingalls), e.b. white books such as charlotte web and the trumpet of the swan, and all of hans christian andersen stories, of course.

i also really liked the hercule poirot series (agatha christie), the little prince (antoine de saint exupery), the cricket in times square (george selden), and count of monte cristo (alexandre dumas). i would read all these books over and over again and never got bored of them. just remembering them makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. :)

when i was in junior high, i switched from agatha christie to sidney sheldon, because after a while of reading agatha christie, i could begin to see the pattern of her mysteries and could pretty accurately guess who the killer was. my favorite sidney sheldon book was master of the game (ratu berlian, in indonesian). but then i quickly got bored with sidney sheldon after a few books, because there's always the same pattern of a woman protagonist and this huge conspiracy that just got old after a while.

2. What books from your childhood would you like to share with [your] children?
all of the above, with the exception of sidney sheldon books because of the many sexual scenes in them.

3. Have you re-read any of those childhood stories and been surprised by anything?
yes, i re-read the little prince a few years ago, and was surprised to find that it actually had a rather philosophical message in it. when i read it as a child, i just loved it because i thought it really cool to come from a planet that small and then making trips to neighboring planets like he did. it didn't matter to me that i didn't understand what the stories from those other planets meant, or why the fox did what it did. i liked it because it's different from other children books that i had at the time.

4. How old were you when you first learned to read?
around 4 years old, i think.

5. Do you remember the first 'grown-up' book you read? How old were you?
i can't recall if it was the murder of roger ackroyd, murder on the orient express (both by agatha christie --which set me started on the entire collection of her mystery books) or count of monte cristo. i think i was on fifth grade at the time, which meant i was about 10 years old. these were my sister's books, which later on pretty much became mine. :P

Comments

you know des... i really like little prince... it's so philosophical indeed.

and i think we shared the same kind of books when we were a child... *cheers*

hihihi.. ketauan deh emang anak2 jaman dulu seleranya sama. ngapain lagi kalo gak baca buku? abis kan dulu hiburan gak ada lagi selain hoya sama si unyil. x)

It's the Three Investigators.

Remember Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardena Krusmynta Ephram's Daughter Longstocking?

Hihihi....

buset! hahahaha... koq elo masih inget nama panjangnya si pippi sih, xin? :D

Well, lucky you still remember all those old stuffs =) i cant even remember one of 'em hahaha pathetic!=p~

My oh my, childhood memaories, eh, d?

If I mentioned my favourites, I'd have this comsys full with one whole entry ;)

last night i was just hanging out with some friends.. and we're trying to get a hold of videos of "candy candy" or "lulu" *eh itu bukan stories yaa?*

and ooohhh.. how i love those mystery books, alfred hitchcock, enid blyton, agatha christie.. and more.. :D

candy2? gue inget dulu sempet nangis bombay gitu nonton candy2 wkt kecil... sedih banget ceritanya! elo nonton ikkyu san juga gak shin?

Aaw... I read those books. Love it! Mostly The Little Prince :)

I like trio detektif too, the original version
is Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigator.
you can check t3i fan page at :
www.3investigators.homestead.com
www.threeinvestigators.com
www.tunneltwo.com

they also have a discussion group at yahoogroups.

wah, ada fan page-nya segala? asik juga ya... thanks yusuf! :)

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