Bila Nenek Membebel

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

Erm…betul la tu kot. Tapi aku almost NEVER judge a book by it’s cover. Apa yg aku buat, judge a person by the KIND of book they read. Aku percaya apa yg kita baca reflect personality and thp maturity kita. That’s why jenis magazine aku berubah ikut my stages of life.

Kanak2 (7-12)
Masa ni abah aku selalu belikan buku and majalah utk aku. Yang aku suka baca selalunya majalah Kawan, Bintang Kecil, Pintar and kadang2 majalah disney tu. Kt kelas pun ada majalah cikgu beli guna duit kelas. And kitorg selalu berebut2 nk baca majalah tu. Selalula dgr kt kls tu “Pas ni kita cop!” atau “Lepas Mira, Shuba, lps tu Amnah, lepas tu….. (insert nama org ikut giliran derg)” bila majalah baru sampai. And of course, by the time majalah tu dh sampai giliran aku, majalah tu dh tak rupa majalah lagi. Rupa belacan is more like it. Tp tak apala. Aku rasa yg best baca majalah tu sbb boleh baca ramai2. Nak2 klu kita ada crush dgn one boy dlm kls. Boleh ddk sebelah2 sambil baca majalah bersama2 without looking gedik sgt. WAHAHA!

Early Teen (13-15)
During these tw years, all I read was REMAJA. Masa mula2 beli tu rasa bangga sgt sbb konon2 dh remaja la. (Okeh aku tipu. Reason sebenar aku beli sbb masa tu cover dia gbr lelaki hensem. Aku dh menunjukkan minat terhadap jantina lawan since 13 ok?). Then after that aku tak terlepas even satu keluaran pun dek loyal sgt.

Tapi satu slack magazine ni ialah derg byk kencingkan org. Since aku baca EVERY SINGLE FUCKING article, so kira aku leh detect which article is real and which is bogus. Derg ni byk tipu fakta woooo. Aku pulak bukan baca this one magazine je. Aku baca surat khabar mingguan yg ada bahagian kesihatan tu, and aku pinjam magazine JELITA mak ngah aku gk. Article dlm REMAJA ni kebanyakkannya adalah sampah sbb byk fakta derg copy paste dr internet sj.

To make matter worse, derg ni suka buat kuiz. Kuiz pun tak matured and sampah gk. The last straw was ada satu keluaran ni, when they publish two articles psl benda yg sama tapi berlawanan antara satu sama lain. Ko phm maksud aku? Contohnya camni la. Kt page 40 dia kata, coklat tu menggemukkan, byk kalori dan boleh menyebabkan jerawat. Then kt page 180 tetiba dia kata dakwaan kononya coklat tu menggemukkan and menyebabkan jerawat tak benar! Pdhal baruuuuu je derg kata coklat tu camtu!

Aku mmg menyumpah habis majalah tu. Since then aku stay away from that magazine. And truth to be told, I can’t help but pandang rendah for those yg dh 26 but still bought and read the damned magazine. Sorry la. Bhn bacaan pun camtu, cane aku nk respect. Huhu.

Teen (16-17)
GALAXIE! And several comics. But those comics tu not religiously bought every month pun so tak kira la. Ini kt MRSM dulu kira majalah plg hot la!. Ssh ko nk jumpa org yg tak beli and baca this magazine. Yg wat hot tu sbnrnya aku saspek psl ada berzillion gbr Backstreet Boys and N’Sync. And not to forget latest lyric of the hottest songs!

Aku beli psl aku bermotivated nk improve my English. And this magazine is the cheapest and fun way to improve my English. So kira byk gk la jasa magazine ni. Haha…

Young adult (18-23)
CLEO. Obviously. And other glossy fashion magazines. Yg plg prominent CLEO la. Oh ye, time ni aku dh tak beli Malay magazines sbb majalah derg nmpk ketinggalan zaman sket. Bukan fakta dlm majalah derg yg ketinggalan zaman, tp design, and sometimes even the photos quality pun still cam… early 90’s dulu.

Masa ni baru terasa nk jd cantik, nk berfesyen2, nk stylo2. Konon2 la. CLEO ni pulak macam katalog. Every single item yg derg display in their magazine siap ada price tag lagi, so sng nk bajet, berapa ringgit nk save bln ni so that I can buy those yummy lipstick, or dress, or that amazing handbags, and so on so forth. Tp aku saspek target audience dia adalah yuppie (Young and proffessional), so harga brg yg derg display mmg tak igt dunia pya! Tp okla. At least kita tau what is the latest brand in the market.

But for those yg igt this is a bimbo magazine, rasa2 slh kot sbb kt dlm ni still ada worthy nye articles about life, love, careers, sex… Byk yg related dgn actual life and article derg sgt practical. And not to forget all the freebies every month! Very exhilarating and very generous. We girls like two things in the world (apart from money and sex, obviously): we love discounts and free things! And they offered these pretty much in every single month. What else to expect? Hahaha…

And after several years, even I still love the magazine, (and even when I can now afford to buy the items they featured in the magazine), I think the theme can no longer relates to me. I mean, sometimes I think the editors were made up by a bunch of feminist because they love being single.

Hey, I love being single too but I won’t stay single forever. I’m now in my stage of life where I’m ready to COMMIT and to SHARE. So I’ve shifted to the new stage:

Adult (Konon) (Now- few coming years)
Now my magazine of choice is IMPIANA. The ideas are amazing and modern. The photos are so beautiful and artistic. Compared to Anjung Seri, I definitely choose this one la sbb idea dlm Anjung Seri tu… common sgt.

Even though aku ni tader artistic touch whatsoever in interior design, (and I will most likely will kemas my house in Anjung Seri-like manner), I still like Impiana. Modern, fresh and up-to-date. Oh, thanks to Impiana, I now have a perfect idea on how to kemas my rumah. Ada satu rumah ni, dia nye floor plan was exactly like mine. So I plan to copycat the theme down to every details.

What? Plagiat is the higher form of flattery what? Hahaha…

Near Future
I think, maybe… I’ll read… I don’t know. Majalah RASA maybe? Beli majalah resepi plk.

Then maybe…

…PA&MA. (HAHAHA).

Future, like…10yrs ahead?
Baca buku panduan naik haji. InsyaAllah. And buku persiapan menghadapi mati. (Insaf tak? Insaf tak?)

Haha…