Chiling

by Nadia Khan

Kumpulan puisi yang boleh diwarna oleh Nadia Khan. **Chiling itu bukan salah eja.**

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Teori kekacauan [prosa]

Pagi itu dalam perjalanan ke pejabat aku melihat kereta bersesak-sesak dan tiba-tiba teringat satu papan tanda di tepi jalan – “You’re not stuck in traffic. You ARE traffic.” And I laughed. You see, going to work at this hour is not a norm for me. Tapi dek kerana ralat kecil yang dilakukan manusia lain, aku menjadi punca kepada masalah komuniti. And I started thinking about all the little things in the world – about snowballs, the butterfly effect, the little corners of our minds that end up housing a tumour from a tiny anomaly. Jadi aku berhenti di kedai kopi – duduk minum sambil melihat kereta-kereta lain berlalu pergi. Hari ini, aku tidak akan menyumbang kepada tragedi. -Nadia Khan

Paperback

First published January 1, 2018

About the author

Nadia Mohamad Hatta, or Nadia Khan, graduated with M.B.B.S. in 2009 and is now a part-time tutor,full-time writer and all-time procrastinator. Also on her plate is wannabe philosopher slash filmmaker, but not yet cooked to perfection. Discovered by Buku Fixi after winning a national script-writing competition, she had her first novel Kelabu published in 2011. This was followed by her short stories anthology aptly named Cerpen (2012) which also included her contribution to another short stories anthology entitled Kopi (2012). Her first script to be made into a telemovie was 'Aku, Dia dan Tong Sampah', produced by Playground Productions. Currently tutoring a medical faculty at a Malaysian university, she is also pursuing her Master's degree in Psychology.

Reviews

[Haq Raihah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tentang macam mana aku sayang kau
Percayalah, kau tak nak tahu
Cuma yang perlu kau tahu
I care about you too much...
... to ruin you

— Gibran


Mungkin sebab Gibran, aku baca Chiling.
Dan semestinya sebab Ray.

Ada puisi/prosa yang menusuk hati,
Ada yang sekadar baca di angin lalu.

Potret nanti-nantilah aku warna,
Bila aku bebas dari waktu sibuk.

[farahxreads · Rating 2 out of 5]

Moga kau ketemu
Si dia yang terus merenungmu
Dalam keselesaanmu
Tanpa jemu

Some were good but some were just too plain for me. It was not particularly engaging although a few of the pieces struck me; Soulmates, Tanggungjawab dan Puing. Overall I just could not connect to this, I barely highlighted anything and I don’t think it is very memorable for me. Incredibly underwhelming but it might be just me. You might like it. Or love it, even.

[Hani Suraya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lagi seronok mengaler daripada membaca pulak kali ni
^_^!

[Hamsiah · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a person who does not into poetry/prose before this, Chiling really open my eyes! Is it too much if I say I love you to this book? Hehe