What? *blinking innocently* 
 I just think when adult life gets heavy, it's nice to reread old books you have enjoyed as a kid. 
 So, looking forward to get these books on my next trip to the bookstore! 
 After reading: 
 The Princess Diaries series (three first books to be exact) marked my first venture into the teenlit genre. Reading this book in my elementary years felt like a rebellion, since I was only permitted of reading islamic/children fiction books or historical/scientific books before. While my usual choice of books was entertaining and educating enough, there's something refreshing about this series. Guilty pleasure, I think, as I read these books after my parents have slept, or masquerading as if I'm studying history when actually I read these books undercover. 
 The Princess Diaries told us about Mia Thermopolis, an average geeky teen girl who suddenly found that she is the sole heir to the throne of Genovia after her cancer-survivor father proved unable to produce another heir. Mia was forced into attending so-called princess lesson with her snobbish Grandmere, the Dowager Princess of Genovia. As if life as a teenager was not confusing enough, with her flunking grade in Algebra, concern about her body-image, and unreciprocated crush to the cutest boy in school. Oh, and her mother dating her Algebra teacher. Life couldn't be anymore simpler, right? 
 Although I didn't have most of Mia's problem when I was her age (I'm no princess of Genovia and couldn't care less about the size of my chest, for example), I could easily relate to her. It's as if a real fourteen years old wrote this, in a good way. How Mia being dramatic over something so silly, we all have done this at least once when we were younger, and this makes me chuckle now as I'm engulfed with the feeling of nostalgia. 
 The Princess Diaries also helped me change my diary-writing style. 10-things list, transcript of secret conversation written over a piece of paper during lessons...all kind of fun things you can do with diaries! I even wrote my mathematic lesson sometimes on my diaries, complete with personal commentaries about how I can't see this inverse things will help me in my future career. Just like Mia! So I can honestly say this first book in particular has greatly influenced my personal life. 
 I know I should just imagined Anne Hathaway as Mia. She's the one who played Mia in the movie, right? But for me, the one and only person I can imagine as Mia is one of my best friend in elementary school, Stannia. She was tall for her age, kind of awkward with her fondness of...uhm...weird shoes, and overly dramatic sometimes. She had a really Mia-ish vibe about her. 
 And now I miss her so much.