My Third Free Book

Happy New Year!!! It is now officially 2013 and the year started awesomely. If I only knew, our library started giving free novel books again when the classes resumed by January 03. Today is January 05, and I am pleased to say that I am still satisfied because I got another chance to take home another thick book.

In the past, I had acquired two novels. So far, only the first is finished. I’m just starting the second book and here comes the third one. I have so many pending books to read and they just keep on coming to me. Hehe..

Anyway, to give you a preview of its story, it is about an American writer who tells about his secret. By the way, the book is entitled "My Secret History: by Paul Theroux. According to the synopsis, “...He tells us that it is his secrets which made him a writer...”

As a mass communication student, it pretty much attracted me because I also write. Right now, I am making this web log entry. Back in high school, I wrote in the news section of our school paper. As of lately, I have listed ideas for stories that would be good for novel. I don’t know what the main character of this story wrote about, but I also liked it because of the author’s note that “some of the events and places depicted in this novel bear a similarity to those in my own life...”

I would also like to know the writing style of the book because it was published in 1989, four years before I was born. So this is my life, and I hope that one day, I would also be able to publish my own book containing my own story. Cheers!

Wonderful (Adventures of Life)

Melting...

everyone's clamouring about how hot it is today.

Wiping...

my hands that sweat so much.

Lying...

about where I am already.

Feeling...

satisfied as it was not bad at all.

Carrying...

my observatory behavior with me, I end up

Grinning...

because of the funny and unusual things happening in this van.

Listening...

to radio music for leisure.

Stopping...

we've already reached our destination.

Closing (Those nights...)

Standing...
I can now feel the pain in every part of my body.

Looking...

in any direction just to entertain myself.

Crouching...

doesn't help that much.

Eating...

what is left of my sandwich to keep my energy up.

Missing...

all those times when I could have slept early to gain enough energy. So, now I'm

Regretting...

why I chose to become so hard headed. I'm presently

Paying...

my jeepney fare because finally, it arrived.

Calling...

this a day relieves and comforts my exhausted brain and body.

Heartbreaking (Almost a Casualty)

Seeing...
what seems like the end is

Bothering...

my feelings for the day. Then I end up

Noticing...

that the other passengers of this van were not aware. Anyway, I've been

Thinking...

of what might be a good distraction. Now I'm

Writing....

again, to express and release this feeling. My heart still keeps on

Pounding...

fast and kind of irregular. I can feel the pain.

Traveling...

right now to school because I have a class so I'm

Hoping...

that this feeling would end eventually.

Doctor Who?

''...No, no, no! Hate what some of them do, hate some individuals if you must, hate intolerance and injustice and slaughter and man's inhumanity to man,  but never, never hate people...''

Why is it that we humans tend to become very hard headed? I mean after all of the things that we've been studying we seem to act like we didn't learn anything. I don't know. Maybe we learned. It just so happens that we chose not to apply them.

Doctor Who is a character in what they say as a hit series in BBC. I learned about him through a book I read. The very first one is entitled 'Doctor Who: The Last Dodo.' He is not human and I'm not yet sure he is under the category of aliens.

I can't help myself but notice that there are messages relayed in different forms. I mean, in a story in reality, a real person teaches others with or without his knowledge. But mainly, in a fictional literature, lessons are conveyed through the use of non-existence. It’s the same way with the cartoons and animes.

For this instance, it is Doctor Who who made a point. Aren’t our creative minds very amusing? We found a way to show the message by other means. The only question left is,  ''Is the intended message received properly by the audience?''

Welcome To Their Family

''...Perhaps the secret was to stop looking for greener grass.

Perhaps the secret was to make the best of what you have...''

A mother having an affair, a father being ill, a son who is gay, and a daughter who is re-marrying... you will find this kind of family in Mark Haddon’s book “A Spot of Bother.”

He is an interesting author, Mark, I say. His first book, “The Curious Incident of Dog in the Night Time” really caught my attention. I became very interested in it because it was a story of a child who is autistic. I wondered how the story will go on having that kid as the main character.

This time around, his work still interests me. I find ‘A Spot of Bother’ fascinating – it has its dramas but still, comedy exists in the middle of it. Imagine a family forgetting the numbers of one another. How silly is that? They are not an ideal family, yes, but there are so many things to learn from them.

For those people who doesn't read that much, I still encourage for you to try reading it. For those bookworms, this novel is very much recommended.

Welcome to their family. It would drive you crazy. Just remember to hold to your sanity.

Satisfying (11:29; 09:25)

Waiting...
that's what all people who lives in Cavite do.

Staring...

that's what I can do in this heavy traffic.

Sleeping...

well, everybody's tired from today's activities AND THIS HEAVY TRAFFIC.

Suffering...

I am from the pain brought about by this headache.

Smiling...

I saw this cute literally smiling Mazda.

Doubting...

should I take his picture? The driver might see me.

Writing...

that's what I end up doing.

Ending...

I regret it, but I still got home. Thank God. Good night! :D