Sunday, July 14, 2013
#projectguam
There are only two reasons why I end up abandoning this blog for a while:
1. Nothing is happening, or
2. Everything is all at the same time.
This recent MIA period is certainly due to number 2.
More specifically because of *see picture below*:
All the time in my hands had been eaten up by the BEFORE (preparation, budgeting, presentation, VISA application), DURING (work, work, work!!! and a tiny bit of playtime, too :) ) and AFTER (fighting my way through the work backlogs) phases of this project.
The friendships, work lessons, growing pains and free travel made all the hard work (and i mean HARD word) still seem insufficient to be worthy of this opportunity so soon. Thank YOU!
1. Nothing is happening, or
2. Everything is all at the same time.
This recent MIA period is certainly due to number 2.
More specifically because of *see picture below*:
All the time in my hands had been eaten up by the BEFORE (preparation, budgeting, presentation, VISA application), DURING (work, work, work!!! and a tiny bit of playtime, too :) ) and AFTER (fighting my way through the work backlogs) phases of this project.
The friendships, work lessons, growing pains and free travel made all the hard work (and i mean HARD word) still seem insufficient to be worthy of this opportunity so soon. Thank YOU!
A book finds you when you're ready
I’ve read a handful of Palahniuks but it’s quite disappointing
that I haven’t come across his masterpiece, Fight Club. Not that I consciously
avoid reading it, but whenever I’m in the mood for Palahniuk’s nihilism (Trust
me, you got to be in a certain mood for it), Fight Club happens to be
unavailable in the shelves.
Turned out, I wasn’t fated to find this rare piece in any bookshelf.
In my recent business trip to Guam, I made a lot of new friends, gained
new perspectives, endured growing pains and brought home wonderful memories.
Among all those, my heart is giddy for bringing home this treasure:
I love that it’s old and torn a bit and loved by its previous owner. I
love/hate the fact, too, that it’s a movie cover. I would avoid purchasing a
movie cover at all cost but this just means this copy would stand out in my
shelves.
The story of how I ended up owning this book outweighs any of my
bookstore ritual. The friendship that came with it also opened doors to the
many books in sections I rarely set foot in. Like, Science Fiction. Science
Fiction?!?! I buried my nose in a 1960 novel revolving around a scientific
experiment on a mouse and a retarded man. Yes, I am talking about Flowers for
Algernon and yes, I had a great time.
I’ve always believed a book finds you when you’re ready. The past months my book purchases are mostly from the YA section. I guess this is the literature gods’ way of saying, “Grow up, dear child. It’s time”.
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