As previously mentioned, I had the opportunity to encounter for the first time the work of Haruki Murakami. A friend a while back already suggested that I start reading his work, but for some reason I never really got around it. It wasn’t until I saw this book’s cover did I muster enough energy to purchase the book and immerse myself in it.
Talk about judging a book by its cover eh? Hahaha.
If you haven’t read this book and are planning to, stop reading this now. Continue reading
It is slightly annoying how these words seem to roll out of someone’s tongue so easily.
With people starting to explore other career options, I can’t help but wonder if I should be doing the same thing. After all, I’ve never really imagined myself working in a bank for life, no matter how noble the cause.
There are still days when I just sit by my table and stare blankly at my computer screen, wondering how the hell I ended up here. How the nuances of routine and constant nagging of constant things managed to bring me comfort so assuring that I cannot even recall what brought me here in the first place. How this is not the life I imagined for myself.
I guess that’s what death does to you: it forces you to evaluate everything, set everything in perspective, become pensive enough to see if the life you are living is really the life for you.
I used to say I can live off of pizza, beer and a good book.
Or a typewriter, sheets of paper and sunglasses.
Or wine, cigarettes, chocolates and Shakespeare.
Maybe I should start moving towards what I really want. More importantly, maybe I should start wanting more than what I need.
Oh well. It’s Ponder Thursday for me. How has your week been?
Admittedly, it has been a while since I last wrote, but that is no reason for me to not review the latest movie Dylan and I caught: The Amazing Spider-man.
Dylan didn’t get to watch The Social Network, so when he asked me about the new Peter Parker, I just told him the one thing he needed to know so we would watch it right away: Emma Stone plays Gwen Stacy.
And a date was set.
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The first thing that I found I had in common with Tita Maggie, is George Clooney. I remember that day well. We were in the kitchen and I was telling her why Grey’s Anatomy is a must see for her. She then started crooning about ER and I said one person made that show great. We simultaneously cooed, “George Clooney.”
That’s exactly what happened last Friday night. After discovering I have completely lost my voice to fatigue, I made myself comfortable and started playing The Descendants. Mr. Clooney played his part so well that my heart repeatedly broke. And Hawaii never looked better.
The movie starts with a narration of Honolulu-based lawyer Matt King (Clooney). He is the sole trustee of a prized piece of land on the island of Kaua’i. His wife was in a motorboat accident that rendered her comatose. Now, this “back up” parent has to learn to manage all the balls in the air: his two daughters who are growing increasingly more difficult to deal with, his family who urges him to sell the Kaua’i property, and the citizens watching his every move.
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Do you remember my post a few weeks back when I was still so energized to constantly update as I am now feeling quite disheartened with my lack of specialized writing skills when I posted all about the gory bits? That came from 2011’s Before Sunrise/Before Sunset film, Like Crazy.
Like Crazy stars Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones as Jacob and Anna, who fell in love in college. Anna, staying in the US on a student visa, impulsively decided to spend the summer with this hot new passionate exciting love and only went back to the UK for a family event.
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the salt of your skin 