I will be on blog hiatus for quite sometime… kinda busy these days. I’ll be missing you guys… be back soon! Promise! 
Yesterday I was at National Bookstore to inquire about the availability of a reference book which I badly needed… and guess what, they’re having a sale – it was a bookworm’s dream come true! You wish you could have all that cash to buy the books you’ve wanted to get your hands on. They have discounts ranging from 10% to even 70%.
Anyway, I bought Rick Warren’s bestseller “The Purpose Driven Life”, a book which I have been meaning to buy, sale or no sale. I know you’ve heard about this book or have even read this book already. I did start to read this book a long time ago but only managed to read few pages, and I know I’m not the only one guilty of this (right, Raine?). I know some other friends who started reading this book and haven’t reached the finish line. Why so? I guess it’s because this book requires you to read one chapter each day for forty days. If you’re the type who’s fond of reading a book in just one sitting, then this book would be quite a challenge. You have to restrain yourself from opening the next chapter for the next day. Me? I started reading the first few chapters eagerly but wasn’t able to keep up with the ‘one chapter per day’ rule. And I was reading a borrowed book that time. Okay, these are just alibis.
So now I’m officially putting this here in my blog to remind me about my daily rendezvous with this book. The first chapter starts today! *Gasp*
Been tagged again with another meme! This time it’s from Jun of Rendition. It’s quite simple. Here’s how it works:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag three people.
Here are the sentences from the book I opened - ‘The Tipping Point’ by Malcolm Gladwell:
But Sesame Street just somehow never took that idea and ran away with it. They knew that kids did this some of the time, but they never tried to build a show around that idea. Nickelodeon did some pilot shows before Blue’s Clues where kids would be explicitly asked to participate, and lo and behold, there was a lot of evidence that they would.
This time I will be tagging people (I know this will be quite easy for you):
1. Karol
2. Raine
3. Ric
Let's see what's inside that book nearest you.
What are the things you know you should do – things that would make you a better person, things that would help build your relationship with others, things that would greatly improve your career, things that would dramatically change your life… and yet you have been putting them off for the longest time?
It’s like you haven’t done anything about them, though deep inside, you believe you should be doing these important things soon. But you let time pass you by…and so much of it has been wasted. You console yourself with a lot of pretty ‘good’ reasons and excuses.
Why… what’s holding you back? Isn’t it this luxury called procrastination? And you know the deeper cause of this… you lack that burning desire you’ve had before. The passion, the excitement, the enthusiasm… they’re simply gone. Isn’t it tragic?
These days, you just go with the flow - you go in some meaningless direction other than that which you should be heading to. And what have you done about this? Nothing.
Are you just content enough to stay this way? Wake up.
These are actually the questions I’ve been asking myself lately.
It seems like there is a widespread meme outbreak plaguing the blogosphere lately. So, I’ve been tagged again with another meme from Snglguy and Ric. This time I’m tasked to list some 6 weird things about myself. OK, here goes…
I remember shedding few tears on 'Mulan', and also the 'Land Before Time' series. Man, I'm getting embarrassed now… One time, my 6-year old nephew and his younger sister, about 3 years old, were watching an animated film for the nth time, my nephew pointed to the screen, “I cried on that part!” to which his sister chirped in, “me too!” OK, so at least I’m not alone in this, right? It’s actually a quick facial mask ‘cause it tightens the pores. Kinda weird huh, but it really works. Just rinse with your facial wash after 30 minutes, and you’ll get a softer and smoother face.
Whew! That’s about it… actually I’ve still some more weird things about me but since I'm asked to list only six, soooo…
I won’t be tagging anybody again… but if you think you’re weird, you’ll have no sweat doing this meme. This one’s for you!
P.S.
This meme got me contemplating on some of my unusual likes or habits and after writing them down, I realize I’m very much a normal and sane person and knowing that I am gives me the freedom to be weird sometimes.
Ideas are powerful. A train of thought can make or break, build or destroy. The choice is ours. Our ideas become our future. I believe that life’s meaningful lessons are best learned when shared with others.
