You live but once!

Yes! It's from Coco Chanel! You might think that I only read classics but I'm open to all kinds of genres. Having a quote from an influential designer inspired me of continuing what I think would make me a better person and besides she's right! Make yourself amusing EVERYDAY!

It doesn't have to be extravagant or shout it out just to please others, as long as you do it wholeheartedly greater things will happen in the future!

Have you done something amusing today?

Hey there! I have another excerpt to share as I read Milan Kundera's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Do you have some dreams wherein it's unbelievable and some that you think sort of a déjà vu? Sigmund Freud explains that our dreams are affected by both internal and external stimuli. But of all the simple details, we remember, there are deeper meanings behind it.

Because of the dreams that we have, it has the tendency to shape our ways and personalities. That's the reason why there is a CHANGE in one of the characters in the novel.

Posting this, I remembered one of my friends telling me that she used to write in her notebook everything that she can recall from her dreams. I think that's a good practice in connecting one's previous dreams to the upcoming dreams and interpret it in the end.

I'll  try to get a copy of Freud's Theory of Dreams 'cause I too have dreams that bothers me since I'm still in my younger years. Yeah, that's pretty real or my personal experience of a déjà vu.

Look at your life!

Does it ring a bell? If not, I suggest you read it again and look at your life right now. Without our one shot of life now, do you think you will enjoy it the second time around? If you're lucky enough to be given a chance to survive your past life, this is your life now and might as well live with it. You have to seize the day!

Well, I read this line from the current book I am reading: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera. It took me one week to read the first 15 chapters of his book. I was alarmed that this book requires deep understanding and so I exerted my effort slowly but surely. Instead of doing extensive reading or reading for pleasure, I'm doing it extensively or reading for learning. What makes it more challenging for me to understand the book is that I still have to check the meaning of some words that bothers me.

Better pray for the development of my reading status because my list of monologues starts to fill out one bond paper!

I'll share more quotes from Tomas, Tereza and Sabina soon. If you want to get ahead of me and discover more morals in life, better get a copy of the book from the nearest bookstore!

The Orchard

Last January 18, 2014, Saturday, I went to the Warehouse Sale of National Book Store unexpectedly. The books are on 80% off the original price. I came from school and I want to check it out. Besides, I want to spoil myself for a while.

There were piles of books everywhere and I just don't know where to start. I was also overwhelmed that as the books were on sale, there was also an additional 50% at the counter. So if the written price on the book was 100Php. then the additional 50% off, all in all that book will just be 50 pesos. Simple math but that's way too cool for the bookworms out there!

I read books but those books are my sisters and I just borrow those from them. I read when it's summer so I can focus on it better and this is one of the books I bought.

Finished this in 2 days. Others may say that I'm slow or fast but memoirs are worth to be read in a slow manner. We are going back to the time and places remembered by the  authors and Theresa Weir also known as Anne Frasier did it well.

The Orchard opened my eyes on the truth about apples and how the codling moths ruin an entire orchard and how stories make mishaps on others. Theresa shared her experiences about her family and and struggles in life. But what makes me more hooked to the book is her adventures in dealing with Ruth.

Who is Ruth? Haha! Grab a copy and find out! Get to know Theresa Weir and her upcoming works at www.annefrasier.com