truth be told, it was unfair of me think it was a narnia wannabe or to even compare it to the cs lewis stories in the first place.

the bridge to terabithia stands on a ground all its own. it threads the thin line between fantasy and reality then successfully reconciles both as a necessary co-existence.

i love how it starts with a fairly simple ( Read more... )

or so they say.

from Traveling Light by Rolf Potts

Eight places every woman should go
Mon Feb 19, 7:32 AM ET

Author Stephanie Elizondo Griest hit the literary scene in 2004 with her critically acclaimed coming-of-age travel memoir, Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana.  Her newest book, 100 Places Every Woman ( Read more... )

well, since everyone seems to be getting into it, there is just one book i'd like to put out on the market.

this is a copy of milan kundera's the book of laughter and forgetting, which i bought sometime last year. it's actually a very good book (it's kundera!) but there's one story that rather distressed me. i don't normally part with any of my ( Read more... )

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the bengzons are holding a fundraisers for the publication of a book in memory of justine, avi's cousin who passed away from heart cancer a few months ago. any takers?

jersey auction
when: ongoing

currently at stake are 2 jc intal jerseys (a game jersey with the uaap patch and a practice jersey). bids have started. the jerseys come with a certificate.

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Never Date a Capricorn
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found this on elbert's blog. reputedly Hemingway's shortest (and best) story ever:

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

holy crap. T_T

husband was published in the october 28 edition of free press. woot!
(he's in hong kong. i'm not sure if he knows yet, hehe.)

and in other news, my blog has moved here.

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, it doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.

Edna promptly jumped ( Read more... )