And they say it’s… random~ November 6, 2009

There’s no such thing called miracles.

Everything is purely coincidental. By fate or affinity, it is whether is it meant to be or not.

For the key question is: Through fate, can you have that coincidence?

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Every corner in Kinokuniya means new knowledge. I had a wonderful time with my classmates maundering around in this book heaven. We picked books out of random to share our point of views. The books included those of philosophy (What is pain?), astrology (What’s your horoscope personality like?), fashion (Which hair suits you better?), the 2012 phenomenon (FYI, we flipped through books and it stated that 2012 is Not The End Of The World, but just a “tilting point”, a Change and not an End) and yada-yada…

Then came the “topic of the day”: hard or soft copy books? Certainly for me its the former (and I believe that’s quite true for most girls, if I generalize that most guys are IT geeks!). It is not that I’m not an IT person or that I’ve a library at home to store all my books, the issue here is: personal touch. Just like retail therapy, I still prefer brick and mortar shopping as opposed to getting my items over the Internet. Apparently “just a click away” doesn’t relate to me, much less getting my feed of knowledge through gadgets that undoubtly yes, saves space, but so what? There is no “feel” when scanning through articles online, i.e. scrolling up and down the webpage or reading using Kindle (Google this new fad!). And gradually, gone will be the days where we’ll find delight in receiving books with a personal message written on the inside of the front cover “Hope you’ll enjoy the book! Loves-XXX”. I guess I’m still an ardent supporter of opening, flipping and closing, rather than on-ing, scrolling and off-ing (:

Saving space? That’s just an excuse.

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I laughed when I read this not because it tickled my funny bones but because it made So Much Sense.

Anyone can become angry- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not easy.

Aristotle, The Nichomachean Ethics

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Well my holidays are officially here, if I discount the fact that I’ve JLPT Level 3 to sit for on 6th December

I decided not to work for this term holidays (surprise!) because I would like to take a good break and catch up with enjoyment of life =) It has by far been rather, a not-so-smooth-sailing year with problems arising now and then. However, I’m thankful for: all the opportunities that I was given to reactify my mistakes, all my close friends who pop by messages “taking-care” of me, and all the fun times I had with many more of such to wait for :D

With 7 weeks left to 2010, I’d be:

1) Reading up (as you can see from my “Bookshelf” widget on the right).

2) Shopping (like which girl wouldn’t?).

3) Travelling with my friends in Nov & with my family in Dec.

4) Planning a party with my bestie (spilling the beans soon!).

5) Blogging (Haha! Thank you all for keeping this blog “alive”).

Toodles!