Book Review: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

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Rating: ★★★★★

I read it for two days. The story was just so grand. I can just feel Hazel’s pain and I wanted to just jump inside the book between the pages and letters and hug her and tell her that she’s just so strong and that if I was in her shoes I wouldn’t be able to survive.

I cried. Twice. After what happened to Augustus and after reading the last page. The words John Green used was just so moving that it made the story stay and linger in my heart. His words literally killed me.

“Some infinities are larger than other infinities.”

Book Review: Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

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Rating: ★★★★★

After reading the book, I’ve come to realize that a lot of tragic things happen to each and everyone of us before the true happiness arrives. In the middle of reading and turning pages, I found myself helping Maria look for her true love and reach her dreams, I just never thought the book would give me that kind of feeling of happiness after reading its ending. It never occurred to me that such book will make me teary-eyed.

Really, Paulo Coelho is such an amazing writer. He never fails to give me knowledge about a lot of things, may it be love or life.

Book Review: Looking For Alaska by John Green

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Rating: ★★★★★

Upon closing the book, I found myself staring blankly in space. Thinking.. thinking about love, happiness, suicide, religion, the Great Perhaps, suffering and death. I thought of all the things I did in the past 18 years and wondered if it was all worth it; if I was already worth remembering. I wanted to go out there, launch myself into the real world, I wanted to get out of the sugar-coated world I built to cover up all the grotesqueness in life and look for my Great Perhaps before I die.

Looking For Alaska is one of the books worth reading and having a copy of. It is one of those books that I really find very moving. ♥

How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!

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Put all the negativity aside and make room for all the positive things in life. There maybe tons of ups and downs but always put in mind that despite and in spite of everything, never ever give up. Never lose hope, because everything will be okay. In time.

Yes, it is easier said than done, but all you have to do is have faith and always embrace life’s grotesqueness to find your way to the happiness you have long been searching for.

Never forget that God has reasons, and whatever His reason may be, put your trust on Him for He knows what He’s doing. Smile and do your best!

RE: RH Bill

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So we tackled the said bill earlier in our Profeth class.

One of our classmates said that he is Pro RH Bill, because for him, it will help the Philippines grow, that the Philippines should let go of the tradition we have and move on, because as of now, the Philippines isn’t moving forward. Which I think is true, he has a point. Because the Bill isn’t mainly about ‘killing babies’, as to what others claim. Looking at the bright side, it will help lessen the population of the Philippines, which is continuously growing through the years. There are also Sex Education for the teenagers, so that they would know what is right and just. It is helping the economy and the country grow as a whole. Our Prof said, we are not sure that RH Bill is the key to the problem. But for me, we should give it a try, right? Since he mentioned that we aren’t sure if it is the key to the problem but how would we know if we don’t try.

On the other hand, our Prof also has a point when he said that the people in the higher position who wanted to make this a law will only benefit on it. As long as money is involved, their concern will always be focused on it. Plus, he also stated that young adults will just abuse the legalization of the bill.

Note that I’m not really Pro nor Anti the Bill. Just looking at both side and both views have a point.

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Whenever I sit in the library, I always notice the sunset. I love staring at this picture I took of the Magallanes village because it brings peace to me, it makes me reminisce. I remember all the things that happened over the years of studying in that college, how I met different people, which I now call my friends. I remember our usual ‘tambay sessions’ at the parking lot, how we enjoy the heat of the sun during lunch breaks and the cold and cozy weather during December. And as I reminisce, I realized that those are the things I am going to miss in the next two terms of internship. Ahhh, APC. It has been 3 years since I stepped in your premises. Time flies real fast.

Gun Shot

Everyone knows well enough that firing a gun in the air could kill someone, because it doesn’t get anywhere, it only stays near the area where you have fired it. It would eventually hit someone. Events like this usually happen in New Year’s Eve. 

This has always been an issue ever since, and I don’t get why people keep on doing it when they know very well that it has killed a lot of people in the past. I am blogging about this because I really really love children, and the little girl named Nicole died because of it. It just hurts me, I feel the pain her parents feel. I have always been in love with kids, I am fond of playing with them. I tend to smile at them, give them a candy or help them with something even when I don’t know them. And hearing news like these just breaks my heart into a million pieces. It saddened me to have heard that she had passed away this afternoon.

I hope everyone learned from these, I hope that next year, nothing like this would happen again. I hope and pray that they find the person who fired the gun as soon as possible. I know whoever he is knows what he has done and I don’t friggin know how their conscience stands keeping quiet. Please, have a heart. </3

Goodbye, 2012

Another year is about to end, but that does not mean that it is the end of everything. In just a few hours 2012 will be part of our history. In 2013, do what you want to do for you, for your happiness and for the people you love. Make the best out of everything that goes along the way. Be what you want to be, change for the better, learn from the past and always be happy.

2012 has been one heck of a roller coaster ride to all of us. As for me, I have gained and lost things and people, I have learned how to cherish everything while I still have them. I have cried a river of tears, but I have collected an ocean of smiles and laughter. Whatever I have lost, I know that God has a purpose and He has a better plan for me. With all that, I am very much thankful to the Lord our God for all the blessings and challenges He has given me, I realized that He trusts me so much for giving me all those problems that I have encountered and now conquered.

Right now, I am ready for a fresh start. And I hope you guys are too! Let us all welcome 2013 and thank God for giving each of us another year to live and improve ourselves. Smile as 2013 unfolds in front of us. ♥

Happy New Year, readers. 

#OnReading

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Reading is life, not a hobby.

For me, reading is an escape. It takes me to different places, it makes me drift off from where I am, which I literally hate. It gives me hope that someday I’ll be like the character in the story. It makes me fall in love with a character.

It makes me believe that everything is possible.

Christmas 2012

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Hi! I just want to greet you guys a very Merry Christmas!

Let us all take a few moments to thank God for everything He has given us. For answering each of our prayers, for giving us life, for waking us up each day with the chance to improve ourselves in every way possible, for the blessings and most of all for His unconditional love which continuously gives us ♥

May God bless you and your families, my dearest readers. 🙂