I havent’ blogged for the longest time … as many things have been happening – deaths, holidays and strange work experiences … wonder if i’m coming close to a full circle … only time will tell… Ok, back to subject of deaths … many deaths i’ve experienced this year, some were really tragic, and like [...]

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Realising that the Hari Raya would leave me with four days of complete bliss… i decided to do some quick research what would be a good to read in sci fi/fantasy land, since i’d have about enough of motivational & spiritual stuff. And this is how i  came across Yasmine Galenorn’s Sisters of the Moon / [...]

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Here’s something interesting I came across while surfing on books, it’s called “My Life according to books”. Using only books you have read this year (2009), cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title. Here are my answers. Describe Yourself:  Blood Bound (Patricia Briggs) How do you feel:  My sister’s keeper (Jodi [...]

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It’s not about how you achieve your dreams. It’s about how you lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.” Randy Pausch in The Last Lecture. After going through a phase of questioning a lot of things, i’ve decided… [...]

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Yay! More books i’ve read, more knowledge gained. This time, serious stuff though … ok, here goes. I’d heard about this guy on Oprah, and his name is Eckhart Tolle. His two books, The Power of Now and A New Earth, are books that helps us take a good look at ourselves and how we live [...]

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Having grown up with my nose buried in books by Enid Blyton, it’s no wonder i’ve always loved fantasy and things not of this world. Magic, sorcerors, dragons  etc  – you name it, i might have just read it! After taking a semi-hiatus from straight laced fantasy, i’ve been putting my finger in a lot [...]

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I was reading an article in last weekend’s newspapers and one thing that stuck out at me was the editorial piece… and I found that I could totally relate to what the author was writing about. He said that books are really old friends, and for bookworms (like me) … it’s like living within parallel universes [...]

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Happiness is … i don’t know though i just read a book on one man’s search for the meaning of happiness and he went to 10 countries! The book is called The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner. This i must say is one of my fav books, in the non-fantasy genre. It comes after [...]

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This is what one feels like after watching a whole season of HBO’s TrueBlood and reading all 7 books under the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series … the original version. Looks like HBO’s trueblood took loads of creative license from the original series. But now … i’m finally waking up to the real world and [...]

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