Showing posts with label BOOKS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BOOKS. Show all posts
Yesterday I went to the city to looked for the Adidas shoes that I saw in Taipei last December. I roamed two malls & some outlets to searched for that fuckin' shoes. After 2 to 3 hours of "back here & back there" attitude of a shoppers like me, I ended up at SOGO (not the same with the one that you're thinking somewhere along in Sta. Mesa, Pasay or in Pasig). Actually, SOGO is a name of one of the most popular mall here in Taiwan, and since the Chinese New Year is nearly approaching, they are "on sale". But instead in an Adidas shoes section, I found myself lurking in a row of shelves wherein knowledge and some informations are stacked & waiting for someone to be bought and red. After reading some of the snippets of some interesting books, I saw this book & caught my attention. GOOD OMENS.
It is all about Armageddon with a twist, and since it is located in humor section, definitely it must be hilarious & funny. I haven't opened yet the book because I need to do some chores first, do the laundry, cleaned up the mess that I left at my room, attend the choir practice & many more.
According to wiki, this book is a quasi-parody of the 1976 film The Omen (as well as other books and films of the genre), concerning the birth of the son of satan, the coming of the end of times and the attempts of the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley to avert them, having become accustomed to their comfortable situations in the human world. A subplot features the gathering of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — War, Famine, Pollution(Pestilence having retired in 1936 following the discovery of penicillin), and Death — the last of whom is characterised in a manner reminiscent of the personification of Death in Pratchett's Discworls novels and calls himself Azrael before his final exit.
With that info from wiki, i am looking forward to enjoy reading this book and be rated it with many stars or else...burn it! lolz!
Happy Weekend!
Kagabi while I was sleeping, ay natapos ang dinadownload ko na movie, eto nga yung Gullivers Travels starring ang mataba at malanding si Jack Black. So, to cut the story short, pinanood ko siya kaninang umaga, as in paglabas na paglabas ng unang ray ng sun na may nakasulat na Cavite (isa sa walong probinsya na unang naghimagsik sa mga kastila! remember, SIBIKA at KULTURA...hehehehe). So yun na nga, sa sobrang heksayted, pinanood ko na siya, siyempre kelangan malaman ng buong madlang people na pinapanood ko ang bagong bersyon ng movie na ito na mula sa libro ni Jonathan Swift. Change FB status (check!), tweet via tweetdeck (check!), YM status availability (check!), plurk (no check!), sa 3 lang na nabanggit kasi ako sobrang pinaka-close (parang tao lang!) kaya sori naman sa plurk! lolz!
So, para sa mga ayaw ng spoiling or spoilers, lumayas ka at wag ng ituloy ang pagbabasa, putamuch ka! lolz. Wala kayong magagawa dahil natawa much ako sa movie. Hehehe...
To start reading my spoiler post, press 1 on your keyboard (iieject kayo nyan hanggang Liliput). Istorya ito ng isang lowly mailman clerk sa isang sikat na newspaper company sa Nyu York, na nagngangalang Lemuel Gulliver (Jack Black). Parang isang common tao na nagkakamot ng betlog, nagkakagusto sa isang kasamahang empleyado, kumakain, umiinom, nagchachat, may iphone, etcetera, etcetera. At nung minsan na may initerbyu syang bagong aplikante to be na magiging kasama niya na natanggap din naman at napromote in an instant, tapos naging kadate pa ng kanyang secret love, dun nagsimula ang kanyang adbentyur. And after also he bluffs his way into an assignment writing about Bermuda Triangle, nagtravel siya dun para maibsan na rin ang kanyang naipong pagnanasa kay sexy Darcy (Amanda Peet) at naging daan para madiskubre nya ang Liliput, ang bayan ng mga tiny tiny people, called liliputans (parang iiputan lang!). Habang nasa liliput siya ay tinatawag siyang beast ng mga residente dun kabilang na nag King, Queen, princess, the General, pawns, horses, rook at bishop. At nung makulong siya sa isang espesyal na kulungan, sa isang plateau, nakilala naman niya doon si Horatio (Jason Segel) na nakulong dahil sa salang pag-ibig sa prinsesa (kasalanan pala ang umibig). At nung umatake ang kalabang kingdom ng Liliput para kidnapin ang prinsesa, doon nagpakitang gilas ang ating bida. Nang mailigtas ang prinsesa, nagkaroon naman ng sunog sa castle kung saan andoon ang hari, dahil kelangan ng tubig at natataranta much ang mg tiny peoples, biglang nag-appear ang bumbilya ng Phillips sa ulo ni Gulliver at kasunod ang jingle na "Ovaltine poweeerrr!" Walang pakundangan siyang naghubo at ipinakita ang kanyang putotoy at saka nagweewee ng ubod lakas na parang isang bumbero lang.....
And the rest.....
Panoorin niyo na lang, baka kase mabuwisit lang kayo dahil iwinento ko na ang lahat lahat, lalo na ng ginawa niyang mala-New York city ang Liliput. Isa pa hindi naman ako magaling gumawa ng buod...hahaha...
Anyways, nice ang movie, nakakaaliw siyang panoorin, yung copy ko lang ang hindi kase cinema copy. But then magkagayunpaman ay pinagtiyagaan ko pa rin at first time kong manood ng movie na cinema copy, usually naiinis ako at hindi ko na pinapanood or tinatapos ang isang pelikula kapag cinema copy. Nakakapanghinayang talaga na na-invade na talaga ng piracy ang industry ng paggawa ng pelikula. Wala naman tayong magagawa sa iba, kung piliin nilang maging praktikal, sa hirap ba naman ng buhay ngayon eh mas pipiliin mo pa bang gumastos ng 200 to 300 para lang manood ng pelikula? (Biglang naging seryoso daw ako! hahaha). Pero mas maganda pa rin yung original, kahit na medyo may kataasan ang presyo, yung quality naman ang hindi mo makikita sa isang pirated copy... Amen!
Have a nice day to ebriwan!!!
When I was in college, one of the memorable subjects that I had is, the ELECTRONICS 1, 2 & 3. Memorable, because one of those was taken twice & that is ELEX2, as we called. As part of the ECE curriculum on that year which is not so long ago, was chopping ELECTRONICS subject into 3 parts, & as what I remembered Elex1 is composed of semiconductor diode, the pn junction up to transistor biasing wherein Engr. Rommel Galo from CCP, as my professor (da who!!!), then Elex2 consisted of FET, FET biasing, UJT, BJT, MOSFET, IGFET & lahat ng pwede mong ikabit sa abbreviation ng FET(Field Effect Transistor), SCS, SCR, GTO, LASCR which is under (for the 2nd time) by Engr. Galido, a bisaya graduate from a known university in the south & lastly the Elex3 that includes Linear Digital IC, OP-AMP, Flip-Flops & Digital Electronics.
And dahil nga bisaya ang aming professor sa Elex2 at imbes na FET ang sabihin, nagiging FIT(para ka lang naghuhugas ng prutas at gulay) ang aming naririnig. Mabait naman si sir kahit na ganun yun, yun nga lang may topak kapag walang inom, matripan ang matripan, kaya hayun almost mangalahati ang aming klase sa unang take. Then, sa ikalawang pagkakataon at sa kadahilang walang available na professor ang hahawak sa request namin (oo, kelangan irequest ang subject na yun, kase prerequisite yun ng ELEX3 at iba pang ECE & EE subjects & kung hindi mo makukuha yun ng next sem of the same SY, next year na ulit available yun, so magiging nth year ka na for sure), nagkrus na naman ang aming landas ni Engr Bisaya. At kahit hindi pa rin namin siya maintindihan at sa awa naman ng Diyos pumasa na ako...yahoooo, kaso isang tumataginting na 2.75 ang ibinigay niyang grade sa akin(2.50 ang pinakamataas sa aming klase ng 30). At naalala ko ang ang aming naging bibliya sa subject na iyon... ang ELECTRONIC DEVICES & CIRCUIT THEORY ni Robert Boylestad & Louis Nashelsky. Kulay green pa noon yun at 7th edition yata.
Then one time while I was surfing on the net looking for some related stuffs on my work I came across to search this book again for after (?)year since I graduated. I was shocked when I saw this...
...the 9th edition of it (hindi ko namalayan na ganun na pala katagal ang lumipas simula ng aking lisanin ang aking mahal na paaralan... ang TUP-Manila). At dahil naexcite ako magbasa at magfeeling-feelingan na estudyante ulit I took some exams online. And here is one of the result...
Although hindi umabot sa passing sa kadahilanang may mga problem solving na kelangan ng calculater, hindi na masama, meaning after those years hindi pa din nawawala ang kaalamang aking natutunan sa aming paaralan, lumipas man ang ilang taon. Ito ang kayamang hindi mananakaw ng sinuman at hindi mapapalitan ng anumang ginto unless ibenta mo.
And dahil nga bisaya ang aming professor sa Elex2 at imbes na FET ang sabihin, nagiging FIT(para ka lang naghuhugas ng prutas at gulay) ang aming naririnig. Mabait naman si sir kahit na ganun yun, yun nga lang may topak kapag walang inom, matripan ang matripan, kaya hayun almost mangalahati ang aming klase sa unang take. Then, sa ikalawang pagkakataon at sa kadahilang walang available na professor ang hahawak sa request namin (oo, kelangan irequest ang subject na yun, kase prerequisite yun ng ELEX3 at iba pang ECE & EE subjects & kung hindi mo makukuha yun ng next sem of the same SY, next year na ulit available yun, so magiging nth year ka na for sure), nagkrus na naman ang aming landas ni Engr Bisaya. At kahit hindi pa rin namin siya maintindihan at sa awa naman ng Diyos pumasa na ako...yahoooo, kaso isang tumataginting na 2.75 ang ibinigay niyang grade sa akin(2.50 ang pinakamataas sa aming klase ng 30). At naalala ko ang ang aming naging bibliya sa subject na iyon... ang ELECTRONIC DEVICES & CIRCUIT THEORY ni Robert Boylestad & Louis Nashelsky. Kulay green pa noon yun at 7th edition yata.
Then one time while I was surfing on the net looking for some related stuffs on my work I came across to search this book again for after (?)year since I graduated. I was shocked when I saw this...
...the 9th edition of it (hindi ko namalayan na ganun na pala katagal ang lumipas simula ng aking lisanin ang aking mahal na paaralan... ang TUP-Manila). At dahil naexcite ako magbasa at magfeeling-feelingan na estudyante ulit I took some exams online. And here is one of the result...
Although hindi umabot sa passing sa kadahilanang may mga problem solving na kelangan ng calculater, hindi na masama, meaning after those years hindi pa din nawawala ang kaalamang aking natutunan sa aming paaralan, lumipas man ang ilang taon. Ito ang kayamang hindi mananakaw ng sinuman at hindi mapapalitan ng anumang ginto unless ibenta mo.
Simula ng matapos ko ang THE TIME TRAVELLERS WIFE nung isang araw, heto't may bago na naman akong pagkakaabalahan aside from blogging & blog hopping. Kahapon pagkatapos kong bisitahin ang kapatid ko sa city, napadaan ako sa bookstore at umagaw sa aking atensyon ang librong ito...
Istorya ito ng isang insedente ng school shooting mula sa isang 17 year old na tinedyer na nagsuccumb sa peer pressure along with his bestfriend at ng isang ina na ang tanging hangad ay ang kabutihan ng anak. NINETEEN MINUTES, siguro almost 19 minutes yung scene ng shooting that tooks 10 lives. Anyways, hindi ako magaling magbigay ng isang snippet ng kwento, kaya heto ang nilalaman ng likod ng libro...
As a midwife, Lacy Houghton brings life into the world.
She didn't expect her son to take them away.
But that's what was he did one March morning, when Peter walked walked into his high school with guns intead of books & killed ten people.
Along with the rest of the shocked & grief-stricken town, Lacy is left wondering when her shy 17-year-old boy turned into a monster. And was it her fault?
In the aftermath of the shooting, Lacy searches the past for clues & begins to realise that despite, or perhaps because of, her every effort, she never really knew her son at all...
Sa isang copy ng NINETEEN MINUTES, iba ang sypnosis sa likod.
Good day to all bloggers!!!
