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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! SANTA CLAUSE IS COMING TO TOWN...!

it's christmas time around the corner...

Christmas is fast approaching! My favorite time of the year! I really love the Christmas feel every time November and December rolls around. The air is a bit chilly, you can see houses being decorated with Christmas lights, you see Christmas trees in a lot of houses, people starting to listen to Christmas songs to get in a Christmassy mood. It’s a time of giving, and a time with family. It’s kind of old fashioned but this tradition is still being followed diligently. After all, it’s the thought that really counts. Let’s all welcome this year’s Christmas with peaceful hearts!

Oh... I suddenly miss my family!

books... i love

Let’s talk about books. I think they’re just great. One of my favorite hobbies is reading. I could read a good book for hours and hours. I love them because books are capable of bringing me into a whole new different world. As I read every story, every plot, I see myself drawn and taken into another world, and it’s a great feeling. That’s what books do to me, they allow me to explore another life, another reality, and most of the time, I get so carried away with a good book that I experience all these different emotions and change of perceptions, it’s incredible.
The first books that I loved to read were Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High, Enid Blyton’s Books, R.L. Stein, and Love Stories. Looking back, I remember I was really hooked! I particularly enjoyed “Grimms' Fairy Tales” when I was in elementary. That’s one book that I really enjoyed back then. I would always be in the library and read and read. I even got a few awards in school just for reading. Reading has always been a comfortable refuge for me. I love the feeling of being like “one of the characters”, being with them through their adventures, learning about the things they learn, getting a glimpse of their lives which can be very different from mine, falling in love, building friendships, and so much more.
When I got older, I began reading novels, thicker books, and more complicated plots. I began reading non-fiction novels. The first one I read was " The Sphere" by Michael Criton, (I was inspired by my father who is a bookworm too!) when I was in college. I saw it just lying down at our living room table and I was soo curious about the title. I plif the first page and then followed by another, and another... and so on! I just can't put it down till I'm not finished. Every night I would read about 2-3 chapters before going to sleep. It became my pre-sleeping habit, heh heh! And so thats where I began collecting non-fictional novels and then I also started collecting suspense drama novels after borrowing the book "The Best Laid Plans" by Sydney Sheldon to one one of my college friends. I also read inspirational books and self-help books. I also prefer reading fiction books that talk about love, loss, suspense, horror, magic, adventure… pretty much anything that interests me, depending on my mood. I don’t have a particular all-time favorite though, there’s just so many that I love. I love reading books that I could learn something from, and of course, those that have a really good story, especially those that really touch the heart and can make me cry or laugh.
I love a well written book. Apart from the story itself, I love to look at the writer’s style. Is it funny, witty, carefully thought out, delivered in a good manner with careful twists and just the right amount of suspense? All these things, make up a good storyline and makes for a book that I can read and reread again and again. Now, I don’t read books as often as I would like to, but I still read every time I come across a really interesting book. I’m constantly looking for great books to read, and there are just so many books out there that I haven’t read yet. Here in Korea, whenever I have time, I always visit books corner here. Too glad that they have Books/Libro and Mega Book Center for foreigners like me! Do you guys have recommendations that I could look into? I will find more time to read, that’s one of the things that I promised myself. Reading is one of my passions, and it always will be.

5 and up!

Where do I start? Uhmm, Happy Anniversary to us! It is exactly our 5th year of being in a relationship. Its kind'a sad, because I'm always away! We never had a chance to celebrate except on our 1st year anniversary back in the Philippines. (It was a food trip, till stomachaches!)

An anniversary is supposed to be the best opportunity of the year to show your special someone how much they mean to you! Well then, if given a chance for preparation... I have no clue what to do for it... I want it to be super romantic and cute but, let me think of it. Maybe I can -

• book a restaurant for a candle light dinner. It will be a really romantic gift,
• make a home cooked candlelight dinner (think maybe both of us will cook, sounds exciting!). Enhance the mood by playing romantic songs in the background and dim the lights and have candles create a romantic glow, or
• ask him to go to a place for a surprise picnic. Maybe I'm going to bring wine, with lots of foods for bonding! (food trip always... heh heh!)

new moon review

I've finally watched the "Twilight Saga's" Part 2 movie "NEW MOON" yesterday! It is the sequel to the first movie Twilight.

I haven't gotten Book 2, but I heard that it is somewhat boring so I can't compared the movie to the book.

Anyway, the movie is kind'a fair for me because of the special effects that they put into it to make the movie more interesting. I can say that yes, the movie is quite boring because of the span of time in the storyline. It turned out to be in a slow pace because of its excessive lenght. The love triangle between Bella, Edward and Jacob is also quite complicated. Even the final ending has no specific meaning to what will happen next.