Thank you, Adriana!
Since it's my second time, according to the rule of law i am allowed to skip any other rules and just answer the questions. Here we go.
1. Why did you start your blog? (If your purpose has changed
since you started blogging, share how and why.)
The reason why i started my blog was so that i can write
things I’m grateful for every day.
I was working at that time and all my workmates have a blog. I was curious
to get to know them more; what they are passionate about. So it was sort of i
started mine so i can follow them. Also at that
time, i was so forgetful, like i had this short term memory where i would
forget to log out in our bio-metrics after work like all the time. I remember one
afternoon after work, i was already sitting pretty at home when my manager called me to get back to the office because i forgot to log
out.(ARE YOU KIDDING ME!) I was looking all over the internet for a cure. And
then i read a quote that says, 'Gratitude is the heart of the memory'.
That's when i decided to write a blog about all the things I’m
grateful for to help improve my memory. And then from there my writings
evolved into 'what I’m going through', 'things I’m trying to figure out' and 'lessons I learned'. I keep thinking i should really have a niche(something to focus on) but still up to
this day I have no theme whatsoever, i write
when there is something i need to let out(poems), or if there's a thought or
idea that i find beautiful or fascinating that i want to share.
2. Which post did you most enjoy writing? Or, what post is
your favorite? (Please provide the link)
I have a lot of favorites!
3. Which post was the most difficult to write and why?
(Link, if you wish.)
A poem i wrote when my auntie died.("I wrote it in great anguish, with a troubled heart and many tears.") She had breast cancer. It was the first time i experienced and saw death with my own eyes.
I went through a lot of questions and confusion and yet at the same time felt
a deep sense of peace when she died. I have read this poem many times, and many
times i feel heavy; the scenes replaying in my mind. Now, that feeling somehow transformed into light pain( if there is such a thing, maybe what i want to say is that i have forgiven myself).
4. Share a favorite quote from a book or author.
"You never really understand a person until you
consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk
around in it."
"It is not time to worry yet" ....I'll tell you when.
- Atticus of To Kill
a Mocking Bird(you know how you read a book and it feels like you are never the same after?)
5. Name a character from classic literature that you would
love to be neighbors with.
I would love to be neighbors with grandma and grandpa of The
Education of Little Tree. I can listen to them tell stories all day!
6. If you were stranded on a deserted island, what five
books would you need?
Any How to Survive Books On a Deserted Island (?)
The Bible - I need God. (For the first few days i can
pretend that this is just like Jesus in the desert)
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle - To stay sane (i will probably
worry a lot). To remind myself that I have a mind but i am not my mind -that
kind of thing.
1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics - not to
punish myself but so i can finally sit down and think and appreciate the beaut of Mathematical formulas and equations. Math problems have
solutions. I will need a scientific calculator with this. I am not that good at Math
I can cry. This will serve as a
challenge/distraction for me, and it could either make or break me. My head
would hurt so bad i may come out as a math savant(secret desire). I’m letting my imagination
run wild, sorry!
Dialogues of Plato - maybe now i can think more deeply.
Dialogues of Plato - maybe now i can think more deeply.
7. What are you currently reading?
A lot and I am never finished. Mostly i look at
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (savoring)
The Element of Lavishness: Letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner
and William Maxwell(savoring it as well)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (it took me a while to get acquainted with the characters. dazed)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (it took me a while to get acquainted with the characters. dazed)
Reading Lolita in Tehran By Azar Nafisi -There are 31 classics you have to read(who has time?) to get a deeper insight of what she's talking about. I am torn between 'should i read them first' or 'should i go ahead and read this one'?)
8. Where is your favorite reading place?
My room (in my bed),
our sala on my favorite chair.
9. Can you name a book that you thought you would dislike,
but ended up liking?
None. But there are books i dislike and have not gotten pass my dislike. The Catcher In The Rye and The Picture of Dorian Gray are such books. The first because it is so negative and the second because Dorian Gray is vain, vain, vain.
None. But there are books i dislike and have not gotten pass my dislike. The Catcher In The Rye and The Picture of Dorian Gray are such books. The first because it is so negative and the second because Dorian Gray is vain, vain, vain.
10. What do you do when you're not reading?
I listen to Podcast a lot. Study a little. Sleep a lot. And meditate (don’t be fooled i mostly end up sleeping when i plan to do this).
11. You are on
vacation in a foreign country. What do you make sure to fit into your
itinerary?
I don’t know. But something that would make me hear the
sound of their language. When there are foreigners here in our country i
eavesdrop just to hear what the sound of their language is like. It fascinates
me. Also i would like to see the architecture of their houses and how they
live. (Japan is my dream place to see. I know for sure i will visit their
temples.)
