Here’s my beat-up copy of the book that I got for free. Wee! How I Discovered It I saw the movie once, and when I saw a talking pig, I did not dare finish it. I am one of those rare humans who don’t like animals. I don’t hate them. I’m just not fond ofContinue reading “My Lazy Book Review of Charlotte’s Web”
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Why I Chose to Become a Copy Editor
When people ask me about my course, I always get the same look of amusement. When they ask me about my job, however, they give me confused looks that remind me of elaborately made memes. What then ensues is the asking of the same question: why? I am an engineering graduate—chemical engineering to be exact.Continue reading “Why I Chose to Become a Copy Editor”
My Opinion on Annotating Books
Any avid reader would want to have his own library. It would be filled with books that he spent long hours devouring and rereading because he just could not get enough of the story. There are readers who want to preserve the beauty of their books, to make them look brand-new for as long asContinue reading “My Opinion on Annotating Books”
A Letter to the Motorcyclists of Cebu
Ping Tiny Room in a Boarding House Sitio Ucma, Barangay Lahug Cebu City, Cebu March 18, 2017 Motorcyclists of Cebu Wherever You May Be From Yow: I know you’re in a hurry. We all are. It’s just that that event or that job you want to go to is not as important as my life.Continue reading “A Letter to the Motorcyclists of Cebu”
February 2017 Reading Wrap-Up
1. Loser by Jerry Spinelli What It Is Before I tell you what this book is about, I’d like to tell you about the story of the first time I laid eyes on it. I was at the bookstore and had been touching and sniffing the books as I always do, wishing I could takeContinue reading “February 2017 Reading Wrap-Up”
Cebu Tourist Attractions We Visited in a Day
A ghost sits on the bench at Sirao Flower Farm. I started working and paying for my own expenses a few months ago. And since young professionals love to travel and going YOLO, I decided to invite my sister over to visit some tourist destinations in Cebu. These are the places we were able toContinue reading “Cebu Tourist Attractions We Visited in a Day”
Book Review: S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders
Source: http://kamigarcia.com/2013/01/12-books-i-loved-in-2012-giveaway/ When I was in elementary, I told my classmates that there were monsters and ghosts living in our backyard. I somehow managed to make them believe that I could give them powers to defeat these creatures. We had to meet during lunch breaks so we could hatch a plan to defeat the evilContinue reading “Book Review: S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders”
Ping’s January 2017 Reading Wrap-Up
My goal for 2017 is to read at least fifty books. I started this year by reading nine. These are pretty shorts books, though, because I was trying to just insert them between working and studying for the board exam. Fortunately, these books were not hard to read, and I enjoyed every one of them.Continue reading “Ping’s January 2017 Reading Wrap-Up”
Book Favorites: The Top 10 Books I Read in 2016
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when you’ve had a good reading year, you have to pick your favorites and recommend them to others. The year 2016 is my best reading year so far. I attribute it to discovering BookTube and online lists of books toContinue reading “Book Favorites: The Top 10 Books I Read in 2016”
Planner Review: 2016 Belle de Jour Power Planner
Search up any motivational videos on Youtube and blog articles about how to get sh*t done and you’ll very likely find almost all of them will advise you to get a planner. The human mind could only remember so much information, and with busier schedules nowadays, we needContinue reading “Planner Review: 2016 Belle de Jour Power Planner”
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