Saturday, January 27, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Finally, some news about the last of the Harry Potter series!

And this is real because I know this from Barnes and Noble. But noooo, it's not available for ordering yet. However, you can sign up to be among the first ones to know when it IS available for ordering. Crazy! Up until now, I only notice signs like, "Preorder now!" and not "Sign up now and we'll let you know when you can preorder!"

Harry Potter was the book that got me into reading. It was at the beginning of my third year during high school. I remember thinking that reading novels instead of mangas is a sign of growing up. (I do not claim this as a fact. It's just me and my thoughts). So, when I saw the promo for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at the bookstore, it caught my attention. I bought my first Harry Potter and I was hooked immediately. However, this book was the Indonesian version.

I don't remember how I figured out that there were sequels to the book. Probably through my classmates. I got my book before the craze happened at my high school. So by the time everybody was getting to get a hold of the book, I've finished reading it and was trying to get one of my friend to read it. I think I forced her to borrow my copy. She was so skeptical about it just because she doesn't want to do what everyone was doing. She wanted to be unique or something. But hah! As soon as she started reading, she finished it in 3 days and now, she's a bigger fan than I am. Funny how that works...

So now it is 7 years since then... WOW! 7 years.... I can't wait to read this last book. But it's sad too because that means I'll have nothing to look forward for after this book. Oh wait, there'll still be the movies... ^-^

Sunday, January 21, 2007

3 weeks into 2007

If you're in need of crying like mad, I have a solution for you. Watch the Japanese Drama called "1 Litre of Tears" and you're guaranteed to produce a litre of tears (possibly more...) along the series. The story is so touching especially since it's based on a true story. Not only that, it's also inspiring.

The drama is based on the diary of Aya Kitou, who had Spinocerebellar Atrophy starting at a very young age. The disease caused her to lose control over her body but not her mental ability. A very cruel disease... Yet Aya struggled bravely through the end, writing until she can no longer hold a pen and in the end inspired a lot of readers after her writings were published.

So, if you think like you wanted to die, watch this series before continuing the thought.
If you think you're unfortunate, and yet you're reading this on a computer, watch this series and think again.
If you're procrastinating, watch this series and be grateful that you're being lazy out of your own will and not because there's no other choice for you.

On a lighter note, I need to remind myself next time, NOT to do laundry on a Saturday... I started at around 11 am, and finished at 7 pm!! Apparently Saturday is everybody's laundry day.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

2007 Has Arrived!

Happy New Year everyone! Today is the day when I'll be doing this for the next couple of weeks: write down '06, scratch it and replace it with '07. It always takes me a while to remember the new year.

Anyway, since it snowed quite a lot yesterday, today the ground is finally covered with thick snow. So I really wanted to go out and take a walk. Turned out the weather is nice too. But it wasn't really fun walking alone outside. I tried calling some friends but no one picked up. Oh well, I did manage to capture a couple of shots of the snow.

PS: I had my first toothache of the year... :( Hope it's nothing bad... cause I hate going to the dentist.