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Reading 'The Reader'

It's been long that I've read a novel of such theme. Because it is not that that thick at 218 pages, I grabbed it from Manong Jay-AR's room assuring him I will return it before weekend. I was unprepared upon readig it.r I have immersed myself on the world of LOTR lately or must have swayed away that much by Sheldon's (blessed be his soul) that I have to buoy my feelings. The realities presented in The Reader is of different exhilaration than those previous reads.

Set after the Nazi regime, the book is repeatedly erotic, highly philosophical, guilt-laden, very moving. A story of a 30-ish female bus conductor turned Nazi camp guard (aka murderer) who was nameless for good numbr of pages and a sickly 15-year old boy (she call him 'Kid') and their tryst... showers, making love, lying together, him reading her a book and the repeatition of those actions. It's an 'in your face' experience on how emotions can be tricky, as if you've known someone totally but realizing how strange she could still be. It's like you know her next moves and yet, you are caught by surprise at everything she does. It's the inconsolable thought of how lovers make love for countless times (and loving it) and yet stand as strangers, seemingly univolved with their individual lives after meeting a number of years after. I remember that feeling of reading Elie Wiesel's 'Night' or Camus' ' The Stranger', that same electrifying depression, detachment from human feelings, strangeness of beings etc, etc...

I could almost hear Simon and Garfunkel's
"in the naked night I saw, ten thousand people maybe more.
People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening..."

It is hopeful anyway, and redeeming....highly edifying.

The Odd Popularity of Mafia Wars

The Odd Popularity of Mafia Wars

The Odd Popularity of Mafia Wars

By Lev Grossman Monday, Nov. 16, 2009

Good evening. Please, don't be alarmed. You may call me ... Don Grossman. You might know me from such Facebook status updates as Don Grossman won a fight with your help! and Don Grossman sent you a gift in Mafia Wars. Yes, that's right. I'm in the mafia. Uh, wars. I'm in Mafia Wars.

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace | Music Upload

The 'real' Jacque Bermejo stood up

OFW 'abused' after mistaken Facebook post on Ondoy

A controversial statement allegedly made by a Filipina overseas worker in Dubai that mocked Filipino victims of tropical storm Ondoy sparked negative reactions among many Pinoys here and abroad. Click here for more.

2009 Miss Universe Result

Too bad, Miss Philippines did not make it even to Top 15... and a triumph to Miss Venezuela for bagging the crown two years in a row. Here's a rundown:

Miss Universe: Miss Venezuela
1st Runner Up: Miss Dominican Republic
2nd Runner Up: Miss Kosovo
3rd Runner UP: Miss Australia
4th Runner Up: Miss Puerto Rico

Miss Congeniality: Miss China
Photogenic: Miss Thailand (buti nalang di Pinas ulit)
National Costume: Miss Panama

10 Questions for Thomas Friedman

10 Questions for Thomas Friedman


*i will be a year, almost... it's nothing really only that it is not everyday that you got to ask a question to one of your revered author and got to see your name on TIME magazine.... wwheeeeeew!!