I haven't had a chance to fill this blog meaningfully, but now I know what to do. It's about time I read books again and share some things about them.
The last time, I mostly read fiction. Now, I'm going to read or reread these motivational books. As always, one book per month. I hope I have enough books for the next 11 months.
For now, here's what I have:
*The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People- Stephen Covey
For the longest time I have been wanting to make a comic strip, but I always end up doing nothing. I don't even know the elements of comics. Hence, when my friends told me to try my luck on a Bible comic, I hesitated.
Still, I have long resolved to be a "yes girl" and not to be someone full of excuses, so I tried. Well, I'm really not expecting much. I just did it to prove to myself that I can also draw for comics (hopefully not the first and last).
Here's my drawing. (I was told to make an anime/manga version of a comic strip, so I did.) Hope you like it.
Stop thinking that we've lost our chance and time. Everything happens for a reason. Life is not all about years that pass by. It's about how we live, how we dream, and how we make our existence meaningful. Let's welcome 2014 with new hope. :)
Disney's Frozen is not entirely what I was expecting. I think it's even better.
I haven't expected that this movie is also a musical. On the first song, I suddenly had a "Tangled" flashback and for a while I wondered if Disney is going to make all of its movies musical.
Frozen is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen. However, the good thing about this movie is that the snow queen, Elsa, is not entirely evil. She just doesn't want to hurt people, especially her sister, Anna.
This movie is surely enjoyable and heartwarming, especially for sisters who have this love-hate-awkward relationship. Of course, it also shows how true love comes in an unexpected way.
Some things I
learned from Frozen:
(PS: With spoilers)
*Do not fall
in love with a person you just meet. Most importantly do not get engaged with
him (or her).
Anna easily falls in love with Prince Hans, and the crazier part is that she
agrees to be engaged with him. At first, I thought that they share true love
since they even have their own music video in the film. Boy, I was wrong.
It really is a
good lesson to control your heart and not fall in love with someone you barely
know. You wouldn't want to get your heart broken by a stranger, right?
*Do not hide
in fear.
Elsa, in her fear to hurt other people especially her sister, Anna, spends most
of her time alone in her room. She gets to fully appreciate her powers again when it is revealed to everyone since she no longer has to
hide it. Thus, she is able to make beautiful things again with her
icy powers.
It makes me
think that fear, really, paralyzes us and hinders us from growing or harnessing
our potentials. I actually felt sorry for Elsa for having been trapped in that
room for so long without being able to use her powers or build relationships with other people. In real life, I think
there are also situations where we are trapped in fear of so many things. This
should not be, it's actually tiring to be scared all the time, right? Also, I
once read that most of the fears you have are 90% imagined.
*An act of
true love comes in different shapes.
What I like about the film is that it does not give that ordinary
kiss-by-a-prince kind of "true love". Instead, Anna's choice to save
her sister from harm makes an act of true love deeper.
*Accepting
yourself frees you.
When Elsa finally accepts her power and rejoices that she is free to do it
without any reason to fear she is able to do beautiful and magnificent things.
This movie surely has a lot of fun and lessons, and it is also full of entertaining music like this soundtrack. Enjoy. :)
It's 12:15 in the morning. I'm supposed to be sleeping now because I need to wake up later at 6:00 am to start another week of work. However, I'm still here in front of the computer. I am usually like this when I don't want to sleep because I don't want my day to end just yet.
Another reason is this guilty feeling of neglecting my blog. Gosh, the month's almost over and I haven't posted a single thing. What the heck happened to me? a) I was too busy b) I had no spare time c) time is running too fast now or d) all of the above.
Excuses. This can't continue, I have to do something to keep doing my fruitful distractions lol. Anyway, if I can spend three hours on a TV show marathon, I can definitely spend some time updating my blog.
Here's a note to myself
...so, I resolve to use every possible moment available to do something worthy (or distracting?) and to feed this blog with some pieces of me as much as I can because
I guess the perfect time I have is anytime I am able to do the thing I want...
I have just finished the second book of Inkheart Trilogy, Inkspell.
In this book, the main characters are transported to the story itself, the Inkworld. However, much to their surprise, everything has changed. It seems that the printed words no longer hold the story. They are just plain, dead words. Inkworld has become a more sinister place for everyone.
This book has a darker story than the first one. For me, reading this was like a long, winding journey. It left me wondering if the story would really be as black as ink in the third book, or if I could finally reach a happy ending.
I actually took a break from reading the third book, Inkdeath. This second book made me mentally and emotionally exhausted. I must prepare for the third one.
