Mr. Murakami and The Quake

This book has an eerie relevance after last week's Japan earthquake.

It has been sitting on my desk for 2 years. I got to page 104 until I stopped reading the book. I don't get the UFO, Flatiron and Super Frog. Super Frog was the last straw.

1. I am an almost-there-fan of Mr. Murakami. The out of this world characters nor the psychologically messed up leads don't connect with me ( I find them too taxing) but once I get caught up in his story, it definitely sucks me in. Norwegian Wood is one of my favorite books.

2. After the Quake is a collection of stories written after the great Kobe earthquake in 1995 and how each character has been affected by it.

Will he be writing about the Sendai Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis?

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I am buying. -(",)-*wink*

P.S. I'll finish the book. I might appreciate it better this time.

I Don't Think So

I came across this book last night. 

I don't think I agree with the title, at least. Modesty aside:


1. I am usually the designated navigator during road trips. Or is it because I volunteer myself? 


Rachel Berry/Hermione Granger ish dat chu?


2. When we get lost, almost, always I know where the general direction is. I probably got it from my Papa, he's one of the best Orienter-er (?) I know. Not that I know a lot of people who takes part in Orienteering.


3. During my ROTC days, I was the group's navigator during the orienteering exercise. I think our group won. For those who want to know, Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. That's according to Wikipedia.


4. Person A (who is a HE) is one of the best listeners I know. He comprehends things really well, too. At hindi rin matigas ang ulo. Malakas ako sa kanya eh! =P


I haven't read the book nor I know what the content is all about but the author might mean other things.