current reads and what not...

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

So, here goes mine:

What are you currently reading?

I have John Grisham's The Rainmaker ( that I got from the library ) waiting for my undivided attention. Although I've read this book before ( years ago, I think ), I figured there's no harm done if I read it again. Besides, this is my all-time favorite of all Grisham books.

What did you recently finish reading?

I finished James Patterson's ( and Marshall Karp ) NYPD RED a few days ago. It took me just one day to finish it. Since  that first time I read one of Patterson's ( along with a co-author ) novel, I was hooked. I enjoyed reading his books because it is fast-paced and always give me this impression or feeling, that I'm watching a movie. The scenarios and characters described come to life in my mind. 

What do you think you'll read next?

Whatever that comes available from the library ( that is, after I finish reading The Rainmaker ). I requested a few books and I'm just waiting for them. So, let's see.

The first few days...

So, 2013 is upon us. Like the start of every new year, the word RESOLUTION becomes too popular. You can almost hear or read about it for the entire duration of January. And perhaps, for the next few months, until people wake up from the drunken lull of the holiday season and realize that reality is here to stay.

"I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me." - Anais Nin

I always thought that resolutions are made to be broken so what's the point of making them. I mean, it's tedious enough to think of habits you want to change or things you want to do, that sometimes, the resolve to actually do them seem futile. Before you know it, resolutions goes down the drain and never heard of again.

Every new year for me is a constant reminder that I'm still here. An opportunity to be thankful and face whatever life decides to throw at me.  Anyway, I decided to come up with my own resolutions. Hopefully, it's not something I'd do only at the start of the year but will continue  in the months and years to come. God willing.

Read more and read often. I love reading that sometimes, I'd rather be doing it than doing something else. But then my life don't just revolve around books and reading so....

Write often. The fact that I'm writing this post is a good sign. I do love to write but sometimes, I just don't have the motivation or inclination to do so.

Run. Well, I really have to do this more often because I signed up for a race. And there's no better way to prepare for it than simply, run.

Just few of the things I can think of. They don't seem hard because I already love doing them. But at some point, they can get monotonous. So I think, the real challenge here, is to do them in novel ways, to spice things up. Say, I could try running in the snow, just to see how it feels.

Enough on my spiel about resolution. I think the idea behind making them ( and actually doing them, I hope ) is to recoup whatever the previous year has dealt you and start again, with a clean slate and the good sense to learn from your mistakes.  I know, it's easier said than done but then, there's no harm in trying, right? :-)

H A P P Y   N E W  Y E A R  ! ! !

2012 happenings...

"Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, 
whispering it will be happier..." 

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

With another year coming up for grabs, I think that it's only fitting to reflect on what went on in 2012. And perhaps, I can learn a thing or two from it.

As you know, I live a pretty much laid-back and ordinary life. No late-night outs and hangovers. No hang-outs with so-called friends. No dates or whatsoever. Nothing much is going on in my world. My sister always point it to me that, I'm already living the life of someone more than twice my age or  just about.

I have no complains though. I'm happy and thankful  where I'm at right now. I'm sure I did quite a few things this past year---fun things, I say. So if you're up to it, read on....

Ran in my "first" marathon. I put emphasis on the word 'first' because I think about doing another one. Go figures. :-)

I love the letter "N". After countless hours spent on the road,"driving" and two failed road tests, I finally got this. 

My sister and I dressed up for Halloween!!!

Helped decorate my first "real" Christmas tree. 

Christmas morning. I'm glad I made it to Santa's "Nice" list. :-)

White Christmas and we made a snowman too. :-)

Goodies galore. And I'm just talking about desserts here. Sometimes, I think I'm like the birds, fattening up for winter. But I'm not complaining.:-)

Get to met new friends. :-)

Then, there's my birthday. And other things I'm grateful for every day. :-)

"For last year's words belong to last year's language

And next year's words await another voice.

And to make an end is to make a beginning."

-T. S. Eliot