tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55559605189691450552024-03-13T12:46:58.614+01:00'Life is Beautiful :)'Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-34797860133785631522018-03-25T21:05:00.000+02:002018-03-25T21:05:32.758+02:00The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1281621205"><span id="freeTextContainer1023779594266713322"><i> </i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1281621205"><span id="freeTextContainer1023779594266713322">My Review: 5/5</span></span></span></span></b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'If I tell you right up front, right in
the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know
it's coming, and it will hurt. But you'll be able to prepare.' </i></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I HATE IT, I HATE
IT, I HATE IT! I hate the fact this story is so beautiful and I will hung up to
it forever. I hate the fact that this is emotionally and brutally
captivating. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Definitely one of
the most touching stories I have read. A story of before and after, of new
beginnings and never-endings. A story flawed and fractured, crazy and cracked,
and most of all, a love story that teaches you about love, loss and forgiveness.
Not often, I read the books and I am drawn to the story and virtually attached
to every emotion. Not often I feel like I should have written this story. This
is the book everyone should read, acknowledge and appreciate. Existence of
novels like this makes life even more beautiful. So Ladies and Gentleman, Brace
yourself, keep the tissues nearby and get ready for a very emotional but worth
crying story.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>''Sometimes you can choose, you know.''</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>''What?'' I asked</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>''Sometimes you can choose. Most people
choose to stay. It's beautiful here.''</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>''Did you choose to stay?''</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>''Sometimes you can choose. Sometimes you
can't.''</i></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Georgia was warned since her early age by her
parents about Moses. They say he is a troubled child who was found in the
laundry basket. Just like when people want to do something they are told not to
do, Georgia sees him as a challenge and soon finds herself working her way into
his heart.<b><i> </i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>'I’m a very ordinary girl, Moses. I know
that I am. And I always will be. I can’t paint. I don’t know who Vermeer is, or
Manet for that matter. But if you think ordinary can be beautiful, that gives
me hope.'</i></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Moses has a
special talent that nobody can understand or figure out. He paints the image
that comes to his mind involuntarily. The interesting thing is, the images he paints
are related to real life incidents even though he is unaware of them. Due to
this, he attracts lots of unnecessary problems, which eventually messes his
relationship with Georgia.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'I slipped Georgia's letter beneath my
mattress where I wouldn't have to see it, where I wouldn't have to feel it,
where I wouldn't have to acknowledge it.'</i></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Georgia tries her
best to bring him love her or acknowledge their love but at the end, she had to
let him go, which as a result creates a huge void in her life.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'But mostly I
felt afraid and unequipped to tackle the days ahead, still unable to completely
give up on Moses Wright. Mom had taken one look at the head and sighed. And I
settled in for a long wait. </i></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>When we told my
dad, he was the one who melted my mother's heart. He stood and walked over to
me and pulled me up into his arms. And my mother cried. That's when I knew it
was going to be all right and that's when I gave up on Moses coming back.'</i></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later on, when fate brings them back together
again, I couldn't help but wondered how I might have reacted if I were her. I
ached for Georgia, her love for Moses and the time she lost waiting for him. I
ached for the fact it was such an emotional reunion. Even though I wanted to
scream <i>'Why Moses Why?'</i>, I knew it was not his fault. It is a heart-breaking
union, heart-breaking break up and eventually heart-breaking reunion. I loved
every part of it. Moses' desire for Georgia and Georgia's love for Moses. The
strength Moses needed to fight the society and the strength Georgia needed to
withstand the departure of Moses. The way Georgia plays with horses and the way
Moses paints. The way Georgia longs for Moses and the way Moses tries to avoid
her only to get drawn back to her again. It’s absolutely beautiful.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'If you don’t love, then nobody gets
hurt. It’s easy to leave. It’s easy to lose. It’s easy to let go.'</i></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>'THE FIRST FEW WORDS of every story are
always the hardest to write. It’s almost as if pulling them out, putting them
on paper, commits you to seeing it all through. As if once you start, you are
required to finish. And how do you finish when some things never end?' <span style="color: red;"> </span></i></b><span style="color: red;">(PLEASE GIVE ME PART 2!!!!)</span></span></span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-89842856201633213042018-03-18T01:33:00.000+01:002019-05-24T16:54:36.532+02:00Origin by Dan Brown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>My Review:<strike> 3 </strike> <strike> 3.5 </strike> <strike> 4 </strike> 3/5</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'The dark religions are departed and sweet science
reigns' </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A
great concept but a very lame plot! With the show of hands, how many people
found this novel conflicting? This book, supposedly a graduation gift for me
didn't turn out to be as good as I expected.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So,
let's settle down for a talk in detail. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u> CONCEPT:</u></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Where do we come
from?<br />
Where are we going?</i> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
answers of these two mysteries lie at the heart of the human experience.
Science vs. Religion has mostly been the theme of Robert Langdon. In this story,
he finds himself strangled in the maze of his dear friend, who is also a genius
scientist, Edmond Kirsch. Mr Kirsch doesn't agree with Church who says human
came from the God and they are going back to the God. So, he tries to find an
answer himself. Finally after years of hard work, Kirsch discovers a ground-breaking theory that can change the whole world. He finds the answer to the questions;
where do we come from? And where are we going?<b><i> </i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>So, Where do we come from?</i></b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">During
1950s, scientists Miller and Urey, rejecting the idea that God invented the
life, decided to do an experiment in the lab to prove that some chemicals are
enough to make the earthy atmosphere to create lives. After the long experiment,
they found out that their chemicals had produced several amino acids. Nothing
else interesting happened during the course of their experiment and Of course,
just amino acid is not a solid evidence of existing of life. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fast-forward,
after more than 50 years, comes our genius, Edmond Kirsch who declares that
Miller and Urey were not patient enough to wait for the required amount of time and even if
they had waited, the changes couldn't have occurred during their life-time.
Then he introduces the same test-tube Miller and Urey were working on and declares
that Miller's student continued this experiment and did all the test and analysis
with the sophisticated techniques to find out that the chemical fluids now
contains the building blocks of RNA, which could eventually become DNA. <i>I
must say this totally blew me away and I was so excited. While I am writing
this, I remember how excited I was while reading this part. So, let me change
my score from 3 to 3.5 stars. After all, I was enjoying it. </i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So,
all that experiment was lacking, was time<i>.</i> It took 50 years of mark to
create RNA. <i>How long more would it need to create DNA and eventually</i> <i>living
organism and from that to people like us? Don't you find that fascinating?
Isn't it exciting? You know what? I am going to upgrade my score to 4 stars
now.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since
I am also a scientist, I got even more excited to discover what exactly
was happening in that little test-tube during this 50 years? The
magic word we are looking for here is 'Entropy'<i>. </i>And what exactly is the
Entropy? It is a measure of disorder in microorganism. The law of entropy states
that <i>things fall apart</i>. Let’s think about some examples. Imagine you
work really hard to make sand castle. Seconds later, a wave comes in and washes
away the castle. But have you ever seen while you are just relaxing in the beach, minding
your own business<i>,</i> all of the sudden wave comes in and deposits sand in
the shape of a sand castle? No right? This is what I am talking about. Here is
another example.<i> </i>Someone makes you a really nice cup of tea. Then
you forget to drink it and after a while it becomes cold. That is entropy. It
makes hot tea cold but it doesn't reheat your tea or ask your friend to do
it. Ok, enough examples.<i> But wait, I forgot what I was talking about. </i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh
yea, the thing is we live in entropic universe. <i>Ok, everyone got it</i> but how can
lifeless chemicals magically organise themselves into complex life-forms? As it
turns out, life is not the only example of the universe creating order. Non-living
molecules organise themselves all the time into complex structures. Look at the
examples of a tornado vortex, a snowflake, a rippled riverbed etc. etc. So that
means<i> </i>sometimes the universe does organise matter-which seems to be the
exact opposite of entropy. So which is actually true? Does universe prefer
order or chaos? Nature!-in an effort to promote disorder-creates little pockets
of order. Hmm. makes sense that means your friend will never reheat your
tea.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So
what does entropy have to do with the origin of life? As turns out, life is an
exceptionally effective tool for dissipating energy. All living
organisms-including humans-which consume organised matter as food, convert it
to energy, and then dissipate energy back into the universe as heat. So that
means, the life indeed spontaneously emerged from lifeless matter as result of
nothing more than the laws of physics. Then
Edmond shows the stimulated Miller-Urey's amino acids in millions of years
turning into DNA. Just wow!<b><i> </i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>and Now let’s talk about Where are we going?</i></b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here
just for reference, let’s imagine humans are the result of some law of entropy
of non-living things. After millions of years, some living organism are formed
then comes Darwinian evolutionary theory (survival of fittest), and
fast-forward we are in present world. So what’s next? Are we going back to
being non-living stuffs at some point? <i>Here is the clue- have you discovered
anything unusual in last decade?</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Technology
has overcome people. This is the age of Industry 4.0. People talk about
digitalisation, personalisation. They are hugely dependent on their laptops and
smartphones. Even my 7 months old niece gets really excited when she sees a phone
:0. The point here is, human has become machine dependent. There will be a time
(in less than a century) when human will be entirely swallowed up by machine.
This doesn't sound too vague when people are talking so much about artificial
intelligence (AI) now. People are even talking about in-coupling AI into human brain.
Who we kidding right? So, Edmond says that if it runs like this at some point,
there will be only machines in this world and extinction of human, just like a
fate of dinosaurs (scary enough!). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>STORY:</u></b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
good thing about Dan Brown's book is, you cannot rest until you finish it. I
was so hooked up in the book that I was happy that I was finishing this 500
pages book fast but also sad thinking it will be finished soon. If you are familiar
with Brown's book, you know by now that he takes you to different cities, goes
deep into the meaning of some churches or buildings, there will be codes and
puzzles Langdon has to break to solve the mystery that will eventually save the
world or himself. These codes are always fun and interesting. Every time new
series of Robert </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Langdon</span></span> comes, I am more looking forward to new codes and
countries he takes us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">BUT......
Let’s talk about 'but' now.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A
very famous scientist Edmond Kirsch is about to make a world-changing announcement
of <i>Where do we come from? and Where are we going?</i> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
announcement is assisted by soon to be Queen of Spain, Ambra Vidal (but she is completely
unaware about the content of his announcement). I guess it is about time that I
should announce Edmond Kirsch is so genius that he has programmed a
virtual artificial assistant, Winston. He is programmed to behave like human
and understand their emotions. As a matter of fact, Winston knows everything
about Kirsch apart from the discovery itself and a password that can access to the
discovery Kirsch made. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On
the night of the discovery, while Kirsch was about to announce his discovery,
he gets killed. Now the whole world watching and more curious about his
discovery, Robert </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Langdon</span></span> and Ambra Vidal with the assistance of </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Winston</span></span> has to
track down the password of Edmond Kirsch's discovery so that they can make it
public. It’s a huge suspense but you know what I guessed the ending miles away
(I guess I am reading too much of Robert Langdon).<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Take home message?</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For
me, so many things didn't make sense. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1.</b> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Winston</span></span> declared that he killed his own creator Edmond Kirsch in public to
enhance the public interest of his discovery. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Winston</span></span> thought that it was for
his own good but you know what? It totally didn't make sense. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Winston</span></span> killed
Kirsch before the discovery was announced and without Langdon to
track down the codes to find his password, there was no way discovery was
getting public. The discovery would have been lost if Langdon was not
there. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2.</b>
I don't understand the role of Ambra Vidal and her connection with Edmond
Kirsch. The world renowned genius scientist Kirsch secretly creates </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Winston</span></span>
using supercomputer and keeps it secret from everyone and even programmes it in a way that it permanently shuts down the day after he dies. He makes this world-changing discovery that he doesn’t tell anyone and is very sceptical about.
Still, he tells Ambra how to unlock his home's door and that the password to his
discovery is the 47 characters line of one of the poems of his favourite poet, which happened to be in his home library.
This doesn't make sense. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3.</b>
I still didn't get who killed Saed al-Fadl and Rabi Yehuda Köves. Was it again </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Winston</span></span>? But Why?</span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4.
</b>At the end, it shows Bishop Valdespino and the king of Spain are gay couple.
This totally doesn’t fit into the story and <i>Love is a private thing. The
world doesn't need to know every detail.</i> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As
I said, the concept is good. Dan Brown talks about the AI,
the recent control of human life by new technology and how fake news are
weighing as much as real news in today's generation but I strongly feel that
Robert </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Langdon</span></span> didn't come that powerful this season because in previous
seasons, I was so used to </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Langdon</span></span> being the main focus in everywhere. He solving
all the mysteries and it was like, without him nothing else happened. There were
no loopholes and loose ends. The funny thing is, you know I was like damn! he
forgot to mention his Mickey Mouse watch this time. I was like noooooo..... but
it was there towards the end. While I am thinking about that, I realised
the role of Ambra Vidal is even more dreadful. She didn't come across as smart
and active as other females in previous series. You know what I am going to change
my score back to 3 stars. </span></span></div>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh
well, <b>The Da Vinci Code</b>, and <b>Angels and Demons</b> are still my
favourite Robert Langdon series. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A beautiful story
of love, heartache and the determination of one woman as she struggles to
regain her lost love. A story about a second chance. A story that makes your
heart swell like there is no better thing in this world. A love story that
really comes once in a life time. A love story that teaches us:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“A man does
not recover from such a devotion of the heart to such a woman. He ought not; he
does not.”</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anne Elliot comes
from a high class family. She has everything one desires; Beauty, wealth,
social status... you name it. She meets Fedrick Wentworth, who lacks fortune and
rank. <i><br />
</i><b>''They were gradually acquainted, and when acquainted, rapidly and deeply in
love. It would be difficult to say which had seen highest perfection in the
other, or which had been the happiest: she, in receiving his declarations and
proposals, or he in having them accepted." </b><b> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not so surprising
for me, Anne's family and friends oppose this marriage. Then they
depart. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“There could
have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in
unison, no countenances so beloved. Now they were as strangers; worse than
strangers, for they could never become acquainted. It was a perpetual
estrangement.”</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<b>''He was gone; he had disappeared, she felt a moment's regret. But they
should meet again.''</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They seperate but Anne couldn't get over him.<b><i> </i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“She would
have liked to know how he felt as to a meeting. Perhaps indifferent, if
indifference could exist under such circumstances. He must be either
indifferent or unwilling. Has he wished ever to see her again, he need not have
waited till this time; he would have done what she could not but believe that
in his place she should have done long ago, when events had been early giving
him the independence which alone had been wanting.” </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b> </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nearly 8 years later,
Fedrick Wentworth returns from the Navy as Captain Wentworth with huge fortune,
which reminds me of a famous quote- ''If it is right, it happens - the main thing is
not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.". And here is the scene that
describes Anne and Captain Wentworth's
second encounter. </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>''He was more
obviously struck and confused by the sight of her than she had ever observed
before; he looked quite red. For the first time, since their renewed acquaintance,
she felt that she was betraying the least sensibility of the two. She had the
advantage of him in the preparation of the last few moments.''</b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I smiled when I
read it (immediately hoped nobody in the train thinks I am mad). Anne still
having intense feeling for him sees that this time, Captain Wentworth is not
interested in her but her friend. Is she too late?<br />
<b>"He had been most warmly attached to her, and had never seen a woman
since whom he thought her equal; but, except from some natural sensation of
curiosity, he had no desire of meeting her again. Her power with him was gone
for ever."</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<b>“She understood him. He could not forgive her,-but he could not be
unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it with high and
unjest resentment, though perfectly careless of her, and though becoming
attached to another, still he could not see her suffer, without the desire of
giving her relief. It was a remainder of former sentiment; it was an impuse of
pure, though unacknowledged friendship; it was a proof of his own warm and
amiable heart, which she could not contemplate without emotions so compounded
of pleasure and pain, that she knew not which prevailed.”</b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
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<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">With
common friends and relatives, Anne and Captain Wentworth frequently meet each other in social gathering, each
realising their long forgotten love every time they meet. Each tries to avoid
other as much as they can but they cannot.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then finally,
Captain Wentworth can no longer stay in silence. He writes a letter to Anne<i>.</i>
I must say, this letter literally broke me. <i><br />
</i><b>''I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as
are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me
not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer
myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke
it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than
woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I
may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone
have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen
this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these
ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated
mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers
me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when
they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us
justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy
among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in F. W.<br />
<br />
I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your
party, as soon as possible. A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I
enter your father's house this evening or never''</b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
To this letter, Anne says:</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>''Such a
letter was not to be soon recovered from''</b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
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<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally the scene
when Anne and Captain Wentworth confess their love to each other for second
time, the scene that will just inject into your heart and make you cry, the scene that
will remain in your soul for ever:</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>''and soon
words enough had passed between them to decide their direction towards the
comparatively quiet and retired gravel walk, where the power of conversation
would make the present hour a blessing indeed, and prepare it for all the
immortality which the happiest recollections of their own future lives could
bestow. There they exchanged again those feelings and those promises which had
been followed by so many, many years of division and estrangement. There they
returned again into the past, more exquisitely happy, perhaps, in their re-union,
than when it had been first projected; more tender, more tried, more fixed in a
knowledge of each other's character, truth, and attachment, more equal to act,
more justified in acting. And there, as they slowly paced the gradual ascent,
heedless of every group around them, seeing neither sauntering politicians,
bustling housekeepers, flirting girls, nor nursery-maids and children, they
could indulge in those retrospections and acknowledgements, and especially in
those explanations of what had directly preceded the present moment, which were
so poignant and so ceaseless in interest. All the little variations of the last
week were gone through; and of yesterday and today there could scarcely be an
end.''</b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just read those
words, how can someone write so perfectly? How can anyone just incise your
heart with their words? Selection of words couldn't have been more classic;
story line couldn't have been more interesting and realistic, ending couldn't
have been more perfect. I wouldn't be more proud to have it in my collections once I have my own library. See? This is what good novels do. They make you part of
it. They make you cry and laugh at the same time that you somehow become crazy.
More than anything, they make you feel <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">like</span> they are telling your story. Have
you felt that too? Have you?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
finished this book and I have no idea how to feel about it. You know this can
happen in real, but there was something which didn't add up for me.
Unfortunately, I cannot tell you what that factor is because I don't know it
myself. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"I
have heard people say that the more you like someone, the more you think they
are beautiful even if you didn't think so in the beginning." </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lara Jean
is a 16-year old high school girl. Few years back, she wrote letters to 5
different boys she fell in love with in various timeline. One of them, Peter
approaches her and then long story short, they are in love. Everything is
normal up to here. Oh yea, let's not forget, before Lara Jean, Peter was in
relationship with Lara Jean's then best friend, Genievive. So, now the story is
getting little complicated right? Wait until later. </span></span></div>
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</span></span></div>
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</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
problem is, they are all in the same school. So, Peter and Genievive bump into
each other quite often. At first Lara Jean doesn't mind thinking they are still
friends but later on, she comes to know that they are constantly in touch with
each other, they text, talk on phone and not only that, also meet in private,
whatever the reason behind it is. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>''We
broke so easily. Like it was nothing. Like we were nothing. Does that mean it
was never meant to be in the first place? That we were an accident of fate? If
we were meant to be, how could we both walk away just like that? I guess the
answer is, we weren't.'' </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Things
feel like they'Il be forever, but they aren't. Love can go away, or people can,
without even meaning to. Nothing is guaranteed." </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
problem continues in between Peter and Lara Jean just because of Genievive.
Peter says Genievive is going through some family issues so she needs him and
Lara Jean says he should be spending time with her since she is his girlfriend
now. At this point, I was screaming 'Go, girl!’ She has a valid point, doesn't
she? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trust me,
I couldn’t digest this whole drama. Here, I have to shout out to some guys
out there. When you break up with someone that means you break up. When you
break up with someone and you are in new relationship, your previous break up
means BREAK UP! No matter whatever the situation is. I mean, if you can't get
over previous relationship, what's the point of new one? Why just ruin
everyone's life. You broke up for a reason. Since now you broke up, why stalk
on your exs? Why message them? What’s the point of this?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<i>''There is a korean word my
grandma taught me. It's called jung. It's the connection between two people
that can't be severed, even when love turns to hate. You still have those old
feelings for them, you can't ever shake them loose of you; you will always have
tenderness in your heart for them. And jung is why somebody can't let go
somebody. They are tied.''</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, at this point, our next hero, John Ambrose McClaren comes into play.
John is one of those five guys Lara Jean wrote to. John and Lara Jean are
instantly attracted to each other. While Peter is still handling issues of his
ex-girlfriend, John approaches as a real gentleman. Everything he does and
everything he says makes Lara Jean fall for him more and more. Well my friends,
there is a famous saying <i>'A man's biggest mistake is giving another man an opportunity to make his woman smile'</i>. This couldn’t be more true
here. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>''People
come in and out of your life. For a time they are your world; they are
everything. And then one day they are not. There is no telling how long you
will have them near.''</i></span></span></div>
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</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then Lara
Jean and Peter break up. And it makes everything easy for Lara Jean and John.
They hang out together until Peter realises his mistake and becomes extremely
jealous of John. Then he asks Lara Jean to come back to him. At this point, I
was screaming 'NO!, NO!'. Because, I was also falling in love with John.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although
Lara Jean had started to fall for John, she still had some feelings left for
Peter. Now Lara Jean is confused who to choose between Peter and John. It was
difficult. I was actually thinking what I would do if I were in her position. Decision
like this is not easy but what can make it little bit easier is by asking
yourself- <i>'Who would I regret losing more?' </i></span></span></div>
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</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, lots
of drama and too much confusion for our dear leading lady and at some point, I
couldn't take it any longer and I screamed, 'Enough girl! Just choose one guy
and get the hell out of my life.' Then comes the final conversation between
Lara Jean and John, that makes me go Awwww.....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lara
Jean- <i>''I could fall in love with you so easily. I am halfway there already.
You are so perfect in my memory, and you are perfect now. Of all the boys,
you're the one I would pick. but, but I still love Peter. I can't help it. He
got here first and he..... he just won't leave.''</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here, I
was nodding. 'Go girl! that's right, the one who came first always count.' </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">John
replies- <i>''I don't think it was our time then. I guess it isn't now either.
But one day may be it will be.''</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I
was like-----D-A-N-G---</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew
it, John is not giving up. Although this sequel finishes with this conversation
and of course with Lara Jean running into Peter's arm but there is something
inside me that says Lara Jean belongs to John. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
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</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hands up
if you want to see Lara Jean ending up with John Ambrose McClaren in next
sequel? You know what, I am team John! You cannot just come and go and come
again into someone's life. Just because you needed a break doesn't mean
everyone will stay still and wait for you to come and play the button again and
carry on with the life. This means you disrespected your girl. Nobody deserves it
because every girl in this world deserves to be somebody's number one girl. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>''A new breed of traveller is, today, heading abroad to find better careers, more intellectual simulation or simply more adventure. This highly educated and globally minded cadre are neither immigrants nor expats; instead, they're happy to move from country to country in pursuit of personal or professional goals.''</i>- Quoted</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>'Hopefully Man United can do us a favour.' </i>Ok,
first of all who does the favour here? No one is sitting here saying <i>'I have to
beat you so that other team can win the title'</i>. Nobody thinks about others
here. It’s a competition for God's sake. It was really unnatural comment to
make and when I read it, I was like <i>'Are you out of your mind?'</i>. Anyway, that is what happened few
days ago but what I want to write today is mainly about what happened today.
I was desperately waiting for this match since last week. It was a moment of truth,
moment of history and a huge contribution to the Premier League. So, just
before the game started, I decided I will be happy whoever wins but huge part of
me wanted Leicester City to win. While I write this, I am already imagining all
United fans giving me 'WTH' look and throwing tomatoes at me. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wkI1iw1TUZ8/VyOeSjxzCPI/AAAAAAAACiA/uozFfZLW2HkTsTt5viFFqJkK-fow_lEwQCLcB/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wkI1iw1TUZ8/VyOeSjxzCPI/AAAAAAAACiA/uozFfZLW2HkTsTt5viFFqJkK-fow_lEwQCLcB/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">@goodreads</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now you all are probably thinking a fan
like me has no place in United membership and it’s all my fault that United didn't win but before you
start cursing, judging, buying tomatoes just to throw at me and kicking me out of the fan club, let me make my points clear.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a United fan, I certainly wanted them to win as always but as a football fan, I really wanted Leicester to
win. I know there is a matter of top 4 and Van Gaal's job security but look at
the other side. Leicester city wining Premier League is one of the most
beautiful things that can happen to EPL and somehow I wanted that to happen in
Old Trafford. I wanted United and us to be the part of their win. I mean of
course they can still win the title and we can still be in top 4 but after
waiting desperately for a week and being restless since morning, all I get is a
draw? This is not fair. I was really disappointed after the match. How
difficult was it to score one more? I was so disappointed that I wanted them to replay this
game. I am not going to accept draw here. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Only if it was possible to take this case to the
court. I was actually going through this scene in my mind, what if it can really happen in real? How would I defend my case? I went through it again and
again in my mind. First of all I imagined all fans from both teams supporting me. Then I
imagined all other teams including officials of EPL going against me. Now the case was getting tough. Then I
would make a huge group of pro teams and give them speech everyday why this game
should be replayed. The case would finally reach to the court. I was not scared
because I had huge supporters. Finally the case ended after a long battle and
obviously in my favour :). Then they decided to replay in Old Traford. Then
what happened after that, I didn't get to finish my imagination. My friend sent
me a message <i>'United neither wins nor let others win'</i>. He was supporting Leicester
too. Here you go, another one in my team :).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, the game was really tensed. Both
teams were in huge pressure to win and that was making them more nervous.
Towards final 10 minutes, it was like one of those times in exams where you
have final 5 minutes to write and you just write whatever, hoping to get some
points. Anyway, my whole excitement is gone now and I feel so empty. Looking
forward to tomorrow's Chelsea vs Tottenham. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So it was like this. I went to the book shop (the kind of things I love doing in my limited free time). Although we hardly get English novels </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">here,</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> I feel better when I go there. So, I was just wandering around, minding my own business and suddenly.......suddenly, one book caught my eyes. The cover was really beautiful. I could say if there is love at first sight then I experienced right there in that spot, at that moment but I was well aware about the famous quote <i>'Don't judge the book by its cover'</i>. I looked at the book and to my surprise, the book also looked at me. Then our eyes met. We both were mesmerized, both of us completely engrossed at each other. I smiled and the book smiled too :O. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After few minutes or atleast I thought it was few minutes, I approached to that book. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Hi'- I said </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Hi, nice dress'- the book replied. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Really?'- I checked myself and said -'You know book, you have a beautiful face. Are you this beautiful inside too?'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Of course! I am newly released and I am going to be in the chart of best selling soon. You love adventure?' the book asked. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Yes!' Now I was jumping with excitement. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Then I am the best book for you. Buy me, buy me!' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I quickly picked it up and turned at its back to read what it is about. Read few reviews. It looked very promising and I was already looking forward to it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>After few days:</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'You told me you are good and I will like you'- I screamed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'No book in the world will say I am bad and you shouldn't buy me'- the book screamed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'And your language? omg, it is so annoying. You are one of the worse books I have ever read. The writing sucks, the characters suck, the plot sucks, almost everything about you sucks. I am not going to complete you.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Well you bought me'- the book was jumping with rage too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Just because you promised me you are good. Now, I am going to sell you'- I screamed back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Too bad, my reputation is already bad enough. No body will buy me.'- the book was giving me a weird smile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'I don't care. Then I will give you to the charity'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>I was still thinking 'my god that face' while having those arguments.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Just don't trust all the books based on reviews. They all say they are good but only few ones are good. Read the prologue and see if that book is the right one for you </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">and more than anything, t</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">rust your intuition. Just because you want to read a book doesn't mean you jump into any book. If you do, you have no right to complain.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'- the book was calm but firm now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Exactly!' I said</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'Now, you know I am bad, just find another book, will you?' Book was smiling now. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'But you wasted my time and money' I was almost crying now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">'Did you forget the famous quote from <i>''</i></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>To kill a mockingbird?, </i></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.''. </b></i></span></span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-11270243996606551852016-01-24T18:06:00.000+01:002016-01-24T19:52:53.673+01:00A song for Julia by Charles Sheehan-Miles <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>My Review: 4/5</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>It all starts with a kiss…….</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>He-</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I have a broken past and I don’t believe in
relationship. I play in a band and I am a high-school drop-out. What sort of
guys do you hang out with?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>She-</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I am a final year student at Harvard. I don't hang
out with guys. But I guess the times I do, it's guys with ambition. Guys who
wear suit. Guys who will end up in the Senate or as a CEO. Umm... guys who my
father would approve of. <span style="background: white; color: #181818;">My father and I don't get along, but don't ever
mistake that for me not having perfect for him. He's a hero- he's my hero. But
I have never quite been able to live up to him, so at some point, I just
stopped trying and went my own way. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">He</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">- Must have been fascinating, travelling
bunch of different countries?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">She</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">- I don't know about all that.
It's not a normal life, moving to a new country every few years. Kind of lonely
sometimes. You leave behind everyone you know and start over. I don't know if
I'll ever get married, but if I do.... not sure if my husband will understand
my ambition and not sure it's the right life for kids. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>He</b>- Would you like
to have a dinner with me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">She</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">- Just
once because I don’t believe in love anymore. I was very young when I fell in
love but I still remember what it was like to have my heart torn out,
to have my dreams smashed. To have scandal nearly tear my family apart.
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cried and cried. I was so scared, but no one would help. And all I could think
was- I wanted my mother. Yes, she told me that guy was not right for me. She saw
right through him from the beginning. I wanted to find her, and hug her, and
make all of this fear and pain go away. I wanted to go back to being her little
girl, and having her protect me and make everything better. <span style="background: white; color: #181818;">No matter how much I might have wanted
that guy: I couldn't</span> <span style="background: white; color: #181818;">go
back there. Not now. Not ever. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Then he and she both go to their own
lives. He never gets over her so decides to write a song for her. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">She</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">- <i>I sat back in the chair and
sipped my coffee, crossing one arm across my chest. My head was still
hurting, and thinking about him made it hurt worse. For the first time in a long
time, I found myself having really mixed feelings about a guy. He was fun to be
around, but he was confusing as hell. And not exactly welcoming. Was I just
lonely? It had been so long since I'd allowed myself to really care about
anyone. Sometimes you go looking and don't find anything, and sometimes it
slaps you upside the head like a good Irish Catholic mother. </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">He</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">- <i>I never wanted a relationship but lately,
I'd started to realize that even though I was around people all the time, I
just felt so damn alone. </i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>She</b>- You are not an
easy guy to figure out and I am not interested enough to try. It’s just last
night you were all, stay the hell away, and in morning you were friendly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>He</b>- Sometimes
losing control can be wicked awesome. And sometimes it’s a disaster. Sometimes
it can take your whole life and rip it to pieces. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">She</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">- I don't know why this
bothered me. It's not like we were a thing. It's not like we were anything. But
you'd switched moods so quickly, from anger and hostility last night, to open
and laughing this morning, and now you were cold. I didn't get it, I didn't
like it, and I was starting to not like you. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>He</b>- I love you <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>She</b>- I don’t love
you. I don’t even like you. I am a little different and isolated. But also a
hero. And even though I start out very isolated, I come out of my shell. Which
is something I learnt to do long ago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>He</b>- This is going
to sound like a cliché. And it sucks like nothing else in the world. But if I
love you….I have to give you what you need. Even if that means letting you go.
Yes, truth sucks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>He then sings of his longing, of her refusal,
and of his precious hope that if he let her go, if he kissed her goodbye and
watched her go, that she’s eventually come home.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>She</b>- <i>It almost hurt
to watch the awkward painful interchange between us. This was too much. Too
much emotions, too much pain, just too much. I needed to get back to my room,
get a good book to read, and escape. Get grounded again; get back in control of
feelings that were twisted through me like a storm, tearing down leaves and
building and leaving me directionless and confused. No matter how much my heart
yearned for him, no matter how much my body wanted him, my mind knew that he
was a mistake.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>He</b>- <i>I don’t want
to lose her. No one has ever meant this much to me. Then I have to do the </i><i>thing she needs. And maybe she’ll come to me. If she doesn't…….well….it wasn't meant to be. But I wasn't going to let her go without telling her exactly how
I felt.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>She</b>- <i>It reminded me
that being dependent on people you love is nothing but a crutch. It reminded me
that the inevitable result of love is heartbreak. It reminded me that the other
side of those overwhelming emotions was death. And I wasn't willing to go
there. I wasn't willing to do that harm to myself ever again. Never again would
I watch my own lifeblood pouring out of me into a bathtub because I needed
people in my life. It was bitter, like dust, a bare moonscape inside my heart
instead of flowers or bunnies or hearts or whatever the hell other people
wanted to feel like. And it was mine.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">He</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">- I love
you, and I want you to be happy, I want you to have the life you deserve. And
if that means … if that means I have to stand here and watch you walk away,
then I’ll do it. I won’t be happy about it. It’ll break my heart. But … if
that’s what you really need, then we’re done. <span class="apple-converted-space">Before you go, you need to know- I’d do anything
for you. Even kiss you goodbye and watch you go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">She</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">- Can you put up with me? I am crazy half the time. You know
I’ll pull away and get angry when things are tough. I make my own home, wherever
that is and home’s where the people I love are. It’s the things that matter to
me, and holding on to them and taking care of them. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And remember- </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">‘</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I will love you, pamper you, care for you and give you everything I can.
I will make you feel on cloud nine with my love. I will make you feel like the
best man on this planet but the moment I feel avoided, unwanted, ignored, sidelined,
I will be gone and I will never feel the same again. I will quietly move on</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">.’</span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>He-</b> I don't want to screw this up. I don't ever want to be the person who hurts you. </span></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Because you make me better. You make me feel like I matter. Like my life matters. I feel like, with you, I can do anything in the world. That we can do anything in the world. And we will.</span></span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-55238817663671064422016-01-16T18:57:00.002+01:002016-01-16T21:24:54.662+01:00Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory by Tilly Bagshawe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Long time ago, I asked my friend to get me all the books by Sidney Sheldon. He bought me Frau Bagshawe's books too. Now since I have all her books, I can't ignore them even though I know they are not the ones I am looking for. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Although I was very disappointed with her previous book, I decided to read her next book (just because I had finished all other books and I was still deciding what other books to buy from Amazon). So you can say this was my transition time while I make up my mind. Part of me told me I wanted to stop reading her in good term. I seriously hoped this book of her is better than the last one and would give me a 'permanent patch up' kind of feeling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, I didn't have a big hope from this book. It was one of those weekends when you just want to stay up whole night reading a book not having urge to wake up early next day. After hard weekdays, I want to forget everything else, be alone and dive into the world of books, which takes me to the different world I love. This time, I was more looking forward to spend quite weekend reading a book that actually makes sense. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The way she writes, plots, characters, and all those phrases, the heartbeat racing faster than usual thinking what is coming next, the lost appetite thinking about the characters, the way they behave- everything is what I would expect to find in Sidney Sheldon's book. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">But there is something missing and I don't know what it is. It is like you go to see a girl for arranged marriage and she has everything you want but you don't find 'she is the one' kind of feeling. You don't marry her, right? </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">This is how I feel to be honest although in this case, I won't say she has everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sidney also </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">has</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> some crappy books himself but let's not name those here. It would be unfair to compare her books with only the best of Sidney's. You know what? I totally get her. There are times when I felt 'Shit! I could have done better job putting everything together' and sometimes 'you know I could have done exactly same'. Reading a book gives me a satisfaction. I get angry if I don't read at least a single chapter a day no matter how busy I am. You cannot be with me and complain I am reading too much. God, am I out of track again? Ok, Ok, let's go back to book review.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Today, I was summarising this story to my friend. It was funny to summarise all the turns and twists and at some point I felt it was impossible to make people read this book from my point of view and I know I didn't give justice to this story and more than anything I am pretty sure he got confused too. God, what happened to my story telling ability? I am having exactly same difficulty here. I sat down to write a review but I don't know how to start. You know what, this review can wait. I will write it some other day. Time to start a new book :).</span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-25735397589669738352016-01-11T21:05:00.000+01:002016-01-12T15:35:17.477+01:00Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark by Tilly Bagshawe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Four men in different countries are murdered within 10 years time. The only common things about those men are, they are all billionaires, are murdered in the same way and they all have a beautiful wife who is lot younger than them. Determined to find out about the mystery death of his biological father, a son (Matt Daley) of one of the victims gets obsessed about the case that has remained unsolved by the detectives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have lots of questions to this author. Before that, to everyone </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">(including me) </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">who is complaining why she has written Sidney Sheldon's name on the cover, I read it somewhere that she wrote this book out of Mr. Sheldon's scrap notes after he died. Oh , well! This book should never have been written. I feel really bad to give 1 star here but dude, you and I have some business to sort out first-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1. So the whole point of killing</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> was because those old men ignored their wives and children but for God's sake, David Ishag was not even married. He was the most illegible</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> bachelor of India. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2. And what happened to all the jewelry stolen from Andrew Jakes' place? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3. And why are all the money going to Children charity? That is not clear and still why only Lisa didn't give money to charity?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">4. And the biggest mystery of all, w</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">ho killed Carlos Hernandez and why? :O</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">5. So it turned out that even after Francis is dead, there is a killing going on (Carlos). Is that mean Sophia is the murderer? Ok, I get it that she may have killed him just in case he spill out to police about her escape but that doesn't really prove anything about the previous murders. So, please tell me who is the murderer here?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Only if I hadn't read epilogue then I would have given at least 3 stars. Only if my kindle was lost before I had read epilogue or only if the writer had decided to stop writing just before epilogue began. Seriously, it was like one of those times when you go for beer party all the way up to the hill just to know you have forgotten to take the beer with you. That climax was not necessary by the way and it ruined the whole story, not even ruined, it made me hate the writer. There were just too many killings that I think in the middle, the writer herself lost the track of what she needs to focus on. There were too many characters that sometimes I had to re-read to know who I am reading about. I think she should have had less characters and have sorted them out better. It was really all over the place. God, Sidney, I know you are in heaven now but someone is making a mess down here in your name. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And that stupid Matt, so smitten by lady's fake beauty abandons his pregnant wife. I mean isn't that the whole reason of killing those poor men? Does author want to show men never learn? Only if..... only if I hadn't read that last few pages. If the rumour is true about her writing this story out of Sidney's note, I would say she didn't really understand his handwriting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is really annoying that you have more questions than satisfaction after finishing a book. It was a huge torture that after finishing it, I became really moody. Now, when I think about it, I am more angry thinking that my first book in New Year turned out like this. My God, I need some ice on my head now!</span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-35134881361301039462015-12-25T21:59:00.000+01:002015-12-25T21:59:44.720+01:00Sweet Little Thing by Renee Carlino <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>There are hard times, don't get me wrong, but I haven't forgotten what I learned so brutally a few years back he and I met. I learned that you can't predict your future, there's no crystal ball or formula for happiness. You can't control the weather just like you can't control the way others behave, but what you can control is how much love you give. Surrendering to this crazy thing called life is hard, but we don't have to be the soulless sheets of paper tarrying along in the wind. We can find our people, love, respect them, and then hang on for dear life because it's not where you go on this journey but who you're with that matters the most. </i></span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-34993380525653816182015-12-24T21:43:00.001+01:002016-01-02T01:06:32.679+01:00Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness by Tilly Bagshawe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In another life, a different dream, She could have loved him. But that chance had passed, blown away like a feather in the wind. She knew she would never go back. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When I decided to read this book, I had no idea it would turn out to be this interesting. I had read her 'Mistress of the Game' and I told myself, <i>'Sister, I am never reading your book again!'</i>. Now, its Christmas time, end of the year and I had to complete my goodreads challenge, and I didn't have any other book with me. I thought 'Oh well, everyone gets a second chance, isn't it?'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The striking story about love, betrayal, power and vengeance</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> of the King of Wall Street, Lenny Brookstein and his beautiful wife, Grace Brookstein, who is actually young enough to be his daughter. Well, as someone said, when you fall in love, you just fall in love in any circumstance. So this couple is madly in love with each other. However, things don't go on as a fairy tale. Lenny is an ambitious man. He loves being in power and in control of money. On the other hand, Grace is very vulnerable and innocent. She trusts Lenny blindly but Lenny trusts no one but his business partner John Merrivale, together with who he started an investment company, Quorum. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It was during the financial crisis time, Lenny Brookstein suddenly disappears in the coast with his boat and on the other side, about 70 billion dollar is missing from the Quorum account. Things get worse when all the fingers are pointed to Grace. That is when she becomes the 'lady character' we always know from Sidney Sheldon's book. Grace believing that someone has framed her and Lenny, and stole the money, she is determined to find that culprit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, Frau. Bagshawe, I must say, I really liked this book. It had Sidney Sheldon written all over it. The plot is great, characters are lovable and multiple twists and turn that you kind of find your mind racing here and there. And I was loving it. I am definitely going to read your other books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">By the way, why do you have to put Sidney Sheldon's name on your cover? It actually doesn't make sense to me. I get it that you are inspired by him and want to write like him but you can put his name down somewhere in acknowledgement. I am sure you are getting lots of publicity with this but to us, when his name is there, we are judging your book. In some cases, it's actually not good and this is exactly what happened with your first book I read. I think it's the time you make your own identity and you are good enough for that. </span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-51791616012976891682015-12-20T21:15:00.001+01:002015-12-20T21:28:36.532+01:00Sweet Thing by Renee Carlino<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">This is exactly how I felt about this
book. It's definitely </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">sweet</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> but extremely sweet that you kind of want to hate
it. Let me start with Mia Kelly, our main character. She is beautiful (ok every
main character is beautiful, as far as I know nobody has started his/her book
saying oh, she was one of the worse looking girls and then she met this Prince).</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, after Mia's father dies, her life is changed completely. She moves to New York
and takes over his cafe but she is still trying to figure out her life. That is where she meets 'everyone's dream guy'
(probably mine too if he didn't have Tatoos), Will Ryan. If there was one thing
I have to consider sweet in this book, then it would be this guy. Man,
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confused because she wants good career in her man but </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Will is a struggling artist</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">. Now the thing that got
into my nerve: At some point they both are in love with each other. They realise how common they are. They play music together, sing together and in fact, they both live in the same apartment as housemates but still they don't
confess their love but date other people, hurt each other and become jealous at the same time. God! that hurt me too.
I remember myself screaming- 'for God's sake, you belong together', but who would
listen to me? So, until 50% of the book, nothing was happening. Will was
forever there waiting for Mia to come to him. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large;">As much as I was loving him, I was hating her.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Now, Mia realises</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> her mistake and tries to win him back. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">At the end, there is this beautiful song written by Mia. This kind of summaries</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> the whole story. </span></div>
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but I liked it just because everyone liked it and that is because I don't want
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-58688306972967278842015-11-25T19:37:00.000+01:002015-11-25T19:37:32.548+01:00The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It's 8 o'clock in the morning. I am running to the train station. There are two trains I can catch, at 8:07 am or at 8:10 am. If I leave my home exactly at 8, I can catch 8:07 train but if I am 2 minutes late, I can get 8:10 one. Anyway, that 3 minutes doesn't really matter that much. I will reach 3 minutes late at work but today, I can't wait to catch 8:07 train because I can't wait to get to the train station and sit in there, and start my new book. Yes, I am starting my new book today called 'The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins'. Its a murder mystery. I saw there are mixed reviews about it on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/17756577-parva-chhanu" target="_blank">goodreads</a> but sometimes I don't like to listen to those reviews. I just want to read even though they say it's bad. Shouldn't we see ourselves why they say its bad? and the only way to see it is, by reading it. Anyway, I have a good feeling about it. Its not always I read mystery books. I open the book and read it. The train is quite packed. Germans like working early. It's really really packed. There is no seat for me. I am standing but I am reading. Few pages into the book, its time to get off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Its nearly 8 pm. I sat on the train and opened the book. Hmm... this is about a girl Rachel who is drunk all the time. She lost her husband to someone 2 years ago but still hasn't gotten over it. Recently, she lost her job too. In order to avoid telling her flatmate about the job, she pretends to go to work. Everyday she takes the same train into London. From the train she sees her old house which is shared by her ex-husband and his new wife now. She also sees their new neighbours who she doesn't know but have now become familiar figures since she sees them almost everyday from the train. She names them Jason and Jesse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is my 4th day in this book. The story is getting interesting. I am back to the book. I confess it's bit boring in the beginning but after 50% its getting interesting again. They have found the body of Megan now but who could have murdered her? and why? and why I do I feel like every character in this book is messed up and has sort of psychological problem? but something is making me read it though. There is something interesting which I can't describe, probably an urge to know who exactly is the culprit and why? Anyway, I have got shopping and laundry to do now. I will catch up with this book later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What???? It was him? Oh my beautiful God! I couldn't have imagined it in any way. Its been 4 hours that I am reading this book continuously. For some reason I could't keep it down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Why is everyone talking bad about this book? It was ok for me. May be I don't understand the real taste of the mystery since I don't read them that much but it was not that bad. Atleast this book has taught me that people's lives are not as same as they show you. Long time ago my friend and I had a big argument over someone's post on Facebook. I told him why he can't be like that 'someone'? His argument was 'Not everything is same as people show you on Facebook'. I felt exaclty like that after reading this book. Everyday I take trains and although it was somewhere behind my brain, I never properly imagined everyone sitting there has some stories. This is the book that shows you the prospective of lives from other's view. Oh well, I got to be honest. I kind of enjoyed it so, I will give it 4 stars. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Scheiße! </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Tomorrow is Monday :( </span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-45010706937475331522015-11-17T15:05:00.001+01:002015-11-17T17:41:24.104+01:00Nowhere but Here by Renee Carlino<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">''To exist in each other's souls so strongly that you are bound without a physical tie is the greatest mark of love...''</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Beautiful story </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">about love, choice, family and life</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">. More precisely, an extremely heat touching love story of an ordinary girl with a man every girl dreams of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Kate Corbin is going through hell. Her mother figure died recently, her boyfriend is an asshole and she is not being productive in her work place. Then her kind boss gives her an opportunity of a life time that changes her life completely. As a journalist</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">, she gets to interview a born computer genius R.J. Lawson, who disappeared about a decade ago and then again reappeared</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> in completely different form, as a wine maker. Then the moment comes when he comes into her life and she into his, they meet just as it was always meant to be.</span><br />
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<i><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">''Remember playing hide-and-seek as a kid? You would run full speed away from the one who was ''it''. Every time you played, you thought you'd found the best hiding place. You would sit, shaking with anticipation because even though the object of the game was opposite, all you really wanted was to be found. You wanted to be found by the one who was ''it''. For months, I had been hiding. I had run so far and hidden so well, I thought no one would find me, but then he did.''</span></i></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> ''</span><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It's hard to know how green the grass is if you have never been on the other side of the fence. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There is no light without darkness- there's no joy without pain-but we promised each other, through it all, that we would always choose to be here, living in the moment, right by each other's sides. And I believe that's truly what love it.''</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Really, I am so happy to have this book found. It has a great plot, great story, great writing and great characters that will remain forever in the heart. Now, I am going through a problem most book readers go through- </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">'</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">The book hangover- Unable to start a new book because you are still too immersed in the last book to move on'</span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is what I would really say, "Leave your life. Leave everyone you love, every care, every stress, every commitment. Live alone. Understand what it feels like to know that if you go into cardiac arrest, choke on a piece of hot dog, or get electrocuted, no one will find you. You'll rot. No one will mourn you. Imagine this feeling haunting your thoughts for the rest of your life. You'll wither and vanish, and some stranger will take care of your things and your burial, and you may not even get a placard. Imagine that, live it, and let yourself believe that you should be alone, and then go back to the people who love you."</span></i></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-56860925431660335002015-11-12T09:39:00.000+01:002015-11-12T17:56:33.541+01:00The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Two stories at two different eras! Ira Levinson lived a romantic life after Second World War </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">with a only girl he ever loved, </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Ruth Levinson</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">. Now, aged 91, he is struggling to live alone since his beloved wife died nine years ago. He seems to remember every single detail of Ruth, even the clothes she was wearing in her twenties, thirties, forties, at every possible age (ok, that was bit too much). On the other side of the town, a new and young couple Luke Collins and Sophia Danko are living their normal lives. Newly in love, Luke and Sophia are struggling to keep up with their love life. The only thing that is common between these four people is what seems to be the climax of the story. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One thing that kept me reading is I really wanted to know how these two stories are connected. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I must say although I was bored reading 'too much' of their romances, I loved the ending. It was perfect in a way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>''The night air was turning crisper, giving the stars a crystalline cast. He looked up at them, then over to her, and when her thumb gently began to trace the contours of his hand, he responded to kind. In that instant, he knew with certainty that he was already falling for her and that there was nothing on earth he could do to stop it.''</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Most of Nicholas Sparks' books are so romantic that they sometimes become intolerable. Most pages of this book are filled with the description of stars, moon, nights, beauty of other half, sunlight; kind of literature I used to write in my teenage. Now, I feel like I have outgrown it and really need to change the genre. </span><br />
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-79194578152827271152015-10-14T20:54:00.000+02:002015-10-14T20:54:15.356+02:00Summer Love by Subin Bhattarai <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">After being accepted into a Masters degree in the Tribhuvan University, Atit Sharma falls in love with Saaya Shakya through her name. He sees her name in the list of entrance topper and immediately gets smitten by it. It was kind of cute and reminded me of the love story of a popular Nepali singer Sugam Pokharel and his wife. They have a similar story. His wife found his name so unique that she called him to talk on phone. That's how their story started. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, going back to 'Summer Love', Atit is already in love with Saaya even before he saw her. Once they meet each other, the first introduction turns into friendship and friendship turns into love. Then comes the role of their family who have to come in between them. The problem of Atit and Saaya is mainly due to their caste difference but I bet even if they were from the same caste, there would be some other problems. Sigh! s</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">eems like most Nepalese family have a problem with their children's choice.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Although the story is ordinary and addresses every problem a Nepalese couple go through, you are kind of confused thinking why it happened the way it happened. In the middle of the story, Saaya is completely changed and you have no idea why and just to find that out, you have to read part 2. It's kind of annoying sometimes when you have to do that. On the other hand, the character, Sushmita seems so lame and nonexistent.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't think there ever existed a woman like her and neither will be there in future. And Saaya's father, Dayaram or Dayabir whatever his name is, he doesn't seem to be '</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dayalu'</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> even though there is Daya in his name. He calls Atit all the way from Dhangadi to Kathmandu just to humiliate him. And the author ends the book in such a way that you saw part two coming miles away but in his defence, he had to write part 2 otherwise, it would be one of those times where you convict a prisoner</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> without hearing a defender. So if you want to know the full story,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Read Summer Love (part 1)- Atit's part of the story</span><br />
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-80651018462548174852015-10-07T21:55:00.000+02:002015-10-12T11:58:55.790+02:00Education in Europe vs Asia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Few months ago, I had an oral exam; one of the exams I must pass in order to get my PhD degree. In Germany, if you are an international PhD student,
there is a different rule. They look at your previous qualifications and depending
upon which department you have enrolled, if there are modules in their list you
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than written here. Obviously, there is written exam and in some cases,
presentation exam too but most of the examiners prefer oral exam because they
believe that it is the only way to know if the students have actually understood
the materials. So, if you want to get a decent result, you cannot skip a single
chapter or part. You have to master everything. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was stressful for me. I had never done it before and I was as scared as hell
thinking what it will be like. It won't be like a written exam where you can
have some time to think about the questions. Plus in written exam, if you
don't know one question, you can choose to come back to it later. I didn't
think it would be possible in oral exam while two examiners are staring and waiting for you to answer. I was really really nervous. I am not
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because they value education more than grades. Here, </span>I have to confess that I struggled in Germany during my first few months as much as I did when I came to
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My memories from Nepal is, we were
memorising all the time. We even used to memorise 2 pages of essays and by
the end of it, we knew where all the full stops and commas were. The students are
highly competitive there. Getting high scores in the exam is more
important. Whether you understand or not, but if you score high, you are smart
enough. Oh, there is also a good thing. The students are more disciplined. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And my God, they are studying all the time (I mean the serious
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In the UK, for my subject, it was all about understanding the application without memorising. You don't have to understand the theory as long as you know where and how to use it. As an
Engineering student, I learnt a lot about working in a group and communicating
well because at the end of the day that matters a lot wherever you go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In the UK, its extremely competitive to get into University. The </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">ranking of the University is very important. Higher the rank of the
University is, more difficult it is to get in.</span> On the other hand, from what I hear, its not that competitive in Germany to get into University unless you are studying medicine. But the story doesn't end there. They make exam really tough that only smart ones can survive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oh, here is another thing, every German University is fee-free but the UK has increased
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Germany is also the place where internships are favoured, encouraged and the must, whereas the UK is more rushed to its degree. For eg. Engineering Bachelor and Master's degree (MEng) can be completed in four years in the UK but in Germany, students finish in their own time. Some students finish bachelor in 3 years, some in 4 years. It totally depends on when they are ready and because everyone finishes in different time, there is no graduation ceremony here :O. And here is another thing to note: British students do their part time job in restaurants, pub or retail stores but Germans students work in the institutes or the Company</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">- impressive indeed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, in Europe, education is not only
about reading books. It's also about thinking and questioning everything you
see, solving the problems you are interested in. Students are encouraged to contribute in community projects to make them open minded and confident. They do lots of volunteering work plus paid work from early age. They travel and learn to become independent from the beginning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Asian students start learning very complicated math skills since they are in grade 7 but now when I
think about it, the sole purpose of all those hard work was only to pass the
exams. We had different mindset. We studied to get
high scores in exams rather than considering how we could use what we learned
to solve interesting problems. Voluntary works and paid works were not common (Not sure about it now). We were occupied with all
kinds of lessons and homework, and we hardly explored. Most of us were used to
wait other people to tell us what to do. By the way, that was called being disciplined. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">There are vast differences between the education systems in these countries. There are good sides and bad sides everywhere. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's certainly difficult to say which system is better for who. It all depends on where you grow up and which system you are used too. If someone is constantly shifting from one system to another like me, it's a real adventure but does make you adaptable. </span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-28568268974830863092015-09-13T22:17:00.000+02:002016-01-19T19:04:19.630+01:00Summer University in Switzerland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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well. By this time, I had travelled every weekend for more than a month and I
was exhausted. When it was time to actually go to Switzerland</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">, I wasn't as excited as I was when I received an offer letter. I was exhausted but still I knew I was not going to step back. </span></span></div>
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gloomy weather too, similar to Manchester. There is a joke that goes around
when you are new in Manchester, 'Why did you choose Manchester?, for it's
weather?'. It rains all the time there but still for 4 long and beautiful
years, I never owned a single brolly. When I think about it now, I can't
imagine how I survived. Anyway, those are the gone days. I can talk about
Manchester for hours and bore you. So, let me go back to talking about
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even describe how tired I was. I went to Zurich lake and fell asleep by the
side. For people there, it looked normal because the weather was so beautiful that everyone was enjoying the sunshine by the lake. I heard Switzerland hardly has a weather like that. They said</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">, <i>'when an angel travels, the
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you remember when I wrote about Denmark, I said I felt like I was eating money there? Everything was so expensive. Well, wait till you go to Switzerland. I had known it before that it is expensive there but I didn't have a slightest idea that it would be that expensive. Everything is triple of what we pay in Germany. For instance, I wondered how people survive there. Of course, they have higher salary and low tax but still, you got to be kidding me when you say a donner is 10 CHF, which we get the same amount in 3.5 Euro in Germany. Now, since 1 </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">CHF</span></span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> is almost equal to 1 </span></span>Euro, I felt like I was robbed in every possible way. Looked like the only affordable way to eat in Switzerland is by buying from supermarket if you are not cooking yourself. Still,<i> 'I am in Switzerland'</i> made up for everything. Out of all my travelling, this is one place I hardly saw Asian tourists. There were some like me, who were there because they were in Europe or they came there for work but not typical tourists you commonly see hanging out in group with cameras taking pictures of every possible strange things they see. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is a famous street in Zurich called Bahnhofstraße </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">near main station. That place is for people who have too much money and don't know what to do with it. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can literally burn your money there. Most of the people were mainly there for window shopping including me. I was mainly there to see what kind of people do shopping there. Obviously, there was no way I could buy anything but when I come for honeymoon, my husband will have to empty his wallet there :P. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next day, I decided that I would like to do some hiking. So, I went to Üetliberg mountain. Its not a kind of snow mountain but more like a hill, but they call it mountain. Whereas coming from Nepal, I always have an impression that its only called a mountain if it has a snow. I remember when I went to China, we had an excursion where they took us to a mountain. I was so excited thinking that we were actually going to snow mountain but it turned out that it was a bamboo forest </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">mountain</span></span>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While going up to the mountain, I took train but I hiked while coming down. It was deadly forest but there were more people than expected. It took me about 3 hours to reach city centre from the top. I was exhausted but it was worth it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next day, it was time to go to Falera. Travelling from Zurich to Falera was one long and beautiful ride. The landscape was beautiful. It was like I had always imagined what Switzerland is like. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Falera, 60 participants from 29 different countries gathered for 2 weeks summer university to study Energy Technology. The course mainly
focused on renewable energy, such as solar energy, PV technologies, wind energy and thermal power. In the first lecture, the director of the programme showed us a chart that showed from which part of world people have come from.
There was 1 participant from the UK, 1 from Nepal and 12 from Germany. I
wondered which category they put me in. If they had put me either in UK or
Germany, there should be someone from Nepal. Then I actively started searching for this one
Nepali. It didn't take me long to find out that I was actually
searching for myself. Yes indeed, I was that sole Nepalese participant. Ok, that
was not surprising, but what was more surprising was that some people were surprised
that Nepalese people are also interested in renewable energy. Some of them who came across me were like -'Oh, you are the one from Nepal?', 'You
are from Nepal? I always wondered who it was'. People from asian countries made a
decent guess that I was from Nepal. 'You are from Nepal, right? we have lots of
Nepalese worker'- A nice woman from Qatar said. Some of them would talk about
Earthquake and some would tell me how they went to Nepal for a honeymoon and in
answer to my question 'Would you go there again?', 'I think my wife would
prefer to go to developed country'. I was actually tired of people's reaction.
Why is it so surprising that a Nepalese is learning a renewable energy? At some point I wanted to scream at everyone <i>'Yes,
Nepalese people learn too'</i>. There were also people who genuinely had nice things to say about Nepal, such as Mount Everest is there, country of Himalaya, Nepal is beautiful etc etc. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In bright side, some people knew Nepal and in dark side, some people knew nothing about Nepal. In the beginning I was bit lonely. I
started hanging out with people from Mexico though there was nothing much to
talk than Javier Hernandez. Everyone was allocated in a nice house with some other random participants. I was lucky because I didn't have to share house with too many people and the view from my house was magnificent :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ok,
honestly, how many of you get a view like this from your home? For two
complete weeks, I woke up every morning to see this view. The first week,
the weather was very nice but it started getting gloomy in a second
week. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Switzerland has 4 official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Falera itself is really beautiful Romansh speaking small village at 1200 m from sea level. When I say 'village', trust me, it is a village. The nice thing about this place is everyone knows everyone there. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is a place where people
don't lock their doors or cars because they trust each other that much. </span></span>In the morning when you are going to the
class, people would smile at you and say 'Morgen' and that is if you see anyone. Most of the time you don't see anyone and I always wondered where they disappear to. </span></span>Although there are about 600 inhabitant, it rises up to 5000 in Christmas time as it is a popular place for skiers. For me, this place is perfect if people need some time off from busy week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Out of all, the most interesting lecture for me was
solar thermal power. It's was Chemical Engineering everywhere and I was loving
it. I didn't hide my excitement. The lecturer was a Chemical Engineer too from
Stuttgart. The course itself was very intensive. We were studying all the time and there was hardly any free time. From morning to half 12, there was a lecture and from 2, a
workshop with different experiments. Now when I think about it, I only remember being tired and hungry all the time. There was no internet at home. So the only possibility to use internet was in conference area and that also for limited time. On other hand, I was kind of glad there was no internet at home. Although there was hardly any free time, I used whatever was left up for some peace of mind.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, towards the end of first week, I started becoming homesick. The weekend was left for us to decide what we wanted to do. By this time, I was alone most of the time because I was extremely homesick. Believe me when I say that is not so me. I don't know what happened to me but this time I really experienced a real home sickness. For some reasons, I couldn't wait to go back to Germany. Long back when my friends used to say they are homesick, I used to laugh at them. Now I understand how they felt. I really want to send nice apology handwritten letters with some compensation to all those friends I laughed at. I didn't once think I would face this one day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Being registered as UNISCO heritage, this mountain has a strange hole (shown in picture below) in the middle which is 'must see' if you are in Falera. If you see in the picture below, there is a unique line that crosses in the middle, which is also popular among tourists. No one knows what that is and why it is like that but it is something.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The hiking on weekend was tiring but
amazing. Still, in second week, I was more homesick than anyone could ever be in his/her life. The thing is </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am not used to living in quiet
area like this and besides I am a kind of person who gets bored all the time. In Hannover,
even if you walk at 1 o'clock in the morning, you still see people
walking in the street, and Manchester itself is a city of students. You see students
everywhere. I remember Friday night when there used to be a long queue to get into the club, I was really
missing that excitement, not that I am club person or I used to go there but even if you see other
people enjoying, you kind of enjoy yourself. Actually sometimes in Manchester and Hannover, I have complained for being too noisy and here in Falera, I complained for being too quiet. I seriously don't know what I want sometimes. On the other hand, studying in Falera was not like studying in China where as you step outside, there are thousands of restaurant to eat at or thousands of places to go. Falera was extremely quiet and I hate to say not really student friendly. Will you believe me when I say a burger and french fries was 19 CHF there? There were lots of 'WTH' moment but obviously I have to remember that I went there to study, not for sight seeing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Study was good though. We were learning every bits of Energy Technology there. I was loving there but </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">as I said before, I couldn't wait to go
back to Germany. When I told this to one of the professors, he told me that its
interesting I think Germany as my home already :). I know, right? To other people, </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was known as 'The girl from Nepal'.
When people talked to me, Nepal Earthquake was the hot topic, then came how
easy the hiking must be for me since we have to walk like this everyday in
Nepal. Forgive me but I was kind of sick of those remarks. I was like an alien to some of them. Here is another 'WTH' moment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Final day, I was overexcited. I couldn't
wait to reach Zurich, then I couldn't wait to get on the plane and let me tell you, I
have a fear of flying. At that time, nothing else mattered. I just wanted to
run away. I was missing home desperately, comfort of my home, my bed, sleeping
without anyone snoring, using the clean bathroom that I am used too. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still, there are bright sides too. Its
was a great experience, great course, and with so many international friends
and great stuff to put in my CV, it was finally time to return home :). </span></span>How I felt on last day and how I felt when our plane landed in Berlin, I cannot even describe those feelings. I was just thankful to God.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Summer University: <a href="https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/events/isu-energy/">ISU Energy</a></span></span><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Acknowledgement: Thank you Hannover School for Nanotechnology (HSN) for sponsoring me. </span></span></u></b></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-28133869780131815272015-08-12T17:56:00.000+02:002015-08-12T17:56:48.463+02:00Morning, Noon & Night by Sidney Sheldon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>My Review: 3/5</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are few things that made me stare out of my little window and scratch my head in anguish-</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1.</b> What does the title mean? I didn't see any relation with a story whatsoever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2.</b> Tyler didn't know about his half sister Julia until an attorney told him. Still right the day after the meeting with an attorney, he managed to bring fake Julia from somewhere who was being trained for many days. This totally doesn't make sense. If you don't know what I am talking about, just ignore me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3.</b> The story line is really predictable and since the suspense is out bit earlier than expected, you kind of feel like 'what else is there to know now?'. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still, I am going to disregard all the flaws because I enjoyed reading this book. Even though there is nothing, there is something. It makes you keep going on, hoping there is something extra ordinary at the end even though there isn't. As the story goes on, you visualize the scenes unfolding before your eyes. I tell you my friend, that makes you more addicted and would want to categorize this book as 'a page turner'. Sometimes that's all it is about reading a book. </span></span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-65045260886194191712015-08-02T18:36:00.001+02:002016-10-05T15:47:09.620+02:00Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>My review: 3.5/5</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A divorced mother of 3 matured children, Adrienne is nearly 60 years old now. After her son-in-law dies, her daughter loses hope in life. She is struggling so much that Adrienne thinks that the only way she can help her out is by telling her a story that happened 14 years ago. That is when Adrienne, unfolds her past- the 5 special days and nights in Rodanthe. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>''Outside rain is falling. Listening to the gentle tapping against the glass, she was thankful for its steady sense of familiarity. Remembering those days always aroused a mixture of emotions in her- something akin to, but not quite, nostalgia. Nostalgia was often romanticized; with these memories, there was no reason to make them any more romantic than they already were. Nor did she share these memories with others. They were hers, and over the years, she'd come to view them as a sort museum exhibit, one in which she was both the curator and the only patron. And in an odd way, Adrienne had come to believe that she's learned more in those five days she had in all the years before and after.</i>''</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nicholas Sparks has finally focused on the love between two middle aged people. Its true, love doesn't have an age. This is not a typical love story where a teenage guy meets a teenage girl and they fall in love<i> </i>but about two people who have spent half of their lives struggling within themselves and have finally figured out the ideal lives they want to have onwards. Adrienne, who is 45 at that time gives a favour to a friend by looking after her Inn while she is away. During that weekend, Paul, whose wife had left him months ago, is the only guest in the Inn. As someone said -'the way its meant to be', two lonely people fall in love, but as faith would have it, Paul has to fix something before he can spend life with Adrienne- his relationship with his son who is in Ecuador now. Just in 5 days, he is madly in love with Adrienne that he promises to come back as soon as his son and he are in good terms but will he come back?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As great is</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the story of Paul and Adrienne, the story of Robert Torrelson and his wife is heartbreaking too; the kind of story that will hunt forever in the dark stormy nights of Rodanthe. <i><br /></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'''The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over. Those two elements always go together.'''</i></span></span></div>
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Life is Beautiful!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04394424875946458070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555960518969145055.post-37994560884472276542015-07-25T22:15:00.000+02:002015-07-25T22:15:46.872+02:00The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As much as I enjoyed reading this book, I couldn't make myself to give 5/5 because I somehow had a great expectation from it. Everyone was like <i>'have you read that book? It explains that answer to everything in the universe and meaning of life is 42</i>', <i>'It says everything is related to number 42', 'Yes, 42', 'The answer is 42'</i>. The way everyone was talking about it, I thought there will be some philosophical thing that will eventually lead to number 42. Well, if I have to review according to those comments, I would give may be 1 but I have to give credit to this book for being extremely humorous and enjoyable. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“Th<i>e Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and
Everything... Is... Forty-two,' </i>said Deep Thought supercomputer, who took 7 and half millions years to calculate the number. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The mystery of number 42 is cleared by an author himself- </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had
to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one.
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nonsense. I sat on my desk, stared in to the garden and thought 42 will
do. I typed it out. End of story."</i>- Douglas Adam.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again, Yes! its a science fiction that is really easy to understand and yes, great sense of humor in the dialogues to make you stick to the book throughout but seriously guys, what is so hype about number 42? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's remember this quote: <b>'<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">You can make children believe whatever you want, and the children of today are the soldiers and mothers of tomorrow</span></span>'</b>. For any child, parents are the first teachers and their home is the first school. The way they are treated at home and the things they learn will affect their whole life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kami had a horrible childhood. She grew up being tortured by her father and seeing her mother being tortured too. As she grew up, she lives her life literally running away from everything. Her confidence and happiness was killed by a very man who was supposed to protect her forever. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> She is scared all the time. She has lost her </span></span>hope forever until she meets Blaine. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blaine is a kind of guy every girl dreams of dating. To make it easier to understand, he is a prince from the fairytale stories. If I have to explain him in three words, it would be- a dream boy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>'''I believed him. Within my fractured, tattered soul, I knew it was ok to fall for Blaine. He would catch me, he always had. So I looked into those deep, chocolate eyes and surrendered the fear I carried around with me like a coat of armor, protecting the secrets that had been festering inside. I was afraid to love Blaine--dreadfully so. But I knew, undoubtedly, that he was the only one worth the risk.'''</i></b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here, this book made me wonder again, where do guys like him exist? where? which part of the world? which country? which city? which street? where, where, where? :O. Yes, I am talking about a guy who a girl can blindly trust and no matter what, she feels that her man is on her side, always to <i><b>catch her whenever she falls</b></i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, forget about it. As much as I wonder about those questions, I don't want to know. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, let's talk about how I found the book. The beginning was quite slow and repetitive but as the pages are turned, it starts getting interesting. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The ending is what I wanted it to be. So, certainly makes up for all the criticisms it could have. Definitely, 254 stars for this heart touching story (and what is 254 stars??? You will know it if you read the book :)). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">A true heart touching story of a young girl on how she decided to become <i>Ani</i>. A singer/social worker Ani Choying Drolma grew up with physical violence by her father. Her childhood was spent doing household work and helping her mother. Not only was she the victim of this abuse, her mother was constantly beaten up too. After seeing this, Drolma completely lost her trust on men and marriage, and she figured out that the only way to get out of marriage is to become <i>Ani</i>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Before I read this book, I didn't have much knowledge about <i>Ani</i>(s). I didn't know that the only differences between the normal girls and them are, <i>Ani</i>(s) cannot marry or have physical relationship, and have to wear kashaya robe. The story of Drolma is quite inspiring though. Even though she had a bad childhood, what she has done with her life is amazing. Despite the fact that her father never treated her well,</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> she took great care of her parents</span></span>. It's because she ended up getting a decent education from her Guru, who pointed out that her father's behaviour is itself a disease. He is a victim of his anger and he has no power to stand up to it. </span></span></div>
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प्रसंशा गर्नु पर्ने ठाउँ पनि छन् र आलोचना गर्ने पनि। ब्राह्मण युवा र नेवार युवती बिचको यो प्रेम कहानी कलाही लाग्दो छ, धेरै मन छुने पनि छ। कथाबस्तु सामान्य भए पनि भावनात्मक शब्दहरु सारै मिठा लागे। अतीत र सायाको यो कहानी धेरैलाई आफ्नो जस्तो लाग्न सक्छ किनभने यस्तो कहानी हाम्रो देशका थुप्रै युवायुवतीहरुले भोग्नु परेको छ। अहिलेका युवा बर्गहरुको बिचमा धेरै लोकप्रिय नेपाली भाषामा अंग्रेजी मिसाओत को कुराकानीहरु रमनिये लागे। त्यस माथि जति समय बित्दै गए पनि नमासिने अन्तरजातीय बिहेको संघर्ष, साचिनै आफ्नै जीवनमा भएको जस्तो महसुस भयो। <br />
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आफ्नो परिवार र अतीत बीच एकजनालाई रोज्न परेपछि सायाले आफ्नो परिवारलाई रोज्न बाध्य हुन्छे। यस बिषयमा सायाले मन दुखाएको कुराहरु:</div>
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<i>'<b>''सम्बन्धहरु किन यति कम्जोर ? किन यस्तो स्वार्थी ? कसैलाई रोज्दैमा ऊ आफ्नो
हुने, कसैलाई त्याग्दैमा ऊ पराइ ! कसको चित्त बुझाउनु ? अतीतको ? बाबाको ? या
आफ्नो ? एउटालाई छान्नै पर्थ्यो। अतीतलाई छानेर बाबालाई त्याग्दा पनि म
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सायाको निर्णय सुनेपछि अतीतको मनबाद , जुन प्रसंगहरु मलाई साह्रै राम्रा लागे:</div>
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<b><i>'''कसरी पत्याउ बुढोको कुरा ? छोरीले आफु अनुकुलको बिहा गरिन भन्दैमा बुढालाई बिरामी भएको नाटक गर्नुपर्ने ? के अपराध गरेकी हो उसले ? हामी उनीहरुको समाजमा गएर कुनै हालतमा हस्तछेप गर्ने थिएनौ। इज्जत , मान- प्रतिस्था बूढा आफैसंग राखून न। किन तोड्न खोज्छन बारम्बार हाम्रो सम्बन्ध ? कस्तो धराप बुढोको मान प्रतिष्ठा। जाबो एउटा सम्बन्धले तोडिने? <br />उनीहरूकी छोरी खुसी र सुखी जीवन बिताइरहेकी थीई। के यो कुराले उनीहरुलाई कसै गरे पनि खुसी दिदैन ? कति हदसम्म स्वार्थी हुन सकेको बुढो ?''' </i></b></div>
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<b><i>'''मेरो अवस्थालाई नियाल्दै ऊ बोल्दै थिई, 'तर अतीत, एसको माने यो होइन - हामी बिछोड हुनेछौ। वाचा गरौ हामी हाम्रो स्थितीलाई लिएर कहिलै रुनेछैनौ। म तिमीलाई हरेक दिन फोन गर्छु। जहाँ गए पनि , जुनसुकै अवस्थामा भए पनि तिमी पनि मलाई निरन्तर फोन गर्नु। कहिले अलग - अलग त कहिले साथसाथै तद्पियौ हामी हाम्रो प्रेममा। आऊ आजबाट प्रण गरौ , जीवनभरका लागि एकअर्काको हुन नसके पनि यो दुख भन्ने चिजलाई झुक्किएर पनि हाम्रो जीवन</i></b><b><i>मा </i></b><b><i>प्रवेश हुन दिनेछैनौ। वाचा गरौ, कुनै पनि दिन हाम्रो नबितोस जुन दिन हामी फोनमा नबोलेको होऊ। सधै एकापसकै समीपमा छौ भनेर अनुभूति गर्नेछौ हामी। म तिमीलाई मेरो जीवनको हरेक घटना अप्देत गराईरहनेछु। तिमी पनि तेस्तै गर्नु। एउतै सहरमा रहेऔ भने , लुकीचोरी भेतिरहनेछौ। अझ म त भन्छु , मिलेसम्म जहाँ भए पनि एकअर्कालाई भेट्ने अवस्था सिर्जना गरिरहौ ? वाचा गरौ , हामी सेतै फ़ुलुञ्जेल्सम्म, चाउरी परुन्जेलसंम सम्पर्कमा रहिरहौ। कहिलै बिर्सिने प्रयास नगरौ। समाजले जायज सम्बन्ध रुचाउदैन भने , नाजायज सम्बन्ध नै सही !'''</i></b></div>
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<i><b>'''यो के भइरहेको थियो मलाई ? किन प्रक्रितिबिरोधि भइरहेको थिए म ? बतासलाई थप्पड हान्न मन लागिरहेको थियो। पानीमा ठुकिदिनुजस्तो भएको थियो। गुलाबका पत्ताहरु एक-एक गर्दै च्यात्दै लात्ताले कुल्चिदिनुझै लागिरहन्थ्यो। आफ्नै कपाल लुछु भइरहेको थियो। चिच्चाउदै छातीमा आफ्नै मुड्कीले मुटु फुतुन्जेल हिर्काउन मन थियो। मिल्ने भए अझ त्योभन्दा अघि खसाईदिन्थे आकाश , जुन र ताराहरु खसाईदिन्थे सुर्य, पगालिदिंठे जम्मै धर्ति। न रहन्थ्यो बास, न बज्थ्यो बासुरी। न रहन्थ्यो छाती , न रहन्थ्यो चोट। न रहन्थ्यो घाउ, न रहन्थ्यो दुखाई। ''' </b> </i></div>
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