another light bulb in my head..

i'm fond of going to second hand bookshops like BookSale. There I dig through their bin full of magazines to look for interesting and informative magazines. As I've stated before, I'm a mag addict... My latest finds are mostly crafting mags... Like CRAFTZINE and CLOTH.PAPER.SCISSORS ... the photo of my copies are shown here. The mags pushed me to do more things craft-related. Looking at the mag stimulates creative juices in me. When my dgcam is fixed i'll be able to post my creations here.

And the funny thing is that its only when I came across these mags that I realized the thing I was doing with old books, altering them, had a name and that its actually considered an art. Since having the books i'm challenged to make my journal more beautiful and cooler

WARNING: They are not the type your grandma digs.. they are cool and simply stimulating. Ultra modern yet timeless. Too bad though I couldnt seem to find them in our bookstores for up to date editions..but if I could find one, maka afford kaya ko?

WHAT THA!!!!

When i started posting this blog I never really thought someone would read it so i dont really pay any attention to details or reread my post before publishing it but shocks!!! When i checked on it today I had no less than THE Ambeth Ocampo commenting on my entry about his books. Damn it was full of grammatical error and wrong spellings! (My entry I mean and not Prof Ocampo's comments.)Yikes! I edited the whole things and replaced some words and restructured some...

Anyway I do hope he'll produce more books. I'll be one o fthe first people to line up and buy it.

I'm still giddy with the comment and at the thought that he came across my posting on his books... hehehe...

I'm starstrucked.... obviously.

Buy me this book pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee.....

what i'm currently feeding my fried brains

Thanks to my job that requires nothing but for me to eat american insults and get paid for it, i can now afford to by books and can still have some penny to spare for drinking sessions and food trips. Unlike in college when buying a book means eating below my means. anyway as i was saying, since Powerbooks opened a branch in SM here in Cebu i've been buying books buy Ambeth Ocampo. So far i've read Aguinaldo's Breakfast, Rizal Without the Overcoat, Bonifacio's Bolo and Bones of Contention. I was so ecstatic when i came across Aguinaldo's Breakfast because i've been wishing to buy one since i first saw a copy in our MCTC judge's office. I used to go to my mom's office every afternoon so i can sneak into the judge's chamber when his not around so i can devour it. I never thought until then that Philippine history could be interesting. Reading it again after all these years I still felt the same fascination like before. Ocampo's writing and treatment of history is just so refreshing he is being educational without sounding elitest....and boring. Without sounding like an old boring history teacher that made us detest our history subjects. I couldnt find his other books but I do hope they'll come my way soon.

Reading his books makes me want to teach Philippine History. If i'll have the chance I certainly wont let it pass. If only history teachers and the books they use are as engaging as Ambeth and his works.... Aguinaldo's Breakfast awakened the hunger for Philippine History in me, Rizal Without the Overcoat made me respect the National Hero and eat my words about him being a US sponsored whatever, Bonifacio's Bolo made me even more determined about digging Philippine hisory and Bone's of Contention made me cry for Bonifacio and made him more human too. I just wish everybody would read history so they'll know how to act as citizens of this country... so we can all learn how not to run a country...its just sad to say that most of us today still failed to see what our duties as citizens. And that like Aguinaldo's officials, the politicians and our so-called leaders today are still running our country like those Spanish Colonialists assholes used to.

where shall i go next?

haha i was bored so i searched for pictures on google using the title to this blog...one picture caught my attention... is this a sign? yikes i've been contemplating about getting a post-grad course like maybe Law or Masters in Lit.. but anyway i'll say, i'll definitely consider going back to school... i think going back to school is really exciting... i'm gonna use my brains again and i bet this time i'll really be burrying my head in studies and not bum around like i did in college.. this time i'm gonna be a whiz...yikes...