Books I Got From The National Bookstore Cut Price Sale 2013

     Hay, both the Bookfair and the National Bookstore Cut Price sale are over.  I can now breathe a sigh of relief(?) ... buying season is officially over. Hehe!

     I was trying to get to as much branches as I could but I only made it to 5 : Glorietta, Greenbelt, MOA, Shopwise Sucat and Festival Mall.  Well, with the sale being on for only 10 days, that's the most I could do.

    Here's what I got from the sale:

Lessons learned during the sale:

1. Grab a cart.  Perfect for that hands free experience.

2. Grab all the books you like before others grab them.  Madali naman ibalik sa shelf ang hindi mo bibilhin.

3. Don't buy a book just because it is cheap or discounted.  Think hard about whether you really love it or not.

4. Don't calculate.  This only happens once or twice a year.  May discount naman e.

  

P.S. I have not read any of my last year's loot, hehehe!

The Constant Reader at the Manila International Book Fair 2013

34th Manila International Book Fair - Sept. 11 - 15, 2013

September is every bookworm's favorite month.  National Bookstore and Powerbooks are on sale.  Then, it's Book Fair time!!!  

photo from mibf's facebook page

 Some tips I learned from last year's Book Fair:
1. Come on the first day.  You'll get first dibs on all books.
2. Now is not the time to be mahinhin, mabagal or courteous. Everyone there is out to buy books, therefore, maraming kaagaw at kalaban. hehe!
3. Have a plan.  Download the lay-out ahead of time so you can head straight to the booths most important to you.  
4. Bring your sugar daddy para bilmoko 'non, bilmoko n'yan.
5.  No regrets! Get what you want because this only happens once a year.

from Ms. Make Ideas Happen

 

I got 4 free tickets from my sister!  Yay, I'm so excited!  See you there!

National Book Store's Cut Price Sale 2013

YYYYEEEESSSSSSS!  It's the most wonderful time of the year!  Nope, it's not Christmas, pero parang ganun na rin because the National Bookstore sale starts this Aug 30 - Sept. 8, 2013!!!  Yay!!!

photo from nationalbookstore.com.ph

I'm just a little disappointed that the sale is only for 10 days.  But I have this feeling that the sale will extend until the annual Manila International Bookfair (September 11-15, 2013).  This year, I'm hoping to get books on art, calligraphy, parenting and children's health. 

Merry Christmas, A!  Time to spoil your constant reader again!

Stop Instagramming Your Perfect Life - Shauna Niequist

Sometimes, reading other people's exciting status updates, seeing their new travel albums  or hearing about their new 'toys' can make you feel like your own life is dull, boring and lacking.    Before you feel insecure and inadequate about your own life, try to remember that no one's life is perfectly amazing or happy.   It only looks that way on their facebook or instagram accounts. As the writer said, we are the curators of our social media account.  We control what people see and most of the time, we only show the amazing, awesome parts …. not the messes, the quarrels, the problems.   

from i'm feeling crafty today

I hope you take the time to read this beautiful article from relevantmagazine.com.    It helps put things in the right perspective. :)  "Remember that the very best things in life can't be captured in status updates."

Here's the link:
stop instagramming your perfect life

*the author has renamed the article as "Instagram's Envy Effect". 

The Constant Reader in Tagaytay - Overnight at Taal Vista

There's nothing new about me being in Tagaytay.  Except that this time, we stayed overnight.  That's something that's been on my bucket list!

 Dahil birthday ni A, parang birthday ko na rin.  Because he pretty much lets me do what I want. 

 This was one of the 3 rooms we got from the Lakewing of Taal Vista.  Loved the room, just don't ask me about the toilet, hehe.

Typhoon Gorio checked in along with us.  We were treated with rains, howling winds and zero visibility.   Sarap, ang lameeegg!!!!   We thought we were going to get stranded for another day, but the weather improved dramatically and we were able to check out (sayang!).

This is me with my Travel Magazine.  This is my third "new" place this year.  Hoping to be blessed with more. :)

World War Z - Max Brooks

Ever since I was little, I have loved the horror genre.  I got an early start with Pinoy Thriller and The Twilight Zone on TV and have moved on to The Walking Dead and George Romero movies (you don't know horror if you don't know George Romero!). 

photo from thinkhero.com

So, I was very excited to read World War Z, because the movie version is out soon. The book is written as a series of recollections of different people before, during and after the zombie war.  The war is over but through the characters in the book, one gets to relive the horror of how it was then.  The book blurb sounded really exciting but I was disappointed to find that the book was more about 'politics' than zombies.     All I wanted  was pure zombie-eating-people fiction not talk about what country governments did or did not do during the zombie war.  Not bloody or gory enough for me.  Not even scary, except for the only 2 parts that I liked.

photo from cineheroes.net

I hope the movie will be so much better than the book.  If only Brad Pitt gets bit by a zombie and dies early in the movie.  Boo Brangelina!  Brad and Jen pa rin!

photo from fr.cinema.yahoo.com