Wednesday, July 25, 2007



Since I cannot fully condition myself into doing "productive" research about Indian Literature, Narcotics, Basho and Li Po, I decided that maybe (just maybe) my inner self feels the urge to write, at least. Truth be told, I am too distracted that I cannot even manage the twirling of other thoughts inside my brain. In simpler terms, I cannot clear my mind and this, as you all know, is a bad habbit because frankly, I will not be able to accomplish things which I need to do at this very instant. Take right now, for instance.. I should be doing research on several topics but no, I am blogging. (Hehe!) Hm, let's put aside school for a moment. Maybe a break from dreadful school-related activities is what I need.. Yeah.. maybe.

*Good thoughts in, nasty out*

Talking about newspapers, (call me a freak if you want to) I read them, as much as possible, daily. I think my Mom's constant nagging paid off. Now I am sorta-kinda a newspaper devotee-- exclusive for Inquirer, dear-- but I do not read much about "business" since I infer that it is useless for a person my age. Anyway, I got another fact about Mr. Harry Potter. His book was actually a BIG BREAK in the literature world selling 83 million copies within 24 hours in the United States alone. Talk about.. chaos! And imagine, it is just ONE country.. what about the others?! (And, just think about how much J.K. Rowling earned!!) If I am not mistaken, a series would be sold some time September (books 1-7) and most likely, I will just hit the bookstores then. For the moment, I will be busy filling up my dusty wallet since I wish to buy it from my own money. Whew, I think it needs a lot of "sacrifice" on my part.

Going on, newspapers are sorta-kinda my best buds at home. (Eww. But true!) I read them to keep myself updated with current events but not really those which are talk too much about dirty politics. Dirty politics suck and the more I read about what's going on within the government, the more I get pissed off. Dirty minds+Dirty politics=Dirty Ruling which also wholly equivalent to Dirty Philippines. No wonder. It is for this reason that I try to focus much on other aspects specially lifestyle because it teaches a lot about everyday living covering up topics from family, school, physical and emotional facets.. and they are NOT boring at all. In fact, I feel a pang of excitement in reading issues of it everyday. Also, Young Blood's opinion section is such an attention grabber. There are basically a lot of great essays and good contributions from young writers. Nonetheless, I never fail to check out Sports section as well as Metro (which includes World).

I never expected my interest in newspapers to flourish. I used to dislike them because they contained real hard words which I cannot understand. But, as time progressed and my interest grew from pre-school vocabulary to a well-reformed (in a way) one, I got the grasp of how stimulating these printed account of news could be. So, yes, I am happy to be called a newspaper devotee. And one day maybe I could be a great essay writer.. just maybe..