hey, it's Tuesday! :P

in a very brief group discussion in Englone yesterday, i suddenly realized two things: my love for reading and the need for writing. our professor asked us to bring our favorite reading material; but being the typically good student that i was, i didn't bring mine although i brought with me the next to my favorite. i bet most of you have already came across or have actually read Tuesdays with Morrie; that's the book i brought in class. why the book? read on.

MY LOVE FOR READING

i love reading. now that's an understatement. but lemme tell you the reasons why i do. there are only three: it widens my vocabulary, it helps me discover the various writing styles of different writers, and it lets me see the countless lessons that life haas to offer whenever i finish one. that's where Tuesdays with Morrie comes into picture. this book--if you don't know yet--is based on a true to life account of the author with his college professor. he relived the moments he spent with Morrie until his (Morrie's) last breath. i was surprised how this book--though small--could contain so much of life's greatest lessons. i actually found it amusing to highlight many quotations, but the main reason is that i know that those lines have an underlying message. i never get tired of going through this book ever since i got hold of it. no matter how many times i read it, it never fails to give me hope and inspiration in my everyday life. and i gotta say that this is one of the best novels that has captured my love for reading.

THE NEED TO WRITE

this idea came floating in my mind when i was in the car on the way home from school. i remember myself thinking about the way Mitch Albom succesfully took me to the substance of his novel. i was impressed and inspired with how he gave life to a book that is no more than 500 pages. i didn't quite think i would push through with writing this until i started doodling again in my notebook. the question: What makes a good writer? to put it bluntly--i don't know. in my opinion, we cannot possibly set a perfect criteria for a good writer becasue once and for all, different people have their distinct writing styles and each of these is a trademark of a person. that's just my say on that matter and i'm not saying that it's altogether correct. why am i saying this? i just felt the need to write.


[i have a feeling na bitin talaga yung last part. ^_^]