books and bookmarks

whenever i go abroad, i always make it a point to bring a book set in the same location. it's a way to get closer to the place especially if it's written by a local. 

it started when i first went to Paris in 2004. i brought the Da Vinci Code  with me and read it in a park somewhere. i remember an African-American approached me asking me if i was a student and then some more small talk. he went away and said he was coming back. i left immediately. i never thought it would happen again after 4 years! and that time, i wasn't a scaredy cat anymore.

anyway back to the book. i just bought this one which was recommended to me in FB. i don't think i'll like Paulo Coelho so i settled with this.  

it's a vampire book. so far so good! i'm trying not to read too fast. 

and then i realized i had no bookmarks so i made these.

i used the cardboard that came with my new stockings, some washi tapes, magazine cutout and my scrap yarns and leather cords

i realized while reading in a coffee shop earlier that i missed reading a lot. this year though i started to make time to read again and so far i only read one book: Natsuo Kirino's OUT. i love it and finished reading it overnight. 

while on my way home, i was wishing that books don't suffer the same fate as the Encylopedia Britannica which is going to cease printing this year :(  

get inspired

saw a Book Sale last night and bought books before watching The Road. 

Weekend Knitting

also bought some materials and gift items at Fully Booked.

i'm still waiting for time, inspiration and my materials 

in the balikbayan box before i start anything.

by the way, The Road was bad. i can't believe 

i had to get out of the house at night just to watch it.

a serial killer in the Philippines, are you kidding me?

sana nanood na lang ako ng C.I. buong araw!

i ended up playing The Creeps inside the theater.