tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34705761875550325182024-03-05T12:09:49.649-08:00PNG BookClubTokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-47000090367618422992016-03-30T09:41:00.000-07:002016-03-30T09:47:09.863-07:00Finding Your Flow-the Optimal State for Great Performance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In my pursuit of a qualification in life coaching, I picked up a useful book called "<a data-mce-href="http://<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1781254079/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1781254079&linkCode=as2&tag=tokautokst-21">Mastering Coaching: Practical insights for developing high performance</a><img src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=tokautokst-21&l=as2&o=2&a=1781254079" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" href="http://%3Ca%20rel%3D%22nofollow%22%20href%3D%22http//www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1781254079/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1781254079&linkCode=as2&tag=tokautokst-21%22%3EMastering%20Coaching:%20Practical%20insights%20for%20developing%20high%20performance%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=tokautokst-21&l=as2&o=2&a=1781254079%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" style="color: #00aadc;">Mastering Coaching</a>", on Amazon, by a "guru" in the life coaching space, Max Landsberg. Glancing at the cover of the book I felt a little intimidated. The sub-topics included mindfulness, neuroscience, positive psychology and experiential learning. You see, I've been wondering whether some learning in neuroscience and psychology would boost my coaching career. After all, wasn't coaching to do with fixing the mindset of the coachee. </div>
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My fear was quickly dispelled in the book when Landsberg made it clear that firstly, the findings in neuroscience are not completely foolproof, and secondly, coaches did not have to use the findings in their work. Indeed, coaches sometimes apply the principles anyway without understanding them. </div>
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Landsberg demonstrates the findings of neuroscience in simple-speak and helps the reader see their uses and applications in coaching. Being new to these space I found myself drinking up the new knowledge being provided to me through this book. And my insecurities about the use of neuroscience and psychology (I'm not even sure if those words are supposed to be interchangeable!) began to fade away. </div>
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I particularly enjoyed Landsberg's synopsis of the <i>Csikszentmihlyi's Flow </i>state<i>, </i>proposed by Mihaly Csikszentmihlyi (pronounced chick-sent-me-high). He was initially curious with the differing happiness in people who had much material wealth (generally not being very happy), and those who were absorbed with activities that brought little material wealth--such as artists, writers and composers. Mihaly (notice I'm using the easier name to spell) published his book called "<i><a data-mce-href="http://<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0787951404/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0787951404&linkCode=as2&tag=tokautokst-21">Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play</a><img src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=tokautokst-21&l=as2&o=2&a=0787951404" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" href="http://%3Ca%20rel%3D%22nofollow%22%20href%3D%22http//www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0787951404/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0787951404&linkCode=as2&tag=tokautokst-21%22%3EBeyond%20Boredom%20and%20Anxiety:%20Experiencing%20Flow%20in%20Work%20and%20Play%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=tokautokst-21&l=as2&o=2&a=0787951404%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" style="color: #00aadc;">Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play</a></i>". </div>
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<i>Flow </i>refers to the high emotional state that one is in when completely absorbed in an activity, so much so that time either stands still or rushes by to quickly. There is an internal ecstasy experienced during this moment. I've heard this phrase used by coaching guru Tony Robbins but never really understood what he was talking about. This book gives me a clue. </div>
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Mihaly provides three suggested conditions that increase the likelihood of achieving flow, note the subtle caveat--<i>increases the likelihood</i>. </div>
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1. <strong>A clear goal</strong>--knowing what exactly you will be achieving through the activity gives you focus and a proper measure of your progress;</div>
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2. <strong>Feedback</strong>--get clear and immidiate feedback regarding your performance. Each industry has its way of telling you your doing well and where you need to improve;</div>
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3. <strong>Skill v Challenge Balance</strong>--the challenge should not be too easy nor too hard, respecting your skill and competence. </div>
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Understanding these prerequistes for achieving flow are very helpful both as a coach and coachee. Learning simple methods of getting yourself into the state required to execute a performance wee is invaluable. As a coach it provides a tool to helping your coaching achieve that state in their current situations, or changing their situations to discover their flow. </div>
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If you're an aspiring coach, I recommend picking up Landsberg's <a data-mce-href="http://<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1781254079/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1781254079&linkCode=as2&tag=tokautokst-21">Mastering Coaching: Practical insights for developing high performance</a><img src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=tokautokst-21&l=as2&o=2&a=1781254079" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" href="http://%3Ca%20rel%3D%22nofollow%22%20href%3D%22http//www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1781254079/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1781254079&linkCode=as2&tag=tokautokst-21%22%3EMastering%20Coaching:%20Practical%20insights%20for%20developing%20high%20performance%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=tokautokst-21&l=as2&o=2&a=1781254079%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" style="color: #00aadc;">book Mastering Coaching</a>. I first thought that I wouldn't qualify for the book since I am not even a rookie coach.</div>
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But after just half-way through the book I am convinced it is applicable for any level of coaching you may be in. </div>
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Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-60922499196211174482016-03-29T15:59:00.003-07:002016-03-29T15:59:53.517-07:00Mastering Reading<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's cliche I know. </div>
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But reading is so under-rated. Especially in today's social-media crazed world. Everywhere you turn people are staring at phones and tablets. Yes of course, they're reading. But really?</div>
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Recently I've rejuvenated my love for reading. I had to temporarily move out of my home country to revamp that habit. I hear of great people all the time who commit themselves to reading. Warren Buffet recommends a book a day. Tai Lopez reads a book a day. He gave a TED talk called "Why I read a Book a Day".</div>
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I don't know about speed reading but I'm willing to try it out. If you would like to do so to here's a <a data-mce-href="http://<a href="http://f4d2b9pbo6nf5vd9qkscxp7z6m.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GDW" target="_top">Click Here!</a>" href="http://%3Ca%20href%3D%22http//f4d2b9pbo6nf5vd9qkscxp7z6m.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GDW%22%20target=%22_top%22%3EClick%20Here!%3C/a%3E" style="color: #00aadc;">useful resource</a> that you may find useful. I'm going to try it out too. Imagine, if you could read a book a day, how much knowledge and wisdom could you fill you head with. </div>
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I'd love to get to a place when I can read a book a day. But for now my reading goal is to read at least two books a month. </div>
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Reading opens our minds to great ideas. It teaches us mistakes that have been made by others so we can avoid making them. Who was it that said "If I am able to see farther than others, it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants." We all have dreams of better lives. Of better relationships. Better performance. No, we dream of great lives, relationships and performances. But we seem to not know what to do about getting to that place. </div>
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Here's the thing. People have achieved those things. They created for themselves great lives. Or at least people out there, in history and at present, are have beat the odds we current face, and have reached the goals that we also have for ourselves. </div>
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People face all kinds of problem, and wreck their brains thinking of ways to solve or fix them, but all you need to do is read. </div>
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Want to be successful in a particular field of study or calling. Read up on it! The world is full of useful knowledge (and useless knowledge too but let's talk about that later). You need to get out there and read up. </div>
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Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-49082236950836549062014-06-04T00:25:00.001-07:002014-06-04T00:26:13.925-07:00The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner -Brief review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A short review of The Maze Runner Trilogy by James
Dashner by<span class="fwb fcg" data-ft="{"tn":";"}"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100006457627843&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22nf%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A262613543776541%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/beraldine.galik?fref=nf" id="js_27"> Gerrie Dine Bii</a></span><br />
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Been reading a YA Series called, The Maze Runner Trilogy by James
Dashner all week and its really unique compared to the lot that's been
coming out lately.<br />
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Giving it a 4/5 because I cant think of a reason why it should be 3/5. <br />
If I were to describe it then the closest thing I can compare it to is The Lord of The Flies (a bit of World War Z too).<br />
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I think the three things that shaped my ideas for this story the most
are: The books ENDER'S GAME and LORD OF THE FLIES, and the TV show
LOST." ~James Dashner</blockquote>
Some fans of The Hunger Games say it's a
copycat but let me assure you bookworms its NOT. That's what overlly
obsessed fans would say. Anyway, I found it highly entertaining. <br />
Im sorry that I cant give you a full summary. I'm afraid I might give
away too much which would ruin the whole trilogy for you. Its better to
enjoy it as it is. An amazing journey.<br />
The Maze Runner Trilogy:<br />
1. The Maze Runner<br />
2. The Scorch Trials<br />
3. Death Cure<br />
*Prequel- The Kill Order*</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-53267161975008016382013-09-25T00:09:00.001-07:002013-09-25T00:09:03.392-07:00Blurb Could be Better<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's really good to see a young PNG writer get his book published internationally. The chances for such an opportunity are very slim, as PNG young writers would note. So good on this author for landing the publication.<br><br>But I must say, reading the blurb at the back left me none too impressed. The grammar on the blurb was terrible. At the very least it put me off any serious consideration in buying the book. I'm not sure if the writer wrote the blurb or the editor of the book. In any case it didn't help in getting me interested. It's selling for quite a sum so buying it would be a gamble. So I would have to borrow it somewhere and read it before I can let myself buy it.<br><br>My post here is quite unfair considering I haven't read the book yet may have put off potential readers. But bookworms understand the value of the blurb. It's supposed to wet the appetite of potential buyers/readers. In this case it failed only that. <br><br>I hope my low expectations can be lifted by a more informed reader.<br><br>Heavenise day!</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXS0G8XhHzGUrhaj5TSpufjScAlXmcpxulne5Ly91A_HZMgjzDTWUH_lQYGplC3aP6NORUrMbM5JjTcuKwtLqh1jgu2es6s8y1UPHti2i5w35uOjKJ9fFn2jyJ5aAIIrJmLPnmhmIb66s/s640/blogger-image--1537298779.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXS0G8XhHzGUrhaj5TSpufjScAlXmcpxulne5Ly91A_HZMgjzDTWUH_lQYGplC3aP6NORUrMbM5JjTcuKwtLqh1jgu2es6s8y1UPHti2i5w35uOjKJ9fFn2jyJ5aAIIrJmLPnmhmIb66s/s640/blogger-image--1537298779.jpg"></a></div>Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-87776622233717979442013-05-23T15:59:00.001-07:002013-05-23T15:59:58.155-07:00America the Beautiful - Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great ––By Dr. Ben Carson (2012): Book Review By Amos T. Wama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Seller and great book, “America the Beautiful - Rediscovering What Made This
Nation Great”, by Dr. Benjamin Carson (with his wife, Candy). </div>
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Dr. Ben Carson is a prolific writer and Thinker; he’d also penned
two profound books, ‘The Gifted Hands” and “Take the Risk”. He’s also God’s greatest
gift to this generation: a gifted brain surgeon. Currently he is the Director
of Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery & Professor of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, U.S.A.
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In February 2013, the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323452204578292302358207828.html">Wall
Street Journal–WSJ<span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a>flaunted
“Ben Carson for President” on its front page after Dr. Carson had intellectually
‘lectured’, President Barack Obama––my two role models in the same room––for 27
minutes straight during the ‘<a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/2152105947001/dr-benjamin-carsons-speech-at-prayer-breakfast/?playlist_id=162223">National
Prayer Breakfast’ (07 Feb 2013)</a>. The speech became an instant hit and went viral
on the internet. Considered the ‘New Conservative Folk Hero’ by many in the U.S., the
devout Christian––who publicly declared ‘Jesus is my role model’––Dr. Carson had
proposed logical, cost-effective policy options at the Prayer Breakfast.</div>
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Many of the ‘hot issues’ he addressed at the Prayer Breakfast
are dealt comprehensively in this book––‘America the Beautiful.’ A brilliant
student of history and intellectual powerhouse, Dr. Carson artfully canvasses a
wide-array of issues––historical underpinnings of Europe’s current economic crisis
and the lessons for the U.S.; political developments in U.S.; racism to which
he’s nor bitter; capitalism; socialism; and America–a moral nation or not. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Coming from a poor background: rough and tough neighborhood and,
being raised by a single mum doing multiple low-paying jobs, Dr. Carson is understandably
passionate about quality education being the ‘key to success in life’. An avid
reader and lover of books from childhood, what he ‘discovered between the pages
of books’ guided him to realize full potential, to becoming the person he is
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‘Walking the Talk’ in education, he’d founded the <a href="http://carsonscholars.org/">Carson Scholars Fund</a> 17 years ago which
operated in all 50 states. The Fund awards US$1,000 college scholarships to
students in grades 4-11 who excel academically and are dedicated to
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The multi–dimensional mind of a Neurosurgeon runs clearly throughout
the book as it churns out innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions to
U.S.’s pressing problems: from affordable HealthCare for every U.S. citizen to reducing
the nation’s mind-numbing national debt. Dr. Carson’s Biblically-based idea of
‘tithing’–everyone dips in 10% of gross income–as a fiscal public policy instrument
to address U.S.’s national debt problem is simple, straightforward and could
get traction among weary voters.</div>
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What I liked best in this book is Dr. Carson’s upfront, uncompromising stance
on ‘political correctness–PC’. If allowed to fester undeterred, he correctly asserts,
PC would stifle ‘freedom of speech, thought and association’; evidently <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fracking </i>one of U.S.’s bedrock principals
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A <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must-read</i> book I
highly recommend to anyone wishing to be ‘read in’ the mind of a fascinating Thinker
and world-class Neurosurgeon.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Geneva, Switzerland</div>
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</xml><![endif]-->In this short post, I wish to tie
the importance of reading to your job. 21<sup>st</sup> century is a highly
phased competitive century according to historians. There is so much truth in
this sentence. Walls of countries are breaking down, cultures are merging like
never before, giving birth to strange cultures or way of life, some of which are
good and some are out right confusing.<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I mekim ol manmeri i go longlong na ron nambout olsem anis long rot. </i></div>
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As organizations come to realize the
challenges of 21<sup>st</sup> century market place, they tighten their grips on
essential human skills that are necessary for day to day operation of their
business or organizations. They demand you to have those skills. I was a divisional
manager with a big oil palm company in Kimbe few months back and I am telling
you from my experience. I use to hire and fire, and people skill was always a determining
factor in the hire and fire process. </div>
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<a href="http://media1.picsearch.com/is?FCr_QuGewBuU-tjfItyJVBs3Okk6HE432UpcCmWD8aY&height=168" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /></div>
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<b>Critical Human Skills for 21<sup>st</sup> century carrier and business
success</b></div>
<b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">READING IS ONE. WRITING IS ANOTHER. SPEAKING IS YET ANOTHER.</b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Writing and speaking can’t do
WITHOUT reading. That is why PNG Book Club puts every effort in nurturing
reading culture in PNG. One time back in University of Natural Resource and Environment
where I was attached a research scientist, a colleague of mine who was an academic
there passed few soils report from 4<sup>th</sup> year degree students for me
to read and mark. I made some very fascinating
discoveries. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">some</span> final year degree students can’t even differentiate between
past and presence tense. This is really bad, I thought to myself. Why? Because they
don’t read..Simple as that. You can hide and be lazy about reading but it will all
show when open your mouth to speak or put pen to paper. </div>
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Its gets harder and harder when
you try to get a good job with poor reading, writing and speaking skills. Businesses
survive because of people skills. Managers hire you for your skills. Your
skills add value to the company to maintain competitive edge over others. YOU
SEE IT NOW?.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://media1.picsearch.com/is?oIq_H6NMnAga0QyJZ0nkhJEHV_s3ajIJ6yxn9qKjzfk&height=120" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="picBoxImg" src="http://media1.picsearch.com/is?oIq_H6NMnAga0QyJZ0nkhJEHV_s3ajIJ6yxn9qKjzfk&height=120" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Question:</b> What happens if you don’t have these skills? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Answer:</b> More struggles for you. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Recommendation:</b> Invest in yourself and get these skills, most of which
are free. Read and read and read. </div>
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<br /></div>
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I became an author not because I studied
language at UPNG. No. I became one because I committed my time into studying
books and how they are written. You study accounting to be an accountant,
right!<br />
So if you want to be a good reader, study READING. If you want to be a
good speaker, study SPEAKING and if you want to be a good writer, study
WRITING.</div>
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<br /></div>
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That is all. <br />
<br />
Click <a href="http://iandabasorihetr.hubpages.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE </a>to read more pf my similar self help articles on my <a href="http://iandabasorihetr.hubpages.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hub Pages </a>site </div>
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Reading plays an important role
in how we as individuals perceive the world. In the beginning there was word
and the word became man. We read that in the bible. In the financial world,
word is the most important thing to understand. Word makes or breaks business.
Word makes or breaks contracts. Word brings millions into ones account or words
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In the political structures, you
will find word as just as important as it is in the financial world. I took a
lot of time trying to define the word <a href="http://iandabasorihetr.hubpages.com/hub/Leverage-Financial-LeverageDefinitionApplication-of-Power-Leverage-in-Wealth-Creation-Context">LEVERAGE</a> in my articles published at Hub Pages,
a site where I publish for online income. </div>
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You will find that the world is
moving too fast. It’s getting even easier for people to amass greater wealth
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Let me give you an example. It
took John D. Rockefeller long time to become a billionaire. Mark Zukerberg
became a billionaire whilst in college. Mark understood the power of leverage and used it to his advantage.</div>
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Now leverage as defined by self-made millionaire and investor Robert Kiyosaki is doing more with less effort. I add and "getting better results". </div>
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Understanding the words and their
powers is a leverage it itself for you to become what you dream to have in
life. </div>
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Reading is the way forward. It is
the bridge that connects you to the knowledge and wisdom you wouldn’t have
otherwise found. </div>
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I once had a chat with Professor
Yamamotto from Japan, whilst I was a student in College. This is what he said
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“Young man, your word is more powerful than guns; you just have to know
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There is so much truth is what
the prominent professor said. </div>
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I hope this short blog gives you
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Happy reading and happy learning </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-19984413428422680962012-10-29T16:11:00.001-07:002012-10-29T16:11:25.415-07:00THE TRUE NATIONAL LEADERS<font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b style><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"></font></font></b> </p><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">"<i style>Let me write the songs of a nation: I don't care who writes the laws."</i> Andrew Fletcher, Scottish Politician</font></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b style><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></b></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">When he first took office I used to hear news about Governor Powes Parkop's vision to clean the city and the people's mindsets by the year 2012. That year is coming to an end now. How have we fared? Have we changed? He posed the question to a workshop of certain middle level bureaucrats: "<i style>How do we get people to change their mindsets and attitude</i>?" Indeed: "<b style>HOW</b>?" </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Mindsets and attitude cannot be legislated or regulated into form. They exist freely of the external things we set up ourselves to control society. The conscience is the freest component of a human person. Inserted and guaranteed by God Himself. I could even say that the freedom of conscience is a freedom more precious than liberty itself. Throughout history and even today people have sacrificed their physical freedom and even the lives to keep their consciences. And the most powerful of people have been those who have been able to permeate people's conscience. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Leadership, I heard from Myles Munroe, is the ability to influence human behaviour. Human behaviour is a product of the human conscience. Leadership is therefore the ability to influence the human conscience to such an extent as it affects human behaviour. <br> <br> All these considered, I have concluded who the REAL leaders of this nation are. They are not the Prime Ministers, the Members of Parliament, or the nation's top bureaucrats. They are not the ones who possess power or control over vast amounts of money or land, or people. They are not those who have many wives and massive wealth; or who drive successful businesses and expensive vehicles.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">For me the true leaders are smaller people. They probably live with relatives because they can't afford rentals. Maybe they make their homes in settlements. They possibly have small blue-collar jobs that they struggle through every day. But they are famous people. Known and loved by many who share the same everyday experiences as they do. They are the <i style>local songwriters, singers, poets, writers</i> and the <i style>storytellers</i>. But I'll focus on the songwriters and singers because that segment of the arts has more dominion in PNG than the story-telling, books and poetry.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The majority of this nation listens to music and song every day. And songs have the ability to stick and continually play in the minds of people. The words, aided by music, can seep easily into our sub-conscience, shaping the mindset without us even knowing it. When we constantly listen to the same thing we usually end up believing it—without even making a conscious decision to start believing. Sooner or later we start living out the kind of beliefs transmitted by the songs. Our behaviour is affected. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Human behaviour is shaped by what we constantly hear, see and read—by what is constantly communicated to us. Politicians can deliver speeches once in a while but their words do not dwell in our minds and hearts as much as songs and music. Hence politicians, despite having the authority to make laws and the macro-decisions for the country, do not have much influence on the people's behaviour. That privilege (or responsibility) lies with our song-writers and singers. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><br><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"> The problem however, is that much of our popular local songs are full of negative themes such as self-pity and regret, low self-esteem, loss of hope ("I give up") etc. They are un-inspiring and narrow-minded. They stimulate fleeting desires that can never be satisfied. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Such songs that carry words such as "<i style>mi pipia blong pipia blong pipia</i>", "<i style>maski mi rabis man mi simel tinpis</i>". Or "<i style>save-kad nogat save</i>", "<i style>skul-pepa blong yu skul-pepa nating</i>", or "<i style>wai na mama karim mi?</i>" or "<i style>mi bai stap na raun wabo</i>", limit our ability to dream and aspire for great things or greatness. They remove our ability to look beyond our current limitations—beyond the immediate. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">One song that has been very influential (to my utter disgust) is Skwatas hit <i style>Take Me to Parardise</i>. This song opens with the phrase "<i style>Wik i kam pinis em wikend nau taim bilong kisim wara wantaim ol poroman</i>". Those words, and the phrase "<i style>I'm living for the weekend</i>", reinforce within young people that life has no ultimate meaning or everlasting joy, but if we compound our pleasures every weekend—by taking alcohol, dancing away and picking up a one-night stand—we may salvage some happiness. This is a dangerous message. Yet this song is (was) a hit with very young children who had yet to cement a proper outlook of life.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Then there's Tania's song <i style>Trupla Man. </i>I once watched a TV program showcasing Tania promoting her album and that song to hundreds of kids mostly below the age of 13. Some kids (possibly aged between 7 and 10) were called to the stage and sang the chorus brilliantly: "<i style>Trupla man, wokobaut long bikpla nait. Painim mi. Em orait. Mi save long ting ting blong yu!</i>..." (translation: "A real man. Walks in the dead of the night looking for me. That's fine. I know what you're thinking") One phrase goes "<i style>Mi tu mi man na mi gat bulut na mi nidim presens blong yu...</i>" ("<i style>I'm human too. I got feelings (hormones) and I need you</i>"). <span style> </span>I thought to myself "what the heck!" These kids are singing along without a clue as to what Tania's intent was (I doubt Tania herself knew). Very early a mentality is being imbedded into their sub-conscience. That is, if your body desires something, get out there and do what it takes to satisfy your body. And if you do so you are a "<i style>trupla man</i>" (real man)! </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Songs such as these are dangerous to our society. They summon up energies and curiosities within children and young people before they built strong foundations from which they can properly direct such energy. They lack a message of hope, peace, unity and other positive themes that could energise Papua New Guineans to do the right thing. Yes we do have some of those songs ringing through the air but they're significantly outnumbered by the negatives. Songs with such words are not just harmless music and entertainment. They shape human thought. They shape the conscience. They shape culture. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">If there are songwriters out there reading this, you have more power than you know. Use it well. And for politicians, if you'd like to regain some of your lost power from the singers and songwriters, I'd recommend that you ban the so many negatively-charged songs that infiltrate almost every young heart every single day in Papua New Guinea. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><br><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"> <i style>If we are to have a positive society with a positive culture we have to change the things that shape the minds that shape the behaviour of the people that shape our society. </i></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><br><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"> Heavenise Week!</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Ganjiki</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><br>-- <br><div>Ganjiki <br><br>"INSPIRING PASSION"</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://ppngtokauttokstret.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://ppngtokauttokstret.blogspot.com/</a> </div><br> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-84141351508240355352012-07-03T20:23:00.000-07:002012-07-03T20:28:17.764-07:00PNG BOOKCLUB REACHES 4000!!Awesome!! CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU to all you bookworms for adding your friends to this beginning of PNG's READING REVOLUTION!
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<br>It's been great seeing all the post discussing books and authors, searching for books, etc. And seeing the enthusiasm in book-swaps and exchanges etc.
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<br>The Admin and Committee are grateful and encouraged and believe now more than ever that PNGeans will begin to think deeply and act differently because they'd be reading more often now.
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<br>Thanks Yaku for adding the 4000th member of PNG BC.
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<br>God Bless and Heavenise Day!!
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<br>GanjikiTokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-76770359162158167342011-12-19T17:12:00.001-08:002011-12-19T17:12:53.714-08:00PNG BookClub Club-Our Achievements for 2011<p> By Ian D. Hetri</p> <div>First of all, Season Greetings to all Bookworms! </div> <div> </div> <div>"You all are too good you are!" Remember Justine in PNG Gardner! His favorite lines. </div> <p>Here we go. The idea of creating a group that promotes the culture of reading in PNG (read Wayne's article at <a href="http://pngbool.blogspot.com">pngbool.blogspot.com</a>) started as a very tiny seed of thought. With every nourishment effort from the dedicated committee members headed by our very own Wayne Ganjiki and with technical assistance from Bea Amaya, the almost microscopic in size idea grew to what you can see today. </p> <div>Today we boast a total of 3362 members in Facebook and we are still growing every single day. We also boast a friendly, professional and good code of conduct which we observed in PNG BookClub forums. Let's keep it this way. </div> <div> </div> <div>Before I go on, let me share with you a saying by the famous boxer Mike Tyson I read some year back when I was in PNGUNRE. "<em>The books you read and the people you hang out with determine the person you become</em>". I personally observed this to be true. Enough Ian! This is isn't a history lecture. Lolz </div> <div> </div> <div>Now let me take this liberty to declare that this year was a successful year for all our members and the dedicated, dynamic committee members. This group has opened doors to my world view. My professional networking and collaboration has improved dramatically. I have come to meet some of the best thinkers of this great nation PNG and I never seem to stop get better and better being in this dynamic community of book lovers. </div> <div><br>2011 has come to an end. Great! Another new year! I'm pretty sure there are lessons to be learnt from this year. Good lessons and bad lessons. But one thing for sure is that we have started a drive that will align us to achieve the visions of PNG envisaged in PNG Vision 2050.</div> <div><br>I commend all members for the active participation in the discussions, reviews, critiques and updates on the latest happenings in PNG. Our blog is up and running and is maintained by Wayne. Let's thank Bea again for the creative conscious she posses to again upgrade our website. Very prolific discussions are underway to do even bigger things for PNGBookClub in years to come. We will keep all members informed when the time is right. </div> <div><br>The foresightedness and determination shown by each committee members is reflected by the good result we have seen this year. Again Wayne has done us proud by publishing our story in Post Courier. You are a mighty warrior Wayne. </div> <div><br>After all that has been said, one thing we all should do is to thank those who actually wrote the books that we read and that is the reason why this group was formed. Thanks to the authors of all books we read. </div> <p>To end, I kindly ask you to give a tap to yourself on your shoulder and tell yourself, "You love you". You were the one that made everything happened. So thank yourself. I will do the same. </p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p>Ian Dabasori Hetri</p> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-15053045125070616642011-11-28T17:33:00.001-08:002011-11-28T17:33:17.169-08:00INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT BOOKS (Part 6)<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">By Ian D. Hetri</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></em></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></em></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A blessed companion is a book, - a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend,... a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into our own. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Douglas Jerrold</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~William Styron</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><em>A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with "a sort of greedy enjoyment," as Marcel Proust said of those rooms of his old home whose air was "saturated with the bouquet of silence."</em> ~Holbrook Jackson</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Society and Solitude, 1870</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Henry Miller</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Harold Bloom</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The book of the moment often has immense vogue, while the book of the age, which comes in its company from the press, lies unnoticed; but the great book has its revenge. It lives to see its contemporary pushed up shelf by shelf until it finds its final resting-place in the garret or the auction room. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Hamilton Wright Mabie</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practised at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Holbrook Jackson</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house; but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Lord Chesterfield</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Logan Pearsall Smith</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></i></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><em>Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.</em> ~William Ewart Gladstone</font></font></p> <p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p> </p> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-8255807725034722982011-11-28T17:32:00.003-08:002011-11-28T17:32:38.877-08:00INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT BOOKS (Part 5)<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">By Ian D. Hetri</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></em></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Oliver Wendell Holmes</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West.</em> <br> ~E.M. Forster</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book! A message to us from the dead, - from human souls whom we never saw, who lived perhaps thousands of miles away; and yet these, on those little sheets of paper, speak to us, teach us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Charles Kingsley</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the spices, and the myrrh. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Judah Ibn Tibbon</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Francis Bacon</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world</em>. ~Walter Pater</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Ann Landers</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">That place that does contain</font></em><i><br><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>My books, the best companions, is to me</em><br><em>A glorious court, where hourly I converse</em><br> <em>With the old sages and philosophers;</em><br><em>And sometimes, for variety, I confer</em><br><em>With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;</em><br><em>Calling their victories, if unjustly got,</em><br><em>Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,</em><br> <em>Deface their ill-placed statues. </em><br></font></font></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint.... What I began by reading, I must finish by acting</em>. <br> ~Henry David Thoreau</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one</em>. <br> ~Chinese Saying</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">O for a Booke and a shdie nooke, eyther in-a-doore or out;<br>With the grene leaves whisp'ring overhede, or the Streete cryes all about.<br>Where I maie Reade all at my ease, both of the Newe and Olde;<br> For a jollie goode Booke whereon to looke is better to me than Golde.<br>~John Wilson</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.</em> ~Anatole France</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.</em> ~Jeremy Collier</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Books are immortal sons deifying their sires. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Plato</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Mary Wortley Montagu</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Woodrow Wilson</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institution - such call I good books. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Henry David Thoreau</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">It often requires more courage to read some books than it does to fight a battle. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Sutton Elbert Griggs</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Many persons read and like fiction. It does not tax the intelligence and the intelligence of most of us can so ill afford taxation that we rightly welcome any reading matter which avoids this. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Rose Macaulay</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Americans like fat books and thin women. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Russell Baker</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">What holy cities are to nomadic tribes - a symbol of race and a bond of union - great books are to the wandering souls of men: they are the Meccas of the mind. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~G.E. Woodberry</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">God be thanked for books! they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~W.E. Channing</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Holbrook Jackson</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p> </p> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-89455439510185922402011-11-28T17:32:00.001-08:002011-11-28T17:32:04.926-08:00INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT BOOKS (Part 4)<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">By Ian D. Hetri</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></i></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></i></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">From my point of view, a book is a literary prescription put up for the benefit of someone who needs it. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~S.M. Crothers</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">He fed his spirit with the bread of books. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Edwin Markham</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book.</font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~John Ruskin</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death hath no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever</em>. <br> ~J. Swartz</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counsellor, a multitude of counsellors. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Henry Ward Beecher</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~John LeCarre</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Never judge a book by its movie. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~J.W. Eagan </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I love to lose myself in other men's minds.... Books think for me. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Charles Lamb</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~John Lyly</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The wise man reads both books and life itself. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Lin Yutang</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></i></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I like intellectual reading. It's to my mind what fiber is to my body. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Grey Livingston</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I often derive a peculiar satisfaction in conversing with the ancient and modern dead, - who yet live and speak excellently in their works. My neighbors think me often alone, - and yet at such times I am in company with more than five hundred mutes - each of whom, at my pleasure, communicates his ideas to me by dumb signs - quite as intelligently as any person living can do by uttering of words. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Laurence Sterne</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">You may have tangible wealth untold;</font></em><i><br><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.</em><br> <em>Richer than I you can never be -</em><br><em>I had a mother who read to me.</em><br></font></font></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Strickland Gillilan (Thanks, Laurel)</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Arabic Proverb</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing</em>. ~Lord Chesterfield</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">An ordinary man can... surround himself with two thousand books... and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Augustine Birrell</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~George Steiner</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Ralph Waldo Emerson</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">From every book invisible threads reach out to other books; and as the mind comes to use and control those threads the whole panorama of the world's life, past and present, becomes constantly more varied and interesting, while at the same time the mind's own powers of reflection and judgment are exercised and strengthened. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Helen E. Haines</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.</em> <br>~W. Somerset Maugham</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">How vast an estate it is that we came into as the intellectual heirs of all the watchers and searchers and thinkers and singers of the generations that are dead! What a heritage of stored wealth! What perishing poverty of mind we should be left in without it! </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~J.N. Larned</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Books are a uniquely portable magic. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Stephen King</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Amos Bronson Alcott</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The multitude of books is making us ignorant. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Voltaire</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book; books are well written or badly written.</font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.</font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Richard Steele, Tatler, 1710</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p> </p> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-90095244796297744032011-11-28T17:31:00.001-08:002011-11-28T17:31:23.763-08:00INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT BOOKS (Part 3)<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">By Ian D. Hetri</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></em></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></em></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before.</em> <br>~Clifton Fadiman</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Francis Bacon</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A book that is shut is but a block.</font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Thomas Fuller</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.</em> ~Thomas Carlyle</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book? </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Marina Tsvetaeva</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression, and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cast out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Howard Pyle</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.</em> ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Medicine for the soul. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~E.P. Whipple</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Gilbert Highet</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>"Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread</em>. <br> ~François Mauriac</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Books are embalmed minds. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Bovee</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Children don't read to find their identity, to free themselves from guilt, to quench the thirst for rebellion or to get rid of alienation. They have no use for psychology.... They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff.... When a book is boring, they yawn openly. They don't expect their writer to redeem humanity, but leave to adults such childish illusions. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Isaac Bashevis Singer</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I divide all readers into two classes; those who read to remember and those who read to forget. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~William Lyon Phelps</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,</font></em><i><br><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">And all the sweet serenity of books</font></em></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">.<br> ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs.</em> ~Henry Ward Beecher</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Nothing is worth reading that does not require an alert mind. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Charles Dudley Warner</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">If you have never said "Excuse me" to a parking meter or bashed your shins on a fireplug, you are probably wasting too much valuable reading time. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Sherri Chasin Calvo</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Ross MacDonald</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Samuel Butler</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Francesco Petrarch</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta, "Book Buying"</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.</em> <br>~Edmund Burke</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~André Maurois</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A house without books is like a room without windows. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Heinrich Mann</font></p> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-24078948028306747902011-11-28T17:30:00.003-08:002011-11-28T17:30:48.351-08:00INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT BOOKS (Part 2)<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">By </font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Ian D. Hetri</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></em></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it</em>. <br>~Oscar Wilde</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Franz Kafka</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Lord! when you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Christopher Morley</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.</em> ~Abraham Lincoln</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Andrew Ross</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu, Pensées Diverses</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare.</em> <br> ~Kenko Yoshida</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Jessamyn West</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">TV. If kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they'll have with twenty-six. Open your child's imagination. Open a book. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Author Unknown</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia, 1917</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Books had instant replay long before televised sports.</em> ~Bern Williams</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Henry David Thoreau, Walden</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor's prohibited list. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~John Aikin</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.</em> <br>~Stéphane Mallarmé</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.</em> ~James Russell Lowell</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life."</em> ~Helen Exley</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">There is a wonder in reading Braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and have them touch you back. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Jim Fiebig</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Elbert Hubbard</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Mark Twain</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A book is to me like a hat or coat - a very uncomfortable thing until the newness has been worn off. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Charles B. Fairbanks</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Author Unknown</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Books are the glass of council to dress ourselves by. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Bulstrode Whitlock</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Henry Ward Beecher</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Reading means borrowing.</em> <br>~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life.</em> </font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Jesse Lee Bennett</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.</em> ~Harper Lee</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. </font></font></em></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Washington Irving</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p><br clear="all"> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-26333083199036310652011-11-28T17:30:00.001-08:002011-11-28T17:30:01.068-08:00INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT BOOKS<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><em>(This collection of quotes was put together by Ian D. Hetri. To inspire more people to read more. Thanks again Ian!)</em></font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">By Ian D. Hetri</font></div> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend.</font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Author Unknown</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.</font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Edward P. Morgan</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.</font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~James Bryce</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.</em> ~Author Unknown</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.</font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~William Styron, interview, Writers at Work, 1958</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~G.K. Chesterton</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Many people, other than the authors, contribute to the making of a book, from the first person who had the bright idea of alphabetic writing through the inventor of movable type to the lumberjacks</em> <em>who felled the trees that were pulped for its printing. It is not customary to acknowledge the trees themselves, though their commitment is total. </em></font></font><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Forsyth and Rada, Machine Learning</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Toni Morrison</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A good book has no ending. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~R.D. Cumming</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Anna Quindlen, "Enough Bookshelves," New York Times, 7 August 1991</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Charles W. Eliot</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~P.J. O'Rourke</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.</em> ~Attributed to Groucho Marx</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I find television to be very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Groucho Marx</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Mark Twain, attributed</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins.</em> <br> ~Charles Lamb, Last Essays of Elia, 1833</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Let books be your dining table,</font></em><i><br><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>And you shall be full of delights</em><br><em>Let them be your mattress</em><br> <em>And you shall sleep restful nights.</em><br></font></font></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Author Unknown</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~George Robert Gissing</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Chinese Proverb</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">There's nothing to match curling up with a good book when there's a repair job to be done around the house. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Joe Ryan</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.</em> ~William Hazlitt</font></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Thomas Helm</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A dirty book is rarely dusty. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Author Unknown</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! </font></em><i><br> </i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~William James</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend. </font></em><i><br></i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">~Paul Sweeney</font></p> <br clear="all"> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-76111430120276343132011-11-25T12:49:00.001-08:002011-11-25T12:57:15.021-08:00Short Story: Love Changes a Heart by Ian D Hetri<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">(This story was submitted by Ian D. Hetri for some feedback and critique from readers. Please send your feedback/critique to Ian on <a href="mailto:ian.hetri@gmail.com">ian.hetri@gmail.com</a>. Thank you all)</font></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Name of story:</font></div> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Love Changes a Heart</font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Number of words:</font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">1779</font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Author:</font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Ian D. Hetri</font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Introduction </font></font></b></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">This short fictitious story sets out to define the change in the old life style of Zia people in Waria valley to the contemporary western culture. Zia bauno, the female character in the story characterizes Zia tribe in Papua New Guinea. Her husband, Zia emo characterizes the old ways of life of Zia people. The once dynamic culture of Zia has simply faded away with the introduction of western life style. In the story, the Western influence or life style is characterized by the stranger from far away land that arrived on the shores of Waria river one day and fell in love with Zia bauno, made love to her and changed her heart forever. The author intrinsically uses emotions and passion associated with sexual encounter between the two complete strangers to paint a vivid picture of how powerfully and aggressively the western ideologies has influenced the once dynamic Zia way of life. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Body </font></font></b></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">The rays of the sun glistened through the mist as it rose between the mountains, covering the landscape with a wet cloak. Squinting her eyes against the shimmering light, Zia Bauno stood along the shores of Waria River in awe of the morning's beauty. The morning dew showered everything on the ground, with sparkling brilliance that nourished her soul and reaffirm her belief in her ancestral spirits. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">She let her thought wonder into the vast dawning Waria skies, cuddling her well rounded breast being chilled and made erect by early morning mist and cold from the river. The river flowed lazily down, sweeping off loosely rooted plants as it made its way </font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">to the sea. Once in a while groups of noisy white cockatoos flew by with their squeaky noise, waking up the sleeping souls in the land. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">It was in this very spot that he had met her true love, Zia Emo, felt in love with him and married him. Back home, was a typical warm cool morning with gentle breeze blowing through the roof tops made of thatched sago leaves and children running here and there to get fire from their neighbors whilst mothers sweeping around the house, disturbing the sleepy men and boys in the Ibu (men's common house). </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">The village was in a sleepy mood. The rooster crowing at the break of dawn with their fancy "cock-a-doodle-doo" calls, making patterned series of clucks to attract hens to the source of food or to receive their portion of early morning love making. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Zia bauno quietly crept out of her sleeping mat made from the wide flat base of wild palm, making sure not to disturb the kids. She made it to the river with the dirty clay pots, wooden utensils and water containers made of a local fruit of cucurbitaceae family call Umo. Her husband sleeps in the Ibu. At least that gave her some time to reflect on her life in the morning when it was quiet and peaceful and easily set her into a meditative mood. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Today was a special day. She never knew that things were about to change forever according to the prophetic words of the zia philosophers. She made a quick mental calculation of the time she had left to enjoy her private time along the riverside and usual morning chores that starts with washing up of dirty cooking utensils and then herself. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Suddenly, her thoughts were disturbed by a thundering sound along the Northern Coast line. She shivered as her thoughts drew the picture of a monster springing up from the river and swallowing her, leaving her beloved husband and kids behind. The imagination was so vivid that she started having goose bumps. She dropped the last pot she was washing and quickly rummaged in her bilum and found the last betel nut (zang) and chewed to warm her up before taking into the chilling river. <br /><br /></font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">She quickly made few dives, fetched the drinking water containers and went ashore. From the next bend of the river before it disappeared into the lush jungle, she saw a very strange thing. Something she had never seen before in her whole life, being born as a child, becoming young women and now a wife and mother. She rubbed her wet eyes, shook her silky long hair and took a hard look again across snaky body of the lazy flowing river. "What could this be" she asked herself. "It's an animal because it's moving" she muted to herself. "But how on earth can it be so huge" she asked herself again. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Her thoughts raced like wild African elephants being chased by the raging bush fire. To run or to stay. She was caught in her own battling thoughts and never had time to escape. The big animal emerged into perfect view and slowly eased itself to a stop few meters in front of her and opened its big mouth. A man of heavenly features stepped out. Total silence covered the land of zia. Even the obstreperous squeaky cockatoos observed the silence. The shy mud crabs refused to scavenge around for the river debris. The old ones have prophesied for this day. The wise and old once said; </font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">"It is written in the minds and hearts of our great ancestors that one day, a daughter from this village will marry a stranger from far away land, who will be far most powerful than our spears and clubs, posses great wealth and who will change our way of lives forever" </font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The ground was still moist and wet from the morning dew. The stranger came out with eyes wide open, and face of a lonely lion in a deserted island. The lines on his face told of the years he had spent in the open seas and rough weather. He was pale and strained from longer months in the open sea, yet possessed tremendous strength that could tear a wild boar's jaws apart with a single blow from is heavy muscled arms. His shaggy moustache and a smile made of steel told of his lonely afternoons when he went to bed with a bottle of whisky. </font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">The idyllic scenario and the endowed quintessential natural beauty of the land instantly mesmerized his attention. Then he looked across the distance and saw Zia bauno standing motionless and almost half naked. Her glistering erect nipples send his testosterone levels running riot. Shy as she turned away to hide her face, he notice her thin hips and round, fat bums that wetted his insatiable sexual appetite and ignited his yearning to have her moaning and groaning under his bulky body and hairy chest. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">She was a woman of her own caliber. Strong, respectful, hardworking and full of wisdom. She was a trustful lover to her husband and a giver of life to her family and her tribe. But she lost her faith and identity that day. The day she made love to the stranger in the very spot where she first met Zia emo and felt in love with him. The stranger was tall, muscular, and handsome and had the perfect touch and kisses every woman in the land would dream to have. His seductive eyes glared at her well rounded breast with perfectly oiled black nipples and see-through grass skirts (Ano). </font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">When her eyes kissed his eyes, her heart started to beat like the thumping hoofs of a running wild horse. A burning desire flared from his eyes. She could feel him tugging her alone without even touching her. For a moment, she taught, she was hypnotized. Her vision became blurry. She wanted to run and die but she couldn't. She thought about her man, the mighty warrior and philosopher, the "Zia Emo". The man that keeps her safe from the enemies tribes. The man that feeds her ever hungry stomach. The man that keeps her cup of love full. The stranger swept her mind off her one tru love, the Zia Emo. With his seductive craws, he ripped her heart open and tore the flesh into pieces and drained her Zia blood. He breathed every words of romance into life and gave her a new definition of love. </font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">He reached for her and pulled her close. She was reluctant at first. "I am a god from the far away land. I came to give you all you have ever dream to have in your life time" the stranger said as he planted another deep kiss on her lips, tickling her skins as he tenderly eased his succulent pinkish tongue down her neck to her nipples igniting an ineffable raging fire in her. He was far too strong for her resistance. With every kiss and touch, he broke down all her walls of resistance until it crumbled to pieces. She couldn't hold back her yeaning to feel his bulky body over her, rocking her liking a hurricane with euphoric explosion of intimate desires and ecstatic throw-ups. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">He enticed her appetite with foreign tastes. She wanted more. So she walked away from the nutritious food that made her ancestors, grew huge, powerful, full of wisdom and lived longer years. She loved the easy-to cook food that made her lazy. Seeing her almost naked, the stranger captured her attention with western clothes that smelt superior and felt fantastic on her body. And she forgot all about the Ano that covered her shame and gave her Zia Bauno identity. With tongues twisting like a rattle snake and lips curving to and fro like the crescent moon, he kissed her so softly and tenderly and injected his venomous charms into her soul and made her forget Zia language. Her only identity that save her from death and torture from enemy tribes and the identity that makes her unique. </font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">She forgot the man that loved her dearly and the children she bore from her own womb. She forgot the place where her mum gave birth to and blood spilt and sieved through all Zia land. The change developed like faraway massed clouds in the northern sky, and like raging storm from the southern coast, swept her off Zia land and distorted her perception from Zia way of life. Today she is a modern Zia Bauno, full of elegance that bear no resemblance to her real Zia identity. She is a fake Zia, made of woven western materials and ideologies. She speaks like a westerner yet doesn't know what she means. She wears expensive jewelry and thinks she owns the best jewelry shop in the land without knowing that these are also fake goods just like her. </font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Conclusion </font></font></b></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">She has changed her identity, left her true lover and now she is a lost soul in her own land.</font></p> <p> </p>Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-61378296368208873982011-11-22T19:28:00.001-08:002011-11-22T19:28:10.918-08:00Book Review By Patrick Kaiku: "Tales of the Tikongs", Epeli Hau'ofa<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman"><em>(Thanks to Patrick Kaiku for this book review. It's much appreciated. Ganjiki)</em></font></span></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></span></b> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">Hau'ofa, E. (1983) <i>Tales of the Tikongs</i>, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press. </font></span></b></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang="EN-US"></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div> <h1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Reviewed by Patrick Kaiku</font></span></h1> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">For those of us who have been bombarded to absolute boredom with the textbook definitions of "development" and all the political rhetoric we have come to know about "development" in the Pacific Islands broadly, <i>Tales of the Tikongs </i>offers a slight variation for our amusement. The book, through a touch of hilarious and provocative penmanship presents a holistic understanding of development from the grassroots perspective with ordinary people contending with changes at the individual, household and community level.</font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The author, Epeli Hau'ofa would have understood the monotonous air of classroom curriculum and political imaginations that the term "development" conjures and its widespread use (or misuse) throughout the Pacific Islands. With the characters he developed in the fictitious Pacific Island country of Tiko, he sought to express the concept of development in the typical manner Pacific Islanders see it in their day-to-day lives. In the process, he sets out in this book, not with the intent of creating heroes or losers. Rather, all the protagonists are portrayed as free people and survivors in a brave new world where development is the phenomenon that "threatens to demolish ancestral ways and the human spirit" (p.vii). </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">To illustrate the resilient spirit of the Tikongs (citizens of Tiko), Epeli Hau'ofa in the story "Blessed are the Meek" introduce us to one Puku, a landless man and an unfortunate victim of the primogeniture norms of Tiko. Puku being short in stature and employed as a cleaner for a government department embodies the true survival temperament of the Tikongs. Although the elder brother unjustly wrong Puku by selling the only piece of land he subsists on and his only source of economic security in his increasingly monetized society, this does not sway Puku who remains "patient, long-suffering, and devoid of personal ambition" (p.74), knowing his obligations to the community, his social relations and Christian faith. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">In the <i>Tales of the Tikongs, </i>Epeli Hau'ofa<i> </i>depicts the people's responses to the complex and multifaceted influences of the West. Epeli Hau'ofa creates richly humorous sequence of events to show how the protagonists, "[W[hen caught in a predicament, their solutions are idiosyncratic, often anarchic" (p. viii). The reader is led into the world of the Tikongs to "cheer them from the sidelines" (p. viii) in a plot so befitting their fatalistic course into the unknown. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">For any Pacific Islander or persons who have come into contact with Pacific Island societies, one cannot help but relate the dramatic realities and typical scenes in <i>Tales of the Tikongs </i>to present-day Pacific Island societies<i>. </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">And to situate this story in Hau'ofa's life-long distaste for neo-colonialism, this</span> imaginary nation-state of Tiko is given a status as a newly independent country somewhere in the great Pacific Ocean. For a book written by a passionate Pacific Islander, it is an excellent resource for high school and tertiary level students in the Pacific Islands. Educators should also make this a part of their collection and classroom resource material.<u></u></font></font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></span></u></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">One cannot review this book without referring to the life of the author himself. In this brief summation, I do him great injustice by only referring to less than what he accomplished in his passionate endeavor in promoting Oceanic scholarship. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The late Epeli Hau'ofa is a prolific Pacific Island author and scholar, knowledgeable of the ebbs and flows of Pacific Islands' issues and a staunch critic of some of the elitist-proclaimed pan-Pacific ideals. He was a former Deputy Private Secretary to the late King of Tonga. Aside from his previous roles as Head of the School of Sociology at the University of the South Pacific, he was the founding Director of the Oceania Centre for Arts and Culture at the University of the South Pacific. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">His educational achievements include earning a PhD degree from the Australian National University (ANU) in social anthropology. But this did not limit his interests and contributions to advancing the scholarship in Pacific visual arts and crafts, language and literature and politics and public administration in the region and beyond. One would have had the well-rounded learning and insightful mind of Epeli Hau'ofa to describe at length the most detailed activities that Tikongs carried out in their lives. It is truly amazing how he utilizes the inter-disciplinary scope of his learning in his holistic representation of the world of the Tikongs</font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">As an educated Pacific Islander, Hua'ofa has legitimately meshed his conceptualization of the world with his own lived experiences in <i>Tales of the Tikongs. </i>He demonstrates his dislike of the growing class delineation and the hypocrisy of the privileged that espouse the preservation of Pacific culture and yet live lives that are far from "those they urge others to observe" (Hau'ofa, 2008:14). </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Such contradictions are evident in the world of the Tikongs. Epeli Hau'ofa who has a long-standing ambivalence towards the ever-distinct Pacific Island bourgeoisie, who "have access to a wide range of superficial cultural experiences and expertise; it is the privileged who can afford to tell the poor to preserve their traditions…[but]…their perceptions of which traits of traditional culture to preserve are increasingly divergent from those of the poor" (Hau'ofa, 2008:14).</font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">For instance in <i>Tales of the Tikongs,</i> the reader reads about Sailosi Atiu, the Director of the Bureau for Preservation of Traditional Culture and Essential Indigenous Personality. Sailosi strongly pushes for the people of Tikong to maintain their indigenous cultures but on the other end; he still maintains his membership in "the expatriate-dominated Tiko club", or annual subscription to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Playboy </i>and has his "regular visits to the International Nightlight Hotel to dine on grilled steaks and imported potato washed down with French wines" (p.50). It is almost sarcastic where in this fictional work Epeli Hau'ofa pinpoints the reality with the contemporary Pacific Island bourgeoisie.</font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The organization of the <i>Tales of the Tikongs </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">book is progressive, allowing the reader to grasp the diverse and competing influences in Tiko – tale by tale.</span> For example, the first story draws the attention of the reader to two contrasting protagonists whose stations in life see them come into contact with the various agents of development and change. First there is Manu – the argumentative and inquisitive talker, who finds debating traditional and contemporary Tiko values and custom a task worthy of shedding every ounce of mental energy. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Secondly, there is Sioni Falesi – a traditional Polynesian chief, who is also a devout Christian and public official. Sioni, among other issues has to contend with the rigid expectations of the 'expert', Mr. Dolittle an advisor from Australia. Epeli Hau'ofa makes it a point to include foreign experts and development assistance personnel throughout the course of the book, overtly, giving the reader an insight into the lingering issues of neo-colonialism and the state of dependency that Tiko finds itself in. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">In contrasting the forces at work in Tiko, Epeli Hau'ofa portrays the work ethic of the Tikongs in relation to the capitalist values of efficiency and discipline. In the dialogue, Mr. Dolittle implores His Excellency's Government to "first import the Protestant Ethic, two little words hitherto unheard of in the realm" (p.5). The Tiko are noted in this instant as demonstrating a relaxed attitude towards work and were less materialistic in their pursuits. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span lang="EN-US">Tales of the Tikongs </span></i><span lang="EN-US">is a collection of 12 short stories. It offers a variety of plots and different characters or protagonists. The central protagonists in the 12 stories range from fishermen, to farmers, office workers, chiefs, pastors, academics and so forth<i>. </i>The book is inclusive of all there is to know about an island community. Occasionally, the philosophical Manu features in the chapters as the lead character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">As briefly alluded above, one of the consistent themes that Epeli Hau'ofa highlights in the book is the role of the overseas development experts who make annual pilgrimages to Tiko for the purpose of helping out with a whole range of development projects – from fisheries, cattle-farming, poultry-farming projects and so forth. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Also consistent in <i>Tales of the Tikongs </i>is Epeli Hau'ofa's reference to Christianity and the blatant emergence of un-Christian values that individualism induces. It is the immediate second story, 'The Winding Road to Heaven' which portrays the Christian dogma that appropriate punishment is meted out to those who have willfully lived a deceitful existence. The reader is also introduced to a young man raised in the Christian faith until his interests in the opposite sex become the main motivating factor in his zealous Christian outreach work. Personal gain and the use of the introduced institutions in the pursuit of personal interests in Tiko cannot be more pronounced.</font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Likewise the educated elite of Tiko who has nothing to show for this multiple educational qualifications is given a good retort. There is also a tale of the scheming and corruptible His Holiness Bopeep Dr. Toki Tumu of the Church of the Golden Bell. Indeed, Epeli Hau'ofa mixes fun reading with critical self-examination of long-held assumptions that are part of the Oceanic milieu. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The orderliness of the book is obvious in the catchy chapter headings, conforming to standard fictional and creative writing. Anybody who picks up a copy of the <i>Tales of the Tikongs </i>will not part with it until the ninety-three pages are read through. The book is not lengthy and coupled with the comical content; the reader is guaranteed a hilarious encounter with the inhabitants of Tiko. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The book is also considerate of the diversity that is known of Pacific Island societies (and readership). Though the book purportedly cites social structures of the Polynesian cultural variety, the overall theme is universal for all Pacific Island societies. As one who is familiar with the so-called Melanesian sub-region of the Pacific Islands, I appreciate the universal themes that Epeli Hau'afo captures in the <i>Tales of the Tikongs. </i></font></font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></i></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">In fact I relate well with the hilarious occurrences and dialogues of the book. I would not be wrong if I say here that there is some level of homogeneity in the manner in which the processes of modernization is being confronted at all levels of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Pacific Island societies.</font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i><span lang="EN-US">Tales of the Tikongs </span></i><span lang="EN-US">is a collection of stories that reflect the Pacific Islanders' life in this rapidly modernizing world. One can be sure that the concept of "development" is not a dull subject matter when read in the format presented by Epeli Hau'ofa. The book's vitality, originality and satirical dialogues demonstrate the sarcastic responses by the Tikongs to the forces of neo-colonialism. In this irreversible process, the author conveys the impression that the purported "underdogs" can deal with modernization at their own pace and in line with what is best to be taken from both worlds. </span></font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Additional reference</font></font></span></b></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></b></p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Hau'ofa, Epeli (2008) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">We are the Ocean: Selected Works, </i>University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </i></font></font></span></p> <p>Patrick Kaiku</p> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-87417416932674744172011-11-17T16:38:00.001-08:002011-11-17T16:38:09.118-08:00Book Review: "REBECCA" by Daphne Du Maurier<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><em>(Grace Maribu recently read this book . Here is her review . Thanks Grace!)</em></span></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><strong>REBECCA</strong></span></div> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">By Daphne Du Maurier</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." So begins 'Rebecca', the 1936 novel that helped popularise its author, Englishwoman Daphne du Maurier. For those like me who want to go back to works of the past from time to time, 'Rebecca' will not disappoint. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">It is a mystery, with romance and some Goth thrown in. 'Rebecca' is about the beautiful, strong, intelligent, effervescent Rebecca - wife of the wealthy and powerful Englishman, Max de Winter. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">In the story, Rebecca had died the previous year, and Mr de Winter – out of seeming heartbreak and great loneliness – marries a young naïve girl, not of his class, soon after he meets her in the French Riviera. He brings the young, new Mrs de Winter back with him to his family estate of Manderley….and so unwinds the mystery that had shrouded Manderley for many years. The new Mrs de Winter is narrating the story - many years later in retrospect – and, reading it, you feel the girl's many insecurities and endless struggles against the shadow of her dead predecessor seep through. Being the perfect wife, hostess and community member, the power Rebecca exerts over Manderley – even posthumously – is almost supernaturally strong. Mr de Winter withdraws into a sort of catatonic state; Mrs Danvers – the matron in charge of servants and affairs at Manderley – takes an instant dislike to the new Mrs de Winter and proceeds to make life as uncomfortable for her as possible. Then one night after a ball, a ship is wrecked just outside Manderley - bringing to the surface the many lies that lie buried beneath Manderley. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Daphne Du Maurier 'paints' the English countryside splendidly in 'Rebecca', and introduces and maintains cha<span class="textexposedhide2">racters that are common, as well as enigmatic and even bizarre. She does brilliantly well in keeping 'alive' Rebecca, and even though dead, we see a very strong-willed and powerful personality (and later toward the close of the novel, something else) in her leading lady, seen through the eyes of Rebecca's successor and those around her. Du Maurier's writing style of making almost everything dark and foreboding is grimly intoxicating, but it is the plot that is truly remarkable, and how du Maurier weaves every little strand to finally answer truths that you didn't even sense were awaiting that will amaze you.</span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedhide2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> </span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedhide2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">'Rebecca', to me, is a story about relationships and a struggle for power each person within that structure vies for against the other to achieve and maintain. Rebecca de Winter reached that pinnacle of supremacy, and literally fought to death to keep it that way. However, it was the younger, the naïve Mrs de Winter many will feel drawn toward. I did, as I was once young and naïve – and coupled with my traditional Papua New Guinean upbringing of "not questioning but respecting authority no matter what" – once treaded the world with timidity and some sort of trepidation. The young Mrs de Winter's growth toward that awakening – the realisation that your essence and personal worth is never as a result of the social grouping you belong to – is in effect mine too. With me, I hope I had reached that understanding a long, long time before my reading of 'Rebecca'.</span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedhide2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> </span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedhide2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">I will recommend this book to young women growing up and trying to find a footing in the world – against a domineering parent, a more apt sibling, a smarter classmate, a powerful husband. But I will especially recommend it to anyone wanting some good ol' mystery to knock off a weekend!</span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedhide2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> </span></span></p> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedhide2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Out of 10 points, I give 'Rebecca', seven points. I enjoyed it greatly, and hope you can pick it up too…. Ms Homer.</span></span></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedhide2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"></span></span> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedhide2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">--------------</span></span></div> <div> </div> <div>Review by Grace Maribu of The BookClub. <br clear="all"></div> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-18082015791396056562011-11-16T00:26:00.001-08:002011-11-16T00:26:10.986-08:00A Bookwormish Month It Has Been<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"></font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">On Tuesday the 16<sup>th</sup> of October, after some encouragement from a couple of avid bookworms, the page "PNG BOOKCLUB" was created on Facebook. The journey since then has been...well...amazing! </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">Today the BookClub turned one month old. But it boasts a membership of almost 3100 members. Incidentally a letter to the National newspaper today, by James Lunge, has attracted a good number of member-requests—in fact we've probably had more requests today than any other day. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">The best thing about the BookClub is that people are not just joining the group. They're participating actively by providing book reviews or snippets, recommendations and even offering to loan or donate their precious titles to others to read. This is very heartening. Lunge gave a big wrap in his letter saying the BookClub has "silently revolutionised" the culture of reading in PNG. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">Within the short space of time friendships have been created. And I don't mean the simple Facebook type of "friend". I mean real friendships. People have been emailing each other, setting up meetings and/or simply hooking up, exchanging books and stuff. A </font><a href="http://pngbookclub.com/"><font size="3">website</font></a><font size="3"> has been setup. A Blog too. And a </font><a href="http://pngbookclub.com/forum/index.php"><font size="3">Forum</font></a><font size="3"> page where people discuss books and the value of reading. Members of the BookClub have been encouraged to take pictures of bookworms "caught red-handed" and pass to our website administrator Bea Amaya, for publication on the website. And those willing to write 500-word book-reviews can do so and send to me, for the blog. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">The common passion is this: READING and CREATING A READING CULTURE IN PNG. People have embraced this simple ideal like the life of the nation depended on it. In fact it probably does! Bookworms realise that much of the narrow-mindedness in Papua New Guinea is due to the simple fact that we do not have a reading culture. So we end up being spoon-fed with "education" and "wisdom". Laments on the lack of libraries in our country is regularly voiced in this page. And appreciation for 2<sup>nd</sup> hand shops is articulated regularly. Calls for an effort to distribute books and beef up our libraries have been regularly received, noted and considered for action by leaders of the BookClub. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">I appreciate a father who said he had rekindled his reading passion after a decade, signed up in a library along with his son. That is such a heartwarming story. A mother has got her family doing more reading than the usual sport stuff. These are just two of some little revolutionary things happening around and outside our country. A result of the synergy of the Bookworms here. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">The page has seen a meeting happen intent on formalising the group and refining the website. A book-swap organised by our very own Jaive Smare made use of beautiful Ela Beach. And another is planned for early December. It has seen a Book Launch featuring our very own David Gonol. The Voice Inc. has hopefully seen an increase in its drive to collect books to stock a rural Library in Garaina. We hope that is going well after the BookClub advertised the on-going collection event to its then-2800 members. Our own Niicaux also used the page to get some assistance for two boxes of books for youngsters in rural Northern Province. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">Major writers gracing the BookClub with their presence include Dr. Steven Winduo and Russel Saoba. Upcoming writers such as Nou Vada, Martyn Namorong are getting valuable feedback for their work—and they write extremely well, and controversially too I should add! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">Leading authors of course being mentioned regularly are Grisham (no surprises there), Patterson, Ludlum and Sheldon. Popular title being passed around is "Confessions of an Economic Hitman". In fact a major discussion is planned surrounding this book. Discussions are to be held during the first Meet&Greet. Of course the Bible get's mentioned regularly. All acknowledge it is the ALL-TIME greatest best-seller with its life-altering words. Of course how can a book inspired the God not be the Best! Bookworms are encouraged to read the Bible. And talk about it on the BookClub! </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">Bookworms' favoured genres are widespread. Fiction fans like legal thrillers, science fiction and spy novels. Some have some really weird tastes. But of course! Some are into the classics too. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is still super alongside Mark Twain's works I guess. Non-fiction readers love philosophy, leadership works, biographies and autobiographies, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and controversial stuff too (hence the prominence of "Economic Hitman"). And a few books by our PNG leaders have received their share of recommendations on the BookClub. But I would recommend more of this. One bookworm commented that much of the writings about PNG are written by foreigners. Yes we need to write about ourselves....and read about ourselves too! </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">Home BookClubs are encouraged. Get your family members to read books and share reviews once-a-week. You won't regret it. Book reviews are both fun and very educational. Not to mention inspirational, provocative, entertaining, etc etc. And mindsets can change from such exercises. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">All in all I guess I'd have to agree with James Lunge. In a small way the BookClub has "silently revolutionised" reading in PNG. Keep keeping our BookClub page alive. Tell us what you're reading. What you've learnt. Tell us how you're getting your children, siblings, and even mum and dad to read. I am looking forward to meeting you fellow bookworms when the time comes. </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">In the meantime...</font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">Happy Reading!</font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3">Ganjiki</font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><font size="3"> </font></span></p> <br clear="all"><br>-- <br> <div>Ganjiki <br><br>"INSPIRING PASSION"</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://ppngtokauttokstret.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://ppngtokauttokstret.blogspot.com/</a> </div><br> Tokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-50690897385628469852011-11-15T17:52:00.000-08:002011-11-15T17:55:01.741-08:00Bookworms in PNG have increased(<span style="font-style:italic;">This piece was sent by James Lunge, a member of the facebook page PNG BOOKCLUB, to The National newspaper and appeared in the letters section. The BookClub is grateful to James for his initiative and inspiring words.)<br /></span><br />Source: The National, Wednesday 16th November 2011<br /><br />IT was exciting to see the new Facebook group PNG BookClub on the go.<br />Ever since I joined it, I find it thrilling to check the group wall where members post their book reviews and other book-related stuff.<br /><br />The group’s greatest achievement thus far is it has silently re volutionised reading in this country.<br /><br />Last Saturday, an informal book swap was held at Ela Beach for NCD residents.<br /><br />Today, we see PNG bookworms arranging book ex chan ges all over the country.Next year, the bookworms will hold a “meet-and-greet” session.<br /><br />The internet has its good and bad points. It is how we use it that counts.<br /><br />Reading has been not a part of a Papua New Guinean’s lifestyle but the internet has changed that. Parents and teachers should start emphasising on the im portance of reading. <br /><br />Reading helps improve our English.<br />Today, many of our Grades 10 and 12 students are unable to continue their education because of their inability to express themselves in English during national examinations.<br /><br />If we are to grow physically, we need to eat the right type of food.<br />This is the same with reading.<br />In order for our mental capacity to grow, we need to read more. <br /><br />A growing nation such as ours also needs people who are mentally fit.<br />Imagine going into town one day and seeing 10 people reading while they commute, have lunch, etc. <br /><br />It may sound weird to a Papua New Guinean but to someone who reads, it is not.<br /><br />Happy reading.<br /><br />James LungeTokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-90133581419210483842011-11-13T00:15:00.000-08:002011-11-13T00:17:35.493-08:00READING AND ITS BENEFITS: THE PNG CONTEXTBy Ian D. Hetri <br /><br />Many of us think of reading as a simple, passive process that involves reading and internalizing what we read. Reading however, is a complex process that requires a great deal of active mental, physical and emotional participation<br /> <br />Here’s what some of the experts in the field have to say about reading; <br />- Roy Harris in Rethinking Writing (2000) <br />What do we read? The message is not something given in advance--or given at all-- but something created by interaction between writers and readers as participants in a particular communicative situation. <br /><br />- Frank Smith in Reading Without Nonsense (1997) <br />Reading is asking questions of printed text. And reading with comprehension becomes a matter of getting your questions answered. <br /><br />- Kenneth Goodman in Journal of the Reading Specialist (1967) <br />Reading is a psycholinguistic guessing game. It involves an interaction between thought and language. Efficient reading does not result from precise perception and identification of all elements, but from skill in selecting the fewest, most productive cues necessary to produce guesses which are right the first time. The ability to anticipate that which has not been seen, of course, is vital in reading, just as the ability to anticipate what has not yet been heard is vital in listening. <br /><br />-James Gee in Social Linguistics and Literacies (1996) Literacy practices are almost always fully integrated with, interwoven into, constituted as part of, the very texture of wider practices that involve talk, interaction, values, and beliefs. <br /><br />Why should you read? <br />Different people have different reasons for reading. Can be for pleasure, search for knowledge or other specific reasons. Listed here are few benefits of reading. You can think of your own and extend the list. I have found the following to be common more appropriate with more and common in PNG. <br />1. Increases your IQ level <br />Reading, in general, makes you smarter, and it keeps you sharp as you age. No matter what you’re wanting to do or become, you can’t do it without more knowledge. Reading is an excellent way to get where you’re wanting to go. <br /><br />2. Reading reduces stress <br />Reading takes your mind away from your stressful days and makes you more relaxed. <br /><br />3. Greater tranquility <br />Reading puts your mind at ease and enhances and environment of greater tranquility. It can relieve one from anxiety. <br /><br />4. Improved analytical thinking <br />Reading enhances the ability of a person to think analytically. To see logic in situations and act swiftly and precisely to solve problems <br /><br />5. Increased vocabulary <br />The more you read; you get exposed to new words and learn how to use them in their proper contexts. All successful writers will tell you that in order to write well, you need to read. Every day. You’ll be surprised at the words you start incorporating into your writing. <br /><br />6. Improved memory <br />Reading with purpose improves ones memory and clarity of thinking <br /><br />7. Improved writing skills <br />This isn’t much of a stretch, considering that reading improves vocabulary and critical thinking. I feel like a better writer, as I’m constantly surrounding myself with works from people who are better than me. The more you read the better of a writer you’ll become. <br /><br />8. Helps prioritize goals <br />Reading shows us things we don’t know about ourselves. By reading, we sort of stay in focused on our priorities goals and strive to achieve them. <br /><br />That’s all and happy reading!<br /><br />Ian D HetriTokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-22932624472561253562011-11-12T20:29:00.000-08:002011-11-12T20:31:24.050-08:00Life Purpose & ReadingIan D. Hetri<br /><br />Many have come to the realization that human life operates in a spider web like fashion. Everything is attached to each other in some ways or another. A man, like the spider sits right in the middle of the human life web and dictates what happens to his life and the influence he asserts collectively with that of others dictate the world physically at the quantum realm and spiritually at the cosmic realm. <br /><br />Prosperity, wealth and a balance in life starts with understanding oneself. Because we are Melanesian, our education system roots back to what I describe ‘see and follow (Englis), Lukim na bihainim (Pidgin) or in my language “giro agoyao (Zia) era. Others have done it. How? The simplest way possible is to learn from others. <br /><br />It’s not you alone taking this journey. Believe me; million in the world are searching for their purpose in life. Some even die without finding the purpose of their life. No wonder some declare cemeteries as the riches place on earth. What a pity. But that’s the plain brutal reality about humanity. <br /><br />Now that you are here, PNG FACEBOOK CLUB, you belong to a community of positive, forward-looking individuals who share with each other stories of financial achievement, some of personal fulfillment, some of overcoming obstacles…ALL through reading. . . All are inspiring, real-life examples of people who have stepped up and made the decision to make a difference in their lives. Here we connect in mind, spirit and flesh. <br /><br />“Love for reading and the pleasure it yields binds us together like intimate couples in the act of ecstatic love making”<br /><br />Through reading, we, equip ourselves with necessary information or rather knowledge and impart to others what we learn. We can make this world a better place if we are busy reading or teaching others what is right then to complain without a solution as my good brother Ganjiki affirmed in one of his posts. <br /><br />We are soldiers of fortune, sent forth by the WHOLE, HIGHER BEING, God or creator in quest to conquer and redeem what humanity has lost to the small minds in this dying world. <br /><br />I pray that we find our real we in our search for purpose inlife through reading and doing.<br /><br />Best Regards.<br /><br />Ian D HetriTokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-34251386753217694892011-10-30T05:49:00.001-07:002011-10-30T05:49:53.129-07:00READING CULTURE GROWING: SLOWLY BUT SURELYBy Ganjiki D Wayne<br /> <br />Following my last commentary on the reading culture (or lack of) in PNG, it seems the bookworms have really been let out. Responses are quite uplifting. We heard from people who share the same burden for the reading culture in PNG. People were starting small book club programs at their homes, getting their families in on the action, even reading to their babies in the womb! And they were seeing positive impacts of such programs. A few colleagues of mine were so encouraged that they’ve suggested we do book club at work. So now we’ve designated a lunch time once a fortnight to have book reviews. <br /> <br />I was even encouraged to start an online book club. I didn’t think it would be received well at first, but I did so anyway—on facebook. The response was overwhelming. The facebook page “PNG BookClub” grew to 2800 members (and climbing!) in the space of four days! I’ve never been so happy to be proven wrong. There are people out there who are actually reading books like crazy...and they’re quite excited that they have a forum in which they could just talk books! People are conversing as if they’ve known each other for years...all because they share a common love for books and favourite authors! <br /> <br />On that page people have been recommending books and authors; giving snippets of books they’re currently reading or just completed or starting. They’re setting up meetings with each other to exchange books. More stories of family book clubs are shared. People who lost the passion for reading are telling us that they’re now picking up books again—inspired by the collective passion. Aspiring writers (including me) now have hope that we will surely have readers for our books when they’re published. People have expressed frustration too with the fact that the public libraries in the major centres are non-existent and that access to books is almost zero at the moment for rural and semi-urban areas. A story of a boy named Ngaru Nen—who goes to school in the US—distributing books to rural Watut has warmed our hearts. And news of others also attempting such deeds is encouraging. People with an abundance of books are even willing to contribute to a distribution effort—from within and abroad!<br /> <br />There’s even talk going on to materialise the movement into a formal club—aimed at building and sustaining the reading culture in PNG. A blog for book reviews and a website have been created (but not yet complete). People want a place where they can meet and exchange books both physically and in cyberspace. They also want to get involved in distributing books to people (especially children) who need them. Many ideas are put forward but we’re keen to just take it one step at a time. All good things are built slowly. <br /> <br />Bottom line is that people are being encouraged to read. We don’t yet know the full extent of the influence of the PNG BookClub on facebook. All we know is that members of the page are being encouraged to read more, and whoever they interact with (beyond facebook) are also being inspired to read...and a lot of them are! That gives us hope. <br /> <br />Vision2050 expresses a desire to see PNG people become “smarter, wiser”. These qualities are slowly being realised as more and more people pick up books and read. We can’t rely only on our Education system to make people smarter and wiser. Nor do we have to wait for the government to make things happen. It can start with us; wherever we are. We hope that you will pick up book soon—if you haven’t. And that you will encourage those within your sphere of influence to read books. You can prod them along by holding book review meetings—which are both educational and fun. Give books to them and follow-up regularly. Eventually your involvement will become unnecessary as they will soon get hooked on reading. <br /> <br />Most young people in PNG know Dr. Ben Carson’s story. The power of reading is well-illustrated in his story. Yet many still need to unlock their reading passions. There’s no doubt that if we are to become smarter and wiser, we must read. It takes more than just one week a year to highlight the importance of book-reading. We must prod the young people of our young nation to get their heads out of the clouds and into the books. True and long-lasting change starts right there. To change the attitude of people we need to change the mind of people. Books can do that. <br /> <br />Happy Reading PNG!<br /> <br />Heavenise Day<br />GanjikiTokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470576187555032518.post-43727252695646214112011-10-21T03:14:00.001-07:002011-10-21T03:15:04.046-07:00WannaBe Leaders, WannaBe Readers...(Here's another commentary I put out earlier this year to encourage reading)<br /><br />How many of us take time to read? I mean really read. Not short fb comments or chain emails or blogs that don’t necessarily take up too much of your time...not even short messages from Yours Truly. I mean Books! Books of history, of philosophy, of leadership and leaders, or novels and other great works of literature. How many of us spend time digesting words by great men and women and allow our mindsets to be shaped and moulded in great and positive ways??? <br /><br />Most of us will admit that it has been a while since we last dug into a good book. You may realise PNG is not short of leaders, wannabe leaders, and potential leaders. But currently we are stuck in an illusion that leading is something you pick up along the way perhaps at a seminar, or a natural by-product of education. Yes they can be stepping stones that may help in becoming leaders. But there’s a bit more we have to do to be really effective and outstanding agents of change in our country. I can think of two important things that PNGeans hate doing but need to do: READING and THINKING. <br /><br />Agri-businessman Allan Bird once challenged young people to just take some time to think in order to bridge the gap between the likes of Narakobi, Tawali and other great thinkers, and ourselves. Last week Ambassador Peter Donigi, at the Election 2012 panel, challenged young people to read and continuously learn. How can we be leaders (which simply put means being ahead of the pack) if we don’t read more and think more than those who we aspire to lead? It doesn’t work that way. <br /><br />My challenge here now is simple..PATRIOTS, TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK AND READ....not just the blogs and these internet mindblasts from yours truly...but real wisdom-giving books that will BROADEN your view of life and give you an insight into the REAL problems of this NATION; as well as QUICKEN your creativity in ADDRESSING those problems. <br /><br />GOD BLESS THIS BEAUTIFUL PAPUA NEW GUINEA!<br /><br />Heavenise Day! <br /><br />GanjikiTokstret Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358962039838831380noreply@blogger.com0