07.Jun.2009 Sunday Salon: Watching Books
Having literally stacks of books all around you while you don’t have much excitement to read them can be frustrating, which I believe has happened to me lately. But yesterday I felt like I’m getting it again. Yesterday I finished a book which I had only read halfway for the past few weeks or so [...]
13.May.2009 My Year Without Sex Tickets Giveaway!
Update 19 May 2009 The giveaway is now closed! Winner is Kerrie @ Mysteries in Paradise. Well, that’s easy! Thank you for participating Kerrie! :) I received double passes to Advance Screening of My Year Without Sex, an Australian comedy film, courtesy of nuffnang. What is it about? Synopsis from the website: MY YEAR WITHOUT [...]
26.Apr.2009 Sunday Salon: Foreign Movies + Little Things for Me
I spent pretty much the entire week finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Finally! I finished the series and joined the shrieking fan club. Both reviews of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and HP and the Deathly Hallows coming soon. Not that they need any review. But I should put some of my [...]
13.Apr.2009 Sunday Salon and Mailbox Monday
Two posts in one! Am I efficient or what? :P I spent this Sunday savoring A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. I finished it early this morning. So the review will come soon. This week, I spot Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See at Basement Books for $3.95 so I just [...]
15.Mar.2009 Sunday Salon: About A Movie and A Book
Hubby and I just watched a movie about the life of an amazing Mexican painter: Frida Kahlo, titled Frida. It’s adapted from the book: Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrer. Since it’s taken from a book, thought it’s worth mentioning here. Very nice, very well made. Her life story is so unique [...]
08.Mar.2009 Sunday Salon: Foreign Movies
This week I gave in and joined the Orbis Terrarum Challenge. One of the mini challenge is Orbis Terrarum Film Mini Challenge, which challenges you to watch 10 films, 10 directors, from 10 different countries. Now I haven’t started watching any since the start of the challenge, but I remembered a couple of foreign movies [...]