“There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.” ― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning
Category: Library
July 2018 Articles
Thank you to Joey of Thoughts and Afterthoughts for subtly reminding me that I have a huge responsibility to update my blog. Although, to be honest, he was only reflecting on his own blogging schedule and I just felt quite guilty. That feeling when you haven’t blogged in 5ever and your scheduled drafts end up going…
Something smells kimchi…
In ten years of working in the field of education, I devoted three to four of them in Korean companies. If there is one thing I learned about them aside from how they make kimchi, it’s their intense pride in their nation, their culture, their language, their skin. A high sense of superiority for one’s…
The silver-lining: the Gods of VIBAL’s CPD Program
For many, the Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016 was not a good news. Let’s be honest: who has the time to go to seminars amidst the noble yet chaotic responsibilities of teaching? It, being a law, however makes it a requirement; violation of such is considered against the law. A notable person once said…
JUNE 2018 Articles
June has come and gone in a whirlwind of activities for me; I feel like I became Dorothy momentarily with my doll shoes on. It’s not enough an excuse to take my blog for granted though. I am glad to report, however, that I have finished a number of books from Jasper Fforde and Lemony…
MAY 2018 Articles
Have you ever read your old articles and remembered how exactly you wrote them? Do they evoke happy or sad memories? Same time last year, I was in a different environment. As I am writing this in an office full of busy people, their work stations separated by low green dividers, I can’t help but…
Ad populum
In Atlas Shrugged, you either get high-caliber people… or idiots.
April 2018 Articles
Time flies so fast! Just a backstory, I started collating articles on April first and now here we are, on the last day! Is this intro something worth reading? No? I thought so! A Guide to Twitter Hashtags for Book Bloggers (WordPress) I have just been using #amreading (or #amwriting) every time I tweet about books….
MARCH 2018 Articles
I totally messed up my February 2018 Articles I know you can’t even qualify that as a collection. A number of things happened in February — changing careers, attending and speaking in seminars, requirements etc. — but rest assured that I am as enthusiastic about my monthly dishing of articles as I was when I…
The Viter-Ybasco University 