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Winter Morning: Looking for Alaska

(I thought I need to say this: Thanks to my sister who let me use her laptop)

I told myself ages ago that I am going to make a review of a writer or a book that I am quite into. Unfortunately, I’ve become a little busy doing my homework and assignments (acceptable excuse, eh? :))

Today though (finally!), I am making some commentaries, views, why do you have to read, etc., on Looking for Alaska by the amazing John Green.

If you want to an easy-read type of book, please read Looking for Alaska. I’m not saying that he wrote it using the simplest vocab, it’s just that he wrote it using the words that everyone could comprehend and empathise with.

If you are a teen and not limiting yourself from the world, READ IT! I personally think that if you’re a teen, whether dealing with social incapacities or not, the story of Alaska, Pudge, Colonel, Takumi and the Weekday Warriors and other characters are relevant to our lives (yes, WE - I am still a TEEN :D ) The book discusses a variety of human personality you could find in a school - the rich, the poor, the famous and the not but other than that, the book also analyses philosophical things that will leave our young but mature minds thinking.

If you like adventure, READ IT! In relation with the mentioned “not limiting yourself from the world.”

I think John Green is generally awesome. If you’re into YouTube, you could fine his and Hank’s channel, vlogbrothers (Hank, his brother, posts there mostly but you will also see and hear some personal John Green stories every once in a while.)

These are just some of my thoughts regarding the book “Looking for Alaska.” Please let me know about your thoughts about it as well!
And READ IT! Will you?

Into the Wild

I just realised that I haven't been telling much of the places where I and my family go. This was ages ago but it won't hurt to blog, right?

So, let's just assume that this happened a couple of days. Hehe. (but as far as I remember, this was a mini celebration of my brother's birthday)

We went to Australia Zoo to see some awesome living creature and to watch some animal exhibition.
Here are some of the photographs of the awesome creations we saw during that trip. Forgive me for not remembering the name of each of them but I'll try to recall whilst going through their picture.

He was the first one we saw.

"But knowing the law isn't everything."
- Anthony Burgess, Clockwork Orange

OZINE FEST 2013

Cosplaying/COSPLAY is an art form where anyone (whatever age you may be) may dress up as an animé character.
In the Philippines, cosplay has been a major part of some teenage lives as it lets them show their love and passion for animé. Also, it allows them to show off creativity as they engage themselves to thinking of how a costume is gonna look pleasing and very alike of those what they see on TV.

Here are some photos of a very good friend of mine Ackire who has been been cosplaying for the past couple of years.
This year, when she joined the Ozine Fest, she chose to be Sakura Kinomoto from Card Captor Sakura.

Photo By: Ivan Cantaros

Live and Love!

My Healthy Routine

I know there are other people like me who thinks that they are so unhealthy even though they are a bit skinny. Here, I am going to tell some of my healthy routine.

But before I start, please note that I am not advocating about losing weight or striving hard to have the "perfect" body. NO. Every body is perfect. Being fat is perfect. Being skinny is perfect. BUT BEING UNHEALTHY? NOT EVEN CLOSE!

1. When eating, if you think that you're feeling okay (not too hungry and not too full) already, leave it there (maybe?) Being too full is probably the source of not having a good stomach during the day.

2. If you're stomach is already feeling bad, it might be because you haven't ingested gas or moved bowels yet. But if it continues, drink TEA.
Tea is my favourite. But if you're planning to be a tea-lover (without the stomachache), I would suggest that you don't drink it right after a meal. I've read quite a bit about this and I found out that if you drink hot tea after a meal, your body will find it hard to absorb nutrients, or worse, not be able to absorb any nutrients. Drink it an hour or two after eating.

3. It's inevitable to feel hungry. Snack! Snack! Snack! Grab a yoghurt, put some bananas or apples in there!

4. Who won't suggest this? WATER! What I've noticed these days was that people are always relying to sodas. I'm not saying that this is bad but we have to maintain the water level in our body because it doesn't just help us digest food and create energy, it also helps the blood keep its liquid consistency. What else does water do in our body? I could go for a day naming them!

5. Walking, as everybody said is a form of exercise. Stretch your muscles and go for a walk. Don't keep yourself in front of the computer or laptop screen all day. Maybe if you're going to the supermarket, park to the space that's not too close to the market's entrance?

These are just some of my usual healthy pattern. I know some of them are typical but I'm still encouraging you guys to at least, try and do this. Being healthy is being awesome!