Posts Tagged "japan"
my first haruki murakami experience: I wanted to throw the book away and run for my life.
Some nights, we feel we need a good movie. A feel-good movie. Some evenings, we want a companion to cuddle with. Some times, we want to be alone with a good book that does not let go of us from page 1 to last sentence, a good book with a story that haunts us wherever we go, that occupies our mind whatever we do, that makes us want to check all related information about it and its author in the Internet, that makes us want to pass it to a friend with note “Must read!”
Haruki Murakami’s work is one of these books.
Read Morefirst earthquake, then tsunami, then crippled nuclear plant… and now, snow
Reading the papers everyday silence me for hours.
Read MoreDrowning End-Of-The-World Thoughts With Tsunamic Love
In Japanese, the name Ai means- love.
(Says meaning-of-names.com)
If the tsunami in Japan sent waves of panic and end-of-the-world thoughts (and jokes) around the globe, I could only think of that statement.
In Japanese, the name Ai means- love.
Our social conscience would tug at our heart strings, feel for Japan, and offer a prayer or a minute of silence. Some people would go as far as to invoke your guilt and tell you to repent so that you be reserved a space in heaven come judgement day. I have nothing against this. But I’m not crazy about it either.
I’m crazy about that statement,
Read MoreWho, Me?
Hello there! My name is Ai, Japanese for "love". This blog is a celebration of love for life. I couldn't stay in one place for too long, so I'm always walking, traveling or changing address. I'm an editor of a quarterly rice science magazine and a weekly publication on international commodity trade. Our company is based in Singapore but I'm usually in the Philippines. My goal right now is to make people happy, because I am--well, except when I'm being sentimental.
