HOLS

In the blinking of an eye, the holidays are drawing to a close in real time. Feels quite disheartening, because, you know, my last day of lessons is on 26th Nov. I've not enjoyed enough! And now, there's only 3 weeks left, and I'll be off to a full-time job on a permanent basis! *groans*

Nevertheless, it has been a good holiday. On a personal public level, I've baked apple pie (twice), chocolate cookies (twice), chocolate cake (twice), made meat dumplings (twice), cooked a little here and there, and met up with people here and there. Jogging? Hmmm... Next week, maybe. Goodness me, it's been... Like... 3 months since I've last jogged? (horrors! The flab!!!)

Apart from these, I've - gradually - also taken up reading as a leisure activity; and I'm loving every minute of it! There's so much to be learned!

Over the past two months (October and November), I've been purchasing books. I've spent, like, definitely more than a hundred and fifty bucks (despite the 20% members' special discount). Sigh...

ITEMS BOUGHT:
1. Fireproof: Never Leave Your Partner by Eric Wilson (finished)
2. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (finished)
3. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult (finished)
4. Man and Wife by Tony Parsons (finished)
5. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray (finished. Just last night)
6. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (reading. At Chapter 1)
7. Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love by Allan and Barbara Pease (reading. At Chapter 2)
8. Outliers by Malcom Gladwell (reading. At Chapter 5)
9. Why Mars and Venus Collide by John Gray (not yet read)
10. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (not yet read)



To make things worse, I've also a 20% members' discount voucher left. Valid till the end of Dec (which is like... 2 weeks time?). GRRR!!!

So, in a desperate bid to fully utilize the discount voucher, I went online earlier to check out the catalog and - lo and behold! - started "arrowing".

The results?

TARGET ITEMS:
1. What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell (confirmed)
2. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom (confirmed)
3. The Definitive Book of Body Language by Allan and Barbara Pease
4. The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. Key To Living The Law Of Attraction by Jack Canfield
6. Lead like Jesus by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges
7. A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons For Life and Investing by Jim Rogers
8. Why You Act The Way You Do by Tim Lahaye

(Those unconfirmed target items are books which I have yet to physically "flip through" and read through a couple of pages for myself. All I've done is to read through a couple of online reviews. I can't wait to drop by the bookstore and check them out!)


Miscellaneous:
1. Inspired to Pray by Phil Pringle
2. Bible (MSG version)
3. Bible (NKJV version - to replace the current 4-year-old-plus. It's "growing hairs" and "shedding skin flakes" now. Sob...)



Books, books, books.
If only books rain from the sky.