Posted on Nov 19, 2009 under Books |
My nephew asked me if I have books that I do not need anymore. When I asked him why, he said they are doing a fundraising in school for their Christmas charity work. They are going on sell books to raise funds –old books in particular. That is why they are accepting book donations. So I gave him some books that I no longer need. I have a small library at home and I kinda lessened the content to give way for the fund raising. It’s for a good cause anyway. 
Posted on Dec 07, 2007 under Books, Readings |
PART TWO
Another insight from the book. It’s a funny way of mentioning the reality that we grown-ups love to complicate things -solving our problems with other problems!
Here is an excerpt from the book:
The next planet was inhabited by a tippler. This was a very short visit, but it plunged the little prince into deep dejection.
“What are you doing there?” he said to the tippler, whom he found settle down in silence before a collection of empty bottles and also a collection of full bottles.
“I’m drinking,” replied the tippler with a lugubrious air.
“Why are you drinking?” demanded the little prince.
“So that I may forget,” replied the tippler.
“Forget what?” inquired the little prince, who was already sorry for him.
“Forget that I am ashamed,” the tippler confessed, hanging his head.
“Ashamed of what?” insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.
“Ashamed of drinking!” The trippler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence.
And the little prince went away puzzled.
“The grown-ups are certainly very, very odd,” he said to himself as he continued his journey.
Posted on Nov 29, 2007 under Books, Readings |
PART ONE
When I first encountered this book, I didn’t finish reading it because of nosebleed! Haha! A few years later, when I thought I was more mature because I was older, I tried to re-read the book again. I really sat down and disected the book! And the funny and ironic thing that I realized is that, one must go back to his child self again in order to understand the book clearly. As the author stated in his dedication: Grown-ups were once children but few of them remember it. It’s very true, we grown-ups like to complicate things when everything should be simple and easy. We tend to prioritize unimportant things as matters of consequence.
Often times, we don’t really know what we are looking for. The fox said, “you can not find it because you are using your eyes which are blind. One must look with the heart beacuse it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
It’s really a nice book. There are still alot of things to learn in this book. It’s worth the read!
