Blog Posts on good read

Holy Monday Reflection – Renunciation by cesarsalad on Apr 2, 2012I found this beautiful reflection from a Jesuit priest, worth reading especially this week; Originally posted here RENUNCIATION Last week, my best friend watched his brother die.   My friend – let’s just call him Rob – is 67 years …...

Good Read: The Best of Chico and Delamar (The Morning Rush Top 10) by She Goes Thrifty! on Mar 27, 2012Hello, everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts. The weather has been really seductively sleepy lately and so have I. Anyway, you'd be glad to know that I have a new segment for you all, especially for my fellow bookworms out there. It's called Good Rea...

Fashion + Food + Travel = Good Book by upto6only on Dec 29, 2011 This year i was able to grab a copy of 2 great books whose authors were both Filipina.  What’s more, i was able to have it signed by the authors (kilig).  My first ever signed book from a blogger, creative stylist, fashion writer and of cou...

10 Life Lessons learned from playing Minesweeper (from THOUGHT CATALOG) by wanderlust on Sep 20, 2011"Sometimes things that happen can cause us to look back and impose a false sense of purpose or intentionality to the entire process. These serendipitous situations are naturally occurring without intent, and we should not impose a false sense of orde...

This looks like a great book for aspiring athletes.. by Pizza and Beer on Sep 19, 2011Wouldn’t you say?

Love in the Time of Tumblr by onlycamille on Sep 15, 2011Love in the Time of Tumblr: “The downside here is that we can forget how incredible it can be to make friends with a stranger out in the real world, how the most intense love can spring from even the most heated animosity or lack of any initial com...

Between being admired and liked by Francis Kong by Wandering Barefoot on Sep 14, 2011I’ve got a question for you. If your organization needed to make 15 percent of your workforce redundant, do you think executives would have any qualms about letting you go? When crunch time comes (and to some companies I know, they are in it alread...

Book Review: After the Quake by Haruki Murakami by Pizza and Beer on Jul 23, 2011After the Quake is a short book of six long stories. If you haven’t read any of Haruki Murakami’s work, this collection is a good intro to this writer. Either any of the stories would make a perfect short film. The characters in a Murakam...

Love and The Single Girl by A Day In The Life of this Miss on Jun 8, 2011Here's one interesting read written by Nikki of Stratejoy, Inc. I’m still figuring out what love means to me. I’ve only been in love once; it was young, my first, and – not to take anything away from it; it was real and it held strong for year...

: George Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writingo by on Mar 10, 2011: George Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writingo: tamburina: 1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.This sounds easy, but in practice is incredibly difficult. Phrases such as toe the line,...