ilang pahina na lang at malapit ko nang matapos ang librong ito. maganda at exciting ang mga kwento ni tony bourdain. kahit na ito ay tungkol sa pagluluto, sa pagkain at sa pagiging isang kusinero. ang estilo ng pagkwento niya ay labas sa conventions ng typical na autobiography. actually, kung tutuusin, para kang bumabasa ng isang blog. siguro, ito na rin ang pinakadahilan kung bakit masarap dalhin itong librong ito sa eroplano, sa bus o sa train. yung idea na nakiki-usyoso ka sa buhay ng ibang tao habang wala kang magawang matino eh talagang masarap.

na-identify ko rin ang style niya sa pagdiskarte sa kangyang propesyon. brusko, nagmumura at naninigaw, while, at the same time, minamahal niya at tinutulungan ang mga cook niyang mangmang. hehehe… parang ako, nung gumagawa pa ako ng mga project.

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1. “the last vampire” by whitley strieber. this is either too predictable or perhaps i have had too much of the genre. i’m halfway through and there’s a small voice that’s telling me to dump it.

2. “road to perdition”. graphic novel by max allan collins and richard rayner. made into a film by “american beauty” director sam mendes. this book should be read, at least, twice. once for the story. twice, for the artwork. highly recommended. as much as i respect the work of sam mendes a lot, i think the novel’s a lot better as a book than the movie is as a film.

3. “to father” tranlated by dava sobel. the letters of sister maria celeste to her father, the great astronomer and inventor, galileo. synchronicity again: while i was scanning the book this morning, my random song playlist started playing the indigo girls song called…”galileo”.

ang title sa isa sa mga binabasa ko ngayong libro ay “ghost soldiers”. it’s about a little known rescue of a japanese POW camp in nueva ecija during the liberation of the philippines.

nabili namin ito ni jet nung MPH booksale. one week after buying it, nalaman ko na nagkaroon ng dedication ng memorial site doon sina ambeth ocampo at ang NHI. parang Synchronicity many times over – nalaman ko rin na isa na itong malaking hollywood movie na pinamagatang “The Great Raid”. tapos, through reading an interview of Rex Navarrete (alala nyo pa ba si MARITESS vs the SUPERFRIENDS) sa isang diyaryo, nalaman ko rin na kasama si cesar montano dito bilang isang guerilla leader who helped the americans rescue the camp.

Synchronicity? Plaka ni Sting at ng Police – mga kanta rito: Synchronicity; Walking in your footsteps; Oh my God; Mother; Miss Gradenko; Synchronicity II; Every breath you take; King of pain; Wrapped around your finger; Tea in the Sahara

recent graphic novels read and re-read…

lucifer morningstar book 1, devil in the gateway
lucifer morningstar book 2, children and monsters
lucifer morningstar book 3, a dalliance with the damned
sandman books 1 to 10
books of magic book 1
kabuki-scarab
swamp thing, book 2 love and death
swamp thing, book 4 a murder of crows
batman, crimson mist
batman, masque
fables, legends in exile
harlequin, valentine
neil gaiman, murder mysteries
road to perdition