Sunday, August 20, 2006

Junk Food & Books

Have been eating lots of junk food lately. Don't know why I have to buy junk food whenever I di grocery shopping. Guess it's just a bad habit. Well, guess I should stop munching on junk food in front of the TV........YES! I should STOP eating junk food! Damn, can't understand why I can't resist them! Ok, should make this the last round. Since today is the new start of a new week, I should tell myself not to buy anymore chips next time!!!!!!!

Just finished reading a book by a Russian author, Ivan Turgenev's (Born 1818 in Orel, Russia. Died 1883, France) "First Love". Found out from the web that "First Love" is written as "Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев" in Russian. This is a short story which I will never ever imagine even in my wildest imagination. I had expected the storyline to be like any other first loves, but the story turned out to be quite surprising. To book lovers out there, this is another short novel that you may want to pick up from your local library, or from the book store.

Looking forward to read another book by another author who was born in the beginning of the twentieth century, Ryunosuke Akutagawa. I picked up one of his short stories "Rashomon" as I was more interested in the author himself rather than the novels that he wrote. I had read that he killed himself at the age of 35.... Wanted to read his stories, just to find out what ran through his mind, or what sort of person he was.....

Anyways, I am sure I will enjoy this book. Am going to borrow more books by Ivan Turgenev and Rynosuke Akutagawa! Happy reading!

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