A PEN & BLISS BLOG
that iconic line basically summarizes the story of NORWEGIAN WOOD (Noruwei no Mori) written by Haruki Murakami. Though I have read some of Haruki Murakami's novels (the most recent is Kafka on the Shore) -- this novel holds a special place in my heart because of the title and the theme of the story. As …
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The first time I saw this guy playing "Nanba sempai" -- I always believed that there is something more to him than being the "actor who looks like Jun Matsumoto in some pictures" and the hunky lead in "Zettai Kareshi" A graduate of the prestigious Keio University and naturally bilingual (having raised in Switzerland), Hiro …
Is there a serious lack of good women characters in literature, or I have yet to read more books -- especially ones with great women characters? That is the question--after I have tried to follow my first post on Best Fictional Male Characters with their female counterparts. But, with 2 hours passed and still without …
I saw a post like this while surfing the net and I got inspired to think who my favorite characters are ever written in a book. Truth is, I've been racking my brains the whole day trying to come up with my list and going back my collection of books and I can say this …
First, a disclaimer. I didn't write this. I came across this brilliant post from the website, http://www.wired.com and it was so funny, I just had to repost it in my blog. The writer, John Scott Lewinski is so spot on that I kept on chuckling while reading and my office mates started throwing me funny …
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rummaging for my stuff and looking at my notebook collection (yes folks, i collect notebooks. i am a sucker for notebooks and i get high just by smelling writing paper--more on that on my succeeding post)....i found one of my so-called diaries where some of my poems were written. i've read through them...and i almost …
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