Read or Die

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,
and writing an exact man.
~ Francis Bacon ~

One of the habits im developing and strengthening is Reading... Geez, ang nerdy naman ng topic... Well hindi rin actually, that depends on the materials you are reading...

Way back college and highschool, I read lots of materials... Tulad ng mga trivia ni Bong Barrameda, Broadsheets, Popular Science magazine and books, kasama na rin dyan ang mga malalaswang nobela sa mga tabloid... Kung san ko sila binabasa at anong oras eh ibang istorya na yon...

At sa pag-advance ng kaalaman (amp! kaalaman!), nahilig din akong magbasa sa internet, kasama na dyan ung pagcha-chat (ma pa-mIRC pa yan or Yahoo Chat), at ang goldmine ng practical knowhows, at sensual experiences ang forums!

Fascinated talaga ako sa mga forums. You get to see how generous anonymous people can be -- giving inside information, reviews, and even entertainment! For exquisite love stories there was rebelde.com, for in and outs of almost about anything in the metro there was mygimmick.com, for my animé fix theres nexgear.com.

Next level would be blogging... Kahit average of 11-15 visitors lang ang blog mo, what is more important is that, there are people who are actually reading your thoughts, moreover mas personal din ang pagbabasa ng blog ng iba dahil personal accounts nila yun, you can't get away with their personal biases. Which adds up to the fun. And i make it a point na yung mga links ko mabisita ko at mabasa ko talaga yung mga sinulat nila.

Most people, can actually undermine reading, nga naman mas madali kasing manood at makinig... But the same restrains your imagination of what you hear and what you can see and bounds you with what is only presented. The fact that we can understand each other just by symbols and letters is already a wonder, pero yung kiliti na idinadagdag sa pagbabasa, yung kaalaman na nakatago sa mga letra. Mas makukuha lang ito ng mas karapat-dapat at nagtyagang umunawa sa kanila.

Read on... Ü