Do Something Good Today

While browsing through Maw Books Blog's latest posts, I came across her post on the Book Wish Foundation. Click on the link to find out more about their mission to provide reading relief for people in crisis. Check out their About Us page too.

They also have this Holiday Campaign: Donate $1 Per Book You Received. If you want, you can donate $1 for every book that you received as presents for Christmas or for any other celebration this year. To read more about it, go here. You can choose one of the four options given on how you prefer your donation to be put to use.

By donating, you are doing your part in providing reading materials for the Darfur refugees in Chad. Think about it. Someone was nice enough to give you a book as a present. Now it's your turn to give something to those who really need it. What goes around comes around.

I've already donated. I hope they get to read lots of wonderful books!

New Year and New Year Resolutions

Two more days till the New Year. What are you going to do about it? Have you made a new set of New Year Resolutions? How have you spent this year? The year 2008 isn't over yet so you still have a little time left to try to do what you resolved to do at the beginning of this year. Better late than never.

I don't actually write out my New Year resolutions. In fact, I don't always have them listed out. I just keep making resolutions throughout the year but most of the time, my resolutions are made before a new school term begins. They are always the same, study more, study harder, spend less time wasting time, spend less money, save more money, don't procrastinate (number one resolution every time!), and so on.

What kind of resolutions do you usually make and when do you make them? Do you stick with them? Sticking to your resolutions is probably the most important thing. Yeah, you go through all the trouble writing them out in some fancy piece of paper and sticking it onto the refrigerator or your bathroom door or wherever convenient but how's the progress?

I say that I want to read more books but the number of books read is just the same as the previous year. :D I say I don't want to procrastinate but this habit is still going strong in me. So, do you find it hard keeping up to your resolutions?

There's this website where they listed out the Top Ten New Year Resolutions people make every year. Here they are:

1. Enjoy life. (No worries)


2. Reach office on time.


3. Spend time with family and friends.


4. Go for trips and outings.


5. Keep house clean.


6. Quit drinking and smoking


7. Say "No" to junk food.


8. Buy and read books.


9. Work out and exercise.


10. Write a diary.

Those are pretty common resolutions. My favourite one is No. 8 although No. 1 doesn't sound too bad. However, it's not easy trying to do No. 1. If I were to really enjoy life, I wouldn't care less about No. 7 and will eat whatever I wanted. Of course, one should know that junk food isn't kind to the face and body. :/ So, less junk food no matter what!

Nevertheless, good luck with your New Year resolutions and sticking to them! Sit back, relax and wait for the new year and if possible, the new you, to come.

Winner!

Hey there!

I know I'm supposed to announce the winner of my book giveaway right after Dec 23 but I'm sorry as I was kind of busy. It's alright, I'm just going to announce it right now. :)

And the winner is......................

Mussita

I'd also like to thank all those who participated in this giveaway. Thank you, thank you very much!

Learning Spanish Again!

Yes, I'm continuing my Spanish classes again! I took Level One two semesters ago. Now I'm doing Level Two and I've already forgotten half of what I learnt. So yesterday, I tried to cram in as much Spanish as possible so that I can be partially ready for this morning's class. I have the same teacher as last time and I wouldn't want to make her irritated with me for being slow.

Luckily today's class was more uplifting and cheery. At least the teacher spoke some English! In the first class on Monday, she spoke completely in Spanish and I think most of us were quite bewildered and looked at her blankly. There are only five students. I thought it'd be quite dull but I'm glad it was anything but that today. Even though I couldn't answer all the teacher's questions, I had fun.

Now, I just need to do more revision so I'll be better prepared for next week's class.

Have A Merry Christmas!

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all my readers and friends a Very Merry Christmas!




I found this cute, sparkly graphic from the Internet. Wondercliparts.com. You can see many of these graphics on Friendster and Myspace!

Well, hope you have a good Christmas this year. :)

Book Giveaway #4

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This time I'm going to give away Gwen Freeman's Crazy Fool Kills Five! It's an ARC (Advanced Reader's Copy) and has only been read once by me. You can read my review of it too.



The rules are the same as my previous ones. To enter, just do any or all of the following:

1. Simply leave a comment and your e-mail add saying you want to participate - 1 entry
   
   
2. Blog about this giveaway in your blog and tell me about it - 2 entries
   
   
3. Adding me to your blogroll or if I'm already in your blogroll - 5 entries

Again, this giveaway is open to everyone in the world with a valid mailing address. Contest ends on 23 December, 2008. Keep your fingers crossed! :)