Friday, January 26, 2007

Lord Of The Rings; Book Reading

I've been thinking the past week on what to do because I'm getting bored with no new things to get done, so a few days had past just going to my daily routine. I find out that one of my colleagues is into reading books. He said that last year he had read a total of 30 books, (WOW this man is a bookworm; he needs "pampurga") well according to statistics; an average man should be reading at least 20 books a year to sharpen his memory and knowledge. How many books have I read last year 2006; i started counting 1.2.3.4.5…. what else is that all, the year had past and I did not even reach the magic 20 number for reading books. I'm more to just surfing the web, reading emails, downloading but not reading books. Okey! stop worrying and start reading a book.




What will I read and where can I get the book? A question why sometimes people dont want to read books, they cannot get the book they want. I want to read Lord of the Rings 1, 2 and 3 ; of course you would ask why that book; its true that i have already watch them in movies and i even have a copy of the dvd for each book but there are stories that are not included on the movie that you will find on the book and you will see it very interesting. I started researching the author to have at least a background on this famous man J.R.R. Tolkien who created it all. Well for me no one can surpass the beauty,suspense and the long wait for the next movie to come; I remember then when the Fellowship of the Ring was shown, we were living in Clark and we all went to Robinsons San Fernando to watch it ( Me, My wife, daughter, Mama, Raydon and Peter ). I have questions in my mind what is this movie all about; what is the middle earth? ( is it purgatoryo or equator ) the first movie was fantastic with all the effects that they did, i said i'll watch the second movie which you need to wait for one year. Why don't you buy a book? well at that time that book cost a lot of fortune and we have a lot of expenses. The second movie came out which is Fellowship of the Towers, which is much more thrilling and of course you need to wait another year for the third part which is Return of the King.


I started asking my friends if they do have the book; lo and behold they dont have. My colleague who is a bookworm ( he really needs to take combantrin ) said try downloading it on the web, he gave a website in which to download and I got the book and started reading it, it took me one week and a half to finish the three books.I have fun reading, especially the additional information that I gathered . All I can say is the word F which is for Fantastic.

I started the year with three books and 17 more to go, the more the better. Start reading a book and who knows you might even surpass the magic 20 number.




"To aquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."
~ W. Somerset Maugham

"It all comes down to what we make of ourselves, eh?"
-The Fairy Godmother

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

P.M. Acosta Drive

Have you heard that name or street? all of you would say; of course not; where in the hell is that; why do you want us to know it. Actually that name came from my father who is an Air Force soldier with a rank of Colonel. P.M. means Pedro Magarin the name of my father. Before he died the street in front of their office is not yet cemented, so what he did is to gather his soldiers and start cementing the road; no need for funds since they have a lot of cement material. This person is a very likeable one because he knows how to be down to earth with his soldiers; he can be approached if their is any problem (an officer na pang-masa). Its been almost five years since we visited the place. Its in Clarkfield, Pampanga Air Force City. We have stayed for almost seven years in Clark, I have a lot of memories in pampanga that i would never forget. It's in this beautiful city that my daughter was born, I've worked in this Special Economic Zone! I Love This Place! It's one of the cleanest and greenest place in the country. We went home to Tarlac last christmas of 2006 and we planned to go to Clark to do some picture and video taking on that street. Its a 1 hour drive from Tarlac, the place is fantastic since its one of the former military camp of United States. We were greeted by the soldiers since they still know my mother and we did a lot of picture taking which is attach right now. We have a lot of fun! So if you are going to visit Clarkfield try going to Air Force city its beside the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport and you will see the street named P.M. Acosta drive.



Together with my makukulit na nieces.


My beautiful my mother.


The office of my father.


My wife and brother raydon still at the driveway named after my father.

My beautiful wife.


The bridge going to clark.

Mama and wife.

The Acosta clan.

The ever dashing yours truly.