Why I still read

Ranging from books, novels, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedia, dictionaries, and other written mediums. Of all, my favorites are the books, newspaper, and the dictionary.

My liking of books started when I was kindergarten. The storybooks with lots of big-colorful illustrations is what I enjoyed browsing! Even if that time, I still starting to learn to read. My influence has been by parents. Seeing them holding the books and newspaper, which I imitate. (You know, children used to copy what older people are reading).

My interest in dictionary started when my English teacher in high school required us new words to be written down on a notebook. That's why I started scanning the dictionary by force. Today, I appreciate my teacher's effort because I realized the importance of gaining new words and its useful.

I also tried reading novels, my favorite are the one's of Robert Ludlum and Clive Staples Lewis. I read novels when I'm in a good mood, because it requires some time with its thick pages, in short patience.

Currently, I switched to books with personal growth excellence and Christian living. I noticed as years go by my taste of books to read changes.

My purpose of reading books and other written materials are learning and personal development.

To end, I want to leave a quote my friend told me once, " Learning doesn't stops when you finish schooling, learning only stops when you are dead".

Men and Women

I was checking out one of the boxes outside, and I came across with a book that I find quite interesting. The title of the book is "The Friendships of Women" by Dee Brestin, Copyright 1988, a year older than me. The list that you will see is not a battle of two sexes, but its their uniqueness. Here are some excerpts that I would like to share:

Girls/Women
-are comfortable with a single friend
-are usually open in showing of their affection
i.e, notes, hugs
-will empathize to a problem
-tend to be right brained
-are more interested in the person they are enjoying the activity
-her sense of worth is tied to her relationships

Boys/Men
-prefer to play in teams
-friendships are less intimate and expressive, the confidences they have are likely "group secrets"
-likely to have one-two-three solution to a problem
-tend to be left brained
-more interested in the activity than the person in whom they are doing the activity
-his sense of worth is tied to his activities

But the book didn't end just like that. On a brief account, it talks about the qualities of women, friendships, strength, weakness and so on. I recommend it to all women, as what Dr. James Dobson also said in the book. Happy Reading to whoever will find and read the book.