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Hi Maidenveil. You could join our monthly book read, we're doin YA this month. I hope you vote and join, it would be fun. ^_^
Hi Maidenveil!Welcome to the Filipino Groups...
I'm also into award-winning YA special during the 60-70s when the genre is just flourishing...
Feel free to join our various discussions.
My warm regard and happy reading... ^_^
Ariel wrote: "Hi Maidenveil. You could join our monthly book read, we're doin YA this month. I hope you vote and join, it would be fun. ^_^"Welcome Maidenveil? Why maiden? Are you still single?
Single pa rin si Jzhun, Aaron, Ariel at Ace eh.
Talagang may ganun, Kuya Doni...Ahahaha... :D
Kuya Doni playing matchmaker... ^_^
welcome to all new members. Matchmaker ka na talaga Kuya Doni. Jzhun, Aaron, Ariel and Ace..go find your significant others. : )
Aside from reading that's one of my current interests as of late...And you can't read a woman just like a book...
I assume there are so many subtleties involve...
this playing the game of courtship...
May iba naman gusto agad "ipabasa" ang mga sarili nila na parang isang "nakabuklat" na aklat na pwedeng "basahin" ng lahat... Nakaka-off sa kin yun, particularly dahil sa itusura pa lang tingin mo nang wasak na ang kanilang "binding"....
rosesamongthorns wrote: "welcome to all new members. Matchmaker ka na talaga Kuya Doni. Jzhun, Aaron, Ariel and Ace..go find your significant others. : )"nakita ko na :)
jzhunagev wrote: "Aside from reading that's one of my current interests as of late...And you can't read a woman just like a book...
I assume there are so many subtleties involve...
this playing the game of courtsh..."
Lalim ha? But remember the old saying that you cannot judge the book by its cover.
Ace wrote: "rosesamongthorns wrote: "welcome to all new members. Matchmaker ka na talaga Kuya Doni. Jzhun, Aaron, Ariel and Ace..go find your significant others. : )"
nakita ko na :)"
That's a good thing. Take care of your woman. : )
nakita ko na :)"
That's a good thing. Take care of your woman. : )
Haha! Nakakatawa naman kayo. :DThanks, guys for the warm welcome. I'll try to be active in the discussions as much as possible. Mukhang close na kayo with each other, I need to catch up. :D
Hi, Kuya Doni. Guess there's no subtlety with the username. Gusto ko lang medyo middle-earthly name sana. Hehe. Fail. :p
Maidenveil wrote: "Haha! Nakakatawa naman kayo. :DThanks, guys for the warm welcome. I'll try to be active in the discussions as much as possible. Mukhang close na kayo with each other, I need to catch up. :D
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Middle-earthly name - as in the hobbit?
Go LOTR! :)I know someone whose REAL NAME is actually Aragorn!
Really!His parents could've been inspired by the LOTR series.
Jzhun, Lana Arwen Lazar(a GONE character) parent's actually got Arwen from Arwen of LOTR, the one true love of Aragorn. :)
Yes, they were LOTR fans indeed!If I had a kid, I'd name him/her Gilthoniel :D
Aaron Vincent wrote: "Jzhun, Lana Arwen Lazar(a GONE character) parent's actually got Arwen from Arwen of LOTR, the one true love of Aragorn. :)"Speaking of Gone Aaron, have you watched the Lies book at this fansite called Gaiapage?
I think it's awesome and better than the Gone book trailer I watched in Youtube... :D
@Christine: If I had the kid I'll name him Elrond or Legolas. Or if a girl she'll be Galadriel. Toklien trully has an ear for good outlandish names. That's why I love that guy in a granddaddy kind of way.
Like the kids' name are the proof of their parents being LOTR fan. :D @Christine: I hope there's no pressure in having a name like Aragorn. lol.
@jzhunagev: I love tolkien's elvish names. otherworldly.
Yes Jzhun I already saw it., I think I even posted it on the Shout Outs thread.
Hello everyone, my name is PJ I found my way here through a link from the "Illustrado" page but I'm also a lurker at the sword and laser group. I'm probably one of the "old farts" around here and was into all the geeky things LONG before it was cool. :P Most of my books are Rpgs and comics, I've been listening to audio books for a while now and have been slowly catching up on my "reading".
Hi Salamangkero!Welcome to the Filipino Groups!
I already have Ilustrado and the only problem is finding the time to read it. Ahehehe... :D
Feel free to join our various discussions...
My warm regard and happy reading... ^_^
Hi everyone! I've been here in GR for almost two years now and been a member of this group immediately after signing up, but I never had the guts to introduce myself, perhaps because I didn't exhibit the traits of holding anyone's interest. I'm too boring, clearly. But I'll give this a try, anyway.To start off, I have more than 2 names, but I go by Stephen. I'm seriously interested in people I can discuss books with, smart readers who are passionate enough in what they read to distract me from my usual book browsing...though anyone wacky and has an engaging personality is welcome!
:)
Christine wrote: "Yes, they were LOTR fans indeed!If I had a kid, I'd name him/her Gilthoniel :D"
LOTR rocks!
Stephen wrote: "Hi everyone! I've been here in GR for almost two years now and been a member of this group immediately after signing up, but I never had the guts to introduce myself, perhaps because I didn't exhib..."Hi Stephen! Hope you will be more active in this group this time. With the variety of books you have been reading, you are definitely NOT a boring person!
Stephen wrote: "Hi everyone! I've been here in GR for almost two years now and been a member of this group immediately after signing up, but I never had the guts to introduce myself, perhaps because I didn't exhibit the traits of holding anyone's interest. I'm too boring, clearly. But I'll give this a try, anyway."Welcome to the Filipino Group, Stephen. And I'm always open to smart book discussions.
Feel free to join our sundry discussions and please don't be shy.
My warm regards and happy reading... ^_^
Like you I think I'm a boring person, too.
jzhunagev wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Hi everyone! I've been here in GR for almost two years now and been a member of this group immediately after signing up, but I never had the guts to introduce myself, perhaps becaus..."Boring - as in tahimik ka?
Kuya Doni wrote: "zeny may wrote: "Hi, I'm probably the very last person to comment here.
Ang pangalan ko ay Zeny May Dy Recidoro, 19, nakatira ako sa Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines, Earth, Solar System, Mil..."
Kuya Doni,
about Book Sale... I usually don't get much there. But I did see some Ethan Hawke books. I heard that he's a good writer too aside from being an actor. :)
Ang pangalan ko ay Zeny May Dy Recidoro, 19, nakatira ako sa Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines, Earth, Solar System, Mil..."
Kuya Doni,
about Book Sale... I usually don't get much there. But I did see some Ethan Hawke books. I heard that he's a good writer too aside from being an actor. :)
Kuya Doni wrote: "Boring - as in tahimik ka?"
Sana nga yan lang ibig sabihin nun. XD
I think the term boring is subjective. And more often than not, readers are predisposed to calling themselves boring-- even if they aren't! :)
When a guy says he is a boring person, he simply means he loves to have sex. "To bore" is to make a hole, and a "borer" is something (worm, mollusc, etc.) which bores into something.
Joselito wrote: "When a guy says he is a boring person, he simply means he loves to have sex. "To bore" is to make a hole, and a "borer" is something (worm, mollusc, etc.) which bores into something."Well, what do I have to say to that?
Atty. Joselito really gives a new meaning to the word boring and makes it sound like whoring....
jzhunagev wrote: "Joselito wrote: "When a guy says he is a boring person, he simply means he loves to have sex. "To bore" is to make a hole, and a "borer" is something (worm, mollusc, etc.) which bores into somethin..."hahaha. good one jzhun!
to ride on Atty's meaning of boring: does it follow that when you say you are bored, you have actually done it and is waiting for something more?
Si Atty. Joselito parang gustong mapadali ang "Eros in August"....Kainitan pa naman ng panahon ngayon...
Ahahahaha.... :D
Hi! am lany and really really new here. like i just joined a few minutes ago? :) am very much into reading almost anything under the sun. but "without seeing the dawn" is my all-time filipino novel :) hope to be welcomed here :)
Hi Lany!Welcome to the Filipino Groups!
just a trivia "Without Seeing the Dawn" was adopted into a film starring FPJ with Hild Koronel I think, titled as Santiago.
Feel free to join our various discussions...
My warm regards and happy reading... ^_^
jzhunagev Really? Looks like am going to do some digging for that movie! Thanks for the info! Appreciate it :)
It's a black and white one and it's like really a really old movie. I think the Mowelfund in QC still screens the movie but movie showing in that place is a little expensive. The fee is like 100+ plus. It's been ages since I went there.Anyway...
Cheers Lany! ^_^
Joselito wrote: "When a guy says he is a boring person, he simply means he loves to have sex. "To bore" is to make a hole, and a "borer" is something (worm, mollusc, etc.) which bores into something."Dios mio! When I wrote what I had posted earlier, I never half expected anyone to make a crude interpretation of it, but as a precaution, I did my abiding of Flaubert's rule of le mot juste, which made me restrain my vulgarity, perhaps even untasteful self-advertisement, into a smiling, naive euphemism of sorts, achieved only by deviating from anything that might point to the less cultured side of me. I sugar-coated what you insinuated the word "boring" means as I wouldn't want anyone to think of me as ill-bred...far from it, actually...but I had every intention of promoting myself sexually. "... I'll give this a try, anyway", I wrote down, thinking that only a sick person with an acute sensual perception, a "boring person", a person who wants to have it -- could possibly make heads or tails out of the commonalities of the concept of boring and would be excited to see the word. I was wrong, sadly enough.
I honest to goodness didn't want anyone to drive an undecent slant on my words, though I have to admit it was fun that someone did. *Truth is, I was bored, really bored, as in I had nothing better to do on that day. I was blindly browsing through my goodreads, then, bored even more, I examined my real shelves, looking for books that I have that I might not have added here. I was feeling the spines of each novel when I passed by the classics; there were, next to each other: Wilde, Byatt, Joyce, and Flaubert. Madame Bovary. I took it out. My edition was Bantam's, and on its cover was a portrait of a lifeless woman wearing a red, sensuous bolero over her. I sat down at the computer, with the book on one hand, and after remembering the tragedy, I put it down, placing it next to the keyboard, after which came a notice of an email flashing from YM. I opened my mail and saw 3 messages, one of which was from this group. I followed the link that led me to this thread. I wanted to introduce myself but couldn't think of anything to put about me that I haven't said in my profile. But after much deliberation, I had a eureka moment. I was thinking when my awareness of my boredom made me turn to the novel beside me. I looked at it intently and remembered how Madame Bovary's boredom translated into sex. Considering my boring life, the word boring struck out, and the other meaning of the word, as it was, came to my vocabulary six months ago, when my soon-to-be barrister cousin from England, laughed about how I referred to myself as boring when we were chatting inside the car. Having been dense on that particular day, I asked her why she kept on giggling to herself, so she, having acquired the mythical English wit and vast consciousness of philology, asked me if I were really "boring" and what I was "boring" to. I laughed, both at the thought and the idea that brits are capable of toilet humor.
So with those in my head, and considering the fact that I recently just turned 18 and, in effect, have this desire to exercise my freedom through haphazard, carefree decisions, I went back to writing my introductions, half-bursting into laughter as I tossed in some more innuendo for my seemingly innocent parade of my own folly and want to have "someone". I never, ever would have thought...
Anyway, it's evident, I suppose, that by speed-reading, one can visualize the words: introduce...exhibit traits...holding...boring.
Then my hopeless advert for: more than two...smart...passionate.
Then there's wacky, the root of which is wack, a variant of whack, slang for...
*sigh* I guess now I'm no longer only boring, but boorish as well.
Stephen wrote: "Joselito wrote: "When a guy says he is a boring person, he simply means he loves to have sex. "To bore" is to make a hole, and a "borer" is something (worm, mollusc, etc.) which bores into somethin..."What a grand treatise you've written Stephen about the correlation of the word boring to Madame Bovary and to its sexual connotation.
Stephen wrote: "jzhunagev wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Joselito wrote: "When a guy says he is a boring person, he simply means he loves to have sex. "To bore" is to make a hole, and a "borer" is something (worm, mollus..."It can only be true as much as you allow it be true.
Just don't sweat it, man.
Atty. Joselito's just having a grand time...
Ahehehe... :D
Wow, this thread has taken a semantic turn from plain, old "boring" to exciting! :pNow I have only one question and I hope this will be taken with good nature:
What then does "boring sex" mean?
:)) peaceout!
Christine wrote: "Wow, this thread has taken a semantic turn from plain, old "boring" to exciting! :pNow I have only one question and I hope this will be taken with good nature:
What then does "boring sex" mean?
..."
It means sex with a sad bastard who's incapable of any sexual release.
nice one stephen!how about sex with a/an _____hole.
zeny may wrote: "Kuya Doni wrote: "zeny may wrote: "Hi, I'm probably the very last person to comment here.Ang pangalan ko ay Zeny May Dy Recidoro, 19, nakatira ako sa Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines, Earth,..."
Have you tried one of Ethan Hawke's books? Is he good? He is one of the readers of the poems of Pablo Neruda in the soundtrack of Il Postino. He reads with sense and passion.
Stephen wrote: "Joselito wrote: "When a guy says he is a boring person, he simply means he loves to have sex. "To bore" is to make a hole, and a "borer" is something (worm, mollusc, etc.) which bores into somethin..."See? You can't be a boring person, Stephen. You are rather passionate and smart.
Lesson: don't describe yourself as a boring person. Readers cannot be boring.
Kuya Doni wrote: "zeny may wrote: "Kuya Doni wrote: "zeny may wrote: "Hi, I'm probably the very last person to comment here.Ang pangalan ko ay Zeny May Dy Recidoro, 19, nakatira ako sa Diliman, Quezon City, the ..."
Kuya Doni, do you know where I can find a copy of Il Postino?
GOD, I feel wicked. When I asked you earlier, Jzhunagev, whether or not you believe it is true, I was referring to the display of words I had written that supposedly marks my cheap character, not the semantics of "boring". If you're offended by the lie, I'm really sorry, I seriously didn't think anyone would believe it. Just so you know, I'm not entirely cunning as to have thought up of an intelligent introduction. The words I had written are coincidental and there's nothing more into it, but, of course, the opportunity to become pedantic grew more and more desirable as I had nothing else better to do that day. I was bored. I left some markers, like the asterisk before "Truth is", because I felt a moral obligation to declare I was lying. But...nonetheless, I think it rather clever and fascinating how random things-in this case, the words- are made significant because of pareidolia.
Ranee wrote: "nice one stephen!how about sex with a/an _____hole."
Asshole is just another word for prick and dickhead, so... since you're a lady, I think you'll find it rather enjoyable and, uh, appopriate. So if you've got any plans in the near future, I say go for it, just remember that the bigger the asshole is, the better.
jamaicaska wrote: "Kuya Doni wrote: "zeny may wrote: "Kuya Doni wrote: "zeny may wrote: "Hi, I'm probably the very last person to comment here.Ang pangalan ko ay Zeny May Dy Recidoro, 19, nakatira ako sa Diliman, Q..."
I have the original soundtrack and the small booklet (containing the poems both in Spanish and English). The english version has those poems read by the likes of Ethan Hawke, Madonna, Glenn Close and the guy who played opposite Matt Damon in Invictus (the name escaped me). Must be my age.... I can lend both to you during the next meet-up.
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I'm into reading YA books too, but not paranormal romance.
Enjoy!!! :)