Yes that is me and my hair all over my face, I know it’s kinda stupid but I posted it anyway lol. And yes, that’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in paperback. My bestfriend gave that to me few days after my birthday last August – I know this will break his heart K. As far as he knows, I’m a pretty fan of Harry Potter books and that I haven’t read the last installment. I was. So there, there.

After two months, the book is now a hospitable place for pixie dust. I haven’t even read the first few pages.
And it surprises me that I have grown out my once deep interest for the book. During my early years, I would excitedly read all the Harry Potter books – I borrowed all the six books – without putting them down. I would really feel the rush, the emotions, and the thrill. I loved all the Quidditch games, and the characters, and the classes, and everything! I even had a list of all the spells that were mentioned in each book.

When the first Harry Potter film came out in 2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, my addiction to the books and movies grew as large as I could have imagined. I watched the movie five times in cinema houses and more than 50 times in VCD – the mother bought me an original copy, how sweet. I almost memorized each and every line! I spotted all the book and movie differences – that annoyed me so much that time, because the movie was far from what I have imagined it in my head (but oh well, the second HP movie was far more disappointing) – but there were awesome changes as well like when they altered the Quidditch pitch from a regular stadium to an open field one with spectators sitting on high towers surrounding the pitch. Also, most of my internet surfing time during those days were spent in Mugglenet.Com – sniffing on HP gossips and stuff. The guys are still up until now.

And oh how I love Daniel Radcliffe! And and how I thought I looked a lot like Emma Watson! Haha that was the most silly thought I had ever had in connection with the Harry Potter craze – that Emma and I were sisters in our past lives! I remember using her pictures in my social networking profiles. Tsk tsk.

Anyhoo, I can go on and on and on talking about Harry Potter and all the stuff I loved and knew about it but one blog entry would not suffice. And… what’s my point again? Ocrap I’ve almost forgot! What I’m trying to say here is maybe I don’t like Harry Potter anymore. Ouch.

Maybe, just maybe, I didn’t love it that much to make me hang on to it up until my adulthood. Or maybe it I’ve realized it wasn’t worth hanging on to anyway. Or maybe it was worth it but it wasn’t anymore. Or maybe I’ve just changed my priorities – work and blogging and makeup and managing finances is now more important than memorizing lines, collecting stuff, reading all news and gossips and stuff, and losing myself into that imaginary wizard-ing world.

Or maybe.. I wasn’t really talking about Harry Potter after all.

So what’s your share of the Harry Potter craziness?

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Repost from the Bob Ong mailing list:

<.-.> Para sa kapakanan ng mga mambabasa mong naghintay sa bagong libro, pwede
mo bang sabihin sa amin kung tungkol saan ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas?
<BO> Kapitan Sino?
<.-.> Ah, oo, Kapitan Sino pala. Hehe. Ang ganda-ganda kasi ng Paboritong
Libro ni Hudas. Yon ang paborito ko sa mga libro mo e. Hindi dahil sa nandoon
ako, pero marami talagang nagsasabi na maganda yung Paboritong–
<BO> Ahem, um, ang Kapitan Sino ay tungkol kay Rogelio Manglicmot na nakilala ng
mga tao bilang isang superhero sa katauhan ni Kapitan Sino.
<.-.> Ang haba ng pangalan! Para sakin mas gusto ko pa rin yung mga isinulat
mong tauhan na five characters lang ang pangalan, yung simple lang, yung parang
puro punctuation mark lang….
<BO> Ah, magugustuhan mo si Bok-bok, kasi may punctuation mark din ang pangalan
nya!
<.-.> Sino naman yun?
<BO> Kaibigan ni Rogelio. Marami kang makikilala sa mundo ni Kapitan Sino.
<.-.> Pati si Tesla?
<BO> Si Tessa. Pero tama ka, dahil kinuha ko ang pangalan nya kay Nikola Tesla.
Isa sa pinakamagaling, kundi man ang pinakamagaling, na electrical engineer sa
kasaysayan, pero kaawa-awang naagawan ng maraming imbensyon.
<.-.> Hindi ba si Tessa ang nagpatagal ng ika-pitong libro?
<BO> Nagkakahiyaan kasi sila ni Rogelio. Nahirapan tuloy akong magsulat ng
kwentuhan nila. Yung iba ngang usapan, hindi na nila ipinasulat sa akin.
<.-.> Kaya ba isang buong araw kang nakinig ng mga senti?
<BO> Hehehe. Higit pa. Paulit-ulit-ulit akong nakinig ng mga love song, kasama
na yung kanta ni Carole King, nang ilang linggo habang isinusulat ang tagpo
nila. Pilit din akong nanood ng romantic movies pandagdag inspirasyon, at
nagpaturo sa romance novel writer na dating miyembro ng Bobong Pinoy YahooGroup.
Ewan kung pasado na ang gawa ko.
<.-.> Totoo bang lumang superhero si Kapitan Sino?
<BO> Hindi. Sya ang pinakabagong superhero…noon.
<.-.> 80′s? Ibinalik mo ba ang oras sa Dekada Otsenta?
<BO> Oo, kaya mas akma ang kwento sa mga 27 years old pataas. Baka merong mga
hindi gaanong maintindihang detalye ang mga mas batang mambabasa. Makakatulong
kung meron silang mapagtatanungang matanda.
<.-.> Hmmm… mukhang interesante itong ika-walong libro.
<BO> Ika-pito. Pero tama ka ulit, dahil may mauuna pa dapat akong libro dito,
kundi lang nakiusap si Mayor na paunahin ko na sila.
<.-.> May Mayor? Matatapatan ba nito ang dami ng celebrity sa Paboritong Libro
ni Hudas?
<BO> Tinutukoy mo ba sila Donita Rose, Marvin Agustin, at Tootsie Guevarra na
nasa ikatlong libro? Ikinalulungkot ko, pero mas hitik at nag-uumapaw sa mga
celebrity ang Kapitan Sino.
<.-.> Pero hindi mo maitatangging ako ang pinakasikat mong celebrity dahil
lumabas ako sa dalawang libro!
<BO> Tama. Lumabas ka sa itim at puting libro. Pero may iba pa kong tauhan na
lumabas din ulit dito sa Kapitan Sino.
<.-.> Huh?! Hindi mo ko pinasasaya sa mga sagot mo, Bob Ong! At bakit ako
magkaka-interes kay Kapitan Sino kung nung 80′s pa ang adventure nya?
<BO> Kung itatanong mo yan pagkatapos magbasa, hindi mo naintindihan ang libro.
<.-.> Saan ba ko kukuha ng kopya?
<BO> Unti-unti na pong nagkakaroon ngayon ang mga paborito nyong eatery o
sari-sari store. Kung wala pa, baka naubusan lang kayo. Subukan nyo ulit sa
ibang araw.
<.-.> Magkano ba?
<BO> 75 pesos lang po…kung panahon ni Cory Aquino! Pero dahil 2009 na,
P175.00 po ang isa.
<.-.> Matagal-tagal bago nasundan ang Macarthur.
<BO> Ito ang pinakamatagal na agwat ng pagsusulat ko. Pero natapos din ang
libro, salamat sa inspirasyon mula sa mga mambabasang tagapagpalakas ng loob at
umaasang laging masusundan pa ang huling librong nabasa nila. Dahil sa simpleng
hiling nila na laging masabihan kagad kung may bago na silang mababasa kaya
ginagamit na naman kita ngayon para sa official announcement.
<.-.> Sanay na ko. Alam ko kailangan mo ng celebrity endorser para sa Kapitan
Sino. Idagdag mo na lang sa talent fee ko yung t-shirt ng officialuse.net.
<BO> Punta ka sa Komikon sa UP sa Sabado, May 16. 
http://visprintpub.blogspot.com/ Meron doong mga t-shirt ni Bob Ong. Mura lang
dahil hindi ka na magbabayad ng shipping fee. Pagkakataon mo na!
<.-.> Aba, talagang double-purpose ang patalastas ah! May Swine Flu ka pa sa
lagay na yan.
<BO> Sipon lang.
<.-.> Sa susunod mong libro wag kang gagawa ng announcement pag may sipon ka,
kasi lalong kumo-corny.
<BO> Sige, susubukan ko. Salamat.

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I bought a book today. And it wasn’t planned.

Uhmm akshully, I planned to buy Bob Ong’s newest book but unfortunately no copies had arrived yet at National Bookstore Megamall. So in my frustration, I went to see some titles at the Powerbooks instead.

And out of my impulsive buying attitude, I bought a book about personal finance, You’re So Money by Farnoosh Torabi. I was actually thinking if I’d buy a fiction or a book on management, but with my current financial dilemma ( I promise you, when it comes to financial management, I’m the worst person to talk to ), I thought that buying a little book on personal finance would help.

So there. I got this green book in paperback. I just hope it’s worth its price. I bought it for $14.85 and I’m quite regreful because there are copies in Amazon for as low as $5.79(used), $8.11(new). Fail.

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Bob Ong, the ever popular anonymous filipino writer we all love, will be releasing his 7th book this May 1, 2009. According to the teaser video his publisher, Visual Print Enterprise, has released, the book will be about a Filipino Superhero. No other information is available yet.

Excited? I know right.

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