To read:
After Dark – Haruki Murakami
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami
ノルウェイの森 (上) – 春樹村上
神様のカルテ – 夏川草介
Reading:
A Wild Sheep Chase – Haruki Murakami
世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ – 片山恭一
告白 – 湊かなえ
Art/fanart WIP:
Gantz team Arashi
Byakuyakou
Anastasia portrait
MC Kamiyama
The Lost
POC (maybe)
Reflection/shadow
Girl portrait
Colourful Ohno
Maou (maybe)
The Little Prince Limited Edition Moleskin
Moleskine pays tribute to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s magical story with a collection of limited edition notebooks. Two versions, in size and layout, display the image of the Little Prince debossed on the cover. Inside there are drawings and classic quotes from this story that has been translated into more than 100 languages. The pocket holds a special surprise, a paper reproduction to cut out, mount and stick on.
The Little Prince x Moleskin – it’s so precious! As though they understood, mine arrived in the mail a day after ordering :) On the covers of both versions are printed the simplest of quotes that sums up such profound complexity:
L’essential est invisible pour les yeux.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
And I shall never forget that.
And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
One of the most incredulous and bizarre books I’ve ever read – that’s not to say that I’ve read a lot in my entire life, but. – and my slight fascination confusion at the entire concept clearly doesn’t explain why The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood in Japanese, newly bought, sits also at my desk. I’m extremely doubtful I’ll be able to make it through even the first few pages of the latter.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
ほしの王子様「第6章」
「あるときなんて、おひさまがしずむのを、４４かいもみたんだよ！」
そして、君はこう付け加えた。
「しってる？人はとってもかなしいとき、夕日を見たくなるんだよ」
「じゃあ、その４４回見た日って、きみはとても悲しかったんだね？」
星の王子様は答えなかった。
This was what caught my eye – well honestly, the cover illustration, then the entire concept – while I strolled through the Japanese section’s bookshelves at Kino today.
Rental Children tells a story about, based on what I understood from having read the summary, “Taishi and Fuyumi, a couple who had lost their beloved son Yuu to an illness, were introduced to a children rental/sale company P.I. and from the list, they decided to purchase Yuu without hesitation. However, a month later, the child experienced a sped up aging process; his face kept dissolving.. In a bid to find out the truth, Taishi sneaks into the P.I. laboratory to realise of a terrible experiment being repeated day and night.”
I know it’s quite irrelevant; but I totally adore the drawing style 8D
Having not been out shopping for the longest time, I took the chance to visit a dozen places in the afternoon to conveniently attempt to satisfy my food cravings (but that being actually satisfied, or not, is another story); strike out items on my shopping list; observe the sights (new buildings? huh) and sounds before I forget how town looks like again; check out new magazines and books around Kino; collect something from school and meet Grapes for dinner.
It’s no wonder why my previous ezlink top-up didn’t last for more than a day.. Home > PS > Cathay > Ion > Taka > Tampines > Boon Keng > Vivo > Ang Mo Kio > home. At this rate I’d probably covered a good third/half of Singapore, BUT I’ve fulfilled my agenda for the day so I’m not complaining.
Daily work has taken a toll on the well-being of a certain woman by the name of i-like-the-guy-whose-looks-make-esther-foam-at-the-mouth-and-die. (no, really, that I will NEVER approve. neverrrrrr) But I love hanging out to kill what’s left of her after-work time and commenting on different brands of facial wash and asking for extra honey sauce for our Japanese parfait <3 Weekdays aren’t too bad, afterall.
8D
