Jan
31
Jan
30
I am sure none of the girls of DIP would forget the performance on the final year dinner, "The Para-para sakura dance". And I was watching random videos on youtube, and video below remind me of that.
If you like the video above, here is the HD version of it.
I miss each and everyone of you guys!
Whatever you guys are doing right now, work, business, studying, unemployed, I wish all the best to us! Keep in touch!
A tout à l'heure ! (copied)
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Jan
30
What is Canada Reads?
Started in 2001, Canada Reads is CBC's annual battle of the books, where five Canadian personalities select the book they think Canadians should read. Each personality selects a book to defend and the books are eliminated one by one until a winner is declared. The debates air on CBC Radio One. Jian Ghomeshi has hosted Canada Reads since 2008.
excerpt form here
here for more info : nominees list
 | The Best Laid Plans By Terry Fallis Defended by Ali Velshi |
 | The Birth House By Ami McKay Defended by Debbie Travis |
 | The Bone Cage By Angie Abdou Defended by Georges Laraque |
 | Essex County By Jeff Lemire Defended by Sara Quin |
 | Unless By Carol Shields Defended by Lorne Cardinal |
For me this is a very unique competition, where it call celebrities to champion books and debating it among them but public can also talk and give out opinion. Thus promote reading to the public, mostly this reason focus on youth. I'm certainly not a Canadian, but here I am now talking and blogging about books, which something I would never thought of doing.
I maybe wrong but, the books listed in this competition is only books written by Canadian authors.
more on Canada Reads 2011 here.
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Jan
19
Title : Talent is Overrated
Author : Geoff Colvin
Publisher :
Pages : 208
I get to know this book from a guy I follow on twitter, Seth Sandler.
I'm not eligible to give review on books, hahaha. So i leave it for Mr.google to do it for you :)
But if you are still interested, to hear from me, here goes :
This book does answer quite a few of questions that have been in my mind for long time(1year?).
I have read up too chapter 5, and barely just begun 6. Well what the most important point I get from this book is that, hardwork and deliberate practice. In this book does not try to prove the non-existent of talent, where this book also include various researches that have been done.
That what I understand from this, open for discussion and opinion. What still on my mind is, so can we learn to be creative? creativity an innate talent or if you work on it, you may be creative.
Have a good day!
nsmf
Note to teaha : want to be the head of DIP Group Book Club Division??