(Thanks to Master U-l-a-n and her friend, Migs for the link.) I've registered in BookCrossing, a very very very intriguing community of book lovers. The whole community's concept is founded on 3 Rs. Read a book. You know that feeling that sometimes, you read something and you want to tell everyone else to read it? Then go register at BookCrossing so that you can get a unique ID for your book. Then release the book for someone else to read! Releasing means tagging the book with a unique ID from BC and some other info (or you may print labels from the site), leaving it in a certain place for other people to "find", giving it to someone, donating it, or simply "forgetting" it somewhere. When someone finds the book, that someone can go online and register the book as found and leave journal entries about it, and eventually, release the book again. You can actually track where your books have gone (if the finder bothers to log it in). You can even go hunting for released books in your area because there's info on all the books that are released.

The site also comes with a list of the most popular books, and well-travelled books. Imagine, the book you left will go places! I found info about a book that was left in a cafe in Bohol by someone from Hawaii! A tourist probably. Cool, eh?

Now I wonder what book I will release first.... Hrmmmm....

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Another intriguing link from Migs. hinirang.com is a site that features original Filipino fantasy stories and art. The works featured there are great. The site looks really really cool, too, and is a great resource for local mythology enthusiasts. :)

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Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste....
--- "Come What May" by Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge)



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