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Reading Stephen King's The Drawing of the Three - The Dark Tower II

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Are you excited about the coming movie the "Dark Tower" which will be shown on August 30? Do you know who Roland the gunslinger is? Well, I'm way ahead of you for those who haven't read the book the movie was based on. I bought a Stephen King book entitled "The Drawing of the Three - The Dark Tower II" last May at SM Manila, at a book kiosk selling second-hand books.  I paid a bargain price of 99 pesos for it. This is going to be my first time to read a Stephen King creation. I'm not sure if I'm going to like it.  I think Stephen's novels are best appreciated on the big screen. Like the movie "The Mist" which was really scary and the story was really twisted.  I did some online research about the book and I found out that the Dark Tower is a saga. Stephen King began writing "The Dark Tower" saga in 1978 and introduced Roland of Gilead, the gunslinger, to the world. Anyway, I told myself to finish the book but not in one r...

Listening to Karmin While Taking a Break from the Rat Race

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Pop and rap music combined. Cool!  Try listening to this duo. I had a chance to listen to them when I took a break from the rat race. I've been having some health issues lately probably due to stress; manifested through cough and skin rashes. Anyways, the self-imposed break did some wonders. My irritating cough, which bothered me almost daily, simply went away and my skin rashes didn't bother me that much anymore. The benefit I got from this break was to get the required amount of sleep which I think is really good for the health. When I was commuting to Makati going to work every day from Monday to Saturday, I made it a point to wake up early (4 am..yawnnn), so that I won't be caught in the early morning rush hour.  I was always early at the office arriving at 6 am. Although I was spared of the traffic it took a toll on my health because I was only getting around 5-6 hours of sleep. In my case, I probably needed about 8 hours of sleep. Also during this respite, I s...