:: reading ::

Today is one of the rare days where I decided to set aside time for a good read.
So while waiting for the man to knock off from work, I headed to coffee bean with my favorite author's book in hand : Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho.

The best thing about personal time is it gives you room to sink into your thoughts, pause your busy life and bask in the beauty of your own world-colored with dreams, good and bad memories as well as lessons learnt along the process of growing up.

'Sometimes, on TV, I see tunnels and bridges being inaugurated. Usually, a lot of celebrities and local politicians stand in a line, in the centre of which is the minister or local governor. Then a ribbon is cut, and when the people in charge of the project return to their desks, they find lots of letters expressing recognition and admiration.

The people who sweated and worked on the project, who wielded pickaxes and spades, who laboured all through the summer heat or endured the winter cold in order to finish the job, are never seen; those who did not work by the sweat of their brow always seem to come off best.

I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who silently fulfil the role life has given them.

I want to be able to do this because the most important things, those that shape our existence, are precisely the ones that never show their faces.'

- Meeting in the Dentsu Gallery in Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho