Bookworm Nerd is definitely back!

Read at least one book per month.

Yep, that was my new year's resolution last year. Why you may ask? It's because the past few years, I had been so busy balancing my day job and fangirl duties that I actually forgot my hobby that made me wear glasses permanently since high school: READING. 

Even when I bought my Kindle Paperwhite last June 2013, I was not able to read as many books as I would have liked. Ironic, isn't it? I bought a Kindle so that I could read to my heart's content all the book that I would've wanted. True, I read one or two books when it arrived but after that, my Kindle sat untouched for like a year on my desk. And to think I bought it for a reason. Haha.

It wasn't until September last year that I made a full comeback as a bookworm. Once I started reading something, I just won't stop. Even if I have to sleep late at night or early in the morning, I just have to make it to the end of the book. And my day job did not even kept me from reading. Whenever there were lean hours or during my lunch break, I would take my Kindle out of my bag and read a chapter or two. It's like I'm possessed by the bookworm spirits (if they exist) coz once I ended one book, I went looking for another. I cut myself off in the social networks. I rarely update my facebook, instagram and twitter. My friends sometimes wonder where I was coz I rarely update anymore. I don't even watch TV anymore and trust me, I'm a couch potato.

And with that, here's the list of the books I read last year:

• Wicked by Gregory Maguire
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan (five books)
• Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan (five books)
• The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
• If I Stay by Gayle Forman
• Where She Went by Gayle Forman
• Malory-Anderson series by Johanna Lindsey (eleven books)
• Every Breath You Take by Judith McNaught
• Foster Family saga by Judith McNaught (two books)
• Double Standards by Judith McNaught

Total Number of books: 29.

Average number of days it took me to read: two days.

Aside from Wicked, I read the rest late September till December. Now that I think about it, possessed is even an understatement. 

I know some people had read twice the number of books I read the past year but I have to say, this was an achievement for me. I even reached my quota of twelve books and doubled it. Haha.

I think for this year, I'll still repeat the same resolution as the past year. Though I know I'll surpass the quota again coz my reading list is already full. Haha

:)

Thank You, 2014!

It was a good year indeed! If I am to describe my 2014, it may have to be summarized in three words: full of blessings.

Why you may ask? Well, not that I don't appreciate small blessings that came my way but the biggest (or you could say the turning point of my life) happened during the year of the wooden horse. Figures. I was born during the year 1990, which also falls under the year of the horse. Guess it's already given that I'm gonna be lucky then. Haha.

Thanks, 2014!!

What could be that turning point, you may ask? I became a regular employee at the age of 23 (well it happened during April so basically I was twenty three then). Just so you know, to be a regular employee in a government office is way different than that in a private office. Unlike in a private office you become regular after six months of service in the company, in the government you wait for a plantilla position to be opened or available and you have to apply for it and go through a series of process and waiting if you were eligible for the position.

So to have come this far at my age, it was an amazing feat. And to top the icing on the cake of my 2014, I made my dream for the past six years by going to my dream country: the land of Kpop and Kdramas, South Korea. 

Since 2008, I became a Kpop fan. And before you judge me, I have to say, you cannot blame me for idolizing Korean idols coz you have to admit it, they are handsome and they can sing AND dance well. Not to mention they were entertaining and funny and (sometimes) witty.

So for the past six years ever since I got into the fandom (I am an ELF btw, the fanclub for Super Junior), I have been dreaming of going to South Korea. And during those years, I learned to read, write and understand Korean language. So you see, I also get something out of my addicition. Haha. 

Basically, what is not to love out of my 2014? I got a stable job and made my (impossible then) dream come true. So I am kind of excited to see what would my 2015 will look like.

:)