Books Comparison: Tom Gates vs Big Nate vs Diary of a Wimpy Kid vs Dork Diaries

I think something is definitely wrong with me. Or is it the book? This series is just not my cup of tea. I tried my best to read this series (hence those 3 or 4 book that I've read), but I just couldn't like it enough and lose interest in it. But please, do not listen to me. I'm just weird. It's not that I hate Nikki or anything, I just hate the whole storyline. Cliche, boring and really depressing for me. I don't find anything from this book that might interest me. Full of drama..but not good drama. Just some whiny drama and mean girls drama. I do not need this kind of drama in this type of book. And it just not funny..at all. For those who really like drama type of book about an unpopular girl who always been a target of mean girls and how she manage to shine away and make her crush notice her and so on..you can guess where this is going, you definitely should pick up this book.

Benefits of Good Oils

1. Protects Heart Health
2. Helps Fight Cancer
3. Helps with Weight Loss and Obesity Prevention
4. Supports Brain Health
5. Fights Mood Disorders and Depression
6. Great for Boosting Skin Health
7. Can Help Prevent or Treat Diabetes
8. Helps Balance Hormones

Benefits of Borage Oil

1. Supplies Anti-Inflammatory Properties
2. Has Antioxidant Properties that Fight Cancer
3. Can Lower Arthritis Symptoms
4. Fights Eczema and Skin Disorders
5. Helps Heal Respiratory Infections
6. Aids Growth and Development
7. Might Help Lower Fat Accumulation and Weight Gain

Black Seed Oil

This oil help me with my allergic reaction and also maintain my digestive system.

Benefits of Black Seed Oil

1. Prevent Cancer
2. Protects Liver Health
3. Prevent Diabetes
4. Help with Weight Loss
5. Prevent Hair Loss
6. Maintains Healthy Skin
7. Fights Infection

Source

I'm not an expert or dietitian/doctor/etc. But I do consume these 3 oils and looking forward to see the difference it will bring to my life. However, I'm the laziest person in this world. So sometimes I do skip this routine because I totally forgot about it or just being lazy me. 

p/s: Listening to Lazy Girl by SNSD

Face Massage: Road to Youthful Skin

1. Prepare your scrapping board/guasha. I borrow it from my mom because I don't have one obviously. 
2. Choose a suitable face oil for your face. I, again borrow the argan and olive oil for face from my mom for the same exact reason as before. 
3. Massage your face as shown in the video above. 
4. After massaging, clean your face with facial wash especially if you have sensitive/acne/oily skin because you don't want those excess oil lying in your face for a long time. 
5. Do it every night. 

Drink Water and Lose Weight

My water bottle (1.5L)

1. 2 glasses after waking up: helps activate internal organs
2. 1 glass 30 minutes before meal: helps digestion
3. 1 glass before taking shower/bath: helps lower blood pressure
4. 1 glass before going to bed: avoid stroke and heart attack

The benefits of drinking water and stay hydrated: source

• Weight loss
• Provide Extra Energy
• Headache cure
• Healthy skin
• Cure digestive problems
• Cleansing and kidney health
• Better exercise

Yes..it's long way for me to actually have a healthy lifestyle but I will try. I will try my best. Take a deep breath. You can do it. Anyway, I actually will also starting my workout routine and will be updating the routine soon. Be sure to stay healthy everyone.

Goodbye Sadness- BTOB (비투비) (Eng/Han/Rom)

Eng: kim8469
Han: http://ilyricsbuzz.com/
Rom: TheXezza

Book Review: Irène by Pierre Lemaitre

"Bastard!" "Who's a bastard?' "Oh, the world is full of bastards, Louis, but that hack from Le Matin, is leagues ahead of the rest." Camille told Louis about his encounter the previous evening.

"What's that?" "A list of wallpaper shops. Specifically those that stock the Dalmatian print." "How far have you got?" " Number thirty-seven." "And?" "And, I'm about to call number thirty-eight." "Obviously."

"It's not much, is it?" "Oh yes, there's one more thing: the letter was posted in Courbevoie, right next to the crime scene. The man's got style.

"Apparently the minister is 'deeply troubled'." "Troubled? A minister? You jest!" "Not at all, Camille. To me, a minister who is deeply troubled is deeply troubling in itself. But ministerial anxiety has practical benefit. Everything we were told was impossible yesterday is now top priority. By this afternoon you'll have a bigger squad room and lot more officers."

안아줄게 (I’ll Hug You)- Standing Egg (Eng/Han/Rom)

Book Review: Stolen by Lucy Christopher

'Camels just make a lot of fuss.' You ran your hand up heck, and spoke gently to her again. Her ears flicked back to listen to you. 'As soon as she understand what we wants, she'll do it. Camels are like that.' I wondered if you thought the same thing about me.

What you did to me wasn't this brilliant thing, like you think it was. You took me away from everything-my parents, my friends, my life. You took me to the sand and the heat, the dirt and isolation. And you expected me to love you. And that's the hardest bit. Because I did or at least, I loved something out there. But I hated you too. I can't forget that.

But what else I can do, other than to plead with you like this? Other than to write down my story,our story, to show you what you've done..to make you realise that what you did wasn't fair, wasn't right.

Book Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Synopsis

After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family...

Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic Coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, The Graveyard Book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages.

Book Review

I've read one of the Neil Gaiman’s book before which is The Ocean at The End of Lane and I love it so much. Thinking of it, make me wanna read the book again. Okay, back to the review of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Obviously I love it so much as I gave this book 5 stars. I really interested in fantasy-mystery children book for adult. Even if the book is indeed for children, I think it suit my taste more. I find that this kind of book is mystery yet fantasy and fairy tale like that I prefer more than young adult fantasy. 

The Graveyard Book starts with a very heart-racing and tear-jerking scene. I was very much rooting for the baby. Bod to be save by the ghost cause his life pretty much destroyed as his family being murdered by Jack. It was sad because he just a baby and I hate that he lost his family just in one night. Fast forward, he then lives with the graveyard family that so interesting and so many things happen in his life while living there. I can vividly see the life he’s been through at the graveyard because of Neil Gaiman’s writing style. Remind me of how much I love his writing style from his previous book that I read. I enjoy having fun and learning new things with Bod. It was excitement in every chapter and to be very honest I can’t really put down this book. I was too eager to know why Jack killed Bod’s family and every detail of the graveyard mystery. I want to know why and what and how. There were so many questions that came out while I was reading this book. I think everyone who read this book will definitely feel the same, like the feeling of wanted to know every single thing to be fully understood the story.

There are too many characters from this book that I love. I love Bod’s ghost parents, Mr and Mrs Owens that have typical over protective parents like. They love Bod as their own son and always giving advice and comfort Bod when he was in trouble. I love how the author portray that even they were ghost they still act and love like human-parents will. I feel like Bod never felt like an orphan because he got Mr and Mrs Owen as his awesome parents ever. Next we have Silas as Bod guardian. He is human being that lives in the graveyard to protect the graveyard. At first, I thought he was like an undertaker or something but he’s not. The graveyard is actually the old graveyard that nobody used anymore so there’s no need for the undertaker to live there. He such a mysterious character as he is the only human that Bod being associated with since the beginning but yet he’s not like any other human. To me who didn't even have any background or knowledge about myth and story about the unseen, it’s quite a new and exciting things. There are so many things that I need to fully understand before get into the next page but I love it. Well, I do know now Silas is not a typical human being he’s a vampire they said. 

However, I do feel a little bit incomplete as the story come to end. I get this same problem when it comes to good book, make me feel unsatisfied as I feel I need more pages or 2nd book. I want to know what happen after the book ends and I want to know how Bod’s doing now. Is he okay? Has he finally found his happy ending? Sigh..

Book Quotes

may contain spoiler

"Does it work? Are they happier dead?" "Sometimes. Mostly, no. It's like the people who believe they'l be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean"

"It's only death. I mean, all of my best friends are dead." "Yes". Silas hesitated. "They are. And they are, for the most part, done with the world. You are not. You're alive, Bod. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, dream anything. If you change the world, the world will change. Potential. Once you're dead, it's gone. Over. You've made what you've made, dreamed your dream, written your name. You may be buried here, you may even walk. But the potential is finished."

"Can't I stay here? In the graveyard?". "You must not," said Silas, more gently than Bod could remember him ever saying anything. "All the people here have had their lives, Bod, even if they were short ones. Now it's your turn. You need to live"

Bod said, "I want to see life. I want to hold it in my hands. I want to leave a footprint on the sand of a desert island I want to play football with people. I want," he said, and then he paused and he thought. "I want everything."

"Leave no path untaken," repeated Bod. "A difficult challenge, but I can try my best". 

Further Reading Suggestion 

The Ocean at The End of The Land

Raining in Amsterdam- Lee Na Rae (Eng/Han/Rom)

p/s: I was googling for a background picture for my lyrics video, and found this funny picture. The caption for this gif is: How we really react when it starts raining - also on a warm spring day in Amsterdam. It's so cute and make me wonder how is the rain there in Amsterdam? So curious.