The Four-eyed Journal

Nakakalungkot na nakakatawa ang balitang ito, RP Catholic Church ready to hold Latin masses (source) The Philippine clergy is prepared to implement Pope Benedict XVI’s directive that allowed greater freedom for the celebration of the Latin Mass, a Roman Catholic prelate said on Monday. Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Yñiguez said Filipino priests took Latin language courses during their seminary [...]

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I’m an activist, Left-leaning and both a history and science geek so the books I’d be mentioning would be quite heavy or boring for some, especially the light and fiction readers. So in no particular oder… George Orwell’s “The Animal Farm” I was hands down to George’s imagination and story telling talent. It made me understand why my rich schoolmates treated me as such; human when you’re in front of them, but inferior when they are grouped by themselves. Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital”. It was given to me by my grandfather when I was in grade 6. I barely understood the first chapters that’s why I spent the next pre-highschool summer break to read it over again with a thesaurus and dictionary at hand. I entered highschool a changed teenager; idealistic.

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Hmm…some valid points there. It all goes to prove that writers are some of the ‘weirdest’ or eccentric persons in the planet. I admit that I’ve read only 2 books in the Harry Potter series; ‘The Prisoner of Azkaban’ and the ‘Goblet of Fire’ and their corresponding film adaptations and I’m not a big Potter fan but I would certainly be saddened if Harry would indeed die in the last book. What about you? Would like Harry Potter or Hermione or even Ron to die in the last book?

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