Category: Books
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Reading: Sanshirō
“(S)he was still twelve or thirteen, exactly as I had seen her twenty years before, ‘You haven’t changed at all,’ I said to her, and she said, ‘You’re so much older than you were.” – It took me a while to start and complete reading this book. I always judge a book by its first…
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Reading: The Shadow of the Wind
Two nights ago I stayed up until four in the morning, because of a book. This hasn’t happened in a while. I’ve been reading books – and have tried really hard to push myself to consistently read – but few had really kept me pull an all-nighter this way. This book had made me wanted…
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Tentang: Membaca
“I can not live without books.” – Thomas Jefferson, 10 Juni 1815. — Saya berdiri membaca penjelasan panjang di bawah kutipan itu selama setidaknya 15 menit. Di balik kaca tempat teks itu ditempelkan ada rak melingkar yang dibuat menyerupai perpustakaan asli Thomas Jefferson. Sepanjang lima belas menit berdiri di sana dan dua jam mengelilingi (yang bisa…
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Reading: Uncle Tungsten

I’ve been following Oliver Sacks ever since a friend of mine introduced me to Radiolab three years ago. He became a regular source for many of their episodes and I grew to fall in love with this guy. He became my muse thanks to his personal yet articulate explanation on science. Sacks had written…
