Unending hunt for "Atill Alice"

The book "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova is so elusive! I have gone to different bookstores near my place and also in the city but still no luck. I really don't know but I have this big desire in reading it, my instinct tells me it's a great read. I refuse to read reviews about it as I want to surprise myself of the contents. Well, I guess I am the one surprised with how difficult it is to find!

I tried looking over National Bookstore's website and there was it in the listing so I immediately placed my order even I know the shipping fee was expensive. I was elated and I was counting the days to when I receive it. Yesterday, I got a call from their customer service rep and I was saddened with what I heard. "Ma'am, I am sorry but the book Still Alice is already sold out." And because I just woke up from my afternoon nap, I was not able to say anything except, "That's the saddest thing I heard today." I know she was sorry and she was trying to offer me something but I just asked her to refund my payment. 

Last night, finally I decided to browse my ebay and of course I have seen listings of it. Unfortunately, most come from the US and the UK. I am also surprised with the ridiculous shipping fees. I used to buy books from ebay coming overseas but most of them were of free shipping. I eyed on one seller with the cheapest shipping fee but still undecided to whether I will buy it or not. It is because I will be waiting for 25 days for it to arrive. I am thinking, local bookstores might restock it. 

I am torn. LOL!

Book review: The Secret

Way back 2007; I was still working for a foreign company based in my country. It is a kind of call center industry where in we teach non-native English speakers improve their English communication skills.  It was that time I met these two kids named Nikka and Rachel (it’s their English names I gave them). At first it was too difficult to make them focus with our lesson until when I changed my approach. We became friends. I exchanged mails with their mom and I discovered a lot about them.

October 16, 2007; my birthday, I was surprised when the mailman arrived in the office and was looking for me. According to him, I have packages from South Korea. I was wondering from whom the packages are. When I saw these two boxes, it was from the kids. I was so excited to open them. I got a lot of things from them.  The one thing that caught my eye was a small box. It was wrapped beautifully with a ribbon on it. To my surprise, it was a book entitled “The Secret”.  I really don’t have an idea what the book is about. So when I got home, I read it. That was Friday so its fine for me to stay up late since it’s my day off on weekends. I tried to finish the book that night.

I learned a lot from the book. I can say that this book changed my way of thinking.  This book has several ideas that are considered exciting and controversial. It tells about the Law of attraction.

1.     It says in the book that if you focus your attention on achieving your goal and believe that you can do it and you have done it, you will be successful in achieving your goal virtually that you set on your mind to. 
2. If you focus on things that you don’t want and you can’t do, you are actually inviting those things into your life. The secret is you have to think of only the positive things. For example: Instead of saying I don’t want to be late for work, you have to say, I can go to work early. People should stop asking the questions “how” instead say it and put it in your mind that you can do it.
3.   The principle of the Law of Attraction is whatever you focus your energy on, whether it is relationship, possessions, work, and even your health you will be able to achieve good or bad.

This book became controversial. Some people say that this book is anti-religion. It might be because readers would tend to focus on material things alone. But I disagree because it depends on how readers interpret it. 

This book has a lot of secrets to reveal. I am super thankful to Nikka Kim and Rachel Kim for giving me the opportunity to read this.