Tag: Book

• The Virtues of Boredom: An Interview (The Atlantic)

  A reflective interview with Mary Mann about the virtues of boredom

  valsaksornchai

  May 14, 2017

  Curiosities, Life, Mind, Psychology, Self

  adulthood, Book, boredom, control, Julie Beck, Mary Mann, teenage, War

• Second-time Writer

  

  I’m probably as bad as writing excerpts as I am at writing short messages. Do read on for further explanation.

  valsaksornchai

  April 16, 2017

  Self, Traveling, Writing

  Book, card, Friend, postcard, travel, Writing

• Catch-22

  

  I have a confession to make: I am addicted to Catch-22. It is like a drug, a brain drug. And I just cannot get enough of it. I’ve blogged about it here. I’m reading what I wrote now. Interesting – I didn’t mention that I’d lost the book. I wonder why. Also, why is my writing so effusive!?…

  valsaksornchai

  October 5, 2014

  Cities, Humour, London, Reading, Traveling

  addiction, beach, Berlin, Book, brain, Catch-22, confusion, drug, ending, Europe, first-edition, Funny, happy ending, Harry Potter, healthy, Hope Street Hotel, Joseph Heller, Liverpool, London, loss, lost, Millennium, page-turner, Paris, quicksand, sarcasm, satire, Soviet war memorial, story, travel, Treptower Park, War, wit, World War II, Yossarian

• Afternoon at a Café

  

  I was pretty conflicted about putting this café up on my blog (reviewer’s dilemma). But meh. Good things should be shared. 🙂 Also, it’s not like my blog is read by that many people. Ha-ha. (bitter laughter) Nah, I’m not complaining. And yes, do check this place out if you live in/happen to pass by Bangkok!…

  valsaksornchai

  March 1, 2014

  Bangkok, Photography, Reading, Thailand

  afternoon, bacon, Bangkok, Book, Cafe, Coffee, Dumas, Japanese, Les Trois Mousquetaires, Lunch, modern, poached egg, relaxation, salad, Thailand, trees

• How Not To Worry: A 1934 Guide to Mastering Life (Maria)

  I’m finding interesting parallels between Maria’s “How Not To Worry: A 1934 Guide to Mastering Life” and this TED talk I posted earlier today. Maybe there is a higher wisdom after all.

  valsaksornchai

  January 9, 2014

  Curiosities, Humour, Learning, Life, Mind, Psychology, Random, Self

  1934, Book, Brainpickings, Dan Gilbert, guide, how to, James Gordon Gilkey, Life, Maria Popova, master, ripped, TED, vintage finds, worries, worrying, You Can Master Life

• Val’s Wish List

  We’ve been together for a little over a month. The arrogant blogger that I am, I decided to make a wish list of books that I really want to read. In the (vain) hope that someone might like to offer to lend them to me. (The list of books that I merely want to read would go on…

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  January 1, 2014

  Reading

  Book, Edward Frenkel, Mathematics, Shopping