The Road to Bookworm-landia

I first entered school at the age of 2 1/2. Growing up in a tight relationship with my extended family, I was the only one stuck at home then because my cousins were all attending preparatory schools or were already in elementary. So I urged my mom to send me to school for me to get star stamps on my hands, a way for me to show-off my wonderful coloring skills or my extra good performance in school. Meeting other kids sounded appealing too. I remember I was still drinking milk in a bottle then but would only do so at home and not around my "friends" because I thought it wouldn't be cool to be such a baby. Hello, I am schooling! I'm supposed to be cool.

It might be one of the reasons why I sometimes feel that I've been in school for the longest time now. But I don't care, I love being able to learn new things from teachers anyway. Also, being in a classroom welcomed me to more cool things I really appreciated. Yes, I'm talking about books. Although I had my share of books before school, I was awed by the multiple books in the classroom. There were coloring books, story books, shapes and a lot more. I also loved it when my teacher would read some stories to us. I'd get butterflies in my stomach.

So lo and behold, I want to show you the first ever "novel" I asked my dad to buy me, and the first one I finished from cover to cover.

Sweet Valley Kids # 63. And yes, I was introduced to Lila first before the Wakefields.

From then on, I knew reading would be something I'll be doing for the rest of my life. I bought more SVK then and eventually moved on to greater heights and by this I mean more Sweet Valley spin-off series. A little more later, I got hooked with Harry Potter and a lot of young adult fiction. I owe it to my teachers but my English teacher in High School was a favorite. I rarely play favorites on teachers but I felt she knew a lot and she encouraged us, or at least for me, to read more books with substance and not just about something we fancy like teenagers with their boyfriends' fast cars. I wonder where she is now, I mean, Miss Evangelista.

And still a little later, maybe around the present, I try to read some books although I'm a bit disappointed with myself because now I get distracted pretty easily with TV and Internet hence, the middle page-bookmarked books. But at least, although I am not a heavy reader and I am yet to be an official bookworm, I'll try my hardest to continue my passion amidst the enticing world of new media. I hate that I CAN stand hours of just TV, popcorn and a laptop.

Let's all get working.

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Yay yay yay! Almost done with school. A little work more and I'd be there.

I was in the city last night with the family and a dinner with relatives. I'll try to post some pictures but I can't promise really decent ones. The rain practically screwed half the time and I was also wasted come afternoon because I had school too.

Until then. :)