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Thursday, July 28, 2005
Nyahahahaha!! These are only the important details of the first 12 chapters. Don't blame me 'cause I did not make this one.
kabanata 1: sa itaas ng kubyerta
-pag-uusap ni simoun at don custodio tungkol sa pag-ayos ng ilog
-ang pakikialam ni donya victorina
kabanata 2: sa ibaba ng kubyerta
-nagkita sina basilio, isagani at simoun
-nasa ibaba ng kubyerta ang karamihan sa mga indio
kabanata 3: ang mga alamat
-ang alamat ukol kay donya jeronima
-ang alamat ng mapalad na bata
kabanata 4: si kabesang tales
-ipinaglaban ni kabesang tales ang lupang kanyang sinasaka
-nagpa-alipin si juli para matustos ang ama
kabanata 5: ang nochebuena ng isang kutsero
-pagbalik ni basilio sa san diego
-ipingbili ng pamahalaan ang mga pag-aari ni ibarra
kabanata 6: si basilio
-dalawang buwan na lang ay magiging doktor na si basilio
kabanata 7: si simoun
-binisita ni basilio ang puntod ng ina
-naging magkakampi si simoun at basilio
kabanata 8: isang magandang pasko
-pasko at araw ng pag-alis ni juli
-naging pipi si tandang selo
kabanata 9: ang mga pilato
-nakuha ni padre clemente ang lupa ni ka tales
kabanata 10: ang kayamanan
-pinagpalit ni simoun ang kanyang rebolber para sa kwintas ni ma. clara
kabanata 11: sa los banos
-pinag-usapan ang academiya de castillano
kabanata 12: (finally!) si placido penitente
-hindi gustong mag-aral ni placido sa ust
Current mood:  busy Current music: Sleeping With Butterflies
Monday, June 13, 2005
I posted since I'm having a little trouble emailing you guys. Enjoy! XD
Fully Booked is proud to bring you the award-winning "Sandman" author, Neil Gaiman in Manila from July 9-11!
July 9 - Rockwell
July 10 - Greenhills
July 11 - Gateway
BOOK SIGNING GUIDELINES (from Neil):
1) It can be a good idea to call the store first and find out
if they have any specific ground rules. Some do, some don't. Will
they be handing out numbers? Will you have to buy a copy of American
Gods from them in hardback to get prime place in the line or will it
be first come first served? What about books you bought somewhere
else? Can you bring your ferret? (see bottom for Fully Booked's BOOK SIGNING PASS MECHANICS)
2) Get there reasonably early if you can. I'll always try and
make sure that anyone in line during the posted signing times gets
stuff signed. At evening signings I'll always stay and make sure
everyone goes away happy, but on this tour there will be several
places where I'll need to go from a signing to another signing,
so don't cut it fine.
3) You may own everything I've ever written. I'm very grateful.
I'm probably not going to sign it all, so you had better simply
pick out your favorite thing and bring that along.
4) As a rule, I tend to tell stores I'll sign 3 things people
bring with them – plus any copies of the new book you buy (if you
have six brothers or sisters and buy one each, I'll sign them
all). But stores may have their own policies – and we may wind up
changing the rules as we go in order to make sure that everyone gets stuff signed.
5) Eat first. I'm not kidding. If it's a night-time signing
of the kind that can go on for a long time, bring sandwiches or
something to nibble (some signings with numbers handed out may make
it possible for you to go out and eat and come back. Or you may be
first in line. But plan for a worst-case scenario of several hours
of standing and shuffling your way slowly around a store). (If
it's a daytime signing somewhere that a line may snake out of a store into the hot sun, bring something to drink. I always feel guilty when people pass out.)
6) You may be in that line for a while, so talk to the people
around you. You never know, you could make a new friend. I've
signed books for kids whose parents met in signing lines (although to the best of my knowledge none of them were actually conceived there). And while we're on the subject, bring something to read while waiting. Or buy something to read – you'll be in a bookshop,
after all.
7) Don't worry. You won't say anything stupid. It'll be
fine. My heart tends to go out to people who've stood in line for hours trying to think of the single brilliant witty erudite thing that they can say when they get to the front of the line, and when it finally happens they put their books in front of me and go blank, or make a complete mess of whatever they were trying to say. If you
have anything you want to ask or say, just ask, or say it, and if
you get a blank look from me it's probably because I'm slightly
brain dead after signing several thousand things that day.
8) The only people who ever get short shrift from me are the
people who turn up with tape recorders who try and tape interviews
during signings. I won't do them – it's unfair on the other people in the line, and unfair on me (and I was as curt with the guy from
the LA Times who tried it as I am to people who decide on the spur
of the moment to try and tape something for their college paper). If
you want to do an interview, ask the bookstore who you should talk
to in order to set it up.
9) Take things out of plastic bags before you reach me.
Firstly, it speeds things up. Secondly, I once ripped the back off a
$200 comic taking it out of a plastic bag, when the back of the
comic caught on the tape. The person who owned it was very sweet
about it, but tears glistened in his eyes as I signed, and I could
hear him wailing softly as he walked away.
10) Yes, I'll happily personalize the stuff I sign, to you, or
to friends. If it's a birthday or wedding present, tell me.
11) Remember your name. Know how to spell it, even under
pressure, such as being asked. [If you have a nice simple name, like
Bob or Dave or Jennifer, don't be surprised if I ask you how to
spell it. I've encountered too many Bhob's, Daev's and even, once, a
Jeniffer to take any spelling for granted.]
12) No, I probably won't do a drawing for you, because there are
300 people behind you, and if I had to draw for everyone we'd be
finishing at 4.00am – on the other hand, if you're prepared
to wait patiently until the end, I may do it then, if my hand still works.
13) If it means a lot to you, yes, I'll sign your
lunchbox/skin/guitar/leather jacket/wings – but if it's
something strange you may want to make sure you have a pen that writes on strange surfaces legibly. I'll have lots of pens, but they may not write on feathers.
14) At the start of the tour the answer to "Doesn't your hand
hurt?" Is "No." By the end of the tour, it's probably going to be "Yes."
15) Yes, you can take my picture, and yes, of course you can be
in the photo, that's the point isn't it? There's always someone near
the front of the line who will take your photo.
**FULLY BOOKED WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOMEONE HELPING OUT WITH THE
PICTURE-TAKING!
16) I do my best to read all the letters I'm given and not lose
all the presents I'm given. Sometimes I'll read letters on
the plane to the next place. But given the sheer volume of letters and gifts, you probably won't get a reply, unless you do. (On one previous tour I tried to write postcards to everyone who gave me something at the last stop on postcards at the next hotel. Never again.) If you're after a reply or to have me read something, you're much better off not giving it to me on a tour. Post it to me care of DreamHaven books in Minneapolis. (And although things people give me get posted back, on the last tour FedEx lost one box of notes and gifts, and on the tour before that hotel staff lost or stole another box. So smaller things I can put into a suitcase are going to be more popular than four-foot high paintings done on slabs of beech wood.)
17) No, I probably won't have dinner/a beer/sushi with you after
the signing. If it's a daytime signing I'll be on my way to
the next signing; and if it's an evening signing I'll be heading back to my hotel room because I'll be getting up at six a.m. to fly to the next city. If there actually is any spare time on the tour it will have been given to journalists, and if there's any time on top of that old friends will have started e-mailing me two or three months before the tour started to say "You'll be in the Paphlagonian
Barnes and Noble on the 23rd. That's just a short yak-hop from my yurt. We must get together," and would have got themselves put on the schedule. (Still, it never hurts to ask.)
18) If you can't read what I wrote, just ask me. After a couple
of hours of signing my handwriting can get pretty weird.
19) If I sign it in silver or gold, give it a minute or so to
dry before putting it back in its bag or closing the cover,
otherwise you'll soon have a gold or silver smudge and nothing
more.
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NEIL GAIMAN BOOK SIGNING PASS MECHANICS :
1. From June 15-July 11,2005, for a purchase of ONE Neil Gaiman
graphic novel or TWO Neil Gaiman books in any Fully Booked (The
Powerplant Mall, Gateway Mall and the Promenade Greenhills -soon to
open), Bibliarch (Glorietta, Waltermart (Pasong Tamo)) or
Sketchbooks (Greenbelt) store, you will get a book signing pass.
2. You can use the book signing pass in any of the book signing
venues (July 9 in Fully Booked Rockwell, July 10 FB Greenhills, July
11 FB Gateway).
3. The pass will entitle you to have two items signed by Neil.
Every person in each book signing can have max of 2 passes (equals
to 4 items). Should you have more than 2 passes, you can go to the
end of line after your turn or use the passes in other book signings.
4. Each pass has a one-time validity. (It will be marked and
returned to you so you can keep it as a souvenir)
5. Each pass will have a corresponding raffle ticket too, with a
chance for you to have dinner with Neil Gaiman on July 11, 2005!
Yes, it's a little long but please read it. It's for the sake of meeting Neil Gaiman! Lols.
Current mood:  excited Current music: Thank You For by Echizen Ryoma
Saturday, June 4, 2005
::grin::
I haven't updated right? Well, I finally did! Aren't you guys happy?
I don't feel like updating since I don't like to write what I feel and show it to the public. ::shifty eyes::
Well, since I'm in CWJ, I better get used to it. Stupid elective. I asked so many times if I could change but unfortunately, I'm going to be stuck in hell for the rest of the year with that witch. And on top of that, she's my adviser! (I'm not sure yet, buy my former adviser told me that >__<)I want to strangle her to death.
Oh damn. I remember my dream about her killing my best friend. I hope it's not a bad sign. I hate having those kind of nightmares.
::sigh:: I wonder if they released already the dvd of Trinity Blood? I'm getting obsessed.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/SilverEtude/abelesther.jpg
I love this pic! ::swoon: I wish I was Esther ::grin::
Current mood:  bitchy Current music: Dress (Bloody Trinity Mix) by Buck-Tick
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