Six Month!

How I Write

Alternative between Writebox and Google Doc

What I Worked on and Am Working On

I submitted 3 stories on late February since the last monthly update. 1 of them are flash fictions(under 1000 words), 2 are short fictions (About 2500 words) (1 of the flash fiction and 1 of the short fiction were rejected earlier by others and I submitted to another place).

Currently working on a piece that's going to Tor.com, I'm seeing it to well over 10,000 words (Currently around 9,500 words) And will set it dry for about a week or two before revising and editing for final submission.

Currently drafting an idea for the monthly fiction submission to The New Yorker Magazine.

Currently drafting an idea for a flash fiction story.

Why I Write

I write to liberate myself from the world I lived in.

Where I Write

In my own room in front of the Acer C720 Chromebook. 

And other imaginary spaces I conjured upon writing.

Who Motivated Me This Month

Ernest Hemingway, see below

What Am I Reading

Read only three books since the last update because Moby Dick is long and difficult to digest, I still don't think I have got more than one percent from the book, may reread it someday. For more about what I've read, please visit my reading list.

1. Moby Dick; or, the White Whale by Herman Melville[22/02/2014] 
2. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway[26/02/2014] 
3. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway[02/03/2014]

Currently reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Just started so, yeah, looking forward to finish it in the coming week. And since it's quite a short read (Kindle estimated it be about 3 hours based on my reading speed), I guess I'll be jumping on the The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling for this week as well, as part of the weekly reading goal.
P.S. : Ernest Hemingway totally rocks, he maybe drunk, but he's not your typical drunkard.


Am I studying

Obviously YES.
I am currently enrolled into 1 MOOC(Massive Open Online Course) provided byedX, and I believe much more to come this year.

Jazz Appreciation

I've also picked up a new language to master this year and is currently advancing my German on Duolingo!
Auf Wiedersehen

Some more courses coming in January 2014.
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It has been a fruitful sixth month, I've written roughly 20,000 words.

~17000 words short fictions, ~3000 words blog and other writings.

And you may expect to see some clip art for some of my previous ideas and concept from a friend of my who might just give it a try, but again, no promise.

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Carpenter

My old man was a carpenter, and so was his father, my grandfather. They were young once but they were steady and hardworking and trustworthy. They had built great many houses for the common folks around the now greater Philadelphia areas, and their names were reputable among the carpenters secret association.

Grandpa had taught me how to do the handiwork when I was just six. I remembered being ugly to him whenever he pushed me to do the wood trimming and steel bending. I hated the work though I dreaded through it every time. My attention to details had him impressed and made my old man proud once, but as I grew up, they same praise never came. I would help out my dad's construction whenever I had time, not that I was that much into school nor did I had a good grade, I was never fit for the books. It was hard work that paid, my old man used to say. So during every school holiday or even just a few hours after school, I would be at whatever project, houses that he was working on. And since almost everyone at work knew me because of my father and grandfather, I never felt the isolation or being treated as a newcomer, an incompetent piece of trash. Instead I would really help out with what I can do at my age.

When I was younger, I would just help the worker with passing the base materials and maybe ran a few errand of water and foods and towels, and sometimes be a messenger to pass invitation to folks around town. I grew up to be as stocky as my grandpa, and my old man was said to be ranking the third in the family in the body build meter. His older brother was the second. And grandpa and I were the first. And as I had the power, I began to do the heavy lifting and nail banging when I was just twelve. I was not a kid to them anymore and I was being treated much harsh. My old man had high standard to his work and I compiled to his demand. But all the time I grew more and more tired of this work. I hated it, I had always hated it growing up.

At seventeen, I dropped high school and went out with a few friends to New York, and spent a year chasing our dreams and later opened a bar in a favorable location. We were lucky and I had earned quite a lot at first as one of the associated partners, and I had sent almost a third of what I earned every month to my mother, which I later found out she had saved every penny I sent in a bank account.

But every story had to had a sordid end, as with every friendship. Let's just said that our partnership faced an unsolvable problem and we had a huge fight and that broke us apart after the shop was just two years and a half. For another year I littered around the city with my remaining savings, I didn't sent money to my mother during that period. I had moved from a studio apartment from the upper east side which our partnership shared, to a tiny apartment in downtown near the Chinatown. I didn't took up a job or did anything for that matters. I just wasted it in bars and clubs and girls.

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SumFought: Hannibal Season 2 Premier

The best psychopath thriller is now back on TV every Friday Night on NBC at 1o PM. You can catch it on Hulu for free like most NBC shows.

So, Will Graham is back, and the same is with Dr. Hannibal Lecter. And just as I was watching the premier, I suddenly realized why they named it Will, or at least I think they did it because of the pun. It was from the dialogue between Agent Jack Crawford and Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

Dr. Hannibal Lecter: "We can't define Will only by his maddest edges."
Agent Jack Crawford: "We can't define Will at all."

See what they did there? They're putting a larger ideology into five seconds, on TV, that flashes and possibly goes down the drain without even seeing the light of day. Which also lead us to the artistic style, the cinematography that the show Hannibal continue to adopt. The darker and dim color, a world portrayed as a lifeless environment, only a specific bunch could exist under the focused lens. And it also brought up the blurred background and the impressive post-production.

And while Will was still imprisoned and much desperate to liberate himself as he drew closer to the lost memory of Hannibal, he continued to help the investigation just as the previous season, though in a much less comfortable position as a presumed psychologically insane.

And since it's the premier of season 2, the show again, displayed its intrigue sequence and unconditioned love to violence and blood and gore. It was the opening scene where Agent Jack Crawford fought against Dr. Hannibal Lecter. And man, isn't it just great to see them hit it off and bring it down to the fists and knife and tie and let the unsolved begone and resolve the hate in a mash of blood?

And if you had been following Hannibal season 1, you'll notice that the delicious foods prepared by our very own Dr. Hannibal Lecter continued to shine and twinkle. The guy who prepared these food backstage, behind the camera absolutely deserve a big round of applause. (I don't think Mads Mikkelsen, the guy who plays Dr. Hannibal Lecter could pull it off all by himself). It must be someone with extensive knowledge of food, either by research or gathered from travel.

And, if you are not with Hannibal for the last season, a huge chance is that you will miss quite a bit of information before Will was locked in a cell. But if you are intrigued merely by the violence, then welcome to the feast, Hannibal.

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