Chronicles of Kotsengkuba » Books

Turning Murakami

Noel Cabacungan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:22:39 +0000

English books, i.e. paperback novels, are a little scarce here in the dessert so whenever I’d get a chance to be in a bookstore (where most people would buy gadgets instead of actual books, see previous post), the first thing (…)

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This should explain the hiatus

Noel Cabacungan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:51:53 +0000

Aside from work, the weather and everything else, this should explain the hiatus.

194/695 Camels: Where people buy gadgets more than paperback novels

Noel Cabacungan — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:48:34 +0000

Jarir Bookstore is Saudi Arabia’s largest bookstore chain whose patrons flock the outlets more for consumer electronics rather than school and office supplies and paperback novels. If my calculations are correct, their store inventory has a book and gadget ratio (…)

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Is your child’s school bag too heavy?

Noel Cabacungan — Fri, 27 May 2011 05:54:57 +0000

In the Philippines, it’s already common to see young grade school students carrying huge school bags that could be heavier than them. In order to help ease burdens of school kids, the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) is proposing (…)

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One Slumbook to Rule Them All

Noel Cabacungan — Sun, 15 May 2011 09:55:36 +0000

Spot the hidden Witty: This is CJ, the child wonder, covering his face (and most of his body) with a Carlos Celdran Walk This Way poster inside the La Monja Loca shop at Unit 3A Plaza San Luis, Calle Real, (…)

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