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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Psychological thriller, Absolutely chilling!

I been reading this awesome book only for three days and it made me wanna read more! this book give me the chill, a creative story with the blind of psychology and drama.. A bizarre and disturbing story, wonderfully told by the author.. really fascinating! Tombs up for Donna Tartt for making such wonderful book.  

From wikipedia:
The Secret History tells the story of a closely knit group of six classics students at a small, elite Vermont college, similar in many respects to Bennington College (in Bennington, Vermont) where Tartt was a student from 1982 to 1986. Tartt's tale has certain parallels with the unsolved case of Bennington art student Paula Jean Welden who vanished while hiking near the college in 1946.
One of the six students is the story's narrator, Richard Papen, who reflects, years later, on the situation that led to a murder within the group, implying such at the outset but otherwise revealing events sequentially. In the opening chapter, as the reader is introduced to Papen, the death of student Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran is revealed, although few details are given initially. The novel undertakes to explore the circumstances and lasting effects of his murder on an academically and socially isolated group of students attending Hampden College in Vermont.
The impact on the students is ultimately destructive, and the potential promise of many young lives is lost to circumstance. It mirrors, in many ways, the notion of a Greek tragedy with fate playing a large part in dictating the very circumstances that lead to an escalation of already fermenting issues.

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Personal Issues, Last year 2009!


My personal problem is lack of concentration and test anxiety. Lack of concentration is because of my bad habit that is grown on me which is always spacing out all the time and thinking too much of random things. i had not able to concentrate on anything even focus in my studies is hard for me to do, that is why i'm having test anxiety. when i take my quiz, i always feel shaky, sweaty and i feel my heart beat fast. and also i'm a little bit stressed to be in deadline with my requirement, but its not overwhelming. so, i decided to seek an advice. i ask my friend for it and she kindly schedules a day for the both of us. it was sunday in the afternoon that we decided to go to church to attend the mass. we were both quiet and listen to the priest attentively. the priest talks about the words of the Lord which is love and peace of mind. after the mass we walk and talk for a while, then go on our separate way. my friend said that i should meditate, so i take her advice and sit quietly with eye close, and repeat it ten times, and talk to the Lord about my problem. i pray our father, hail merry and glory be, repeating it ten times as well as i ask for forgiveness to the people i hurt. God helps me realize my faults, my sin and He ease my problem by giving me hope and courage to face my fear. God give me determination to face all of my challenge. and because of that i will do my best to concentrate on one thing as well as to relax myself, avoid thinking random thought that will not help me and always to be true to myself.