world of my own

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood,
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

*loves *

the colour orange
the sky and the water (:

Monday, September 24, 2007

Amazonia by James Marcus

It was more of a memoir of sorts then an actual informative book about the rise of amazon.com into the internet business. nevertheless it provided fascinating insights of the rise and fall of the importance of the editorial team in the company. it never even occured to me that amazon.com would have an editorial team. I glossed over the middle parts, though. This book also raises some thoughts on the many that made it rich overnight during the dot.com bubble... accidental richness and also the author's struggle with reconciling literature and business. its all from the author's point of view. and all in all, not too bad a read.

Angela's Ashes and 'Tis by Frank McCourt

These two were a more interesting read for me and i had to be pried away from them to revert back to the mundane and dry activity of mugging. Frank McCourt has a very direct and nochalant air when writing that makes the horrifying events he describe funny and more bearable. It made me wonder if the poverty he experienced before during and after the Great Depression is what thousands around the world is experiencing right now. What a sobering thought....

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