Chí Mỹ's Journal

As I long to improve my English and recently found that input English into my head by any ways I could can make my English naturally improved has changed the way I choose to improve my English. I choose to listen to Effortless English of LearnRealEnglish.com and read books in English. Since I fell in love with reading again from 2008 since the time I was a read-all-the-things-I-can fifteen years old girl. From 2010, instead of Vietnamese books, I inserted some English books into my reading list and make it real. Instead of "How to get rich" Vietnamese books, I now read the famous and sound interesting fiction to non-fiction, from classic to not-classic-at-all books.

The first book I ever read in English is Elizaberth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love", Uyen, a dear friend of mine bought and someday forgot it at my place after her visit. She told me just keep and read it if I like and this turns out to be a really great book to start with. Funny, impressive and like a bunch of warm sunlight that woke the travel desire seed in myself up. It made me believe strongly that I have to travel as much as I can even I dont have much money or time. And the book even mentioned about divorcing and the pain, something I never learnt anywhere. I dont have the book with me now since it belongs to Uyen and she took it back, I'm sure I will buy it and read it again one more time. There are several paragraphs that I found extremely hilarious and nice, and intelligent. And on internet people can find famous quotes from the books too. Ah, and this paragraph will be uncompleted without mentioning the "Eat, Pray, Love" movie. The movie is well made to cover the story, however, can not express all the complicated feelings, fighting, and love of a woman for life and herself. I just can say prefer the books.



The second book I read is WeiHui's "Shanghai baby", which I bought at Incheon Airport on my trip back home on Lunar New Year after realizing I did not pack anything to read on the 5 hours long flight. The book is thin and just the next day I finished reading it. The Shanghai's asmosphere in the book made me more curious about China and their cities. I recognize the Asian female voice of the book and the even the erotic or stressing out part, WeiHui wrote it in a light and sensitive way which I like.

It turns out that this book is made into movie too. I did not watch the movie yet, maybe someday.



And now after "The Lovely Bones", which my husband bought for me at Seoul station when we were waiting for a KTX train to go back to Pohang one day, I am reading "The devil wears Prada" now. I bought this book together with "Forest Gump" long long ago, maybe in 2005 something while they had some English book sale off in Sungkyunkwan University's bookstore. And yes I know, those are turned into phenomental movies too.



Now wish my luck for my reading time, 3 hours everyday, while hanging on bus and subway, stucking among Kimchi-eaters all the way to work and back home and sticking my eyes on these best-seller books.

Mình đang cố gắng tập chép lại những đoạn mình ưa thích từ các quyển sách mình đọc. Cuốn sách thứ 3 mình đọc bằng tiếng Anh là The Lovely Bones, đang đọc đến đoạn cuối cùng. Có nhiều phần miêu tả hay, nhưng mình sẽ chỉ chép lại những đoạn khiến mình cảm động nhất.



Đoạn này lúc mẹ của Susie trở về khi nghe tin ba Susie bị heart attack sau 7 năm rưỡi bỏ nhà đi sống ở miền đất khác vì không chịu nổi cú shock so cái chết của Susie mang lại.

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She held his hand and cried silently, letting the tears come freely.
"Hello, Ocean Eyes," he said.
She nodded here head. This broken, beated man-her husband.
"My girl," he breathed out heavily.
"Jack."
"Look what it took to get you home."
"Was it worth it?" she said, smiling bleakly.
"We'll have to see," he said.
The see them together was like a tenous belief made real.
My father could see glimmers, like the colored flecks inside my mother's eyes-things to hold on to. These he counted among the broken planks and boards of a longago ship that had struck something greater than itself and sunk. There were only remnants and artifacts left to him now. He tried to reach up and touch her cheek, but his arm felt too weak. She moved closer and laid here cheek in his palm.
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Sách được xuất bản vào năm 2002 và được dựng thành phim năm 2009. Nói về một cô bé bị giết hại lúc 14 tuổi và những gì cô nhìn thấy và cảm nhận sau đấy.