il Giardino Romantico

【前言】
這一系列的留學文章，最主要的宗旨是記錄我的經驗。但在記錄的過程中，也希望能夠為想要留學的朋友們提供一些訊息，解除一些疑惑或是在做任何選擇方面提供一些方向。

如果你是有想要留學的念頭的朋友：希望你能從我的經驗中得到一些資訊。

謝謝你們的支持！也歡迎你們繼續支持。

上個月生活上有了一些大變動。接下來還在台灣的這幾個月，將會是又緊張、又令人興奮的時刻。有很多事情必須完成。因此對於新家的經營方向，就不多做說明。完全隨著心情更新。

by Alan Armstrong


Any book containing kids and talking animals may very well be classified as 'children's literature'.  But a truly well-written work need to charm not only the young readers, but also older adult readers as well.  Whittington certainly lured two grownups into reading chapter after chapter aloud every night before bed.

by Umberto Eco

If you are able to find satisfaction in reading a contemporary novel, then congratulations.  Because they are of a rare kind.  But if you are able to find the satisfaction of a number of books within one, then that one book must be the diamond among books.  I dare not proclaim Baudolino as such, but it is definitely a rare gemstone.

What you can expect is a tint of the Da Vinci Code and the Historian, but more sophisticated; the legend of King Arthur, but more humor; fairy tales and folk-tales, but much more serious.

  by Elizabeth Kostova

Transylvania, garlic, the cross.  They have one thing in common - vampires.

The Historian is written in a form not unlike our other well-known best-seller The Da Vinci Code.  A mystery awaits to be solved, and ancient secrets are revealed by people seeming least related to them.  One can find action, romance, mystery, death, and of course a slight of humor.  These seem to be the essential ingredients to a successful novel today.

Love Poems
Three Vertical Lines  [written to me by Jason]
Come, My Savior
Wine and Cork
Seasons

By B.K.S. Iyengar

Light on Life is a book no yoga practitioners should ever miss out.   The wise and more than experienced octogenarian shares with us his own stories and gives advice to his yogic readers.  It is full of wisdom, yet just as enjoyable as any other book.  The journey every yogi or yogini has to take may be long and difficult.  This is when the book certainly comes in handy in helping to boost up one's spirituality.

I remember that first asana session after having begun the book.  It was the most delightful session I think I have ever had in my entire yogic experience.  The final resting asana was so profound that it took me a few minutes after to realize that I was back in the real world.  Afterwards, i was physically light and spiritually unbound. 

Here is a list of the earlier book reviews.  Click on the title of the book to read the review posted on my old blog.

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Mrs.Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom