not just an ordinary game.
suddenly, i was in a purely white place. i don’t know where in the world i was. everything’s completely white except me and a thousand feet solid structure right in front of me. i was holding my journal and my favorite pen wearing my favorite shorts and top with a beautiful brown body bag which i have never seen before. i was in a good mood. the structure is made of yellow-colored bricks saying… 2008. a 2008 big solid structure. i was awfully struck how weird it was and then after a few moments, i observed that there’s a colorful sparkling hole on the second zero. i smiled. this is fun, i thought. jesus was standing right beside me and god was up there, watching me. jesus smiled and gave me a wooden stool so that i could climb into the big solid zero and enter into the magical hole. i climbed up into the stool and it suddenly elevated, like magic. that’s how i entered into the magical and mysterious year ahead. that how i started my game, my maze, my life.
this isn’t one of my dreams, dear. it’s just my pure stupid imagination. but i know it’s a kick-ass.
i don’t know how good or great my year will be but i know it won’t be bad. yes, bad things may happen but they won’t make a big change in my game. i know it will be friggin’ good.
this is a must-read part of this post.
solitaire mystery.
i have been reading this book of jostein gaarder for so many times. i love gaarder’s works. i would trade anything just to have one of his books that i haven’t read yet. jostein gaarder lives in norway. there are only few books that were translated in english and it’s so hard to find his books here in the philippines. if you have heard of sophie’s world, that is one of his best works.
solitaire mystery is about the journey of a father and a child who travels from norway to greece. they wanted to make a person who’s missing in their family to come back home, a mother.
a dwarf in switzerland gave the child, named Hans, a magnifying glass. the following day, a baker gave him buns with the sticky-bun book in it.
the sticky-bun book contains a story about the magical goldfishes, the rainbow fizz, the magical island and how Frode’s playing cards burst into life.
here’s one of the best part of the book:
there are 52 playing cards in each set, 1 year = 52.177457 weeks
7 x 52 = 364
52 weeks=365 days.
in every set of playing cards sold, they include two jokers. one joker adds one day to a whole year which makes it 365. the other joker will only add one day every leap year when we have 29 days in the month of February. the 29th day is the Joker day.
again. 2 jokers. the first joker adds one day to a common year which makes it 365. during leap year, the second joker will add one day which makes it 366 days. maybe that’s why we have two jokers in a pack of playing cards.
if you add all the symbols in a suite together, you get 91. ace is one, king is thirteen, queen is twelve– and so on. then yes, that is 91.
91 x 4= 364.
364 symbols in a pack of cards plus the joker is 365. we have 365 days in a year. during a leap year, we have 366 days in a year and that’s the time when the second joker will come into the picture.
i know it is freakin’ crazy. when i first read the book, i was really shocked.
this is an example of a way in which people are not able to interpret the signs that are right in front of their nose. - Han’s father.
in the book, this is just one of the most exciting parts of it. there’s also more… hahaha. i don’t want to spoil more, just go to the bookstore and good luck on finding it (if you just want to).
gyk (JAYK) is currently residing at angeles city, pampanga here in the philippines, she's also taking up BS Nursing at AUF. she's 18 y/o and doesn't care with her grammar. she is proud to say that she's in a relationship with a wonderful guy. she loves sweets (but who doesn't?) and coffee. internet and watching dvds makes her boredom get out of her way. she is addicted to tv series like gossip girl, OTH and house, m.d. music soothes her. she barely send sms/text messages. she just only text her bf. ;). she loves critics, it's either she'll take it positively or laugh about it. she lives her life the way she wants it to be. for her, nothing beats spending time with her loved ones and lastly, she sees to it that god is always on the top of her list. 
oh no! HAHA.
mukhang gusto kong basahin yan ah!
patay tayo jan. dagdag na naman sa wishlist. hehehe.
Happy New Year Ate!
January 1st, 2008 at 8:48 am
i like this post..
that wasn’t a stupid imagination
it was full of sense.. creatively written..
hmm i always like your post anyway
kaya nga nagunaw ang mundo ko nung magpaalam ka once..lol (exagge lang) haha
i wanna read this, wala kayang e-book nito..
January 1st, 2008 at 9:13 am
@ noime: hahaha. i hope you’ll have the chance to read it! uber ganda.
happy new year too dear!
January 1st, 2008 at 9:15 am
wow! thank you sa comment. uber. i was really touched and.. basta.. really. thank you.
hirap kasing maghanap ng ebooks ni jostein gaarder eh. hmmmp
January 1st, 2008 at 9:17 am
imagination is never stupid.
teka
ang creepy nung
…
aaargh
creepy
January 1st, 2008 at 11:35 am
@xienahgirl: yes. no it is not..
which one is creepy? hmmm.
January 1st, 2008 at 12:54 pm
You have a very creative imagination. I’ve never read his books but I’ve heard about them. Happy New Year.
January 1st, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Happy new year!
January 1st, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Yes, it was kick-ass. And it wasn’t stupid. I’m sure you’re going to rock 2008! =)
Wow, that book sounds really interesting. I hope I can get my hands on one, then I’ll let you know if I got to read it. Hehe. Happy New Year, GYK!
January 1st, 2008 at 5:41 pm
wah bakit ganun? parang natatakot ako! HAHA XD
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:01 am
nako.. i so wanna read that book! i’m reading sophie’s world eh. pero di ko matapos kasi laging natatakpan with busy school stuff. hopefully mabasa at matapos ko na siya.
btw, super ganda ng intro sa entry mo! wicked imagination!
akala ko nga nung una, dream mo yun. hehe. happy ‘08 gyk! 
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:03 am
I’ve read Sophie’s World!
Hehe. What are his other works? 
Mukhang gusto ko rin basahin to.
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:53 am
That was pretty good story. I wish you a great 2008 and I bet you will have one with the mind like yours. Great site.
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
Cool, I’ll try to find it
January 4th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
astig. hehe! ang galing… parang gusto ko narin basahin un.
January 5th, 2008 at 5:22 am