My view on young adult living with his parents

Young adults living with their parents seemed to be normal thing when i was a child or teenager. Why would anyone want live separately from their parents was my view on the subject. If you are living with your parents even you get old seemed prosperous life because your mama can always cook, you get to be with your papa always. Many children must have thought the way i do when still adolescent. When i entered college, one talkative friend shared his opinion of why living under same roof with your parents is a disaster. I did not take it seriously. I suppose i was way too gullible; I did not go out at nigh much, i kept my distance from bad boys and always took full salary to folks. But, now that i am adult i realize that they like take part in my daily chores to life goals. It is one thing to honor your parents and heeding their advice but living life the way they like is different matter. Suppose that you and your wife saved some money on buying your first wedding rings and your parents insisting that rings are not that important. What if they said they would only want the baby and want you guys go overseas without your own child. Families must be separated, each family tending to their own tasks at hand. That is the way it was, the way it should be.

Momo

Plot of the Book
In the ruins of an amphitheatre just outside an unnamed city lives Momo, a little girl of mysterious origin. She came to the ruin, parentless and wearing a long, used coat. She is illiterate and can't count, and she doesn't know how old she is. When asked, she replies, "As far as I remember, I've always been there." She is remarkable in the neighbourhood because she has the extraordinary ability to listen — really listen. By simply being with people and listening to them, she can help them find answers to their problems, make up with each other, and think of fun games. The advice given to people "go and see Momo!" has become a household phrase and Momo makes many friends, especially an honest, silent street-cleaner, Beppo, and a poetic, extroverted tour guide, Guido.

This pleasant atmosphere is spoiled by the arrival of the Men in Grey, eventually revealed as a race of paranormal parasites stealing the time of humans. Appearing in the form of grey-clad, grey-skinned, bald men, these strange individuals present themselves as representing the Timesavings Bank and promote the idea of "time saving" among the population: Supposedly, time can be deposited to the Bank and returned to the client later with interest. After encountering the Men in Grey, people are made to forget all about them but not about the resolution to save as much time as possible for later use. Gradually, the sinister influence of the Men in Grey affects the whole city: life becomes sterile, devoid of all things considered time-wasting, like social activities, recreation, art, imagination, or sleeping. Buildings and clothing are made exactly the same for everyone and the rhythms of life become hectic. In reality the more time people save the less they have; the time they save is actually lost to them. Instead, it is consumed by the Men in Grey in the form of cigars made from the dried petals of the hour: lilies that represent time. Without these cigars the Men in Grey cannot exist.

 

Momo, however, is a wrench in the plans of the Timesaving Bank thanks to her special personality. The Men in Grey try various plans to take care of her, derailing her from stopping their scheme, but they all fail. When even her closest friends fall under the influence of the Men in Grey in one way or another, Momo's only hope to save the time of mankind is the personification of Time Professor Secundus Minutus Hora (Second Minute Hour) and Cassiopeia, a tortoise which can communicate through writing on her shell and can see thirty minutes into the future. Momo's adventure will take her from the depths of her heart, where her own time flows from in the form of lovely hour-lilies, to the lair of the Men in Grey themselves, where the time people believe they save is hoarded.

Adaptations

Momo was made into a film of Italian/German production in 1986, in which Michael Ende himself played a small role as the narrator who encounters Professor Hora (performed by John Huston) at the beginning of the film (and at the end of the book). The role of Momo was performed by German actress and model Radost Bokel. Trailer 

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Waiting review by Paul

First i was doubtful and hesitant when this book was at hand. So after delaying it for up to three or four days i gave it shot. It was light, even easy read. the simplicity of language and i had before-hand impression that all Asian-American authors write in typically enjoyable and plain language. So it was just like that. I was like man, with this i could have taught myself or any other eager beavers English - the prose was that easy to read. Ok, enough with the babbling about the language.

The book begins Chinese medical officer wanting to divorce his well, not-so-pretty-sight wife after more than dozen years of loveless marriage. The husband was slim build and by universal standard bookworm with glasses(like me). Obviosly he was highly edcucated and moral also little bit shy person. The wife, on the other hand, country girl(old woman) with simple mind who is always occupied with farm work. However, one very big difference was that she loved her husband unconditionally; i truly felt sorry for her. For heaven's sake, Lin her arrogant cold husband refused to sleep together, not even in same room.

To begin with, the husband was introduced to her country wife by their parents who insisted they should marry. Lin, the husband was reluctant to that arranged marriage, but back then who could oppose their parents in Chinese culture. i could only imagine that how this scholarly person had to put up with a woman who looked like his mother and had bound feet(feet size of 5 year old's). It must had had been hell. Because of her appearance, he had destroyed every chance to to be seen in presence of her outside their village, and town is clearly no go area.

Considering these conditions, you must put yourself in his shoes and see it from his point of view when he fell in love with another woman outside the village. Why, because he was medical officer and his job was in town so that he was to stay 98% of year at work allowing only two weeks back at the village home. This half adulterous life of the man continued several years. In china, back in time married couple were forbidden to divorce unless there were a few exceptional cases. Divorce was only permissible if one was caught red-handed doing it or he or she dies.

After 18 years of waiting, the man finally divorced his faithful wife. Then, he married his mistress throwing mediocre wedding celebration. Life was fine at first happy relieving and content. But when his new wife got pregnant, all hell broke loose. He realized he did not truly love any woman, neither of the two wives. Not long after, he wanted escape from responsibility of being father and being caring husband. Quarrels became common thing between the newly weds. The husband stayed up late spending time with female students of his daughter's age while wife waiting until two or three doing housework and worried-sick about her husband.

The main character Lin, a father of three child, a husband of two wives, finally had epiphany that his former wife was far better, but decision was too late now that he is already married man. He learned he only waited for the sake of waiting. Two things common for the miserable wives were that they both loved their husband from bottom of their heart and sadly neither received nothing related to love.

Waiting - Ha Jin

William Shakespeare

Олонд түгсэн зохиолын зохиогчид

Олонд түгсэн зохиол гэдэгт баталгаат эх сурвалжаас авсан тоогоор багадаа 100 сая хувиар хэвлэгдэн зарагдсан зохиолуудыг оруулсан байна . Гэвч энэ нь бүрэн жагсаалт биш юм. Учир нь Miguel de Cervantes, Alexandre Dumas, père, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Jack Higgins, Victor Hugo, Jules Verne гэх мэт зохиолчдын бүтээл мөн 100 саяас илүү хувиар хэвлэгдсэн гэж үздэг ч яг тодорхой тоо үгүй тул доорх жагсаалтанд ороогүй байна. Мөн комик номын зохиолчид ороогүй.

Зохиолчид:

• William Shakespeare 
• Agata Christi
• Barbara Cartland
• Danielle Steel
• Harold Robbins
• Georges Simenon
• Sidney Sheldon
• Enid Blyton
• Dr. Seuss
• Gilbert Patten
• J.K. Rowling
• Leo Tolstoy
• Jackie Collins
• Horatio Alger Jr
• R.L Stine
• Corin Tellado
• Dean Koontz
• Alexander Pushkin
• Stephen King
• Louis L Amour
• Erle Stenley Gardner
• Jin Yong
• Jiro Akagawa
• Janet Dailey
• Nora Roberts гэх мэт зохиолчид багтсан байна.

Best life diet

Зохиогч Bob Greene фитнесийн дасгалжуулагч бөгөөд Oprah Winfrey-ийн шоунд оролцож олонд танил болсон. Энэ номонд "та яагаад илүүдэл жинтэй байгаа вэ", "жингээ хасах гээд яагаад чадахгүй байгаа" гэх мэт асуултууд асууж хариулт болгон жингээ зохицуулах 3 үе шатат зөвлөгөө өгсөн байна.


1-р шат

• багадаа 4 долоо хоног зарцуулна
• илүү хөдөлгөөнтэй байх, хоолны шинж чанарыг өөрчлөхөд төвлөрнө
• эдгээр зүйлсийг багтаасан: унтахаас 2 цагийн өмнө хооллох, алькоголийн хэрэглээг багасгах, илүү идэвхтэй байх.

2-р шат

• Багадаа 4 долоо хоног
• 1-р шатанд сурсан дадлаа бэхжүүлнэ
• Өлсөж байгаагийн бие махбодь сэтгэлзүйн учир шалтгаанд хандах
• Хоолны орцны хэмжээнд төвлөрөх
• Өөрийн хооллодог асуудалтай, ашиггүй 6 хүнснээс татгалзах

3-р шат

• Aмьдралын цаг хугацаа
• 1, 2-р үе шатанд сурснаа бэхжүүлж илүү хөдөлгөөнтэй, ашиггүй хүнснээс татгалзаж илүү эрүүл хооллож сурах талаар тус тус тодорхой сонирхолтой бичсэн байна. 

"Babyville" by Jane Green review

Babyville is spectacular novel exploring world of three London girls reaching motherhood and how it affects each of them differently. Having read first time, i enjoyed the triumph in the end after all the heartbreaking break-ups, misunderstanding, humiliation and yearnings to have different life. 

Julia, journalist working London's big time television company having successful career and married to heart throbbing rugged lawyer, in other words living a perfect life except just one thing. She was unhappy and her life was dull going through same cycle everyday compared to cheerful partying life she had before she met with Mark, her boy friend for 4 years. She was outgoing, independent, sociable, and extrovert liked to be surrounded by people all the time but now she is temperamental loner with full of mess. It was affecting Mark just as badly as Julia. She wanted to have baby with her partner to save their broken relationship even if it is unfair for a unborn child. They tried desperately and tirelessly to have a child but it just did not happen. Maybe it is time for them to pick up a spoon and try different flavors or maybe not.

Maeve, also journalist who coincidentally replaced Julia's post because she was taking sabbatical trying for baby. She puts career before anything else. She is used to sleeping with a man in authority to have a promotion. Having grown without father, she looked up to her mother for role model and a best friend. She was master at seducing man and using it for her advantage too.However, the turning point came just when she was aiming for CEO of the Television company. She became pregnant from Mark, Julia's boyfriend, after having chat one or two hours in bar. It was either accidental and not planned for they had instant passion for each other at the moment. The baby was a last thing on Maeve's mind and she is planning an abortion but should she tell Mark that he is a father? and How would Mark react when he knows he had a baby with someone other than Julia?

Sam is small plump woman who likes to laugh loud(sorry for poor description). Sam is graphic designer and just took maternity leave from work when she gave birth to George, likes to call him GeorGenius. Actually her newborn son was only thing holding the relationship with his husband. She was fed up with him for being boring and not charming and on top of all earning exactly same wage when she married with him 6 years ago. Suddenly, she met Dan, tall, handsome and wealthy married journalist in newspaper. He melted her heart first time she saw him. She fantasized about kissing him and irresistibly attracted to him. After meeting him couple of times she schemes a plan get together with Dan and divorce her yet-to-be-ex-husband Chris. But is it really worth it? Is Dan thinking same things as Sam's? Can he be really as good as he looked?