Tell Me How Books Helped You Succeed and I'll Give You Free Books.

Hello, friends. Thanks for dropping by my site.
To celebrate my four years in the book publishing industry, I plan to give away two free books.

Here are the mechanics:

1. Write about how books have helped you succeed (in life, work, love, etc).
2. Be honest; no fiction please. No limit to word count but entries must be in English.
3. You can send them as a reply to this blog post, as a comment on my Facebook link, or as a private message through email (jules dot yap [at] hotmail dot com).
4. Please help spread the word.
5. If you were chosen as the winner, you must promise me you will read the free book (or give to someone who will) =).

Two winners will be chosen randomly and they will receive these books:

Creative Writing and Art History

Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium Digital Classroom

I will ship the books to the winners' mailing address via normal post but overseas recipients may have to bear some custom charges or taxes.

Thanks and I really look forward to reading your entries. ^_^

Because life comes in daily doses...

BLOG writing has been neglected. Apologies to my three avid readers. But there hasn't been

photo nicked from guardian.co.uk

any exciting thing to write about recently.
What would you do when the everyday grind leaves you exhausted, when work becomes stale, when the most adventurous thing you could do is take a selfie, when aging manifests itself in so many body parts, when most of your prayers go unanswered, and when certain things you used to look forward to stop giving you the tickles?

Well, here are the things I'm planning to do:
1. Recharge by doing something significant for someone.
2. Be grateful for the blessings that work gives me.
3. Exercise to release endorphins.
4. Wait patiently while humming a tune.
5. Bask in the glory of my youth or at least what remains of it.
6. Enroll in a course for self-development.
7. Get over myself and refresh others.

What about you? What would you do during this season?
Hope we come out more motivated and inspired to take that daily dose (whether it may be of lemons or cherries).

Have a great weekend, everyone! =)