BP* 2012: Big John and my passion for reading

Bought this book earlier at National Bookstore (syempre, my favorite hangout sa mall) at P125 only (very affordable noh?). I first knew about Big John last year when John Gokongwei celebrated his 85^th bday but the book was not available to the public then. This year, the family decided to sell it to the public through a children’s book. You also get to help the Gokongwei Brothers foundation by buying one. Interesting! Read about this via the Sunday papers and told myself I will buy this the next time I visit the mall. Today, it is! I encourage you to go get a copy J

 

I have always admired John Gokongwei (yes, even before the Digitel-Sun-PLDT merger, hahaha).  Why? Not because of his business acumen but because of his love for reading which he passed on to his children. I remember being an avid reader of Robina Gokongwei-Pe’s column at Phil Star before and she mentioned in one of her articles that her dad always treated them in their birthdays or during Christmas a visit to bookstores where they can buy all the books they want (wow, pwede ba akong magpa ampon Sir John). With the advent of Kindles and tabs and high-tech phones and 24/7 internet where you can download ebooks anywhere, I remained a fan of reading, reading a hardbound book, that is. Some of my friends send me ebooks (thank you pa rin!) but I still end up buying the hard copy. One of the things in my bucket list is to have a private library at home with my complete collection of books from my favorite authors. Yes, I have a passion for reading and I consider buying books my “latte factor**”.  I make sure though that they are still within the budget.

 

I will read this tonight. I will finish this tonight.

 

So what’s your passion?

 

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Notes:

 

*BP 2012 – my tag for books purchased in 2012 (this is my first time using this tag)

**latte factor – is a term coined by David Bach, a financial author, which refers to things you buy in small amounts but would later be significant if you add them up through the years