"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up..."

The other day I was reading some book, and this African poem came up...

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the fastest cheetah, or it will be
killed.
Every morning in Africa, a cheetah wakes up.
It knows it must outrun
the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.
It doesn't matter whether you're a gazelle or a cheetah -
when the sun comes up, you'd better start running.

I suppose most people at some time or other would have heard or read it (apparently, it was used in a Nike ad campaign in the US some time ago).

But I thought it was very good verse, considering the increasingly dog-eat-dog world we live in today. Or shall i say, cheetah-eat-gazelle world...

Stuff That Is Distracting Me From Reading More

Stuff that distracts me from reading more.

TV.
Blogging.
Reading blogs.
My classes and homework.
Standard 7 hours of sleep daily.
And then there’s that little thing called work.

I sometimes wish there is just an extra 60 minutes to every day.

The Times Bookshop Warehouse Sale!

While most of you may still be suffering from the after-effects of the Pay Less Warehouse Sale last weekend, Times Bookshop is having their own starting today. Yesterday was their preview sale for members only.

I remember the last sale was held just only a few months ago in City Square KL, still have unread books from that sale! Might give this one a miss...

Date: 16th Sept - 24th Sept 2006
Time: 12pm - 8pm (weekdays) 10am - 8pm (weekends)
Contact: 012-608 3569
Venue: 2nd Floor, Dataran Hamodal, Block A, (same street as F&N Dairies), Jln Bersatu 13/4, Seksyen 13, 46200, PJ (see map below)

Currently Reading

This is the book I’m reading at the mo.

I just started, long way to go. Most of you would have heard of it from somewhere or someone, it’s the highest selling non-fiction book somewhere some time ago.

In it’s own words, its about “the globalization world in the 21st century”, not postulating some controversial new theory in geography or cartography. It’s quite good, albeit in the first few chapters the author repeats himself a little too much to emphasize the basic principles.

Review will be out when I finish it. Sooner or later.