…that when I decided to write a blog again, blogs are now banned in China. Geez! What is the world getting into? It is not as if ALL people write subversive stuffs or damning facts about where I am. Truth be told, China should undo this ban - after all, they already unblocked Wikipedia after a considerable time of blocking it here.
Weird. This is weird, but hey, this is one those things when one can say "Only in China!". 
Harry Potter. I read all books. I read books 1 to 7 and each book invokes an intense longing for me to live the life of any of the characters in their world. I rather be a witch or a wizard if their world truly exists.
Wistfully, I can be Hermione or Ginny. I will not mind being Mrs. Weasley either, for her stance and for what she said to Bellatrix at the beginning of their duel is something I will more than say if I was in her shoes. (spoiler alert: the last word of her sentence rhymes with the word witch!)
Ultimately though, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is my favorite of the series and not simply because it is the last book and that it tied all loose ends handsomely and perfectly. Nah! It is the best book in the series because no book has touched me in so many ways in one go.
In the beginning, I felt heavy because of the death eaters plotting against Harry, then I shed a tear or two, when Dudlley said “He is not a waste of space.” Before I can fully recover, my heart broke when the wands war on broomsticks, thestrals and flying motorcycle ended. I laughed some on the double innuendo-ed wand joke that Ron uttered, tongue-in-cheek, when he gave Harry a book for his birthday. They grew up, Harry, Ron and Hermione grew up.
If I am to write each and every emotion I felt during the whole time I read book 7, this blog entry will be the longest one I have written and most likely the most dramatic as well. So, I will keep this short because I am sure, those who have been with Harry since his first year at Hogwarts knows and feels the same way I do. If not more so…
Although, I just cannot close this blog entry without saying that from all the chapters in the book, “The Prince’s Tale” got to me the most. SEV’s words of “Look at me…look at me!” broke my heart yet made me respect and love his character more. He was flawed yet he had loved.
The book was splendidly written. It is a great culmination for an epic tale written so creatively and enchantingly. The seemingly unending battles of light and dark, perfection and imperfection, bravery and cowardice, good and bad, love and hate, life and death were but perfect testaments of the different facets of life we must face for real.
It is a superb book written. imparting wisdom on the values of family and friends. On how far we will go if we know the consequences of the sacrifices we make.
The ending was supposed to make me happy but somehow it saddened me because after this book, there are no more Harry Potter books I can look forward to. But, the sadness did not make me LOVE it any less. Truth be told, I cannot wait to re-read the book, as leisurely as I can because I am sure, I’d love it more and more each time I do.
We are lucky. Our generation of readers are extremely fortunate because if we have missed the generation of classic writers like Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, JRR Tolkien and so many more, we are just right here when JK Rowling fantastically weaved Harry Potter’s tale for us.
Thanks, Ms. Rowling (rhymes with Bowling!). You made this lifetime a whole lot more enticing with the fantasy world you selflessly shared with each one of us.
Here’s to you, to Harry, Ron and Hermione! Here’s to Luna, Neville, the Weasleys and all the other great characters of the book, even Voldy and Bella! May Hogwarts, Hogs Meade and Diagon Alley continually prosper in our imaginations for they have been drawn so vividly in our minds.
I am practically teary-eyed as I write this. No other book affects me this way and I am sure, I will always feel this way about it.
We woke up at 4 am. We left our home in Shenzhen at 5:30 am. Just so that we can be at Page One in Central by 7 am…If that does not make us Potter Manics, I do not know what will.
Here are proofs!
Dette (she just cannot get enough of being among the first owners of the 7th book! hehehe…)
Moi! Out and so darn proud…of my BOOK!
I am back. I am sooo back.
Who would have thought that it will only be “Harry Potter” who’d wake me up from my self-imposed blog coma.
I read the book but there’s no one I can talk the whole thing with. Dette has ardently requested for “no spoilers” conversations. She is still on book 3 while I already finished reading books 1 to 6 more than 3 times and I also read book 7 in one sitting - mighty long sitting, though! 3 pm of the 21st to 3 am of the 22nd.
By now, I feel I am just about ready to burst!
Anyways, before I go on and on about Harry Potter (Who’s so right for my daughter! If he is real, I’d make sure he marries her instead of Ginny. Hehehe!), let me respond to the personal messages I received with regard to my absence in the blogging scene since late last year.
After the continuous badgering of my unwanted hackers and online stalkers, I decided to give them (how thoughtful of me, ‘no?) and myself some peace of mind. That way, I do not get pi$$ed off when I received unwarranted and uncalled-for reactions and they do not have to react when they feel that they were “affronted” by my blog entries.
Now, I hope we all have made peace. I so NOT need nor want their comments and reactions so I DEARLY, DEARLY WISH they stay in PEACE in their own corners of the world.
Read if you must but if you’d comment negatively, please save whatever’s left of the brain energies you may have when you write me a comment or message, because I’d just delete them. If your comments are positive, then they are MOST welcome.
On my next blog entry, my personal thoughts and review of the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” book.
I just SO love it to pieces. I was TOTALLY floored by it. It is the best in the series. As I also want to upload pictures of Dette and I when we got our books at 7 am last Saturday, the nitty-gritties of what I feel and think of the book shall be written later.
Bye for now and I am real glad that I am back…
PS – Thanks to Theme for my fuschia collared buttoned down sleeveless blouse (as worn by me in my other Friendster profile pic), having officially joined the Theme Retail department truly has its perks! Hahaha!
PPS – Feeling celebrity na nagpapasalamat sa sponsors no? Well, lately, I have been well-SPONSORED by my company so I can not help but be thankful to them! :winking:
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