.Five People You Meet in Heaven.

Hm,, Ryry recommended me to read this book when we were in Bali. She bought the book (the English version!) for herself and for her lecturer -Tuesdays with Morrie.
I ever tried to read the book during our free time from handling those ‘lazy’ cruise ship candidates;) (But I miss them a lot now )

I read the first page, and then go to the second one, but that’s it!
I stop reading the book due to my limited vocabulary in reading English literature;)
(Hell yeah, I admit it!). It’s quite hard for me to understand the whole meaning of the story. Ryry never want to tell me what’s the story all about. She said, it will be better for me to read it by myself. I thought, I prefer reading the translation than the original one. But Ika Natassa -my favorite writer who wrote My Very Yuppy Wedding and Divortiare- said in one of his posting:

“Maybe it’s just me, but I personally believe that translating a book is like butchering the essence of the writing. Because when a writer writes, every single word that he or she put down on paper, every single comma and period, is there as the soul of the book. That’s why I think you should always read a book in the original language that it was written, to truly capture the chemistry of words, to read it the way it was meant to be. If it should be translated, it’s probably best that the writer itself who does it, or at least, be involved in the translating process.”

As the time goes by, I have this unstoppable-urge to read the book. So, I feel tingled to read the English version -of course I will make sure my Oxford Advanced Dictionary stay close to me;)

No..No..I haven’t read it yet, but I already got the eBook. I will buy the book eventually, but right now, due to my impossible financial condition, I prefer to download it…hehehe

Here’s something that I got when I was searching for a free-downloadable ebook of Mitch Albom’s. Well, It is some kind like summary of Five People You Meet in Heaven. Just click summary-of-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven to read the .pdf version. It’s only 2 pages!

For instance, here’s some great words to be quoted in ‘Five People You Meet in Heaven’ !

“No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone” (p.50)

“Sacrifice is part of life. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to.” (p.93)

“No one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed of it. But, now, here, in order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did, and why you no longer need to feel it… You need to forgive your father.” (p.142)

“Life has to end… Love doesn’t”

Feel free to contemplate the meaning of those quotation. If you’re interested, just buy the book! Wekekekek;)

Happy reading!

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