tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9589396.post3159718335959776957..comments2024-03-28T17:39:20.591+08:00Comments on Bottled ※ Brain: Reading can make you happyLancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559532334516879367noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9589396.post-20728848610469090182018-07-26T05:14:33.981+08:002018-07-26T05:14:33.981+08:00Yes, great point! I agree with natural disasters. ...Yes, great point! I agree with natural disasters. We might also include political turmoil and traffic congestion.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01559532334516879367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9589396.post-84075142132086844362018-07-22T14:23:00.830+08:002018-07-22T14:23:00.830+08:00Ooh, this is fun: 'in an interesting twist, th...Ooh, this is fun: 'in an interesting twist, the contract allows for a local editor and reading specialist to adapt up to twenty-five per cent of the ailments and reading recommendations to fit each particular country’s readership and include more native writers. The new, adapted ailments are culturally revealing. In the Dutch edition, one of the adapted ailments is “having too high an opinion of your own child”; in the Indian edition, “public urination” and “cricket, obsession with” are included; the Italians introduced “impotence,” “fear of motorways,” and “desire to embalm”; and the Germans added “hating the world” and “hating parties.” '<br />I wonder: a) what sort of problems would be included in a Filipino edition; b) which local novels would be included?<br />For a, perhaps "you keep experiencing natural disasters"? Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242375807129164164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9589396.post-59429164665898903362018-07-22T14:14:27.111+08:002018-07-22T14:14:27.111+08:00Random thoughts:
Of course reading makes me happie...Random thoughts:<br />Of course reading makes me happier! Why else would I do it? <br />Bibliotherapy?! Wow. I'd like to see that questionnaire myself. <br />The School of Life is overtly atheistic, IIRC.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242375807129164164noreply@blogger.com