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11/22/63 by Stephen King

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This is my second attempt to read a Stephen King book. First was The Dark Tower which I stopped reading a few years ago and decided that it's not my genre though I want to give it a second chance!  11/22/63 is about time travel, love story, mystery, suspense, and conspiracy story on JFK assassination. The protagonist is Jake Epping who is a high school English teacher and is good friends with Al Templeton who owns a diner. Al has found a wormhole in his diner and has gone through a couple of times already. The wormhole goes back to 1958. Al's mission was to stop the JFK assassination that happened on 22nd November of 1963. So he had lived from 1958 through 1962 but could not live one more year to stop the assassination since he got sick with cancer. So he goes back to the present year (2014). Let's discuss how time travel is in this book. Basically, when Al enters the wormhole and spends 4 years (from 1958 to 1962), and comes back through the wormhole, he is only gon...

Wrapping up my 20s

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Magpupungko, Siargao, July 2019 I'm staring at this blank space trying to figure out what to write, or how to start writing about being 29. This is my last year of being in my 20s. It sure felt like I need to do certain things that I don't know about. As someone who writes lists every day, I wonder if there is a list of things to do before becoming 30. I used to be so excited about becoming a year older. When I was in grade school, I remember that I would stay awake until the clock strikes 12 to see if any magic happens. I guess that's because I have watched too many Cartoon Network and Disney shows back then. There is usually none, but then looking back, in retrospect, things have changed the way they should be. When I was in high school, as a teenager, I always get excited about being a year older because that means I am closer to becoming a college student. Funny how I look back and divide my life into educational stages. College was more than half a decade ago a...