More books to read.

Every time I walk into the library or a bookstore, I wish I could be imprisoned in one for at least ten years. Or twenty. A hundred, even. Just a thought.

Finished the book by Deaver a while ago. It was well worth the read. I bought two other books, Getting to Maybe and Law School Confidential on the same note the other day. Those will be read soon, as well.

I went to Barnes and Noble (yes, not online but in person) and bought a book called How to Learn Anything Quickly. It looks quite promising, and is the first book I’ve seen about learning techniques that actually accounts for a person’s individual propensities in the neurological point of view–that is, whether a person favors auditory input over visual input, etc.

But for now, I’m in the middle of The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. It’s very good. I like his writing style in particular–it’s more intricate than Dickens in David Copperfield, yet natural and very fluid. This guy knows how to write. It’s a shame that I didn’t discover Henry James much earlier.

Summer break…

After graduating from college, I spent 2 weeks in Japan (actually more like 3 days in Japan) and the rest in South Korea. It was a blast, as I had not been in Korea for over a decade. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip, and above all was surprised at (1) how well the Japanese are organized as a functioning, societal unit and (2) how much Korea partied and celebrated the FIFA World Cup matches in rooting for their home team, the Red Devils. I remember the cheering and millions of fans all dressed in red, starting the cheer at dinner time, going all the way through the night, all the way throughout the game which actually started at around 4 am the next day, local time. (Actually, I fell asleep at 5 am and that was only up till about the first half of the game). The amount of cheering, although very high-spirited and displaying a fine example of national unity, was, in my view, a complete waste of time. Let’s think for a moment: is soccer THAT important? The answer, as long as nations move on the basis of things other than sports, will be a resounding “NO.”

So now that I’m back, I’m spending summer vacation in the Bay Area with the parents. Actually, I’ll be living with my parents for some time, well into my first year at law school. I missed being at home after going to college far away for 4 years. And now I don’t have to deal with living with roommates. Roomates are fine, but there is a kind of relaxed atmosphere felt exclusively in the home of your family members.

I’ve been reading “The Complete Law Companion: How to Excel at America’s Most Demanding Post-Graduate Curriculum” by Jeff Deaver, and it’s pretty good. He lays it down plain and simple, in a straight-forward manner what law school is like. I bought a couple other books on the same topic online and will be reading those in the upcoming weeks.