When life surprises you a little

Picked up a good book lately. I came to realised a few things. Never knew I didn't understood "Reading" completely, until I realised "Reading" threw all out logic and everything you thought otherwise out of the window.

An example of what I am trying to say is that , when you pick up a interesting looking book, dull crazy covers it might have, but you picked it up and read a few pages. Then you realised it's a little tattered, a bit heavy, too many pages to read, some ink writings left on the pages etc. But the first few pages catches your eye and intrigues your mind and it seems to be the last book of its kind. You can't put it down completely and you wanted to be cautious if it might be a bad read.

But as you read deeper into it, you realised it might be exactly what you were waiting for, what you wanted to read. Then you go against your logic that it has many pages, heavy, all the bad comments or reviews you are used to reading about such genre, as an excuse to drop a book down and not read it. Somehow this crazy book seems so right. You could go straight to the last page to read the ending, but you somehow know that if you read page by page even though it might take months or years to complete this thick book, it will be the most satisfying for you to read it word for word slowly, saturating all your senses and understand that it is no longer a normal crazy book but an exceptional read and you won't want to rush it. Because the ending won't be as great, and you actually pray no one let you know of the ending.

Then slowly through the chapters, this book which has a dull cover took its own form from the understanding of the words, the intent of the author and you slowly realised, the cover became the most beautiful thing you ever seen. That the dull cover did not matter but the breadth of the content blew you away and you never want to let it down and your mind slowly forms a new cover akin to beauty which is in the eye of the beholder. Going against all logic or rationality. That's a good read and that throws little surprises in your life you thought you are done seeing.

Anyway didn't have a copy of that crazy book, anyway the covers don't matter, but took some nice food pics I would love to share. Watercress soup...fried fish skins...apparently I need a diet. Been eating too much lately.