Tuesday, April 28, 2009

who will be my five people, then ?

Hello, dorklings. What's new?
I wanna run to the bookstore and grab a copy of Tuesdays with Morrie. I can't wait to read it. I'm discussing The Five People with Illa who's in the middle of finishing the book, and as our discussion grew , I realized I like the book even more.
So basically the story's about Eddie, an old guy who works at the pier. The first chapter of the book is titled "The End", which might confuse you but as the author wrote, all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.
So the book opens with Eddie's death and how he travels to heaven to find five people that somehow, indirectly, have touched his life when he was alive. The saddest one was when he met his long-deceased wife, of course.
The point is, according to this author , when we die, we have five people waiting for us. That's the idea. We don't even have to wait til we die; right now, there are five dead people residing in heaven getting in line, waiting to meet us and explain to us how they affected our lives once. The funny thing is, those people aren't likely to be your dad or mom or sis or brother. It's the kind of people who you never thought you'd meet but when they explain why, you'd see the connecting dots that somehow, some way, they did have an impact in your life.
What a great storyline, yes?
Especially compared to my old obsession of Gossip Girls or Au Pairs haha.
Shoot (or shall I say, feces) - I got a new task.
Write later!

2 comments:

Guest said...

dinduu is it the Five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom ? cause i read it hmm 2-3 years ago ? i dun really remember what's the title called, but ur explanations about the storyline is the Exact same thing as what i read . n hey, i've read tuesdays with morrie, but ended up not finishing it cause it was too smart for me haha. talking about lessons in life and all. tp bagus BGT sih nda !! u should read it !! nti km ksh tau ak gmn ceritanya yaa !! (: (: eh kayaknya ak punya deh di rmh bukunya, mau pinjem ? (:

*Cheers

Dinda said...

of course it is! i mentioned him in the post below ;)
this is why i'm friends with you, nad. hahaha mauuu pinjem yah yah? :)) hehe thanksssss! pnasaran nad..