Showing posts with label paulo coelho. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Brida - Love and Courage

Posted by engi at 1:02:00 AM 0 comments

Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.

“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.” 

“But how will I know who my Soulmate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life.
“By taking risks” she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.” 

Quotes from Brida by Paulo Coelho
**Perfect fit for what I feel tonight... I decide to choose a path and taking the risks ;)

Monday, February 20, 2012

Review Order di YES24 Indonesia

Posted by engi at 10:14:00 PM 2 comments

Order buku dari YES24 Indonesia baru datang hari ini >>
Penampakannya bisa diliat diatas ;) Yes, trial order of The Lost Symbol and The Alchemist English version. Berikut reviewnya ^_^

Online store : http://yes24.co.id/
Pengiriman : JNE Regular - ongkir IDR23,500
 >> sesuai dengan tarif di web JNE
Packaging : Plastik warna silver
>> kualitas bagus - sealed well.
Isi paket :
* The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown- Bahasa Indonesia
*The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - Bahasa Inggris
* Invoice
* Promotion leaflet
* Free 2012 Calendar (yey!)
>> dapat bonus kalender, which is has a good quality.. thank you! ^_^
Kondisi buku : baik tidak ada cacat sedikitpun, 
>> The Lost symbol ada dalam plastik & The Alchemist tanpa plastik.
Harga : 
* The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown - Bahasa Indonesia soft cover : IDR93,500
Perbandingan dengan toko online lain :
> bukabuku.com : IDR93,500
> bukukita.com : IDR93,500
> munyie.com : IDR110,000
> inibuku.com : IDR93,500
* The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - Bahasa Inggris paperbackHarper Collins : IDR67,915
Perbandingan dengan toko online lain : 
> bukabuku.com : IDR106,637
> bukukita.com : IDR89,900
> kutukutubuku.com : IDR121,600
> book.store.co.id : IDR115,200
Kemudahan berbelanja :
>> sangat mudah, bahkan pemula di dunia belanja online pun tidak akan merasa kesulitan karena petunjuk berbelanja di web sangatlah lengkap.
Pelayanan pelanggan / Customer Service :
>> customer service juga cepat dan sangat professional. Pernah Engi mengirim email untuk menanyakan suatu buku di bagian konseling 1 : 1 cutomer service menjawab dengan lugas dalam waktu kurang 24jam - good!

Kesimpulan : 
* Secara umum service di toko online ini bagus, pengiriman juga cepat, barang mostly ready stock
* Packaging/pengemasan bagus
* Terdapat promo menarik, terkadang mendapat free gift >> Engi dapet kalender cantiq banget! sebagian ada yg berbahasa Korea yang notabene Engi kagak ngerti sama sekali, haha
* Harga untuk buku berbahasa Indonesia harga sama dengan toko buku online favorit aku (bukabuku n bukukita), tapi untuk buku berbahasa Inggris (buku import) YES24 memiliki harga yang sangat kompetitif. Dan bukan hanya untuk buku Paulo Coelho yang satu ini yang notabene buku terbitan lama, tapi untuk buku import lain terbitan baru juga YES24 memiliki harga yang sangat kompetitif! Pecinta buku import will love this site ^_^
* Overall menurut Engi bagus lah >> A++++ recommended online book store!

PS: Ini murni review dari seorang pelanggan, Engi bukanlah karyawan dari YES24 Indonesia dan tidak pernah dibayar oleh pihat tersebut untuk menulis artikel ini. Thank you!

Monday, March 28, 2011

Konvensi Bagi Mereka Yang Terluka Dalam Percintaan

Posted by engi at 10:06:00 PM 0 comments
KONVENSI BAGI MEREKA YANG TERLUKA DALAM PERCINTAAN (CONVENTION FOR THOSE WOUNDED IN LOVE) oleh PAULO COELHO






Ketentuan Umum :
A - Peribahasa yang mengatakan "all is fair in love and war / dalam urusan cinta dan peperangan semua dapat dilakukan" sepenuhnya benar;
B - Dalam hal perang, kita memiliki Konvensi Jenewa, yang disahkan pada 22 Agustus 1864, yang melindungi mereka yang terluka dalam medan pertempuran, tapi sampai sekarang belum ada konvensi yang ditandatangani mengenai mereka yang terluka dalam percintaan, yang jumlah korbannya jauh lebih besar.



Dengan ini memutuskan bahwa:

Pasal 1 - Semua pecinta, dari jenis kelamin apapun, sadar bahwa cinta, selain merupakan karunia juga merupakan sesuatu yang sangat berbahaya, tidak dapat diprediksi dan dapat menyebabkan kerusakan serius. Oleh karena itu, siapa saja yang berencana untuk jatuh cinta seharusnya sadar bahwa mereka telah membuka raga dan jiwanya untuk berbagai jenis luka, dan mereka tidak seharusnya menyalahkan pasangan mereka dalam keadaan apapun, karena resiko yang dimiliki adalah sama bagi kedua belah pihak.


Pasal 2 - Sekali terkena oleh panah salah sasaran yang ditembakkan dari busur Cupid, mereka seharusnya segera meminta sang pemanah, untuk memanah panah yang sama kearah yang berlawanan, sehingga tidak akan menderita oleh luka yang dikenal sebagai "cinta tak berbalas". Jika Cupid menolak melakukan aksi tesebut, konvensi memberlakukan tuntutan bahwa pasangan yang terluka mencabut anak panah dari hatinya dan membuangnya ke sampah. Untuk menjamin hal ini, mereka yang bersangkutan hendaknya menghindari menelepon, mengirim email, mengirim bunga yang selalu dikembalikan, atau melakukan rayuan dalam bentuk apapun, karena hal ini dapat mendatangkan hasil dalam jangka pendek tapi selalu berakhir salah setelah beberapa saat. Konvensi memutuskan bahwa pihak yang terluka tersebut sebaiknya segera menemukan orang lain dan mencoba mengontrol pikiran obsesif : "bahwa orang ini layak untuk diperjuangkan".


Pasal 3 - Jika luka disebabkan oleh pihak ketiga, dengan kata lain jika yang tercinta telah tertarik dengan seseorang yang tidak ada dalam script yang sebelumnya disusun, dendam secara tegas dilarang. Dalam kasus ini, diperbolehkan untuk menggunakan air mata sampai mata menjadi kering, memukul tembok atau bantal, untuk menghina mantan pasangan dalam percakapan dengan teman, membicarakan seleranya yang rendah, tetapi tanpa menyinggung kehormatan mereka. Konvensi menetapkan bahwa peraturan yang tercantum dalam pasal 2 diberlakukan : menemukan orang lain, terutama di tempat yang berbeda dengan yang sering dikunjungi mantan.



Pasal 4 - Dalam kasus luka ringan, ini digolongkan sebagai penghianatan kecil, ledakan kemarahan yang hanya sementara, lewat ketidaktertarikan seksual, obat yang disebut memaafkan sebaiknya diberikan dengan sepenuh hati dan dengan cepat. Ketika obat ini telah diberikan,orang tersebut sebaiknya tidak pernah mempertimbangkan kembali keputusannya, tidak sekalipun, dan tema tersebut harus sepenuhnya dilupakan dan takkan pernah digunakan sebagai alasan dalam pertengkaran atau pada saat merasakan kebencian.

Pasal 5 - Dalam semua luka yang berat, yang dikenal sebagai "putus", satu-satunya obat yang akan memberikan efek disebut Waktu. Tidaklah berguna berkonsultasi dengan peramal (yang selalu berkata bahwa cinta yang hilang akan kembali), buku-buku romantis (yang selalu berakhir bahagia), opera sabun di televisi atau hal semacam itu. Saat seseorang merasa menderita, jauhi obat-obatan terlarang, obat penenang, dan berdoalah kepada Tuhan dan orang-orang suci. Alkohol dapat ditoleransi sejumlah  maksimum dua gelas anggur sehari.


Penentuan Akhir:
Bagi mereka yang terluka dalam percintaan, tidak seperti mereka yang terluka dalam konflik bersenjata, bukanlah korban atau  penyiksa. Mereka memilih sesuatu yang merupakan bagian kehidupan, dan mereka harus menerima baik penderitaan maupun kegembiraan dari pilihan mereka. Dan mereka yang tidak pernah terluka dalam percintaan tidak akan dapat berkata : "aku hidup". Karena mereka tidak pernah.

Convention For Those Wounded in Love

Posted by engi at 1:44:00 PM 0 comments
This is my current fave writing from Paulo Coelho, it's amazingly fit to my current condition! Focused on  article #5 please... LOL.. Anyway, thanks to Paulo for being such a wonderful n inspiring author ^.^

CONVENTION FOR THOSE WOUNDED IN LOVE by PAULO COELHO


General provisions:
A – Whereas the saying “all is fair in love and war” is absolutely correct;
B – Whereas for war we have the Geneva Convention, approved on 22 August 1864, which provides for those wounded in the battle field, but until now no convention has been signed concerning those wounded in love, who are far greater in number;

It is hereby decreed that:

Article 1 – All lovers, of any sex, are alerted that love, besides being a blessing, is also something extremely dangerous, unpredictable and capable of causing serious damage. Consequently, anyone planning to love should be aware that they are exposing their body and soul to various types of wounds, and that they shall not be able to blame their partner at any moment, since the risk is the same for both.

Article 2 – Once struck by a stray arrow fired from Cupid’s bow, they should immediately ask the archer to shoot the same arrow in the opposite direction, so as not to be afflicted by the wound known as “unrequited love”. Should Cupid refuse to perform such a gesture, the Convention now being promulgated demands that the wounded partner remove the arrow from his/her heart and throw it in the garbage. In order to guarantee this, those concerned should avoid telephone calls, messages over the Internet, sending flowers that are always returned, or each and every means of seduction, since these may yield results in the short run but always end up wrong after a while. The Convention decrees that the wounded person should immediately seek the company of other people and try to control the obsessive thought: “this person is worth fighting for”.

Article 3 – If the wound is caused by third parties, in other words if the loved one has become interested in someone not in the script previously drafted, vengeance is expressly forbidden. In this case, it is allowed to use tears until the eyes dry up, to punch walls or pillows, to insult the ex-partner in conversations with friends, to allege his/her complete lack of taste, but without offending their honor. The Convention determines that the rule contained in Article 2 be applied: seek the company of other persons, preferably in places different from those frequented by the other party.

Article 4 – In the case of light wounds, herein classified as small treacheries, fulminating passions that are short-lived, passing sexual disinterest, the medicine called Pardon should be applied generously and quickly. Once this medicine has been applied, one should never reconsider one’s decision, not even once, and the theme must be completely forgotten and never used as an argument in a fight or in a moment of hatred.

Article 5 – In all definitive wounds, also known as “breaking up”, the only medicine capable of having an effect is called Time. It is no use seeking consolation from fortune-tellers (who always say that the lost lover will return), romantic books (which always have a happy ending), soap-operas on the television or other such things. One should suffer intensely, completely avoiding drugs, tranquilizers and praying to saints. Alcohol is only tolerated if kept to a maximum of two glasses of wine a day.

Final determination:
Those wounded in love, unlike those wounded in armed conflict, are neither victims nor torturers. They chose something that is part of life, and so they have to accept both the agony and the ecstasy of their choice.
And those who have never been wounded in love will never be able to say: “I have lived”. Because they haven’t.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

The Valkyries by Paulo Coelho

Posted by engi at 10:20:00 AM 0 comments



This is a modern-day adventure story featuring Paulo's supernatural encounter with angels -- who appear as warrior women and travel through the Mojave desert on their motorbikes. Haunted by a devastating curse, Paulo is instructed by his mysterious spiritual master to embark upon a journey -- to find and speak to his guardian angel in an attempt to confront and overcome his dark past. The Valkyries is a compelling account of this forty day quest into the searing heat of the Mojave Desert, where Paulo and his wife, Chris, encounter the Valkyries -- warrior women who travel the desert on motorcycles, spreading the word of angels. This exotic spiritual odyssey is a rare combination of truth, myth, imagination and inspiration. Ultimately it is a story about being able to forgive our past and believe in our future.

Please click on link below for free download:
http://www.ziddu.com/download/6256141/CoelhoPaulo-TheValkyries.pdf.html

Enjoy!

Friday, August 7, 2009

The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho

Posted by engi at 4:57:00 PM 0 comments

A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil?
In the remote village of Viscos -- a village too small to be on any map, a place where time seems to stand still -- a stranger arrives, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives.
Paulo Coelho's stunning novel explores the timeless struggle between good and evil, and brings to our everyday dilemmas fresh perspective: incentive to master the fear that prevents us from following our dreams, from being different, from truly living.
The Devil and Miss Prym is a story charged with emotion, in which the integrity of being human meets a terrifying test.

Please follow link below to download the book:
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5943106/CoelhoPaulo-TheDevilandMissPrym.pdf.html


Tuesday, August 4, 2009

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho

Posted by engi at 11:35:00 AM 0 comments
The story of an independent young woman whose life is changed forever by a chance encounter with a childhood friend. A magical blend of compelling action, exotic locations and intriguing characters, told with Paulo's characteristic power and insight. Pilar is an independent and practical young woman who is feeling bored and frustrated by the daily grind of her university life. Looking for a deeper meaning to her existence, she happens to meet an old childhood friend, now a handsome, mesmerizing spiritual teacher -- and a rumoured miracle worker. As he leads her on a magical journey through the Fench Pyrenees, Pilar begins to realize that this chance encounter is going to transform her life forever. With Paulo's trademark blend of mysticism, magical realism and folklore, Pilar's story is a poignant and deeply inspiring tale

Follow this link bellow for free download... Enjoy!

http://www.ziddu.com/download/5898335/CoelhoPaulo-ByTheRiverPiedraISatDownandWept.pdf.html

Saturday, July 18, 2009

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Posted by engi at 3:34:00 PM 0 comments


Dreams, symbols, signs, and adventure follow the reader like echoes of ancient wise voices in "The Alchemist", a novel that combines an atmosphere of Medieval mysticism with the song of the desert. With this symbolic masterpiece Coelho states that we should not avoid our destinies, and urges people to follow their dreams, because to find our "Personal Myth" and our mission on Earth is the way to find "God", meaning happiness, fulfillment, and the ultimate purpose of creation.

The novel tells the tale of Santiago, a boy who has a dream and the courage to follow it. After listening to "the signs" the boy ventures in his personal, Ulysses-like journey of exploration and self-discovery, symbolically searching for a hidden treasure located near the pyramids in Egypt.

"The Alchemist", is an exciting novel that bursts with optimism; it is the kind of novel that tells you that everything is possible as long as you really want it to happen. That may sound like an oversimplified version of new-age philosophy and mysticism, but as Coelho states "simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them".

http://www.ziddu.com/download/5658181/The_Alchemist.rar.html

Friday, July 17, 2009

Sang Alkemis (The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho)

Posted by engi at 3:01:00 PM 0 comments

Minggu lalu, aku nggak masuk kerja. Sakit 2 hari, walhasil siang hari cuman bisa tergeletak di kamar sambil mainan laptop. Iseng-iseng buka folder koleksi ebook yang aku punya. Rada kaget nih, kok ada beberapa ebook yang belom aku baca? Baru inget pas lebaran kemaren kakakku kasih beberapa ebook baru yang katanya bagus. Salah satunya ini nih, sebuah buku berjudul Sang Alkemis karya Paulo Coelho.

Buku ini bercerita tentang seorang gembala dari Spanyol bernama Santiago. Cita-citanya adalah ingin melihat seluruh dunia, dan menurutnya ia dapat mencapainya dengan menjadi seorang penggembala domba. Suatu hari sang bocah bermimpi mendapatkan harta karun di Piramida Mesir. Sang bocah berkeinginan untuk mendapatkan harta karun itu, sebuah keinginan baru muncul ia harus memilih apakah tetap menjadi gembala ato pergi ke Mesir untuk mencari harta yang ada di mimpinya. Si bocah memilih untuk memenuhi impian barunya.

Dalam perjalanannya ke Afrika, dia bertemu beberapa orang yang mengubah pandangannya tentang hidup, impiannya, dan pengertiannya tentang diri sendiri. Ada Sang Raja, pedagang kristal, Lelaki Inggris, Sang Alkemis, dan Fatima.

Setiap orang memiliki legenda pribadi masing-masing, dan jika kamu menginginkan sesuatu maka alam semesta akan membantumu untuk menggapainya

Buku ini bener-bener menggugah jiwa pembacanya untuk lebih mengenal diri kita sendiri dan apa keinginan kita. Banyak pelajaran yang bisa dipetik. Inspiring banget pokoke!!!

Klo uda penasaran... silahkan baca deh... tinggal klik link below trus download aja yah!

http://www.ziddu.com/download/5644811/paulo-coelho-the-alchemist.pdf.html
 

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