u/Boring-Rub-7808

Hello! A newbie here who intends to get into making reading a hobby very soon. With this, I'm curious ano yung pinakauna niyong libro when you started and the story behind it? How did it get you to read more books? How were you able to recognize your genre preferences throughout your journey? Did you eventually get the collector's edition or hardcover version (if any, or clothbound if meron din) of your first book? Sorry maraming tanong haha. I'm excited to hear your stories hehe :)))

Edit: This is just a follow-up but as someone who'll buy her first book, would I be judged na bibili ako depende sa kung gaano ako kahooked sa book cover design/material rather than the premise itself? Sana hindi ako ibash haha I really intend to genuinely read them otherwise naman kaysa maging display lang. I find myself eyeing a hard cover as my first book sana.

ni minsan ba, nahuli kayo? how do you cover it up, or is it (the second job) by any chance a part-time kaya technically allowed?

planning to be overemployed as well yet these are my main concerns haha. how do you answer in interviews, handle being caught in background checks, etc.

I'm open to anything, actually! I'm just looking specifically for something that tackles feeling lost, missing out, coming-of-age, trauma, sort of like a life crisis and walks the readers through it. Something that holds a valuable meaning throughout the journey, something existential and profound. I might have worded this out poorly but I hope ykwim.

Just needing something with that theme because I've been in a state of unexplainable chronic sadness these past few months, so I figured making reading books a new hobby might help me find myself again.

Still, any recos would do! I'm open to any genre as long as it is recommendable to a beginner reader like me, kahit hindi siya yung minention kong specific search ko haha. Thanks a lot!

Edit: I find myself hooked lately with any Japanese novels' premise so if may recos din kayo for that, feel free to share! Thanks so much

disclaimer: I'm new to reading and buying books so this question might sound dumb

why are books from FB far more expensive compared to other stores selling the same book? I'm planning to order from Shopee, so I'd like to ask what's the difference between those in FB and those in the other stores (example: Project Hail Mary is 500+ in Fully Booked store but sa ibang stores, it's 170; same with the japanese novels)? Is it because possibly secondhand yung mga nagbebenta ng mas mura or what? Hindi naman po sa nagrereklamo or walang pambili, would just like to know why or what makes FB more special (although I know it's a popular bookstore) 😅 also need your advice kung saan ako dapat bumili haha. thank you!

would appreciate any kind response, super naive pa kasi ako about book buying :)) maraming salamat po

hindi ko alam if ako lang may pet peeve sa mga ganito kasi sayang lang oras nung potential buyers mag-dm imbis na makita na agad nila kung magkano. pati paano sila makakasiguro na pare-parehas presyuhan niyo per interested buyer? thanks sa sasagot

from non-HR here. bakit as employees, yung leaves ay something na kailangan pang i-beg? eh kasama yun sa benefits, sa kontratang pinirmahan, at kung marami namang leave credits, bakit kailangang ipagdamot at dapat maraming patunay bago maapprove?

as what the title says. for me it's 7 eleven brewed coffee hehe

sorry if may mga matatamaan ah pero I have this colleague kasi na palagi na lang nagpapaabono kasi wala siyang dalang cash, kasi nasa gcash/online bank daw lahat kesyo di siya nakakawithdraw.

pero kasi, palagi siyang ganito. lalo na kapag yung gala/kinainan namin ng mga kasamahan namin is mahina signal kaya di makaprocess ng online transactions. palagi ko namang sinasabi na next time magdala na siya pero hindi naman ginagawa.

nakakabayad naman siya pero as someone na saktuhan lang din ang sweldo, nagiging stressor siya kasi imbis na ipahinga ko na lang yung utak ko pag-uwi, isipin ko pa yung pinaabono niya sakin pati kung kailan niya mababayaran. kaya minsan sinasabi ko na lang na sakto lang dala ko pambayad sa inorder/binili ko kaya di muna makakaabono.

still, gigil pa rin ako sa ganun lalo na kung nagiging habit ang di pagdala ng cash. nasa pinas tayo na hindi lahat ng lugar malakas ang signal, tapos hindi ka magdadala ng cash o magwithdraw man lang nang kaunti kapag lalabas? nakakaabala pa ng ibang tao. hindi naman sa labag sa loob ko na mag abono ah, pero yun bang ginagawang habit ang di pagdadala ng cash kasi alam na may sasalo, dun ako gigil.

just curious anong sinasabi niyo kapag wala kayong pera pero gustong makipagkita ni friend. nahihirapan lang talaga ako gawa marami-rami na ring nagrereach out sakin

Eyeing to buy a house and pansin ko puro modern architecture ang nasa market. Di naman sa pangit, actually maganda, but is there a reason behind bakit eto yung naging leading architectural style sa bansa? Para kasing iisang hulmahan lang