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This week I'm playing BoBRaT again: participating in the Bout of Books readathon. Unofficially, because I was too late to sign up. But I so desperately need some pressure to tackle the books on my Mt TBR that I'm just ignoring that fact. Don't need to win any prizes anyway, as long as I'll achieve my goal. Which is..?
Readathon Goal
I want to read every day this week for at least 30 minutes, preferably in one sitting. It can be anything: from the pile of magazine clippings and leaflets that's been bugging me to one of the three books I should be reading right now…
De kleurloze Tsukuru Tazaki en zijn pelgrimsjaren / The Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. I've joined the August 12th – September 12th readalong of Master Murakami's most recent book, which is part of Dolce Bellezza's Japanese Literature Challenge #8
Rayuela: een hinkelspel / Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar. This notorious Latin American literary experiment of 500+ pages was picked by my IRL bookgroup to be read before September 7th. Oomph.
Op de vleugels van de draak ('On the dragon's wings') was chosen as one of two books to be read in August by the Boekgrrls, a Dutch mailing list and on-line book group. And though reading along is always voluntary, I was the one to nominate Lieve Joris' newest nonfiction. So I can't drop out now, can I?!
It's not that I don't WANT to read these books, I just can't get myself to do it :( Can you help?
Now that December has arrived and I had a good and hard look at my reading challenges, it seems like the right moment to add another on the brink of the new year… Am I crazy? I assure you I'm not. ;)
Loving Books' Get Read-y for 2012 Challenge is meant to help me get the books read I already wanted to finish!
Here's my TBR pile for the rest of the year…
XY, by Sandro Veronesi. It's the December read for my online book group, the Boekgrrls. I'm currently halfway this intriguing novel — giving me lots to think about!
Kandy, by the recently deceased F. Springer. A friend is visiting her place of birth, Sri Lanka, starting December 9th. Would love to read this book while she's there!
I promised Elsje to buddy read Haruki Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes before the end of the year. Have to make good on my promise! This collection of short stories will also count for the Haruki Murakami Reading Challenge and Japanese Literature Challenge #5.
Ian Buruma's Dromen van China (The China Lover). The book I pledged to read for the Chinese Literature Challenge. Come on… I need to read just one book for this challenge. Host Chinoiseries cheered me on so I can't let her down!
These three books are absolute MUSTS for me. Then there's a few more I'd love to finish before the year is over. To begin with, these 3 are not enough for the 6 I need to accomplish my +11 in 2011 challenge, in which I try to read 11 more books than I did last year. Also, I'm currently 2 books short for the What's in a name challenge #4. So, here's what I'd further LIKE to read this month… (though I already know I will never manage to ;)
Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki. I had wanted to join in the Japanese Literature Book Group read of October & November, but missed out. As the book is on my shelf (and 'just' 254 pages long) I may be able to submit a late contribution?!
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins) for the JEWEL/STONE categorie in the What's in a name challenge.
DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little for the SIZE categorie in the What's in a name challenge, or Little Bee by Chris Cleeve which I borrowed from Elsje and should be returned to its lawful owner. But that would be a good one for next year's CREEPY CRAWLIES as well.. ;)
Of course I may just cheat to get to my goal of 40 books in in the +11 challenge and pick up some shorties as the month comes to an end… Like the most recent Dutch publication of a Murakami novel: Slaap (Sleep). ;)
You can still sign-up for the Get Read-y for 2012 challenge!
The Sunday Salon is a virtual gathering of booklovers on the web, blogging about bookish things of the past week, visiting each others weblogs, and oh — reading books of course ;)
I love reading challenges. Not that I need any, but I like how they tend to shuffle my reading pile. Still, after feeling overwhelmed in 2010 I decided to be very careful with challenges in 2011. So I accepted only five! #goodgrrl :)
- Tanabata's Haruki Murakami Reading Challenge
- Bellezza's Japanese Literature Challenge #5
- Chinoiseries' Chinese Literature Challenge
- Beth Fish's What's in a name #4
- Margot's first Foodie's Reading Challenge
What's the status now that December is around the corner? Am I getting stressed like last year? Do I feel accomplished? Need to get my act together and READ?
Completed 2011 reading challenges
Before I go any further I humbly bow my head and confess that even though I've read all the books I commited to for the following three challenges, I reviewed hardly any. 2011 has not been a great year of blogging for me. But as we're talking reading challenges, I'll consider my missions accomplished!
For the Haruki Murakami Reading Challenge I chose level TORU (named after our dear friend from The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, the first Murakami novel I ever laid my hands on). That means reading 5 books by the master (here's my admission post). So far I've read 6 (!) and I plan to read one more before the year has ended — ask Elsje if you don't believe me. ;) If I live up to my promiss that collection of short stories will lift me to the level of Nakata (from Kafka on the Shore).
Books read:
Hear the Wind Sing
Pinball, 1973
1q84 Boek 1
1q84 Boek 2
1q84 Boek 3
And yes, the Dutch translation of 1Q84 was published in three seperate volumes, coming out in June 2010 and April 2011. Also, the title is deliberately written with a lower case 'Q' because it much resembles a '9'. I like that and have no idea why it should be different in the Japanese original and English version. Us Dutchies are pedantic. ;)
Last week Elsje and I went to a lecture about Haruki Murakami by translator Luc Van Haute in Leiden's Sieboldhuis. He explained to us how the often stated opinion that Murakami's novels are not typically Japanese is just plain wrong. It was fun — I have a huge reading list of Japanese authors to follow up ;) — and we also got to see the Hello Kitty exhibition and meet ennazussuzanne and Seraphine, who surprised us with the gift of an origami bookmark! Aw, that'll come to good use when reading… JLit!
The fifth Japanese Literature Challenge only started in June and runs to February, but on October 1st I had already finished the 6 books I commited to. That day I turned over the last page of 1Q84 Book 3. As I still plan to read Sōseki's Kokoro for the Japanese Literature Book Group (I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!), and Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes together with Elsje, I'll probably up my level by the end of January 2012.
Books read:
The Woman in the Dunes ~ Kobo Abe
Underground ~ Haruki Murakami
Thousand Cranes ~ Yasunari Kawabata
1q84 Boek 1 ~ Haruki Murakami
1q84 Boek 2 ~ Haruki Murakami
1q84 Boek 3 ~ Haruki Murakami
In the Foodies reading Challenge I
cowardly safely labeled myself a NIBBLER, going for 1 to 3 books (admission post). So far I've read 5, and –YAY– even reviewed two!
Books read:
World Food Café
La Dolce Vegan!
Bento Box in the Heartland
Verraad, verleiding en verzoening
Vegan Family Meals
I hope I can find the time and energy to write some more reviews!
Unfinished business
But I'm not there yet. With only five weeks to go I need to finish two more challenges… Will I be able to do it???
I was half a year late in joining the Chinese Literature Challenge and I full-heartedly use that as an excuse for why I haven't reached my goal of 1 book yet. ;) Here's what I plan to read. Cheer me on and maybe I'll be able to cross of this challenge before the year has passed!
The What's in a name challenge is always one of my favourites. It's a thrill to pick your next book just based on a random word in the title. Call me crazy. ;) Alas, this year I'm having trouble finishing: even though I read several more than one fitting titles for four of the six categories, two are still open!
Books read:
Categorie NUMBERS
Pinball, 1973 ~ Haruki Murakami
2666 ~ Roberto Bolaño
1q84 ~ Haruki Murakami
Categorie TRAVEL/MOVEMENT
Travels in the Scriptorium ~ Paul Auster
I'll Steal You Away ~ Niccolò Ammaniti
Model Flying ~ Marcel Möring
Categorie EVIL
Poelie the Terrible ~ Frans Pointl
Crime School ~ Carol O'Connell
Categorie LIFE STAGE
Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America ~ Linda Furiya
Still hoping to get around to:
Categorie JEWEL/GEM
The Moonstone ~ Wilkie Collins
Categorie SIZE
Vernon God Little ~ DBC Pierre
BTW you can always follow my progress on the special Challenge page on Graasland!
What's new for 2012?
2012 is more than a month away but I have already lined up some reading plans. Wanna know what they are?
Of course I can't resist participating in the new What's in a name challenge. I must say that I never buy or borrow books specifically for this challenge — picking titles that are already on Mt TBR, or have been on my wishlist for quite some time, is part of the fun. So what are the categories for 2012 and which books fit the bill?
- A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title
Choosing from: Last Night in Twisted River, Sunset Park, Lunar Park, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
- A book with something you'd see in the sky in the title
Choosing from: The Moonstone, Sunset Park, Lunar Park, A Ride in the Neon Sun, Noorderzon (sun), Dead Air, Star of the Sea
- A book with a creepy crawly in the title
Choosing from: Little Bee, Een tafel vol vlinders ('A table loaded with butterflies')
- A book with a type of house in the title
Choosing from: The Graveyard Book, Black Box, Het huis op de plantage ('House on the plantation')
- A book with something you'd carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title
Choosing from: Dreaming Water, Water for Elephants, Met bonzend hart : brieven aan Hella S. Haasse ('With a throbbing heart: letters to Hella S. Haasse') [open to suggestions]
- A book with a something you'd find on a calendar in the title
Choosing from: The Eigth Day, Silence in October, Nocturnes
Don't you think I have a whole lot of books available just to pick from? :))
Let me state first that I haven't commited to the following task yet. I'm only considering it! Caravana de Recuerdos hosts a Roberto Bolaño The Savage Detectives readalong in January. I have the book on my shelf — it was a recommendation by the great author Kazuo Ishiguro — and I guess now is as good as ever. Especially since I didn't much appreciate Bolaño's 2666, which I read together with Leeswammes & Co. earlier this year. I'd better say it's now.. or never!
Are you making plans for 2012 yet?
Looking back on your accomplishments for 2011?
I'd love to know!
The Sunday Salon is a virtual gathering of booklovers on the web, blogging about bookish things of the past week, visiting each others weblogs, and oh — reading books of course ;)
Today I'm on a hike in National Park De Hoge Veluwe with my fellow Wandelgrrls. Chinoiseries is among them and she put the screws to me with her Literary Blog Hop Giveaway rules… I've thought about joining the Chinese Literature Challenge she's hosting ever since it started early February and now she finally got me to! So here's a quick post about my –ahem– 'list'.
Level of participation: Merchant (read 1-3 books from Chinese authors or about China).
- Dromen van China (The China Lover), Ian Buruma
I may add a second and third title in the future but I'm wary of creating 'reading stress' ;) Because I also joined the 5th Japanese Literature Challenge that started this month!
That's not really much of a challenge because I'll be reading several books by Japanese authors anyway. Currently on my night-stand: The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe. I haven't read anything by him before and I'm impressed so far: a Story with a capital S. It's the June read for the Japanese Book Group on In Spring it is the Dawn and I also plan on reading along Thousand Cranes, Kokoro and 1q84 (I-III). Then there's my readalong of The Elephant Vanishes with Elsjelas coming up. Counting my recent review of All She Was Worth (Miyuki Miyabe) that makes… 6 books. And there are plenty more on my shelf that I'm dying to read! Of course the difficult part in my case is never the reading, but reviewing.
In case you haven't noticed yet: there's another Literary Giveaway Blog Hop going on at Leeswammes', from June 25th-29th. There are over 70 participants! Although I joined the first hop around my birthday in February, I decided to let this one pass since it's a busy weekend. Would have been fun to do another giveaway though, 'cause this time it's Mr Gnoe's B-day! ;)
Other bookish news
I started and finished reading Dave Eggers' Zeitoun this week, nonfiction about a family living in New Orleans during Katrina — the June read for the Boekgrrls book group. I'm probably not going to review it on Graasland. You can always check out my notes on Goodreads! The one thing that I must add is that it was translated to Dutch by one of the Wandel-/Boekgrrls and she did a GREAT job! Kudos MaaikeB!
The Sunday Salon is a virtual gathering of booklovers on the web, blogging about bookish things of the past week, visiting each others weblogs, and oh — reading books of course ;)
May has almost ended and I have read just 1 book this month (next to the The Pillow Book read-along, that is). But it was FABULOUS! I've been reading the long expected new novel by David Mitchell: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet — I already told you a little about it in a Sunday Salon earlier this month and you can find a quote in my post about new bento goodies. I'm working on a review but it's not the only blogpost that needs to be written and I don't seem to have enough time on my hands. It's #3 on my todo list: first I need to focus on a buddy-review of Murakami's Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman with Elsje and next is somethingIcan'ttalkaboutyet ;)
Things I'm looking forward to this week
On Tuesday a new Japanese Literature Challenge is setting of! I've been looking forward to it very much since I finished the 3rd edition in January :) Er.. I am a bit embarrassed to admit I still haven't written 2 of my reviews, nor a wrap-up post :\
I hope to finish Sei Shōnagon's The Pillow Book during those 6 months of JLC4 (150 of 342 pages left) and I also plan to read the next 5 books:
- Silence by Shusaku Endo (Japanese Book Group Read for June 28th) – 306 pages
- The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki (JLit Read-along from July – September) – 530 pages of small print
- Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (a gift of velvet) – 142 pages
- Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami – 130 pages
- Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami (acquired this week through a bookswap with tanabata from In Spring It Is The Dawn, one of my favourite weblogs) – 179 pages
This means I need to read a book a month (amounting to 1437 pages in total)… Gotta speed up!
ETA: the challenge will run from June 1st – January 30th 2011 so that gives me 2 months extra ;)
If you'd like to join the challenge as well (you actually only need to read one book by a Japanese author!) I can recommend Be With You (Takuji Ichikawa), one of my 2 favourite reads of 2009: The Old Capital (Yasunari Kawabata), The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa) and any book by Haruki Murakami or Kazuo Ishiguro.
The other MAJOR EVENT I'm looking forward to is a trip to Teylers Museum in Haarlem next Saturday, where I'll be listening to David Mitchell talking about his inspiration for Dr. Marinus in The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.
Of course I'll also have my copy signed, together with our program guide of the opera Wake for which Mitchell wrote the libretto. I hope I won't be tongue-tied this time… As a non-smoker I need to ask him not to draw a joint — he did that twice before when we got our books signed LOL.
The Pillow Book
Arrived at entry: 85/86
Entries read since last time: 25
Edition: 1986 Dutch translation of Ivan Morris' Penguin edition: Het hoofdkussenboek van Sei Shōnagon (transl. from English by Paul Heijman)
I'm enjoying Sei Shōnagon's book more than before. Although I'm really more of a plot-reader I like to learn about the culture & court life of 10th century Japan. I was surprised to find out that Shōnagon was not just writing her journal out of her own initiative but that 'people' were expecting her to write everything down and not leave anything out… (entry #67). Also, there are more ladies called Shōnagon among the courtesans: Gen Shōnagon and Shin Shōnagon. Does the name mean something special relating to court? Do the women get a new name (pseudonym) once they enter the Empress's circle? I hope to find out someway! Maybe you can tell me?
The Sunday Salon is a virtual gathering of booklovers on the web, where they blog about bookish things of the past week, visit each others weblogs, oh — and read ;)
Soon after I began working for the Professor, I realized that he talked about numbers whenever he was unsure of what to say or do. Numbers were his way of reaching out to the world. They were safe, a source of comfort. [p.7]
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Hakase no Aishita Suushiki) is a novel by Yoko Ogawa about a single mother who comes to work as a housekeeper for a former mathematics teacher whose short time memory lasts for only 80 minutes — needing multiple post-it notes pinned to his suit to help him remember things. Each day it's like meeting eachother for the first time; still they grow close.
Names are not relevant in such a situation, basic properties are. So it's just 'the Housekeeper' and her 10 year old son 'Root', nicknamed by the Professor because his head is flattened like the square root sign: √. Just like characters of a mathematical puzzle that need to be named to be able to calculate with them.
It's a charming, heartwarming story about family bonding between people that are not related. I was afraid I would be bored because I'm not particularly interested in mathematics… Nor do I know anything about baseball, which appeared to be another main subject of the book :-o But I had no problem at all enjoying this lovely story. I actually learned something ;) About 'amicable numbers' and 'twin primes' for example. You can look them up in Wikipedia but it's much more fun to read this book! It probably explains it better too ;)
Being a museumgrrl I also liked the concept of collecting baseball cards. Though I didn't learn much about it ;) But something I did come to know more about through the baseball topic, are Devas. I looked them up after reading the following depiction of a famous Japanese baseball player 'in the field'.
Enatsu on the mound, his fierce stance like a Deva King guarding a temple. [p.81]
Deva king, picture courtesy of Aschaf
Devas are Buddhist deities — those angry looking red giants that you must have seen somewhere, sometime. These temple guardians ward off evil = anything that threatens Buddhism. The biggest museum in The Netherlands, the Rijksmuseum (where Rembrandt's The Nightwatch is on display), recently acquired two of these statues originating from the 14th century Iwayaji temple in Shimane, that was restored in 1839. Research will determine the exact date of these 'heavenly generals' (Niō).* When the Rijksmuseum reopens after many years of building activities — hopefully in 2013 — they will flank the entrance of the new Asian Pavilion.
Although The Housekeeper and the Professor is (obviously) about living in the present, the story is constructed of memories from the housekeeper. She has a gentle way of telling, so when the story unfolds you know something is about to happen, but there's no real shock effect.
Because of the Professor's loss of memory and the sticky notes that aid him, this book of course strongly reminds of the fascinating movie Memento. Except in the film Guy Pearce relies on tattoos — and it's not a kind story like The Housekeeper… But the book also reminded me of another very good movie: Goodbye Lenin, in which a son pretends their hometown East Berlin is still communist when his mother awakens from a long coma in 1990. The Professor's memory ends in 1975, the year he had his accident, so the Housekeeper and her son often act as if no time has passed as well.
Now, how do you like my bookmark with a Japanese housekeeper on the left? It's a print from around 1795 by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), called Servant Naniwa O-Hisa carrying a cup of tea and a smoker's set. Would you like to have one just like it? I bought a duplicate to give away! Just comment on this post telling me if you know of any more GOOD movies about memory, numbers, mathematics or science (you get the picture). The giveaway ends on Friday 5th of February and is open to all!
I read The Housekeeper and the Professor for the Japanese Literature Book Group (discussion post) and as part of the Japanese Literature Challenge and 3rd What's in a Name challenge (category 'title'). It was a fine story to begin the year with.
* As far as I've been able to figure out, Niō and Deva kings are (almost) the same kind of temple guardians. But I'm open to correction!
For today's Sunday Salon I would like to share some thoughts about part 2 of Natsume Sōseki's classic novel I Am a Cat, published in 1906. You'll find other bookish news at the end of this post.
There comes a day when, unexpectedly, the first cool wind of autumn blows through the gaps torn in the sleeves of one's kimono, making one feel a sniffling cold is surely on its way.
Although I enjoyed reading part 1, I am more enthusiastic about volume 2. The author seems to have gotten better at gripping attention from his readers and the chapters are better balanced.
In the beginning I got quickly immersed in the story and was pretty fascinated. Only towards the end I became a bit disinterested again; when the cat started a lot of 'name-dropping'. Especially characters from Japanese culture, supposedly to give the story depth: "since Genzaemon warmed the room for laypriest Saimyoji," "you just try to come down from a pine tree like a wolf on the fold in the headlong Yoshitsune style," or "as pointless as Yoritomo's gift of a solid silver cat to the unworldly Saigyo" (etc.).
Obviously the book was written for a Japanese audience; to me, being a Westerner, these references only have a superficial meaning. Worse is that I didn't feel encouraged to google any of them — just because there were too many. Of course 'Neko', nor Natsume, wouldn't have minded: both have not much regard for Westerners anyway — even ridiculing us, together with the way their fellow Japanese copied foreigners after bakumatsu (the ending of Japan's isolationist foreign policy).
And why, while they're about it, don't they and their families stroll around Ueno Park in no more than that nakedness they so affect to love? It can't be done, they say? But of course it can. The only reason they hesitate is not, I bet, because it can't be done, but simply because Europeans don't do it. The proof of my point is in their dusk behaviour. There they are, swaggering down to the Imperial Hotel, all dolled-up in those crazy evening dresses. What origin and history do such cockeyed costumes have? Nothing indigenous. Our bird-brained ladies flaunt themselves in goose-skinned flesh and feathers solely because that is the mode in Europe. Europeans are powerful, so it matters not how ridiculous or daft their goings on, everyone must imitate their daftest designs. [p.244]
Of course it occurred to me that the name-dropping I found tedious could be meant as satire — in real life I am bored accordingly by people who do so as I was now in I Am a Cat ;) And thankfully my patience was rewarded. After the tiresome bit came a lively scene in a sentō, a Japanese public bath house, that was much fun.
Of course, I can't be sure that it actually is a bath, but I make the wild surmise that it can't be anything else.
So, while I posited in my review of book 1 that I was only interested in the cat(s) of the story (finding the narrative about people regularly boring), I now really liked to read about human activities. How different!
When I wrote about my first graphic novel Coraline I spoke about 'reading synchronisity' with I Am a Cat. Whatdoyaknow? It happened again! Relating to part 1 as well as 2. Together with Coraline I bought The Best of Mutts for the 24 Hour Readaton and I only started reading it recently. Remember the scene about Neko getting his mouth stuck with mochi in I Am a Cat 1? Meet Earl & Mooch at Halloween!
Then I saw this gag where Mooch's equilibrium is ruined by Earl.
It reminded me of another enjoyable story, in part 2 of I Am a Cat where our feline protagonist is exercising on the garden fence.
I was just about halfway home on my fourth time around when three crows, gliding down from the next-door roof, settled on the fence-top, side-by-side, some six short feet ahead of me. Cheeky bastards! Quite apart from the fact that they're interrupting my exercise, such low-born, ill-bred, rain-guttersnipes have no right whatsoever to come tresspassing, indeed seemingly to start squatting, on my fence-property. So I told them, in terms of hissing clarity, to get lost. The nearest crow, turning its head toward me, appears to be grinning like a half-wit. The next one unconcernedly studies my master's garden. And the third continues wiping his filthy beak on a projecting splinter of the fence bamboo. He had all too evidently just finished eating something rather nasty. I stood there balanced on the fence, giving them a civilized three minutes grace to shove off. I've heard that these birds are commonly called Crowmagnons, and they certainly look as daft and primitively barbarous as their uncouth nickname would suggest. Despite my coureous waiting, they neither greeted me nor flew away. Becoming at last impatient, I began slowly to advance; whereupon the nearest Crowmagnon tentatively stirred his wings. I thought he was at last backing off in face of my power, but all he did was to shift his posture so as to present his arse, rather than his head, toward me. Outright insolence! [..] I do not greatly care for the idea of being stuck here while a trey of brainless birds waits for whatever impulse will lift them into air. For one thing, there's my poor tired feet. Those feathered lightweights are used to standing around in such precarious places so that, if my fence-top happens to please them, they might perch here forever. I, on the other hand, am already exhausted. This is my fourth time around today, and this particular exercise is anyway no less tricky than tightrope-walking. [..] I had just decided to hop down when the arse-presenting savage offered me a rudery. 'Arseholes,' he observed. His immediate neighbor repeated this coarse remark, while the last one of the trio took the trouble to say it twice. I simply could not overlook behavior so offensive. [..] I began slowly to advance. The crows, oblivious to my action, seem to be talking among themselves. They are exasperating! If only the fence were wider by five or six inches, I'd really give them hell. But as things are, however vehemently vexed I may feel, I can only tiptoe slowly forward to avenge my honor. Eventually, I reached a point a bare half-foot away from the nearest bird and was urging myself onward to one last final effort when, all together and as though by prearrangement, the three brutes suddenly flapped their wings and lumbered to hang a couple of feet above me in the air. The down-draught gusted into my face. Unsportingly surprised, I lost my balance and fell off sideways into the garden.
Kicking myself for permitting such a shameful mishap to occur, I looked up from the ground to find all three marauders safely landed back again where they had perched before. Their three sharp beaks in parallel alignment, they peer down superciliously into my angry eyes. [p.235-237]
I must say that I noticed some inconsistency in the cat's views about tresspassing, like in the quote above or in the scene about Rickshaw Blacky that I transcribed in my earlier post. In volume 2, there's a whole paragraph about the impossibility of tresspassing in Neko's philosophy. It comes down to this (p.120):
What right, then, do human beings hold to decide that things not of their own creation nevertheless belong to them?
[..] there can be no possible justification for them prohibiting others from innocent passage in and out of so-called property.
But of course cats will always reason in their own advantage ;) I wonder what surprises volume 3 will bring. It needs to be read in the new year (!), before January 15th. For now, as promised, I present to you Kahimi Karie's version of I Am a Kitten.
Since I Am a Cat is a Japanese Classic I've also admitted it to Bellezza's Japanese Literature Challenge.
Other Bookish things
Currently reading
- The Best of Mutts, Patrick McDonnell
- Zijde (Silk), Alessandro Baricco
- The Gargoyle, Andrew Davidson
In the mail
- The Rapture, Liz Jensen (I loved The Ninth Life of Louis Drax)
- The Savage Detectives, Roberto Bolaño (recommended by Kazuo Ishiguro)
- Crime School, Carol O'Connell
The Sunday Salon is a virtual gathering of booklovers on the web, where they blog about bookish things of the past week, visit each others weblogs, oh — and read ;)
You must admit that I've been really strong so far, not signing up for any 2010 reading challenges even though the rest of the book blogging world seemed to be doing so. Well, before you start congratulating me: today I could no longer resist… :)
Beth Fish Reads is taking over the third What's in a Name challenge. I liked participating in #2 and I did finish reading all my entries… I just still need to review –whispers– half of them :\ Well, I'll get to that. Someday.
Here's the new challenge in brief: between January 1st and December 31st I need to read one book in each of the following categories.
- A book with a food in the title.
- A book with a body of water in the title.
- A book with a title (queen, president, sir) in the title.
- A book with a plant in the title.
- A book with a place name (country, city) in the title.
- A book with a music term in the title.
Ha! I am quickly going to browse my shelves for books to be admitted to this challenge! :)) Maybe I should postpone my Boekgrrls December read, The Gargoyle, to January? ;) No need: in April we'll be reading John Irving's Last Night in Twisted River! There are two other titles on our list that would fit loosely, but I want to play fair — to begin with :)
Another challenge that I've had my eyes on has already started: the Women Unbound challenge, running from November 2009 until November 2010. When I was reading The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata last month I kept thinking about this challenge. So now I've actually made the decision to join! I just need to figure out which level: Philogynist ("read at least two books, including at least one nonfiction one") must be doable since I have already read Kawabata and will definitely pick up Sei Shonagon's classic The Pillow Book soon, which counts for non-fiction. But it should be a challenge! Of course I could always upgrade along the way?
Since the Japanese Literature Challenge is running until February 2010, I am now officially participating in three 2010 reading challenges before the year has even started. Add the remaining three books of my personal 2008-2009 challenge to that and you'll all think that I must be crazy. So be it. I love you too ;)
In just one hour I will be on a real Sunday Salon: a swap meeting of the Boekgrrls where we exchange copies that we no longer need. And talk about books of course. A LOT ;) I'm just bringing a small pile and plan to take home even less ;)
Biggest news of the week: yesterday I was surprised with the kind gift of Cloud Atlas — the music. I was at a loss for words when I got it. Especially since there was no reason to get any presents; my birthday is still a few months away and I am to old for Sinterklaas too ;) Thank you so, SO much dear Else! The music is really beautiful. David Mitchell is one of my all-time favourite authors (if you didn't know yet ;) I will have to talk about the cd some more another time because otherwise I'll be late for my meeting.
In the mail this week: The Decorative Art of Japanese Food Carving (Elegant Garnishes for All Occassions) by Hiroshi Nagashima, which I wrote about earlier. I just couldn't resist ;) Even though I usually refuse to buy cookbooks that are not completely vegetarian.
Finished reading: The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata. And I am definitely going to read more of this acclaimed author! It was really beautiful. I guess both Gail Tsukiyama (The Samurai's Garden) and Ellis Avery (The Teahouse Fire) were influenced by Kawabata. Next read? I haven't decided yet!
The Sunday Salon is a virtual gathering of booklovers on the web, where they blog about bookish things of the past week, visit each others weblogs, oh — and read ;)
I am a cat. As yet I have no name. [p.5]
I started reading I Am a Cat (Wagahai wa Neko dearu) during the 24 hour read-a-thon and finished part 1 on October 31st. I'm reading this classic from 1905-1906 for the Japanese Literature Read-along. I wish I had the edition shown on Wikipedia, because I absolutely love that cover! But the picture on my 'complete edition' resembles my own cat Juno, so I am happy with that as well :)
What do I think of the book so far? Unfortunately I read the preface first, so there wasn't much to find out for myself :\ This way I knew beforehand that the first chapter had been written as a short story, to be published in the journal Hototogisu. Originally it was not meant to be a book at all! But one of the the magazine editors persuaded the author to expand it into a novel because of its success.
I'll let the introduction introduce the story ;)
[..] though Sōseki's total book is held together by the continuing theme of a nameless cat's observations of upper-middle-class Japanese society of the Meiji period, the essence of the book resides in the humor and sardonic truth of those various observations, not in the development of the story.
The preface also gave away that the voice of the cat gets more and more human. I recognized that in the following quote from the 3rd (and last) chapter of volume 1:
The more that humans show me sympathy, the more I am inclined to forget that I am a cat. Feeling that I am now closer to humans than to cats, the idea of rallying my own race in an effort to wrest supremacy from the bipeds no longer has the least appeal. [..] Moreover, I have developed, indeed evolved, to such an extent that there are now times when I think of myself as just another human in the human world.
Reading that, a relation to the song I Am a Kitten became apparent. Momus wrote the piece of music originally in French for the Japanese pop star Kahimi Karie. The booklet of his 20 Vodka Jellies cd even acknowledges that it owes something to this "excellent novel".
The song is about a cat falling in love with a human being (= impossible love). I don't think that's going to happen in Natsume's story, but you never know ;) Here's Momus singing I Am a Kitten (in English), while you read along. We'll save Kahimi's performance for another time ;)
And though I'd love to be loved
The gods ordained it that
You were made a human being
And I turned out a cat
(I am a kitten)
[complete lyrics]
Back to the novel. I'm not really sure what to think of it. Of course it's interesting to read about Japanese intellectuals and their surroundings in early 20th century — seen through the eyes of a cat. But how realistic is it? And what is there to 'learn' about Japan it if I can't determine that? Okay, I admit to not having a taste for satire. And yes, I'm embarrased to say so; it's like confessing to not having a sense of humor — in other words being a sourpuss :\
Anywho. Aside from the above, I am not able to identify with the cat, even though it is portrayed lifelike (that is to say: the way we humans perceive feline characters). And this time it can't be designated my shortcoming because in Barbara Gowdy's book The White Bone I actually imagined I was the elephant Mud.
Am I not enjoying the read-along of I Am a Cat? Oh yes I am! :)
I really had to laugh about a scene where 'the cat' — I am going to baptize it Neko here and now — gets its jaw stuck in a rice cake. I transcribed part of it for a mini challenge in the 24 hour read-a-thon, but it actually goes on for several pages and it is very evocative.
I guess this novel, for me, is about cherishing specific quotes; I've jotted many down in my notebook. In my blogpost about the graphic novel Coraline I have already talked about reading synchronisity on the basis of some similar quotes. But I was also affected by a scene in which 'Neko' finds Rickshaw Blacky sunbathing in his garden. This part reminded me very much of our belated tomcat Jumbo (who was HUGE and named Jumbo because of that by the animal shelter when he was only a few weeks old). He was a shy guy btw, not some bully like the cat of the rickshaw owner ;)
[..] and there I saw an enormous cat fast asleep on a bed of withered chrysanthemums, which his weight had flattened down. [..] there he was, stretched out at full length and snoring loudly. I was amazed at the daring courage that permitted him, a tresspasser, to sleep so unconcernedly in someone else's garden. He was a pure black cat. The sun of earliest afternoon was pouring its most brilliant rays upon him, and it seemed as invisible flames were blazing out from his glossy fur. He had a magnificent physique; the physique, one might say, of the Emperor of Catdom. [p.9-10]
In conclusion I just think the cat(s) in the story interest me, and not so much the storylines about the people. Yes, I am a cat person :)
For surely even humans will not flourish forever. I think it best to wait in patience for the Day of the Cats. [p.7]
Part 2 of I Am a Cat needs to be read (and reviewed) before December 15th and the final part in the middle of January 2010. To be continued…
Note: I had a hard time deciding whether I should write Natsume Sōseki or Sōseki Natsume. The Western way would be Sōseki Natsume, since Natsume is the writer's last name. But the Japanese put their family names first. In the end I considered decisive that 1) in my museum profession author and creator names are usually documented in the way the person presents him-/herself publicly and 2) that is probably also why I know the author by the name Natsume Sōseki best myself.
Since I Am a Cat is a Japanese Classic I've also admitted it to Bellezza's Japanese Literature Challenge and the 2009 Classics Challenge.


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Malaysian-born comedian Rani Moorthy is back in Singapore after more than 15 years to unleash her madcap antics on stage.
Comedy fans may remember her from the Channel 5 comedy-skit series 'The Ra Ra Show' in the 1990s (also starring comedian Kumar), before she moved to the UK in 1996.
Her upcoming one-woman show, 'Curry Tales', will be staged at the Esplanade Theatre Studios from 13 to 16 June.
Employing the conventions of South Indian Kuthu theatre, which breaks the divide between audience and performer, the actress-playwright will dive into the lives of six different characters while literally cooking up a storm on stage.
In an email interview, she talks about her theatre work in India, as well as curry – two of her biggest passions.
Kuthu theatre has a fine tradition of biting satire, ribaldry and audience participation. How did you get involved in this genre and why did you choose to replicate it in 'Curry Tales'?
The British Council saw a play of mine at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002 and invited me to perform in Sri Lanka in 2003, when there was a lull in the civil war there and peace talks were being brokered between the government and the Tamil Tigers.
I was the first Tamil woman to perform in the war zone. While touring in Jaffna and Batticaloa, I realised that traditional Kuthu – not just the style but the freedom and implicit understanding between performer and audience – struck a chord with me.
My great grandfather was a legendary actor in Northern Sri Lanka and probably used Kuthu in his work, so I guess it has always been in my DNA.
Part of my research for 'Curry Tales' took me to South India and I spent time observing Kuthu performances of companies such as Kutthu-p-pattarai and Kataikuthu Sangam.
Kuthu is also sacred and associated with rituals; it has an innate theatricality and aesthetic, and yet stems from the most human of needs – the need for shared experience.
I've absorbed the spirit of the Kuthu genre rather than use a full-on replication of it in my performances.
Do you have to craft the humour in your performance or does it come more organically?
I think the best humour comes from recognition and observation and this can be honed over time and experience.
But magic happens, when the performer is relaxed and not trying too hard, an the audience is given permission to laugh.
Laughter is a serious business because it tackles things that we run away from in everyday life, usually things that we don't dare talk about that are usually taboo.
From pratfalls to witty satire, humour is always subversive.
Cooking is pivotal in 'Curry Tales'. What are some of your earliest and fondest memories related to curries?
The morning after, when the flavours in a curry have "settled" and mellowed in the afterglow. When no animal was harmed in the making of it, and a fresh paratha (bread) is recommended to clean the plate.
If you could make steps towards "I-have-a-curry named-after-me" greatness, what kind of curry will it be?
It would be called "The Drama Queen" and it will have complex flavours, often working against each other, an aftertaste that lingers, and frothy foam that forms on top as it cools down, so that only those with robust palettes can handle the plunge.
Any curry-making tips to share?
Think of burning in hell when you grind the masala.
'Curry Tales' | Date: 13-16 Jun 2013 | Time: Thu-Sun 8pm, Sat 3pm | Venue: Esplanade Theatre Studios | Tickets: $25, $80 (for package of four) from www.sistic.com.sg. Concessions apply.

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TORONTO (Nov. 4)
The head of Canada's largest Protestant denomination has expressed his shame at the spectacle of "Christians" perpetrating "a pogrom" in the Shatila and Sabra refugee camps in west Beirut.
In a sermon delivered in Acton, Ontario, the Rev. Clarke MacDonald, recently elected Moderator of the United Church of Canada, declared: "The eloquent, almost total silence on the part of the Christian community in Canada regarding events in the Middle East, especially the massacres which took place at Shatila and Sabra, speaks volumes. As one of the leaders in that community I admit complicity in this silence, although I would reject the nation that it is a conspiracy of silence."
Christians, MacDonald stated, "must share deeply the sense of shock that has shaken the Jewish community. While we may protest against the media use of the adjective 'Christian' to define the Phalangists, yet we cannot deny that likely 90 percent or more of these people have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, That such persons should be the perpetrators of a pogrom against helpless women, women with children, and old people … is incomprehensible to anyone who tries to have that mind which is in Christ,"
MacDonald said the tragedy raises a question. "How can we emphasize our common humanity?" By raising this question, "among many others to which I would like-to-see us address ourselves … we may make some contribution to 'humanizing our distant tomorrows' and prevent the recurrence of a holocaust anywhere on the planet Earth."


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The Jewish party of Rumania held a meeting here to organize resistance to ex-Premier Vaida-Voevod's ###ation-wide campaign to restrict the civil rights of the Jews along racial lines.
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"The Central Committee of our party, which is the supreme body, has refused by an enormous majority to incorporate the numerus clausus restrictions into the party program," M. Moldovan said. "This project of restricting the Jews to a numerus clausus, which is advocated by Dr. Vaida-Voevod, is in conflict with the traditions and the ideology of our party. We here in Bukowina can see how such restrictions are impracticable. For this reason we must emphatically ### them."


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Carr, Harry, 1877-1936.
Old mother Mexico.
Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Co., ©1931 (Cambridge [Mass.] : The Riverside Press)
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|Old mother Mexico --
Quicksand --
A Mexican Roosevelt --
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We find a playmate --
The gringo invasion --
The hacienda country --
The oldest city in America --
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I recently had my birthday. There was no party. I really really wanted to have a party, with some of my best friends. Problem is, they're kinda new best friends, and they're both popular extroverts with several other more interesting friends, so I feel so insecure and unimportant when I think about inviting them, and I would really hate to pick the "wrong" date when they're not available. I made a mess of the dates last year, so I was extra anxious about that this year, and in the end I never invited anyone.
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It is a mean thing, that we have all done. I guess we all have done. Unless we learned early on not too. The bible I guess says, "judge not, lest you be judged".
I have made some mistakes in my life as we all have. It is a part of learning and growing up. It is the school of hard knocks, and it is hard, and it hurts.
I bring this up to you readers because I have been baffled and hurt by others, claiming to be good people as they coldly judge my kinder, more hurt, nicer friends. Well my friend who judges, my nicer friend can't quite be "real" about her own feelings and becomes very cold and puts down in my presence the more sensitive friend of mine.
I may be judging the person myself (the person that is cold and very hurt herself), but all in all I believe we must strive to stop gossiping and pretending we like people and then turn around and hurt them with gossip. Gossip is not really positive. It hurts people. It is a way of building oneself up, as they lower another down.
It is something I could get hurt for myself and I no longer want to ever gossip again. I really sometimes think I have the answers for other peoples dilemmas, but when I act on that, i often get hurt.
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On October 30, 2013 we were honored with a special visit by Vice President Joe Biden. A vocal advocate for women and men experiencing domestic violence, Vice President Biden helped found the hotline with the Violence Against Women Act. Vice President Biden met with advocates, listened to stories heard on the phone lines and recognized the milestone of the hotline answering its 3 millionth call.
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As promised last week….I am writing a completely un-fitness related post just for fun!
When Connor was first born I used to write a lot more about my life as a mom. I shared things like tips for working out with a toddler, further back, some must haves for one-year-olds, and even further back than that, banishing the baby bulge.
Lately, I've still been posting a lot of pictures of my mom life on Instagram, but on the blog I've stuck to talking about fitness and just being good to yourself, your mind and your body. Today though, it's time to talk toddlers…specifically, transitioning toddlers to a full size bed!
I love when other mom bloggers post about something I have been dealing with or a transition I have coming up with my own son so hopefully this helps alleviate at least one mom's fear of the crib to big boy bed transition.
Connor transitioned to a big boy bed a few months ago and despite my incredible fear, we survived just fine! There were a lot of other changes that were much harder (damn you night time bottle and constant nap time changes…so glad those are behind us!) so it was nice to see that this one went well, or at least better than expected.
A few tips and observations from our experience that will hopefully make your toddler's crib to toddler bed or big boy/girl bed a bit easier…
Make it exciting. Get rid of some baby stuff from the nursery at the same time and do a little room redo, choosing a theme that is something you know your toddler will love.
We went with tools and construction because Connor is absolutely obsessed with fixing things and has loved digger trucks for as long as I can remember. He was so pumped to see these tool sheets when we got them in the mail and I was pretty excited when I stumbled upon this step stool at HomeGoods that matched perfectly. I mean one step has tools and one has construction trucks. Amazing.
Check online if you're searching for something specific. I found tons of stuff online, including this super cute picture on minted. If you are trying to design a room for your toddler (or any room in your house!) I totally recommend checking this site out. It's awesome because they have such a variety of prints and you can change out the colors on most of them to match whatever you want. You get to preview what it will look like with different colors in the print and for the frame. Check out the site and see for yourself! So neat!
For the first few weeks/month Connor still called for us every single morning. He knew that he could get in and out of bed on his own (and did so all day long), but always called us in the morning and after nap time because he was so used to doing that when he slept in his crib. This didn't last, but did help make the transition easier.
There's a little tool (no pun intended) that just may help your kid continue to sleep a little later the morning…or at least let you sleep a little later! My friend told me about this toddler traffic light and we have had some success with it. I think if I were to do this again I would start using the traffic light when he was a little younger. You know…start that brainwashing about sleep time and wake time a little earlier!
More advice from another friend. Skip the toddler bed and get a double bed if you have room. Two benefits here: you can lay with them on tough nights or as they fall asleep and it makes it easier to read stories at bedtime! He's getting big and I am small so snuggling in the chair isn't working that well anymore.
Bedrails help ease your mind. I got this hideaway bedrail after some advice from a few other moms and we have been happy with it so far although I definitely do not ever bother hiding it! I've also heard that you can put a swimming 'noodle' under the sheet at the edge of the bed and that may be enough of a barrier. I haven't tried this, but may check it out as a next step.
Don't stress about getting all done at once. If you're busy with other things like potty training or starting preschool, don't stress. Take it one thing at a time and be patient!
We are just about done with Connor's big boy room, but I still want to update what's on the shelves over his dresser or take them down because I haven't changed them since he was a baby. (Or dusted them very often, but that's a topic for another day…)
I also want to get rid of some of the stickers. (I love them…just feel like we need a little variety!)
Don't stress – you're all going to be okay. Your kid will need sleep again…eventually. There may be a few middle-of-the-night scares when your kid shows up at your bedside, but you'll laugh about it later!
Moms, any tips on transitioning from a crib to a toddler bed or regular adult bed?


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text: Corn held steady, while soybean yields rose 1 bushel in this month's harvest forecast, conducted Nov. 1 by the Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service.Average corn yields were forecast at 160 bushels per acre, the same as the October estimate but four higher than 2003's results. If realized, the yield would reach a record 496 million bushels from 3.1 million acres.Soybeans, meanwhile, were forecast at 47 bushels per acre, up one bushel from the October estimate and 8.5 higher than last year's average, according to the statistics service. If realized, the yield would reach a record of nearly 208 million bushels from 4.42 million acres.Also of note, according to the statistics service: "U.S. corn production is forecast at 11.7 billion bushels, up 1 percent from last month and 16 percent above 2003. Based on conditions as of Nov. 1, the yield is expected to average 160.2 bushels per acre, up 1.8 bushels from October and 18 bushels above last year. "If realized, both production and yield would be the largest on record. The previous records for both were set last year when production was estimated at 10.1 billion bushels and yield was 142.2 bushels per acre. "Across the United States, yields are forecast at record high levels in 19 of the 33 published corn states. With the exception of Wisconsin, yields in the Corn Belt states are forecast at record highs as weather conditions have been mostly favorable throughout the growing season." "U.S. soybean production is forecast at 3.15 billion bushels, up 1 percent from October and 28 percent above 2003. If realized, this would be the largest U.S. soybean crop on record. Based on Nov. 1 conditions, yields are expected to average a record high 42.6 bushels per acre, up 0.6 bushel from October and 8.7 bushels above last year. "Producers in the Corn Belt, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland and the Carolinas are realizing higher yields than expected last month, while yield prospects decreased as harvest progressed in North Dakota and Minnesota. Area for harvest in the U.S. is forecast at 74 million acres, unchanged from last month but up 2 percent from 2003."OutlookTerry Beck from Ohio State University Extension passed along the following, concerning annual agricultural outlook meetings.A Wooster dinner event is set for Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. at Fisher Auditorium on the campus of OSU's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster. The cost to take part is $25 per person, which includes dinner and handouts.Topics to be discussed include a dairy outlook for the new year featuring Cam Thraen and grain and energy outlooks by Matt Roberts.Reservations are due Nov. 30. For more information, contact OSU Extension at (330) 264-8722.KudosAn Ashland couple is among the finalists for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's annual Young Farmer Award.Harold and Julia Swain are among four finalists for the honor, which recognizes individuals or couples age 35 or younger for "their achievements in the farming business and their leadership in the agricultural community," according to a recent release.According to Farm Bureau, the Swains operate a Jersey cow dairy, raise dairy goats and produce timer.According to a release, "They list among their current goals an expansion of acreage and growth in the cow herd as well as improved milk output. They have been involved in Ashland County Farm Bureau's promotion and education, membership, risk management and Nationwide programs and have participated in advisory council activities."Other finalists include Brian and Jennifer Harbage of South Charleston, James and Mary Moore of Canfield and Robert and Autumn Morrison of Bloomingdale.The winners will be named during Farm Bureau's annual meeting in Columbus next week.


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The way companies handle digital communications will soon change north of the border.
Canada's anti-spam legislation, Bill C-28, which passed Dec. 15, 2010, is expected to be proclaimed in force in late fall 2012 or early 2013. However, while most Canadian companies are aware of the impending changes, a new report from Canadian law firm Fasken Martineau finds that U.S. companies and their general counsel are still largely ignorant of the legislation and its effects.
The anti-spam act, which "seeks to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities," will amend four other national regulations: the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act.
As a result, the law may have a significant impact on U.S. marketers doing business in Canada. Once proclaimed in force, for companies to send commercial emails to, through or from Canada, they will need to get the recipient's permission prior to sending the email. This stands in direct contrast to the U.S.'s CAN-SPAM Act, which requires an opt-out policy rather than an opt-in policy.
Companies not in compliance with the new regulation may receive serious penalties, including up to a $10 million fine for sending an unsolicited email, or face class action lawsuits and millions of dollars in damages.
Fasken's survey, which polled marketing executives, general counsel and other high-level decision makers at publicly traded or highly regulated companies in a variety of industries, found that nearly 60 percent of respondents were unaware of the new law. And of those respondents who were aware of the legislations, 23.6 percent did not know about the potential penalties.
Additionally, Fasken found that only 27 percent of respondents knew that a company that is compliant with the U.S. Do Not Call legislation is not automatically compliant with Canada's anti-spam act. And this could be a significant problem for U.S. companies' legal departments.
"General counsel will definitely be impacted by the upcoming anti-spam law," Fasken Martineau attorney Charles Lupien said. "The first and most important thing to do is to educate."
Lupien recommends that general counsel meet as soon as possible with the marketing and IT departments to inform them of the upcoming law and assess the changes it will have on business practices.
"More specifically," he continues, "a review of the company's current email list will need to be made in collaboration with the marketing department to make sure the company can secure prior consent or the application of an exception for each entry. If not possible, the company should consider either obtaining consent or purging the entry to avoid potential fines and class actions."
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Author | Saif Ahmad Khan | Friday, Sep 16,2016 9:39 AM
Public broadcaster Doordarshan celebrated its 57th Foundation Day recently. The event was commemorated with a special function at Doordarshan Bhawan in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Union Information & Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu congratulated the viewers and staff on having traversed such a long journey. The minister added that "there was a long journey" waiting ahead.
Hailing the public broadcaster's popularity, Naidu lauded DD for reaching out to the remotest corners of the country. "Doordarshan is the most credible news communicator in the country," he said.
With the Producers, Directors, Actors and Anchors of good old days of Doordarshan at 57 foundation day pic.twitter.com/CLqlT3jbsm— M Venkaiah Naidu (@MVenkaiahNaidu) September 15, 2016
With the Producers, Directors, Actors and Anchors of good old days of Doordarshan at 57 foundation day pic.twitter.com/CLqlT3jbsm
He mentioned that he always advised media organisations to "keep away from sensationalism" and "be mirror to truth". Highlighting the ills plaguing the modern news media, he asserted that Doordarshan had retained its popularity despite not indulging in obscenity, vulgarity and sensationalism.
Naidu further opined that Doordarshan raised important issues which were socio-economic and political in nature. "Doordarshan communicates the development agenda before the country," he said.
The minister concluded by stressing on upholding social harmony and unity. He wished that viewers would continue showering their love on Doordarshan and it would grow bigger in terms of popularity.