brain food

Every person should maintain at least three kinds of friendships:

1.)    Friends of your own age with whom you can talk over your problems, plans and goals with confidence.

2.)    Friends older than you to whom you can confide and be assured of wise counsel.

3.)    Friends younger than you with whom you can share your life’s experiences.

It’s not only in being helped, but in helping others, that you can find release from your inner tensions. 

The Fourth Treasure

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	Literature & Fiction
Author:	Todd Shimoda

Next to Haruki Murakami, Todd Shimoda is the second Japanese author I was able to read. This talks about Tina Suzuki who was born and raised in America, without knowing anything about her roots including her father. Growing up, she was never bothered about learning her home country, the culture, and her biological father. Her PhD dissertation inevitably led her to the discovery and unveiling of the past that her mother had kept from her for more than two decades. I appreciated how Shimoda elucidated Japanese culture by his explanation of the magnificent Jap calligraphy.