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Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson | Biographies & Memoirs
Registered by bestfriends of Jalhay, Liège / Luik Belgium on Saturday, November 15, 2008
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6 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by bestfriends at Spa, Liège / Luik Belgium on Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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Released 3 yrs ago (11/19/2008 UTC) at Spa, Liège / Luik Belgium

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On a secret mission to the homeland of Santa 

Journal Entry 2 by wingSobergirlwing from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Wednesday, December 24, 2008

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amazon.co.uk:
Product Description
‘Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything – even die.’ Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan In 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, a mountaineer called Greg Mortenson drifted, cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Moved by the inhabitants’ kindness, he promised to return and build a school. Three Cups of Tea is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome. Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools – especially for girls – in remote villages across the forbidding and breathtaking landscape of Pakistan and Afghanistan, just as the Taliban rose to power. His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit.






THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS BOOK, AND THE TEA!
I will start reading it now right away, and have some tea, and listen to some peaceful music, I have some spare time before the Midnight Mass from the Vatican starts.



(Pic nicked from the website)
Central Asia Institute
Central Asia Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with the mission to promote and support community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan

 

Journal Entry 3 by wingSobergirlwing from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Sunday, December 28, 2008

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Finnish bookring after I've read it!

Guidelines:
PM me to join.
Last date to join: 31st Jan 2009
Make a JE when you receive the book
Read the book within a month
Contact the next person on the list for their address
Make a JE saying what you thought of the book
Send the book along

Questions? Please PM me

Participants:
Thy
Annelis
Chania
Aava (wishes to be last on the list)
Back to me, Sobergirl

Slight change of plans 31st Dec 2008:
The book will go to one of my workmates first, the bookring will begin after he's read and returned the book to me. Early February 2009?


 

Journal Entry 4 by wingSobergirlwing from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Saturday, January 03, 2009

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This is such an incredible book!
Greg Mortensen is a true hero.
This is one of the most amazing reading experiences ever for me.
Thank you so much bestfriends for the book! 

Journal Entry 5 by wingSobergirlwing from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Wednesday, February 11, 2009

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The book is now travelling to thy! 

Journal Entry 6 by thy from Nurmijärvi, Uusimaa Finland on Friday, February 13, 2009

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The book arrived today, thank you for sending it Sobergirl, and thank you for the tea. I have still some work to do but soon I can make some tea and start reading, can't wait! 

Journal Entry 7 by thy from Nurmijärvi, Uusimaa Finland on Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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It is a very inspiring book! I read Wangari Muta Maathai’s memoirs (Unbowed) a while ago and when reading this one I thought that she and Mortenson have similar attitude towards problems: when they see that something needs to be done, they start working. How admirable.

I’ll pass the book to Annelis at today’s bc meeting.
 

Journal Entry 8 by wingAnneliswing from Kerava, Uusimaa Finland on Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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On a cold winter day who could resist a cup of tea, or two or three... I could not.
This book seems very interesting. Thank you for the bookring!

This is my #36 in STORA SPARK-I-BAKEN 2009 Challenge arranged by Panzeranzi.

This is my #38 "REDUCE MOUNT TBR 2009" Challenge arranged by DovreiLibri. 

Journal Entry 9 by wingAnneliswing from Kerava, Uusimaa Finland on Saturday, April 11, 2009

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What a coincidence! There were the same people (Pashto) and the same king in this book as in the book called Sleeping Buddha. And another coincidence: the tv program Silk Road showed yesterday the same regions as in this book. So it kind of feels familiar this faraway region in Pakistan.
It is a wonder that Mortenson did not get killed at the beginning of his adventures while he was not yet famous for his work.

There are not enough men who understand the importance of educating girls. Girls become mothers who bring up the next generation. I wonder how men in the first villages to get a school by the help of Mortenson let their daughters go to school also. Well, not all men because there is a need to get the percentage of girls higher.

In a tv program yesterday Michael Palin was interviewing a man from Tunis about turism and how it changed the life. The man told that the young are not so interested in religion anymore. I thought that it is a good thing as then they need not make war over who has the right kind of faith or religion. But all is not good. Sex turism is growing and not the same kind as in Thailand where old men seek young victims. In Tunis old women buy youngsters and live with them and the boys learn how to live without working, said the man. I guess they still hide the girls from the eyes of all men. So dirty old men has nothing to get in Tunis and they go elsewhere.

This is my #20 in 2009 KEEP THEM MOVING CHALLENGE arranged by Guinaveve.


I am sorry, it took more time to read this wonderful book during my daily trips on train than I expected. I'll post it to Chania next time I go out.
 

Journal Entry 10 by wingChaniawing from Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa Finland on Friday, April 17, 2009

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Thank You, Annelis! I'll start this book next, after fininshing the book I am reading now. Looks very interesting! 

Journal Entry 11 by wingChaniawing from Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa Finland on Saturday, April 25, 2009

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A very good true-story indeed! What a generous and dedicated person Greg Mortenson is - if we had more people like him, the world would defenitively be a better place. The book was interesting, informative and inspiring! Thanks for the tea too, such a lovely thought.

Sending this to Aava next! 

Journal Entry 12 by aava from Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Finland on Saturday, May 02, 2009

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Book received - and the tea! Thanks so much. I'll start reading this asap. 

Journal Entry 13 by aava from Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Finland on Monday, June 01, 2009

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I finished reading this book a while ago, but I've been thinking about it and what to write about it. It certainly is an inspiring story and Greg Mortenson seems to be a really great guy. There are many who think about the people in developing countries, people who need our support in developing those countries and not enough people who actually go out there and do something about it.Greg Mortenson didn't just think, he did it.Education and literacy are really the best tools to fight against poverty and prejudices. So thumbs up for the admirable Mr. Mortenson and especially because he's been working so hard to give equal chances to girls. Lately I've read so much about the atrocious things that the Talibans are committing in some parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan to keep girls out of schools.I certainly hope the CAI are still working there despite all odds.

Then something about the book I didn't like so much. I'm not sure but in books like this one, is it really necessary to underline everything? I found it a bit too much at some point the way the editor is making Mortenson to seem like an superman. And I found it a bit odd that it's told in third person. At times the structure of the book is not very good. But I enjoyed reading the book, especially the parts where there was something about the society and culture of Pakistan and its various tribes.

So thank you Sobergirl for the ring. I think I will find a courier to take the book back to you :) 

Journal Entry 14 by wingSobergirlwing from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Sunday, June 07, 2009

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The book is now "home" again. Thank you all for participating in the bookring!
Thank you Aava for the postcard and the tea!
Special thanks to Eijukka for acting as courier! 

Journal Entry 15 by wingSobergirlwing from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Saturday, August 29, 2009

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This book is now in Kir Sotos Pensionat in Skopleos, Greece 



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