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The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin)

This is what I want for my birthday and all other upcoming occasions this year. I'm planning to collect this comic book series by Herge (Georges Remi). My teammate, Mark Allen and I talked about it through webmail a few nights ago. My friends and I enjoyed reading about Tintin's adventures back in grade school. I sent a message to Giselle asking whether there are bookstores still seling the comic books. She told me to check in the National Bookstore branches. I am so thrilled. I remember watching the show in GMA 7 years ago. The music would send me scurrying to the living room and the few episodes I was able to watch enthralled me. Too bad, they stopped showing it.

I can't find my copy of Tintin in Tibet. It was given by a grade school friend and I don't know where it is now. I've been looking for it since it entered my mind. I discarded it a few years back after getting over my obsession. How will I know that it will resurrect?! My dad may have sent it to Mindoro along with some magazines and newspapers. Bummer. My one and only copy gone. I have to start from scratch. I used Harry Potter to force/convince/wheedle Gem to read. The Adventures of Tintin may do a little magic for Kit.

I wanted to have a life similar to Tintin's when I was a kid. I wanted to be a journalist so I can go off to these wonderful, exciting adventures in beautiful places like Egypt and Africa. I gravitated towards mysteries as a child with Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and Bobbsey Twins. Tintin was the only comic book series I read apart from the Chinese comic books my friends lent me. At 25 (turning 26), it's nice to look back and feel how it is to be a worry-free kid again.

Tintin and Snowy




A page from Tintin in Tibet