When not planting coffee trees or selling the country through coffee and franchising , Chit finds time to read while waiting in any of their coffee shops or when she is away at the beach or catching a flight somewhere.
Still searching for a local book on coffee, Chit collaborated with Vicky Veloso-Barrera to introduce coffee-making at home in their new book entitled: KAPE – A Philippine Coffee Cookbook where Vicky made recipes for desserts and breads that go well with coffee. The next project though will be a serious book on the Philippine coffee history and coffee drinking practices all over the country. Watch out for it.
CHIT JUAN’S BOOK LIST
1. TAKE YOUR TIME by Eknath Easwaran Easwaran shows us how to "live intentionally" through slowing down the mind. Some kind of yoga for the soul. This book shows us how to slow down our pace without slowing productivity, improve and deepen relationships, make deliberate and intentional choices and focus our scattered attention.
2. FOOD, True stories of life on the road, edited by Richard Sterling
The one thing constant in travel is food. Some may go to museums, some may enjoy parks, some look for luxury resorts…but all travellers break bread with strangers and leave the table with friends.
3. PRINCIPLE-CENTERED LEADERSHIP by Stephen R. Covey
Reviews characteristics of principle-centered leaders. You can read it a chapter a week, or a chapter a day. It leads one to an understanding of how to increase quality and productivity and to appreciate the importance of building personal and professional relationships for a more balanced and rewarding life.
4. LIVE IN A BETTER WAY compiled by Renuka Singh
Reflections on truth, love and happiness. How to train the mind to be more positive, like what they practice in Buddhism. Mental training for good health.
5. UNCOMMON GROUNDS by Mark Pendergrast
The book unfolds a panoramic story of epic proportions about the second most traded commodity in the world, coffee.
6. A YEAR IN PROVENCE by Peter Mayle
The author manages to transport us into the earthy pleasures of life in Provence and lets us live vicariously in a tempo governed by seasons not by days.
The Reading Club recommends: HARRY POTTER SPECIAL STICKER ALBUMS for Harry Potter fanatics, distributed by Emerald Headway, available at all National Book Stores and Powerbooks.