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Monday, January 26
I have to admit that it was only recently (recently as in not-so-recently but recently...oh what am I typing) that I picked up a book and started reading it from Page 1 to Page 2 and continously looping this process until I reach the last page(s). Which are usually empty pages or pages that promote the author's wonderful new book or tell something very very very important like the author living in Florida with a dog and 2 cats. HELL YEAH very important. But very interesting. And especially when they put a photo of the author and you can gush about how awful the author looks.
I used to read voraciously when I was like in primary school...I would use to lug 32 books (I used my father's card, mother's card, brother's card blahblah and they allowed us to borrow 8 books in the past. Now 4.) Being somewhat something-conscious, image-conscious or whatever thing it is I have no idea, I would purposely use my father's card to borrow the kiddy books and I would use my own card to borrow the more adult-sounding books. So an example of our receipts would look something like:
Father's library receipt
BOOK TITLE |
DUE DATE |
Mr Happy |
12/12/21 |
Mr Sad |
12/12/21 |
Mr something |
12/12/21 |
Bugs Bunny |
12/12/21 |
Kokkai's library reciept
BOOK TITLE |
DUE DATE |
adventures
of tintin |
12/12/21 |
some Enid Blyton book |
12/12/21 |
Asterix and Obelix |
12/12/21 |
some adult book |
12/12/21 |
Oh don't complain about the date. Makes it easier for me to type. Or about the big empty space. I don't know what's wrong. Anyways the libraries liked to waste paper in the past...used to give you one whole look piece of paper when you borrowed 4 books. So Im making it more life-like now. Hmmph. Good excuse huh.
And so it would appear that I borrowed the 'adult' books while my dad borrowed the kiddy books I wanted to read but had no guts to borrow just in case someone saw my receipt and laugher at me or something like that. If you don't sense or understand the whole buch of text I've painstakingly typed in the past 10 or 20 lines or so then never mind. Just take it that I NEVER read Asterix and Obelix. Until today I've never read an Asterix book. Probably because my father borrowed them. Don't get it? Click here
Okays so probably you're itchy handed and you clicked that dead link regardless of whether you understood what I was trying to convey up there and had to scroll down here again. Never mind then. I was itchy handed too - I've wasted a few lines with a stupid prank and left 3 lines blank for nothing other than to make you have to scroll a bit more for being itchy handed. HAH! Okays back to what I was talking about.
So books then. Guice said this book called White Oleander by Janet Fitch was nice. So I saw it lying on a shelf in a library and I borrowed it home. My visits to the library after I stopped reading at around Sec 3 (other than Harry Potter) were mainly to borrow dumb big bulk books on Photoshop that taught you nothing. But this time was an exception. Since she said White Oleander was nice, I borrowed it. And I went home and read through it and laughed at the photo of the author at the last page and enjoyed the book. Marvelous book. And so that was it. My interest in reading was rekindled. Simply with the help of a good book.
And so I've been buying books like even before I read finish the previous book I bought these days. But I do face pressure when I buy my books too. I have a classmate called Annabelle who heaps pressure on me when I buy books. She used to work at Borders so if I go:
Borders: WHY NEVER CALL ME! I GOT DISCOUNT CARD!!! GRRR
Kinokuniya: WHY YOU GO THERE! GO BORDERS!
MPH: (no response. I don't know why. Maybe she thought MPH was a supermarket)
Times*: Times shut down liao! Lousy bookstore! Borders better!
Popular*: Popular is NOT A BOOKSTORE! EEEEDIOT!
* indicates that Annabelle didn't actually say that. I said that. Sorry.
So now what. I don't know how to end this. Hmm. Okays. So currently I'm reading this book by Dave Barry. It's titled "Dave Barry's complete guide to guys" and the author's Dave Barry. Oh I just said that. Hmm. The cover's at the top of the blog. Itchy hand? I'm lazy to put that thing for you to itchy hand blahhh. So I've read 2 chapters of it now and I've got only one word to describe it - BLOODYFUNNYANDIDIOTICBOOK. Dave Barry attempts to distinguis the difference between GUYS and MEN in the book. And it's BLOODYFUNNYANDIDIOTIC. One word. Wow. Come to think of it I could have written the summary I had to do everytime in some dumb English comprehension paper in one word. HOW COOL IS THAT! Okays so that's one example of what a GUY will do. According to Dave Barry.
Another thing that a GUY will do probably if I follow Dave Barry's description of GUYS is to pose for a photograph for Mr Ng Kok Kai and let him use your body for his blog. *points to top* Or itchy hands you can click here. That body belongs to Mr Charlton Ng. Who is 100% gay. Sorry typo. GUY. With his impromptu chair sliding competitions and what-nots. Haha. GUYS.
SO I've got no idea how to end this. Well so that's it. END. Sorry about the terrible ending. And by the way, pick up that Dave Barry book written by Dave Barry. Read it if you see it ya?
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