Tuesday, May 6, 2008
little weird things serve to brighten up your day..however little.woke up this morning /afternoon feeling uber stressed about the exams and the *non* studying for it...
was greeted with a too hot sun (yes it's too hot for UK. i wouldve welcomed it if i wasnt bundled up in a winter coat)when i ventured outside for a trip to tescos..phreaking far in shoes that hurt ur ankles peh.
pottered around tesco's for the usual stuff, chicken..yadda yadda..feeling very sien with life...when......
i was sitting outside tesco's on one of the benches when my eyes fell upon a blue book with a bright orange stick-it note on it. it said "please open and read. FREE BOOK"
being the bookworm that i am, and having the irresistable urge to open the mysterious (and rather old looking) clothbound book, i slid over and turned the page gingerly..(whatt..how am i supposed to know...what if its a trigger for some bomb??)
oooohh..
how interesting... this book (one of many) has been "set into the wild" to travel across the world for anyone who would like a read, or a part in sending the book around ie. spreading knowledge.
unfortunately the book i "caught" has a rather boring subject..must have been sent out by some economist.."electricity, public or private monopoly" *drifts off back into mr mohan's tuition classes ahemm "you seeee here gul, u know what im saying o not when the AD curveeee.."* so i will not be reading it..hehe but i will be sending it quite far away...
as im going to Poland for the summer!!! the parents are coming over after exams and theyre dragging me to all the places in europe tht theyve never been to before... (hence the not so popular holiday destination)
oh an interesting note: the organization doing this book thing is international, so i thought, why not check whether malaysia is listed.. i doubted it though, since malaysia is not exactly known for book-lovers, and anyone who saw anything free would keep it for themselves and not leave it around, and even if they did leave it around, some stray dog would have taken it into its home and pretended it was it's child or smth wth.
but surprise surprise, amongst other countries, malaysia fares pretty well, 157 books! not bad for a country that is not as book-savvy as, say the US or the UK. but then again maybe im just being prejudiced lol.
so, guys! IF YOU SEE A RANDOM BOOK LYING SOMEWHERE... (esp those of you in UK(7907), US(14767), and AUSTRALIA(1744))do pick it up, register it, and release it somewhere else!!
haha i dunt know why this cheered me up, but knowing that people out there do share a love for books in this creative way..just makes me feel so warm and fuzzy. truly, without books i wouldnt be half as talkative as i am now (nothing to talk about what, unless u count gossip and talking about malaysian dreamgirl or smth)
it would be even better if there was a charity going on behind these books, like maybe some big company will donate a pound for every 100 miles or so it has travelled. imagine how much theyd have to pay if i took this book back to malaysia!!
hmm.good idea eyy.so any sponsors??;)
BookCrossing
click the link! if youre really bored you can go book hunting and catch the book somewhere on the city streets, in a bar, in a shopping mall, in a tram..anywhere!
wheeee.
ok. study.
=.=
enz
*edit: APPARENTLY zhiyang found it, so technically i was telling a lie when i said i found it. im forced to correct the mistake.*sigh*
