Think I've finally been bought over by the idea that the National Library is a wonderful place. Have got a rather nasty habit of buying novels left and right but in truth not only is that costly, it takes up a hell lot of space too. Space, is something I can hardly spare at all. The library is the nice solution to that problem. That and the Net I suppose. ;p
Everytime I have to fill in something which describes my interests I fill in reading. Never really believed it myself though, that I really love reading so much cos I never could afford buying all those books I'd browsed in Kinokuniya or Borders or Popular... Then, abruptly, I realised that I have been cultivating a reading habit since I don't know, after JC? You see, I discovered the wonders of online fanfiction after JC and somewhere along the way I began actively reading fanfiction almost everyday. Ok, I admit it's not exactly the same as reading published books but hey, some of these authors are REALLY talented! Such imaginative minds!
Now that I've started to borrow some books from the library I realised that it's more convenient than I thought it was. In the past I always thought it was too troublesome to travel to a library and the nearest one to my place doesn't seem to have too wide a collection. Now I realise there are still some interesting books in Yishun library. Just recently I managed to borrow Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion from the library. I was so surprised cos I thought I'd never find them there. Just finished reading Pride and Prejudice again. Ah... With age comes understanding, I find that I finally can understand the book better compared to when I first read the book when I was 12 and 13.
I also just started to make use of the elibrary of the NLB. Though it conks off sometimes, when it's fine I can read books for free online just like reading fanfiction. It's wonderful man! The NLB is wonderful!