Reading Matters: The Anecdote

Posted by Prudence on July 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Author’s Note: Here’s the little anecdote I said I’d be sharing (as mentioned in my previous post). The anecdote is short, but there are ramblings that follow…

My wanderings inside the mall usually take me to bookstores. One fine day of wandering, I reached National Bookstore (NBS) and found this:

It slipped my mind that I shouldn’t be going anywhere near NBS during those days because it’s the time of the year when classes start and almost everybody and their mother/father are in NBS to buy school stuff. It’s not best time for bookhunting.

But remembering my need to replenish my paper supplies, I surged on and braved the crowd of confused kids in uniform, uncertain of which notebooks to buy (the one with the Garfield cover or the Hello Kitty one?), and irritated parents who get bumped on all sides by the raging stream of sweat-covered and heat-conducting bodies.

I emerged triumphant with my bundle of folders and a ream of bond papers. I was patiently waiting in the long line at the cashier when I heard this conversation between a high school girl and her father:

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