Comments on: Solace among books

By: ibyang

ibyang — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:38:52 +0000

the library is my solace too! and because i loved it so much, i volunteered to work there during lunch break and after classes during my elementary years. the joy of “communing” with books is heaven to me.
i onced wrote about my love for the library here:
http://awifescharmedlife.blogspot.com/2007/09/when-was-last-time-youve-been-to.html

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Wow! That’s so good of you to have volunteered. Galing! Thanks for the link to your library love entry too.

By: jeanny

jeanny — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:55:56 +0000

So that’s the reason why you love reading so much

Libraries were part of my childhood and because I love going to libraries, my mom was so proud of me because she does not spend big bucks on my tetxbook…hehehe.

One reason why I love reading so much

Yeah, libraries were a big money-saver when I was schooling. A lot of the books I read during my childhood were borrowed from the lib!

By: kaoko

kaoko — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:49:35 +0000

It's sad that visiting the library has stopped being a part of my life when I graduated school. Getting my first library card in fifth grade was like opening a new world. While I used to read a lot of books in the lib even before then, getting that library card was a sign that I was growing up because I could finally take books out. Oh gawsh, I just realized I have a gajillion library stories too. I feel like this calls for a separate blog post. kaokos last blog post..Hana: Authentic Takoyaki in the heart of Makati

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By: pistachio

pistachio — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:58:59 +0000

I practically lived in my grade school library, spending all my recess and lunch breaks there. Since we could only borrow 2 books at a time, I’d max out my library card by borrowing 2 books during recess, reading them during lessons, returning them at lunch time, then borrowing 2 more books to take home. Same cycle for the next day and the next, till I had run out of books to read, save the encyclopedias.

The saddest day of my childhood was when Harrison Plaza (the mall nearest our house) burned down, taking with it my favorite National Bookstore branch. I imagined all those precious books going up in flames, and when the fire was finally put out, there was nothing left of National Bookstore. I cried and cried and cried.

Oh wow! Lucky you getting to check out 2 books at a time. We only could check out 1! It was frustrating.

That’s a sad story you shared about Harrison Plaza. I can imagine the pain you experienced as a kid! Goes to show how much books meant to you huh? I know I’d react the same way if my favorite bookstore went up in flames too.

By: mari

mari — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:42:18 +0000

i started my library habit when i was in the 4th grade. nancy drew’s fault. i saw my classmate reading a nancy drew hardbound which she borrowed from the library. I got curious and so off i went to the library get myself one. and since, i was hooked.

maris last blog post..The donation question

Nancy Drew! She got me into reading too

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:09:54 +0000

Back in college, I used to go to the library just to chill out because our library is fully air-conditioned. I even dozed off while reading books. hehehe…

You must be a strong woman because you survive to be a loner once in your life. I cannot do things or go anywhere alone even until now. I remember when I was in high school, the boys in our class asked why we (girls) cannot go to the comfort room alone. And we would just respond, “It’s a girl thing!”

I never felt uncomfortable being alone, even as a kid. What made me uncomfortable was other people thinking and telling me how weird I was being a loner. Ah well.

By: glenville

glenville — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:29:57 +0000

hehe, glad to think i am not alone (no pun intended) my secret hideaway was our school paper’s office in high school. it wasn’t really an office – more like an unused corner in a semi-attic. it was so small and the ceiling so low, you have to sort of half-stand inside the room. but it was where this nerd slept, ate lunch and basically hid from the rest of the world. but i had tons of fun in that room together with my co-nerds, high school was a blast because of that hahaha!

glenvilles last blog post..Christmas List

While the more popular ones had their benches and thrones, it’s good to know we nerds had our own turf too!

By: Rach (Heart of Rachel)

Rach (Heart of Rachel) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:16:40 +0000

I always craved for company back then. I just didn’t like being alone. I could never eat alone and I hated walking to class alone. However in HS, when something happened that tore me away from friends, I remember how I would find solace in the library.

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Thank goodness for libraries

By: joshua

joshua — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:46:14 +0000

Seriously?, you were dubbed weird. Wow, I’m 12 and I’m guessing the social outcast in my batch will most be like you when she grows up. And, wow, you must be really old if your time still used card catalogs, everyone uses OPAC now.

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Haha! Your comment cracked me up. Yup I’m old I guess, 31 years old. By the time computers came around as replacements for the card catalog, I was about to graduate from college already.

Yes I was dubbed a nerd and weird. I’m just glad my family and good friends helped me raise my low self-esteem.

By: kreez

kreez — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:24:28 +0000

I think the library has always been my go to place since i went to school, i was lucky enough to have friends who also enjoy the library so we hang out there a lot. In fact when i was in elementary, i was in the library a lot that the librarian and I became friends and she asked me to be a “ninang” to her first born. I felt weird (coz I was just 12 then) but i agreed. It’s sad that after we graduated from the University, we seldom get to go to a library anymore.

kreezs last blog post..Singapore Trip: Chinese Temple in old China Town

You were a godmother at 12? Interesting

If there was a good library here, I’d definitely go. Sad though that the good ones are mostly universities’. I’d need to still be a student!