Discovery !

You know the saying of "One Man's junk is another Man's treasure", I experienced that today. This evening, blessed with the warm sunset and the cool breeze, I took advantage of what Mother Nature gave me and decided to take a walk around my neighbourhood. I love the feeling of the cold breeze brushing against my skin and the warm sun warming me up. With my iPod in my hand and Michael Buble's company (FYI, Michael Buble is a Jazz/Blues singer), I strolled around my neighbourhood enjoying time alone.

I explored a further route today as compared to our usual path (the one Paul and I usually take) and stumbled across a Community Thrifty Shop. Curiousity gets the better of me and I decided to check out the shop. Hidden lies all sorts of items ranging from pots and pans, to dishes and clothings. All sorts of shoes from boots to high heels and baby booties to sports shoes for men. On the corner of the other room, a few shelves caught my eyes. YES ! Book shelves... immediately I made my way across the room and stood infront of the babies beaming at me shouting "look at meee!"

I made a quick scan of the shelves and the bottom shelf blew my mind away. There stood the whole row, tall and proud in full attention like a troop of soldiers, 2 books filled with complete work of William Shakespear, "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens, "The Journey of Marco Polo, a novel from my favourite author Sidney Sheldon and a few other classics. I was so excited that I wanted to scream out loud with joy. It's like finding a needle in a haystack. The incrediable part is the price tag, hard cover cost USD2 and paper cover cost USD0.70. Unfortunately I did not bring my purse with me and I am not ready to pawn my iPod. I reckon I'll have to make another trip back to the store again.

Beside the wonderful finds, the books of William Shakespear and "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens brought back nice memories. Painful memories then but nice memories now. I remembered the torrid days when I was 13 and 14 years old and I need to memorise those story plots, phase and lines for my Literature class, test and exams. The tormented and horrified nightmare of those days flash before my eyes. I recalled how frustrated my BFF, Cecilia is each time it comes to the subject - Literature. Beside the content of those famous work, I am blown away by the cover of the book, amazingly William Shakespear's books are wrapped in green leather and embossed in gold colour writing.

When I share my discovery with Paul, his immediate reaction is "Well, just buy it !" Unfortunately he doesn't understand that as a reader, we want to share the book with fellow readers who will appreciate the work of the author. If I buy it, I'm the only one reading it in my household. Whereas there is a chance that the book can find another home where the whole family can share it. Hmmm... I think I'll have to convince Paul to give the books a chance and read it, somehow in my conscience, I'll feel better.