i read = i smart

i never like to borrow and return books simply because i like to collect them. so that i look smarter with the accumulated collection of books displayed on my book shelves. and mind you, i do finish reading every single one of them okay.

back then, my tuition teacher passed me a couple of books to prepare myself for the english paper. one of them was milan kundera's the unbearable lightness of being. years down the road, i still couldnt finish that book. the lightness of reading this book is unbearable - i simply succumb to zzz. so this time round, i decided to finish that book without dropping a single z.

but i didnt pick this book up when i saw it today, i took up leo tolstoy's war and peace and flipped through, not too bad... but considering the weight of the book and the current condition of my poor arm, i decided not to purchase it.

so i skimmed through the titles of the classics section and saw lord of the flies. i knew that story but i didnt read it. i wikiped it. tsk. i looked through and saw wuthering heights, but i too wikiped it before. tsk tsk. so much for i read = i smart.

then i turned and saw oil! which is the loose inspiration for there will be blood. but nah, i wanted something light, so i took gary larson's the far side gallery no 3. but before i walked to the counter, i chanced upon mark haddon's the curious incident of the dog in the night time. a thin orangy red coloured book with a curious looking silhouette of an upside down poodle gracing the cover. i exchanged that with the far side. importance of being earnest was selling at $4.50. might as well.

i didnt let go of the doggie book until it was dinnertime. i like this book. it makes me smile. the character mirrors a documentary i once saw about autistic children. lovely little people with such a complexed brain! and the wonders they do that we normal humans can never do. im glad i decided on this book instead of the unbearable one.

:: i feel smarter now ::