The Bookworm Phase (Nerd in the making?)

A trip to Borders/Kinokuniya/Library@Orchard made me a happy girl today!

Deciding that I was (mentally) sick of being (physically) sick and cooped up at home, I headed down to Orchard in the afternoon. And so, I spent the day browsing books at book stores... and all of a sudden, there're so many books tempting my purse strings! Just from the business section along, I came across The Tipping Point, Freakonomics, Quirkology, The Starbucks Story etcetcetc... I pretty much freaked myself out by the number of books I flipped open, and actually started reading, like... erm, Network Marketing (still didn't get what that is though.)

All of a sudden, it feels like there're so many books in the world I should have read, and I haven't read!

So I headed to Library@Orchard, which proved to be yet another out-of-body experience. I parked myself at the non-fiction half of the library... first the Business Section, then Psychology, then the Health section... and looked at books on Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Moods, Finance etcetcetc... and realizing I couldn't possibly borrow so many books, ended up sitting there for two hours to finish reading a book. And that's not all...

Recently, I borrowed one of those dumb-blonde-chick-flicks-frivolous-girly-shophaholic-type-usually-pink books in an attempt to cure myself from the sore throat misery. I've only read half of it (and it is pretty hilarious)... but just now, I dumped it straight into the book drop so that I could borrow something as boring interesting boring interesting as Living Brands.

Goodness, this must be the consequence of being unemployed, sick, and bored. Right now, I feel like I could park my butt at the library and catch up on all the reading every single day... but who knows, I might wake up tomorrow, pick up Living Brands, and wonder what on earth was I thinking!

But honestly, I don't think so. I think I just rediscovered the nerd in me pleasure in reading. And, my cold actually feels much better from all those books, haha. =)

Oh well, I didn't get the job with Apple. Another job interview on Thursday... it's damn far from my place, but I seriously need something to do, better to be bored and earning money, then bored and spending money. If not... it's the library!

And I've a new hobby... grocery shopping! I don't believe it, but I actually volunteer to do the groceries for my family nowadays (well, and drag my maid along with me, since I can't differentiate fresh and rotten fruits/veg/meat for nuts). And I actually find myself enjoying it... and spending ages walking round and round, comparing the different brands, prices, nutrition etcetcetc, even when I'm not planning on buying any of them. And today, just before going home, I decided to go to Marketplace@Paragon for a short walk... it sells loads of interesting stuff!

I must be weird. When will I stop developing strange strange quirks?!

And Manda, I'm absolutely looking forward to Friday, despite the dreaded trip to S _ _.... because it's Green Day! Most must be wondering wth is Green Day, but let's save it for another day. =)