National Library

• the Bear

  26 Aug 05, 04:49

  i read everything... and no.. those are all incidental in things i read..
  
  i mainly read novels, and a lot of stuff like magazines, current affairs stuff... and i read a lot of stuff online too.. these days, i google whatever tickles my fancy and read that
  
  

  Originally posted by charlene_:

  oh as in you read up on like drinks book that kind?
  i only read story books
  hehe
  

• charlene_

  26 Aug 05, 04:52

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i read everything... and no.. those are all incidental in things i read..
  
  i mainly read novels, and a lot of stuff like magazines, current affairs stuff... and i read a lot of stuff online too.. these days, i google whatever tickles my fancy and read that
  
  

  did you read da vinci code?
  
  i dont know why but you remind me mrbrown..you know the blogger mrbrown at mrbrown.com?
  haha
  both of you are intellectuals..
• the Bear

  26 Aug 05, 04:55

  nope.. i figure it's something that i would not enjoy reading... it's a conspiracy theorist's grail in itself
  
  and mrbrown? i read his stuff from long ago when he used to post his stuff in soc.culture.singapore
  
  i contributed a sentence to it when one of my friends turned an A4 piece of paper into a sign, wrote TAXI on it, and stuck it on top of a white mercedes benz with mild glue
  
  we pissed ourselves laughing
  
  mrbrown actually put that in his then-weekly "rants"
  
  

  Originally posted by charlene_:

  did you read da vinci code?
  
  i dont know why but you remind me mrbrown..you know the blogger mrbrown at mrbrown.com?
  haha
  both of you are intellectuals..

• SydneyLibrarian

  26 Aug 05, 06:46

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  btw, they have this restricted section they call the 'restricted stack' if u check certain books in the catalogue
  
  anyone know what type of books that goes in here?

  Just guessing... maybe theses / conference papers / old & rare materials?
  
  I can't wait to visit the new building in Dec!
• laurence82

  26 Aug 05, 10:53

  Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:

  Just guessing... maybe theses / conference papers / old & rare materials?
  
  I can't wait to visit the new building in Dec!

  or even certain copyrighted management tools
• Rhonda

  26 Aug 05, 11:18

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  One problem with me, i usually read a lot, but i cant retain the information, useless or not...
  
  many time i felt i have read something b4, but its always at the tip of my tongue than my finger...

  Lau, that happens to me too! I would read something and then only vaguely remember the details! I think my brain has aged beyond its years!!
• laurence82

  26 Aug 05, 11:23

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Lau, that happens to me too! I would read something and then only vaguely remember the details! I think my brain has aged beyond its years!!

  comparing your age and mine
  
  i am in more dire straits right?
• The man who was death

  26 Aug 05, 14:35

  Looking forward to the zheng he exhibition coming up
• iveco

  26 Aug 05, 14:38

  My mother went there more than a week ago. She is utterly disappointed with the whole damn place. Like many others, she misses the old Central Library at Stamford. I've been there a few occasions and think it has this quaint sort of charm, unlike the newer buildings. Unfortunately, SMU took over the site and the library building had to go.