The next day after I booked out of army, I brought my girlfriend to work in the morning. So call ‘brought’, I don’t have a car you see. I basically accompany her to work. It’s been a while since I seen her so I went to work with her.
(Borders book store.)
And after she reaches her work place, I went to Borders in Orchard.
Borders is nice place. I actually prefer Borders to Kinokuniya. And also, I have to admit that I am a cheapskate.
Borders has lots of books and magazines you see. Sometimes they are not wrapped in those plastic wrappers. I happily find a seat and took out to read the books. Kinokuniya, on the other hand, wraps up many things and have lesser chairs.
I read books like Freakonomics, Newsweek, New Scientist, NewMan and some book about the design history of Penguin books.
They are not wrapped and I went to read them for free. Yes, I am a cheapskate. Most of the time, I’ll just flip through the magazines and return them. I subsribe to Newsweek so I don’t need to buy, I just want to look into the magazine. As for New Scientist, it’s too expensive for me to subscribe and I only read less than a quarter of it. NewMan is some men magazine that I find boring. I almost fell asleep while flipping that magazine. And I thought men magazines are supposed to be exciting.
As for Freakonomics, it’s a great book. Very interesting economics explanation inside. I can’t buy the book because it is too expensive for me. It costs SG$35.90 from Borders I believe. It is hard cover. I actually went to Borders with the intention of getting something to bring to the army. I went home empty-handed in the end. I guess I’ll just go to Borders again when I leave the army 1 week later to complete the book. Yes, I know I am a cheapskate.
Possibly related:
I prefer Borders to Kinokuniya because the former has the books I want. Kino seems more Asian oriented.
by milky (Jul 3, 2005 at 6 PM)milky: You’re right. I like Kino if I want to buy those comics. But I can’t read them before I make a purchase to determine if it’s good, so I don’t buy them from Kino most of the time. I do make occasional purchases from Kino though. I prefer to read the book a little before I buy. Border is a better choice to buy books in my opinion.
by Mr. Dew (Jul 4, 2005 at 5 PM)