I've been reading a novel, to entertain myself. Quite interesting. Seems like, i bought it ages ago. This is what i can remember: It was the opening day of the Big Bookshop at Toh Payoh and by luck, i happened to be there. i remember that i bought a whole lot of things there, an encyclopedia, dictionary, an atlas... And there was this novel, by Dick Francis. The book i bought has two of his novels, For Kicks and Flying Finish. According to the label on it, it was supposed to go at $12.90 (it's a hard cover book). Guess how much the price was: 90 cents!!! FOR A HARD COVER BOOK!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT????.Well, after coming back home, i started reading it a few days later, but went to sleep after the first 2 pages or so.
Also, i remember that they were selling this encyclopedia that came in several volumes (about 20 or so). I'm not sure if it was Britannica, i remember that it was being sold for about $40! I really thought of buying it, but I've already bought a lot and think: What a kid who just started working on his secondary school science textbooks supposed to do with all those volumes? They would just rot in a corner, like this novel did, till i picked it up a day ago.