I was sitting at the back (the back bencher side of me took over) and I was watching everyone. There was a guy looking for something on a PC, there was a school boy doing some physics homework and there was an elderly man. The elderly man caught my attention the most. He was reading a huge hardbound book. When I say huge I mean it was about 1 meter high and half meter wide. Imagine such a book! It was in fact, a compilation of old newspapers and he was really absorbed in the pages, taking some notes occasionally. I could glimpse at the pages, they were genuine, old, brown paper! You know the kind of paper that makes you feel it's been touched by people from the past. I waited for the man to finish reading but he kept on reading and finally when he decided to leave the place, it was quite late and I had to leave too.
I guess I'll have to go back there! I'm really curious to examine those old newspapers dudettes and dudes. This is an obsession!
:u What a voyeur you are honey.. Yeps i knew they kept old newspapers. It would be fun to see and read about stuff that happened before.
ReplyDeleteyup yup! We could go explore it one of these days Jev! :P
ReplyDeleteYes, y not. :p
ReplyDeletemoo is a nerd, moo is a nerd, she goes to the library, she's a nerd! hiihii
ReplyDeleteaargh, i was obliged to! :u
ReplyDeleteMorina has been kidnapped by aliens!The person writing this entry thought she liked to go to the library that's why she posted it.It's a female alien writing in her place.notice that she is not saying hello to the aliens now.this is creepy.morinn, where are you?
ReplyDeleteAv, ha ha ha! :/
ReplyDeletenice...makes me nostalgic and before you start giggling, NO I AM NOT THAT OLD! I am 28 but still nostalgiaaaaaaa.........aaaaaaaah!
ReplyDeleteLOL
you can be nostalgic at any age! :P
ReplyDeletedid u manage to finish ur "research work" or just kept on waiting for that old man?
ReplyDelete:-)
What kind of "research" did you have to do?
ReplyDeleteRoxi, no, I did not finish it, but that's not cause of the old man, there are so many materials to consult and I'll have to go there quite often.
ReplyDeleteKev, I'm doing a research on the evolution of languages in the past 10, 000 years, starting with Sanskrit to the languages that we know of today and a probable connection between those languages.
wow some librarian suspense! well mo claustrophobe (si coumsa em ecrir sa) et silence-o-phobe! hate libraries but the part u mentioned the old newspaper archieves la fer mo curiosity abt past event accentuate :D
ReplyDeleteEsperons to gagn lire ban articles a propos Vieu Crimes , ect ect!
faithfully
Mr. superficial
You cannot take any photos inside the library ?
ReplyDeletewii bne vieu crime ti pou nissa. mone ossi envi chek out bne vieu publiciter! li fr tres western bne papier la!
ReplyDeletekeeyit, nope, unfortunately, can't take photos inside the library :(
They even brought you some books? That will be great but how would they know what you want to read?
ReplyDeleteFruity
well, that's because you had to specify the type of study you are doing on the library card and they look for books for you!
ReplyDeletethanks for the question, i should have mentioned that actually! :D
no one laughed about my alien abduction joke (morinn your laugh does not count).
ReplyDeletehaha
good luck for the remainder of ur research work.
ReplyDeleteI have got here my university's library too for the researchers like you but believe me instead of studying there, students find it a fascinating place for a break from long hectic day and go for a silent sleep. :-)
hmm i hav never been to a library, yea seriously...ofait pa gagne tro time :C hmmm but yea mwa osi mo content observe ban dimun... 1 nissa apart sa..hehe :D
ReplyDeleteNow you saw people looking things up, but you never quite got around telling us what you were reading?
ReplyDeleteavesh, everyone laughed deep down ;)
ReplyDeleteRoxi, I've been guilty of sleeping in the university library too. That's cause you've got individual cabins to study and you've got all the privacy to sleep and drool without anyone noticing! :D
But at the national library the study area is a single vast hall with many tables where everyone can see everyone! lol
monisha, yup it's really fun to observe people without them noticing! :D
manico, hehe, i was studying evolution of languages! :D
Evolution of languages, so you're studying linguistics somewhere on that lovely isle of yours?
ReplyDeletewell, that compilation of old newspapers surely stirred your curiosity, please share with us in the next few days what you figure out when you go back, ^^
ReplyDeleteyup yup manico, though I'd seriously prefer to be lazing on the beaches under the coconut trees! Have to study linguistics. :D
ReplyDeleteLord Manila, sure sure! But it's unfortunate that I can't take pictures inside the place. It would have been nice to share pictures of those old newspapers with you guys. :(
Hi morinn,
ReplyDeleteMay be that old man too was doing some research on evolution of languages??
Do tell us more about it after you visit the library next time.
Great post!
(MeghnaK from BC)
Hello Meghna, so nice of you to drop by. Yes, next time I will tell you more about what I saw at the library. ;)
ReplyDeleteEna national library tou aster?? Kot sa sa??
ReplyDeletebtwn ena en site apel wikipedia!
national library exister dpi 2001 dan 1 batiment prer kot MT.
ReplyDeletewi mo coner ena wikipedia. mai national library c 1 reserve tou bne oeuvres publier dan moris dpi 1877.
ek c akoz sa mo ti bizin ale laba pou ale consulter zot.
ena mem bne journal extra vieu laba! ;)