Scavenging

Spent the morning agonising about the lack of vacancies in the courses I wanna do, to my lit friends. WHY CAN'T THEY INCREASE CLASS SIZE. Now I've gotta re-plan my whole timetable.

Went to the Post Office again today. I love posting letters. Sent Vivek's postcard off to the US for him, then sent my own card and gifts to a birthday girl. Hope it reaches on time, and intact.

Then went to the National Library in search of some books I've been looking for. Met Ronnie, who told me about a short story writing competition he heard about. We've decided to participate just for the fun of it! Went to the Singapore Collections and rummaged around for short stories by Singaporeans. There are pitiful few. Managed to find some, then headed to Bras Basah to see if the second hand shops had larger collections. Scavenged around, and found a few more, but it's still a pitifully small collection. I was wrong for thinking the school library wasn't well-stocked. But of course, the Reference section of the National Library is sure to have more. But we wanted stuff we could borrow.

I couldn't find the first book of the Nightwatcher series. But I did manage to find a book by Lee Child. Ronnie's recommendation.

Here's a video about another book by Child, which I didn't manage to find.