It's been ages since i last posted something here.
Anyway, quick update. I've survived NS, am officially legal, and i've enrolled in college. That about sums everything up real quick =)
But that's not what i want to talk to you about. I want to talk about the book fair that i went to yesterday!!! It's called The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale!! =D You can access the website
here.
*drools*
So apparently, this book sale is held once a year, and they sell ALL kinds of books. From art to romance to politics to religion to lifestyle, computers, fiction, non-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, self-help, history, cookery, children's books, magazines, comics, comedy, bibliographies, YOU NAME IT, THEY HAVE IT.
Manga.
Not only that, the prices are SUPER reasonable. Lowest prices i've ever seen. Majority of the books there cost RM 5 to RM 8 per book, and the most expensive i've seen is RM 12 for one book! I heard that the art books sold for RM 20, but they've been long sold out since the first day.
It was held in MAEPS hall in Serdang, and the hall was quite big. I went on the second-last day of the sale. At first, we had to walk up a kind slope to get to the main building as they don't let cars in (no idea why), only the trams. Ate lunch first cause we were hungry. There were a few vendors selling food outside the hall (no food and drinks allowed inside), so we bought some pizza and some rice with chicken. A good thing we did too, cause we were inside the hall for around 2 hours. I would've stayed on a little longer, but my parents were tired and we wanted to get home =(
Queueing up to enter the hall.
So anyway, we had to queue up to get in. Although the hall is big enough to fit everybody in, they had to make sure we didn't bring any food and drinks inside. When i stepped into the hall, i was overcame with awe. Books upon books upon books upon BOOKS! I mean, there were so many books in one place!! And it was on the second-last day!! I wonder how much would've been there if i came on the first...definitely will do so next year =D
A UTOPIA OF BOOKS!
So yeah, i did lots of browsing, was kinda lost at first cause didn't know where to start...should've worked out a systematic way of going through the tables, but in the end, i just followed where ever my feet took me, heh. I think i wasted a lot of time checking if the book was perfect or not though =/
That's cause some of the books were reject books, like, the printing has gone wrong on the inside, some had torn covers etc. (you can tell if they're rejects if it's marked on the textblock) Publishing errors. Poor books. But then again, this was a warehouse sale, so of course you're bound to get imperfect ones. But then again, there WERE books that were completely perfect and new. At all those low prices, it was practically daylight robbery in my opinion, heh.
Don't forget to bring suitcases, trolleys or anything that has wheels on it.
It wasn't hot or stuffy there (the air conditioning system was quite cool), and there was enough space to walk and manoeuvre around people. They give you boxes to carry your books in, but i brought my own luggage bag (suggested by my mom =D) to stuff the books in. Was really handy, and i recommend you to do so as well if you ever go to a really cheap book sale like this one =)
All in all, i bought over 25+ books, and the bill came up to RM 289+. Reasonable, right? If you go to MPH, you'd have to purchase 1 book for an average price of RM 30, so it's really worth it. Even if some books have slight defects (like torn covers), they're still books right? Still readable (except for those with a few blank pages), and still every bit as informative as their perfect counterparts =)
Can't wait to go back there next year =)
