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Monday, September 17, 2007

Old library fines

Hey Ho!

I am now in SG -as we have Daughtry in town till Friday!

I am now home, spending time with family + Logan. Gonna be moving into the hotel so that it makes things easier with the band for the next few days.

Just now, during dinner with my family, my dad passed me a letter he received from the National Library Board who has kindly requested for me to settle my 'outstanding charges'. It seems that they finally cleaned up their accounts and decided to ask their members to pay up!!

'Members who have outstanding fines and fees will be denied some of our services.' - OMG! You won't let me borrow any more books? You won't let me have free (smelly) air con at the various community libraries? :O

I owe them a grand total sum of......$1.35. Wow. What would you do without my $1.35? Anyway. Apparently, in 1993, it seemed that I had borrowed a book called 'Mariah loves rock' (no kiddin! I thought Mariah just likes her own big boobs and her seven octave vocal range!), in 199, I apparently also borrowed a book called "A bundle of nerves - stories of horror, suspense'. Frankly, I'd like to think that 1999 wasn't THAT long ago but for the life of me, I do not recall borrowing this book. Furthermore, another two more books that got me quite puzzled included 'Lost in Place - Growing up Absurd in Suburbia' (look, if I had read this in 1999, I'm pretty sure I could have come up with the concept for 'Desperate Housewives'??? Haha!) and the more mystifying 'Without feathers' - what is this? A book about chickens???

In any case, I really don't recall reading these but my dad decided that since it's a mere $1.35, we should just pay up so that *gasp* I may continue using their 'various library services'.

Ah well, I guess once they start collecting money from everyone, they will probably get a pretty decent sum so we shouldn't begrudge them what is theirs. Okay my sister needs to do some homework - she's doing her part time degree- so I gotta pass the comp to her! Bye!

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

isn't lost in place the salzman book??

1:29 pm

 
Blogger Jan said...

oh yah! thanks for reminding me! now i remember the book! it was quite funny haha

12:08 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know... the postage, cost of paper and personnel time cost is worth more than your $1 plus...

OMG... do i not sound like a freakin auditor... crap. =p

11:10 am

 

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