Ever since I first stepped into the floor tiles of a Fully Booked store a few years back, I have fallen smitten in love with them (i meant the store, not the tiles).
No more sales ladies who got my book titles wrong, no more quizzical looks from these sales ladies ("author po ba iyon or title?"), no more odd arrangements of books, and more importantly, no more lack of book titles to choose from (especially business books)!
Business books are quite expensive; but, like any business you put your money into, they're an investment worth having. I suppose that's a better way to spend my money than buying a new set of clothes. Sometimes you wear (and recycle) your clothes over and over that you forget that it's been the same set of wardrobe for over a year already.
Personally, I think that as you age, so does your wardrobe. When you're younger, you're more particular with the way you look. When you're older, you're more particular with the company you're with. Being in good company means nobody judges you based on the brand you wear.
Of course, the exception is when you rise up the ranks. You become a manager, you become a president. You shouldn' t be looking shabby.
Going back, business books particularly investment titles have always been sort of a treasure hunt when you looked for them at the leading bookstore chain. They were such a rarity you had to buy the book right away or risk losing it to somebody else. That last line sounded like it was paraphrased from a romance novel.
So when somebody goes abroad in the past, I'd always ask them to buy me so and so investment and personal finance books. So now that there's Fully Booked, I thank my lucky stars that I don't have to wait for a fat bank account to go abroad and buy them books. (But then there's amazon).
The current generation are definitely better off than those who were born earlier.
Merry Christmas! In my next post, I'll dig into some of my old posts. It's time for an annual review!
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