Wouldn’t you like to know that it’s the 29th Manila International Book Fair today (up to the 16th)? It is, and in that chic, new, and bourgeoisie-inspired SMX Convention Center, nonetheless. I’d just been there this afternoon to hoard books what else (oh yeah, and to stalk my favorite writers/professors and other literary giants too). It’s actually my first book fair ever, you know the culturally deprived loser that I am, haha, so it’s not surprising at all that my first reaction was that of a seemingly total bonkers, rooted to the spot, barely able to move on because of extreme excitement –hooray!
So it's very overwhelming to see first hand all of those books for sale. Some were delightfully cheap while others - to my utmost irritation were not so cheap it made me want to cry. I wish I could be one of those stiletto-wearing, corporate-looking, attaché case-bringing elitists who never find themselves in a situation wherein, no matter how much they adore a certain book, they have to put it back on the shelf just because it’s too pricey. Ekkk :/ But bitterness aside, I still was able to make the most out of my budget and buy a couple of optimistically good-read books for later reading in preparation for the semestral break coming.
That said, if you happen to drive/walk/commute along the Pasay area, you might want to drop by the SMX Convention Center, if not for the books then how about for the famous writers present? Because if you have stalking tendencies as I do, then you'd love to go there, trust me (Butch Dalisay, Dean Alfar, Charlson Ong, Wendell Capili, Neil Garcia and a whole bunch more).
Come on, you know you want to come!...imagine the prospect of all those books waiting to be read by you - hmmm, yummy!
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