I was in Pustaka SUFES this morning to pick up some books for the church library. I went there gritting my teeth as I enter the bookstore that I won't get any books for myself. I did not grit hard enough. The only consolation --or not-- is that I came away with two not-so-Kar-Yong-serious books.
Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth
Prayers of Walter Brueggemann
I bought it because I was captivated by his poetrical prayers, like this one: Retext us. We confess you to be text-maker, text-giver, text-worker, and we find ourselves addressed by your giving, making, working. So now we bid you, re-text us by your spirit.
(for copyright purpose, I will not reproduce the entire prayer here.)
The second book? Well, it is kind of a secret I cannot disclose here. And if you are one who can't live without trying to solve all the mysteries in the world, anobii is the clue. :)
pearlie
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it has been more than a year, each time I go su fes,,,,find no book to buy...
ReplyDeleteno choice, then buy from amazon,,,ultra expensive..
Really? What kind of books were you looking for? Actually since I was on the run with 2 books in hand, I went looking for one more which I am trying to get - the TNIV Books of the Bible - no luck. Can't get it from Bible Society either. I'll have to go Amazon then.
ReplyDeleteHmmm ... I think ah, we should start an Amazon club - a group of us buying books from Amazon once a month, so that we don't have to pay so much in shipment - good idea eh? For those in KL-PJ lar.
To be more effective ... SUFES should have a poster of you stapled in the doorway that says, "when you see this lady, BAR her from entering and buying" or at the counter "do not process payment from PN - with your picture at the cash-machine". (though I doubt they would do that to their "premier customer"):P Hehe ... the selections of books there are much "wider" than the ones I get here ... although they are still pricey despite being bought in a bulk (don't they get discount for that?). And by the way, you serious ah want to make you anobii known to the whole world? :) No heart pain? :P ... Cheers!
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ReplyDeleteHmm...does this make me a prophet??
ReplyDeleteI think perhaps we could start a small book business - we only stock "serious" books. Then we can negotiate directly with publishers and we can save some $$. Haha...
Since I moved out of the neighbourhood of SUFES more than a year ago, I have not been back there.
Kar Yong,
ReplyDeletedoes this make me a prophet?
You sure you wanna be one? :P
In other words, you wanna be middle man? I wonder if that is worse than being a prophet!
Recent years I only buy books on the subject of literary criticism to Bible.
ReplyDeletelast time fond of theology, now hardly read theology books , so just makan interest saja..
I notice, even buy in bulk from amazon, the shippment cost remain the same...because they charge delivering cost per book..
davinci,
ReplyDeleteThe last I checked there is USD5 per shipment and USD5 per book. So there is quite a lot of difference if you buy one book and 10 books. Unless there are changes :)
how come, all these years, they charge me shippment cost per book? and they definitely more than usd5per book....!!!
ReplyDeleteI mean the online purchase of amazon, send from US to malaysia,,,,
Well, Pearlie, nabi palsu maybe.. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, there are 2 charges for amazon - first, per shipment charge, and per book charge. So the more books you order, you will automatically save on the per shipment charge on average. If you order 1 book, it will be: US$5 per shipment + US$5 per book charge, total of US$10.
If you buy 5 books, it will be: US$5 per shipment charge + US$25 for 5 books (US$5 per book), total of US$30 - that works out to be an average of US$6 per book.
Hope this clarifies.
Thanks KY for clarifying it.
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