A date with the wolf

Every year my school holidays start later than others...to be exact a month later. Why???..to be of service to the country(not supposed to reveal what I actually do..sounds like I am a secret government agent huh..)..but I vowed to enjoy the full holidays next year. No choice as age is catching up and the blood pressure is going up. Well..I guess I have sacrificed enough of my previous holidays and contributed enough to the country so it's time I enjoy my future year end holidays.

As busy as I was, I managed to drop by at the Big Bad Wolf(BBW) Sale on the very last day which was 15 December 2013. It was not so much of buying books for myself but for my school library and BBW claimed to have 3 million books on their FB..that's why it is the biggest book sale in the world.

Found a set of books on animals...does that make me an animal lover?

Update...Kids do make amusing interpretations. When my niece saw the above photo, she told her mum(my cousin) excitedly that her aunty had written a book on horses(being a kid she thought writing a blog means writing a book) and she was very sure that I was going to give her a copy as a gift as she got straight A's in her UPSR 2013. I had a good laugh when my cousin told me about this when she and her two kids spent a week of the school holidays in my home. As far as I can remember, my only experience with horses was the time I rode a pony when I was a teenager at Lake Titiwangsa and I felt like I was going to fall off the pony as the ground was soft! If I ever write a book and manage to get it published, I will surely autograph a few copies for you and your friends, Eyvonne Cheah...heeee....

This is Eyvonne... having a good time at Pavilion

Now..let's go back to the book sale...

Why on earth would I go to a mega book sale dressed so formally and on a Sunday?

Well...I had to attend two weddings before that...an ex-student and a colleague who happens to be an ex-student too. Look at the happy couples on their memorable days...

Our ex-student Ungku Afiq and Nana...why was I standing so far apart from the groom...cos the best man suddenly went to the back when he realised the bridesmaid was not beside the bride...heee...

My colleague and ex-student Farhana

Farhana and Khai looking resplendent in red

Congrats to the happy couples and now back to more stories on BBW. Did I go there alone? Oh..definitely not. After the weddings I went to three different places to pick up my students...two at McD's, one at her home and one at her tuition centre and then we shot off to BBW..and took the wrong turn somewhere near Mines...thank god for the WAZE app on my smart phone(so the smart phone is smarter than the owner???...ohhh nooo...the owner is smart to get a smart phone) we found the correct road leading to BBW. There was a slight jam but I could tolerate that because I am a KL driver and KL girl(see..I'm always young at heart).

Soleh loves anything to do with the fire brigade...trucks...

Altogether four boxes worth RM 1400

Four boxes of books. The kids were kind enough to leave the teacher out when it came to carrying the boxes to the payment counter(good kids...after all they remembered the teacher has high blood pressure because she has to leave the library once in a while to collect her medication or for her doctor's appointment).

At the payment counter, strict instruction was given to the cashier..less than RM100 per receipt okay..otherwise the teacher can't claim from the school...no choice..pay first and claim later...because BBW is held at the end of the year and that's when my students and I have some time to go and scout for books. So library work for next year has unofficially started!!!