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Books and Memories

When I was still studying, I didn’t have the luxury to buy all the books that I want to buy, even those that I need for my course. My salary is above average compared to other regular-waged Filipino workers, but having to send someone to school aside from myself, and with other more important priorities such as buying the kid’s needs such as milk and diapers, my income was just enough to survive for the whole month until the next pay day.

To be honest, buying books was not even on the top 10 of my priority list. But my dad always say that no matter how expensive a book is, if I want to get a good education, I shouldn’t regret buying one because books are necessary if I want to learn. Even when a person is no longer studying, books help nurture learning.

During my college days, whenever we’re instructed to buy textbooks, I always have second thoughts whether I will comply or not, and most of the time I end up having photocopied materials instead. When I pass by a bookstore and see a college text books for sale sign, I check on the price and then start weighing things before I decide if I should buy one or just borrow, or which specific book is necessary to have. Most of the time, it’s Dee who buy the books for me instead, because she knows that if I were to decide, I would most probably go for borrowing or sharing books with classmates and friends.

Whenever I’m at home and I see my books, I always remember how I acquired each one of them. Some were gifts, some were bought by my dad and Dee, and so few of them I bought for myself. But there’s only one thing in common between all of them, those books helped me pass all my subjects and graduate in college. :) Now, it’s my turn to buy books for my son, who loves to read just like his mom.

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Posted on April 29, 2009
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  1. p0kw4ng
    April 30th, 2009 @ 1:55 am

    yup ngayon magsasawa ang mga bookstore sa mukha mo kakabili ng mga books,hihihi

    natutuwa akong makakita ng bahay na talaga namang makikita mong ginagastusan ang mga books…

  2. kulot
    April 30th, 2009 @ 5:18 am

    available na for viewing ang iyong sinumite… salamat sa suporta

  3. payatot
    April 30th, 2009 @ 3:17 pm

    siguro nga’y binaqlanse mo lang ang iyong kita kaya nagdadalawang isip ka noon na bumili ng book na dapat lang naman bilihin, pero ngayon na tapos ka na kahit paano e nakaraos ka ng di masyadong nagastusan sa book

  4. eMz
    April 30th, 2009 @ 5:16 pm

    i think the best investments my parents made apart from getting through school are the 2 sets of encyclopaedias that i still have in my bedroom. they’re outdated but they have given me so much to learn from.

  5. beero
    May 1st, 2009 @ 2:25 pm

    pareho tayo bro. di rin ako gaanong bumibili ng books nung college. instead, humihiram ako ng book saka pinapa-photocopy ko. hehe.

    musta na nga pala? ang dami kong namiss dito. di kasi ako gaanong makapagbloghop. ingat bro! btw, inaad kita sa YM. di ko alam kung yun gamit mong ID.

  6. lio loco
    May 1st, 2009 @ 11:10 pm

    ako rin, ung mga college textbooks ko puro hiram lang. hehehe. poor kami eh.

    pero ngayong may trabaho na ko, i make it a point to buy a book at least every after two weeks or so.

    books may be expensive. but the wisdom you gain from reading them? it’s priceless!

  7. Free Philippine Online Marketing Solution
    May 2nd, 2009 @ 9:22 pm

    ako naman, ayaw na ayaw sa mga libro. Hayz, kelan kaya ako mahihilig sa mga libro.

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