tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post1997953136224806106..comments2007-06-12T12:13:36.178+08:00k0k s3n w4ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09564727389837796019noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-6811296513527175102007-06-12T12:13:00.000+08:002007-06-12T12:13:00.000+08:00<B>@beve</B><BR/>A&W has better fries than McD and better chicken than KFC! Plus, they have rootbeer!!!<BR/>So you rather your books turn thoroughly yellow (and therefore, thoroughly ugly), rather then wrapping them and having them suffer only partial ugliness?<BR/><BR/><B>@michellesy</B><BR/>Leather seats doesn't make no diff to me. I simply can't stand reading in the bookshops for some reason.<BR/><BR/><B>@jen</B><BR/>I got Stardust for about RM20 too fr MPH!<BR/>I've never been to the Borders in Times Square (tho I've visited the The Curve one). From what I've heard, the bigger Borders feels very <I>'warehousey'</I>, <I>'cold'</I> and <I>'empty'</I>.<BR/><BR/>Speechlessness is one malady I don't suffer from when I'm wronged. I have to defend myself a lot in my childhood because both my parents work outside the state.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I always look back over my shoulder when I leave Kinokuniya XD<BR/>P.S.S You're evil.<BR/><BR/><B>@michelleg</B><BR/>Who say blogs aren't educational?<BR/><BR/><B>@susu</B><BR/>Do the same thing I did and stage your own drama. It's rip-roaring fun I tell ya.k0k s3n w4ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09564727389837796019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-81438342152051034782007-06-12T00:51:00.000+08:002007-06-12T00:51:00.000+08:00I'd pay millions to watch that humiliated expressions of those dogs. Sometimes, they juz melebih too much. Tssk.. tssk...sXydeViLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17077489198531334067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-9261327958963500532007-06-11T23:57:00.000+08:002007-06-11T23:57:00.000+08:00oops. sorry, now i'll remember for life. haha..michelleghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431771689295319941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-39162888105095926502007-06-11T22:05:00.000+08:002007-06-11T22:05:00.000+08:00"*throws a sidelong glance at jen and beverly*"<BR/><BR/>hey! i resent that! hahahah! i honestly wish i could afford more books or that my parents were as nimble with their credit cards as are their tongues. alas, i am reduced to leaning against bookshelves, fidgeting on the itchy, furry, unforgiving carpets of such establishments.<BR/><BR/>most of my books are unbelievable steals from book warehouse sales. i try to make the best of it, since buying them at normal price is almost out of the question. "stardust" for rm20? i got lucky.<BR/><BR/>borders vs. kinokuniya? i'm on the fence with this one. i love big bookstores. part of the fun is getting lost and feeling overwhelmed, surrounded by high shelves of books, each one more heart-wrenchingly magical than the one before. its like a maze of page after page of absolutely unimaginable literary escape. a maze where i stay in my corner so that no one would ever find me. a maze i wish i never have to leave.<BR/><BR/>having said that, my short working stint at mph gave me a glimpse into the inside world of in-house security. at least they were civil when suspicion of shoplifting occurs. those brutes at kinokuniya were probably unaware that no, their pay does not run on some twisted form of commission from nabbing book thieves. glad you stood your ground. a lesser person would have been rendered speechless.<BR/><BR/>a 15% discount? after what they did to you, they ought to have given you an empty trolley and say "knock yourself out, kid."<BR/><BR/>P.S. i actually stand at the entrance of said bookstores, heave a contented sigh, give the place a complete once-over, smile satisfyingly to myself, THEN walk in. bliss!<BR/><BR/>P.P.S. you know what? i think i'll pop down to klcc this weekend! yes! =DJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15872630377986924893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-34660212071269817442007-06-11T19:40:00.000+08:002007-06-11T19:40:00.000+08:00Sigh. <BR/><BR/>There isn't a KinoKuniya here in BrisVegas =(<BR/><BR/>Having said that though, I've taken advantage of Border's comfortable leather seats (I swear the seats have taken on the shape of my butt cheeks) and laissez-faire approach to browsing far too often to be whingeing about them now =Pmichellesy, book addict and chronic Borders browsernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-52812777946805752262007-06-11T19:12:00.000+08:002007-06-11T19:12:00.000+08:00A&W has bad food. <BR/><BR/>I AM NOT A BOOK ABUSER! how DARE you accuse me of such ! wrapping books makes it UGLY. and when the pages start to yellow, only the part where the book is wrapped on the covers don't turn yellow. UGLY. UGLY.bevEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16255612481903720670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-5414309457828841962007-06-11T17:49:00.000+08:002007-06-11T17:49:00.000+08:00<B>@michellesy</B><BR/>I'm not much a of a Borders fan. I'll visit it if I happen to be in a mall that has one, but it doesn't have that cosy, warm, bookish goodness we all associate Kinokuniya with - when the Japs do something, they do it to perfection.<BR/>I repaid my Dad by not buying any of those outdated-in-three-months gadgets :) (all my tech stuff are gifts fr him. he's such a massive techie whose enthusiasm, sadly, isn't shared by his offsprings)<BR/>My dad is a self-professed authority on consumer rights, and he love scenes like this.<BR/>P.S. I'd sooner ban myself.<BR/><BR/><B>@beve</B><BR/>You're saying this post ISN'T long-winded and drony? 0.o<BR/>You should have seen the unedited version before I brought the scissors to it.<BR/>You don't wrap your books? *gasps*. You... you... book abuser!!! ALL my books are carefully wrapped using my distinct signature method with the best embossed polyvinyl wrapper money can buy - I wouldn't read them otherwise.<BR/>P.S. Strangely enough, A&W isn't in the food court in KLCC.<BR/><BR/><B>aya*</B><BR/>all this while, I thought clubs are your idea of sanctuaries (esp since ur Dad owns the OMG popular Station 3 XD). Bookshops are for no-lifers like me, innit? I'd like to pick your brain further on the stuff you read someday :)<BR/><BR/><B>@zzzyun</B><BR/>4 hours a day of sleep. 6 on weekends ;)<BR/>Most of my posts are work-in-progress in Microsoft Words. All I do most of the time is just pick one half-finished post I feel like completing, finish writing it and post. Most of them never get completed (i got some backed up till last year)<BR/><BR/><B>@michelleg</B><BR/>I call them footnotes ;)<BR/>All Hail TGV!!!<BR/><BR/><B>@pinksterz</B><BR/>No wonder it felt so familiar when I wrote that part!!! LOL... But unfortunately, the receipt wasn't what the 'bad guys' want.<BR/>Kinokuniya is on my top 3 list. I can finally start ordering the books they don't stock (because they always need one month to fill the orders and my hols all last only one month)<BR/>And I heard about the Virgin group of companies before - owned by one Sir Richard Branson, IIRC.<BR/>P.S. Ur phone ealking radiation la. Be careful, later kena mutate become greensterz.<BR/>P.S.S I await your next post ;)k0k s3n w4ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09564727389837796019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-13748118324715803672007-06-11T14:57:00.000+08:002007-06-11T14:57:00.000+08:001> YOU ARE EVIL! MAKIN' ME MISSING KINOKUNIYA!!!!!!!! ARGGGGGGGH!!!!!<BR/>visiting that place is on my top 5 list of things i gonna do when i am back in msia.<BR/><BR/>2> the part when you found the receipt kinda has a resemblance when harry got the philosopher's stone IMO. lol.<BR/><BR/>3> and yeah, kinokuniya is way better than mph. i used to be there for hours before i found another passions (clothes, jeans etc :P) and my mum had to come and drag me home. ahaha. and borders is another one i love to after kinokuniya.<BR/><BR/>here, the best bookstores is not that big, and half of it is dedicated for musics. and it is known as <I>virgin</I>.*eye rolling*<BR/><BR/>4> and served that securities people right! HAH!<BR/><BR/>note:<BR/>yesterday i kena another encounter with security again (not the food court dummies). suspected me brought in some bomb because the scanning machine went beepin non stop. turned out it was my phone. securites just hate me. T_T<BR/><BR/>further note:<BR/>you asked more pics of egypt right? will be in my next post. but it won't be that soon. *wicked smile*pinksterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09683666764775070637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-1057757902272428552007-06-11T13:00:00.000+08:002007-06-11T13:00:00.000+08:00have to agree wit ur point no. 6, ur pockets are really cluttered with junks. haha..<BR/><BR/>oh, and tgv rulez!michelleghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431771689295319941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-62259330452975554112007-06-11T09:48:00.000+08:002007-06-11T09:48:00.000+08:00hmmm. i always used to wonder how u had <I>any</I> time at all to study... what with the many storybooks u read plus all the loooong blog posts u write painstakingly.<BR/><BR/>do u sleep at all?Zzzyunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647270985951112828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-51449385774750421912007-06-11T02:52:00.000+08:002007-06-11T02:52:00.000+08:00aya*: I don't think it's the company. It's the staff they employ.bevEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16255612481903720670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-59393714515431846192007-06-11T01:17:00.000+08:002007-06-11T01:17:00.000+08:00what the hell. and from a prestigious (bookshops are my sanctuaries.) company like Kinokuniya u'd at least expect much more. <BR/><BR/><BR/>:(( <BR/><BR/><BR/>*i wanna try that someday XD *aya*http://www.blogger.com/profile/07188889003824585087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-54528186839251194802007-06-10T23:13:00.000+08:002007-06-10T23:13:00.000+08:00Actually, I wouldn't have minded if this post was long-winded and drony. It would serve as an accomplishment for all English-speaking Malaysian teenagers ! =D<BR/><BR/>McD isn't counted as food court food. xD It's just that lots of people who go to KLCC aren't that rich as well or would prefer eating McD. It just happens to be placed there because it's universal junk cuisine! <BR/><BR/>>_> I resent that sidelong glance. *haughty* I'll have you know I only started reading at Kino or book stores when I was limited to only one book a fortnight - or month. I also get less disappointed that way, as I'd hate to stop reading a book halfway through and chuck it into the bin. *raises brow* I remove the sensor tags, and price tags after I buy the book, and I don't wrap them coz they'd look ugly. <BR/><BR/>MPH closed down about a year after Kino opened. xDbevEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16255612481903720670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-85329727126780628172007-06-10T22:19:00.000+08:002007-06-10T22:19:00.000+08:00Upon reflection on my comment I have this to say: GAWD WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY SPELLING? <BR/><BR/>Sorry yeah, it's 1am here Down Under and half of my brain cells (well the ones that govern my ability to spell anyway) have gone down the gurgler it seems 0_O<BR/><BR/>ps: I er, have a confession to make, too. You see *whispers* I also read books/ magazines for free at bookstores *whispers* <BR/><BR/>But I am proud to say I do that a lot less here now that a proper, functioning entity such as a Library exists. <BR/><BR/>Er, don't banish me from this blog please? =Pmichellesy, the word-addict who can't spell wordsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-80136590874860249832007-06-10T22:00:00.000+08:002007-06-10T22:00:00.000+08:00O Awesome Mortal Who Recommends Most Excellent Reads, am I to add another skill to your list of ever-growing attributes? <BR/><BR/>Scolding Powerz WOOT - LMAO!<BR/><BR/>They behaved disgracefully indeed.<BR/>Tsk tsk - thinking they could browbeat a teenager into submission through nothing but brute force. <BR/><BR/>Did they think to reduce you to a cowering mess with their powderful England and ample use of finger-wagging (I am assuming the latter, but people of that ilk generally indulge in finger-wagging, together with sundry, equally futile, hand gesticulations).<BR/><BR/>But never fear, awesome scolding powerz is here *wink* <BR/><BR/>And having your (righteously furious) dad there sure didn't hurt your cause either.<BR/><BR/>ps: Being a retail assitant myself, I can only conjuncture that they stopped you after you'd left the store because 'shoplifting' technically occurs the moment you step over the threshold. But those two gutless-ball-less-SOBs probably though they'd prolong your agony as they were sure your case would be a slam-dunk. Wtf.<BR/><BR/>pps: I concur that MPH does indeed, suck balls. There isn't a Kinokuniya here, but Borders isn't too shabby a substitute. And if they don't have what you want, you can get it ordered in, FOC, no-obligations. Me likes. <BR/><BR/>ppps: My mom once made the promise your dad made to me too. I repaid her by buying neither clothes nor makeup (having neither face nor figure for both, what the heck does it matter anyway) - but spending on books. She soon retracted that promise. Wise woman, my mother =Pmichellesy, addict of the written wordnoreply@blogger.com