Sometimes it’s troublesome to repeat myself when I loan out my books, but frankly I don’t mind. I do consider writing a pamphlet or instruction slip for anyone borrowing my books. Maybe I could print out a few of these, laminate them and allow them to be used as bookmarks for the books I loan out to people. Here’s what I’d write in the bookmark titled “No Creases on the Spine!”:
That’s the standard for anyone borrowing my books. Creases on the spine (of paperback books) is a result of holding open the books to wide in order to read the text close to the binding. Unfortunately, the creases makes the book looks pretty bad and when they hit a critical mass it can wear out the paper at the spine of the book, which means disaster for a book lover.
To achieve this you will have to hold the book with your left palm grasping spine of the book to keep it together while you use your right hand to pry open the page and read the contents of the book – that’s for the right-handers. As this method of reading will cause the book pages to open up loosely after reading each time, it is recommended that you get something heavy to put on top of the book when you put it away; best would be squeezing the book in a tightly filled bookshelf.
Sometimes you might get careless and attempt to remember where you were reading by leaving the book opened with the spine facing up and allowing the surface of table or the floor to keep you on the page you’re at. This have the same effect on the book spine as opening the book pages wide apart although it doesn’t introduce creases as much as the latter means. So try to avoid that.
Kevin thank you immensely for your care for his books.
It has been quite a while since I last blogged here because I’ve been focusing my writing at ERPZ. I’ve been writing short reviews of sites, recommending articles for students (and people in general) to read. It becomes a good way to force myself to keep up with news and stay abreast with technological innovations and such.
On the other hand my body is not exactly in very good condition. I just went for the Bone Scan (at the request of an Ortho Specialist at SGH) and the radiologist mentioned that he can see my stress injuries in the scan images. In any case, my right leg started hurting the same way my left leg did in the beginning when the pain began sipping in. At the same time I received a letter telling my that the specialist review is getting pushed back to September instead of early August so it means the verdict on my stress injury condition would be postponed. Not a good thing for someone who is trying to seek treatment for the legs and recover as soon as possible. More people than ever are not into running and I seriously don’t want to miss out the fun. As my leg continue to rest, the POSB Run for Kids, the Yellow Ribbon Prison Run, Army Half Marathon (aka SAFRA Bay Run) as well as the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon will conclude without me as part of the crowd of runners. Not that anyone will care but for me, I’m wasting time without the chance to train and also allowing my stamina to deteriorate.
As for Army, I’m still working and training new guys, as of now there’s about 181 days left and those PES C soldiers who were 2 batches before me ORD today exactly. There’s always lots of anticipation at this period since I’m still far from the date but as the day draws close it would seem as if I planned nothing for the time that comes after.
