Last week I volunteered for a book crossing activity at the Central Lending Library. I didn’t really have any idea what book crossing was about. I thought we were going to cross out old books from the library’s inventory.
It turns out bookcrossing as defined in the Concise Oxford English dictionary is the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
This is a bookworm’s dream come true. At last week’s library activity, we registered hundred’s of books enough to make a bookworm drool.
Each book has its own BCID. When you “catch” a book, you can trace the books history – the places it’s been to and the people who’ve read it. There something about it that I find romantic. It reminds me of the movie Serendipity.
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1 calvin // Jul 30, 2008 at 10:09 am
hehehe mukhang busy na si noee ah. ok yan mga volunteer work. sarap naman ng buhay mo.
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2 Ms. Tsiken // Jul 30, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I find a sense of accomplishment from doing volunteer work plus it’s free from the stress of doing corporate work. Nobody is putting a price on your efforts not because it’s free but because it’s invaluable.
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