Recently, the author had been to the Newport Beach Public Library, in Newport Beach, CA. It was such a beautiful place, with an amazing collection of books, audio CDs, DVDs, etc. Anything and everything to make you get addicted to that place. With really friendly librarians, beautiful in every sense, it is definitely a heaven on earth.
Moreover, the architecture of the library was amazingly done, so as to allow, natural light to illuminate the interior surroundings, for most of the open hours of the library. Very very environment friendly. The library is open on all days of the week, with 9AM-9PM schedule from M-Th. With a checkout limit of 50, and 5 CDs/DVDs, etc., it cannot get better than this. And if one doesn't default, the services are completely free.
And how can I forget, there was this cute little girl, carrying a pile of Harry Potter books, notably, #4-7, towards the checkout counter. Ms. Rowling has done a fantabulous job with her HP series, and one must bow down in reverence and love to this creative genius. I am sure the little girl will have a great time with those books.
This only made me wonder, "Taxes are fine, as long, as they are put to good use". The goodness and badness of the use is open to interpretation; but then, investing in a public library is definitely good for all. I guess, we all, need to learn a lot from the beautiful things in the world, and hope to be the change we wish to see across in other parts - India and the rest of the world.
A post on a similar theme can be found here.
14 comments:
good music...........serene, melodious and beautiful too........keep up the good work
sneha: glad that you liked it. thanks for your best wishes.
cynics are out to get you.but yes,i agree.
lakshmi.
lakshmi : oh, boy! do i care? :)
btw, both an optimist and pessimist have equal chances of being right. it is just that the optimist leads a more exciting life.
being a piscean,in all probability,you will. :)
lakshmi : u mean, care about the cynics, cos I am a piscean?
something like that.not cynics per se...just people.
lakshmi: well, you seem to know a lot about pisceans, more so, like a live copy of linda goodman's. :)
but then, would it be wise to generalize. I hate to think that I am so predictable cos of my sun sign. :(
it has more to do with your athletic,literary and musical escapades which a certain someone constantly regales me with and less to do with linda goodman. :)
if you were a total stranger,then i would have conceded (to myself) that being a staunch anti-generalization activist,it was a tad hypocritical of me to make such an offhand remark but since you aren't so completely alien,i won't. :)
hmm.. thanks for the clarification. much much better than being totally predictable. so, my so-called escapades are amusing? but then, how can one conclude about my reactions to cynics from these escapades?
btw, looks like we are chatting over blogger. :)
of course,you can make certain deductions from said escapades,can't you?
i noticed:) this beats that god awful orkut scrapping anyway.
hmmm.... feel free to deduce whatever you can from whatever escapades you get to know of, and further, enlighten me, if possible. that way, I would get to know myself better. :)
well, you really are an avid orkut-hater, aren't you?
pretty much.i am only there because i was bullied into joining it.
have no desire to publish my findings on such a public forum so will mail you or resort to that detestable scrapping act.
hmmm... orkut is a beautiful place for me, courtesy, the communities and the acquaintances. (well, more so, because of the communities) :)
yeah, you can mail in your findings. if you do not know my email (btw, i think is listed in my orkut profile), you can get it from that certain someone who regales you with my so-called escapades. :)
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