I Just Haven’t Read You Yet
It’s supposed to be ‘it’. I just haven’t read it yet because I’m talking about a book. But then it won’t rhyme with that lovely Michael Buble song (oh, I wish someone would met with(I hate you, Ted! but thanks! :) meet Michael Buble in Phuket this April :P). Anyway, let’s settle with (and sing together): I just haven’t read you yet!
So, few days ago I was going through reviews for the dragon book in Amazon. I read with excitement that I myself would own the book sometime this year. It was on the plan. I nodded for every good review and my smile grew wider as people kept giving appraisal for the book.
But there was this one review that made me almost having a second thought whether to buy the book or not. During college, all my text books are pirated one. There was this one photo copy centre near the campus that’s specialized in providing the textbooks. The students just needed to ask for the title they needed. Most of the time, they could hand it right away because they kept in stock.
The thought of having the original one almost never occurred to me. The textbooks were expensive and rare. Expensive, and each student needed not only one book. Rare, only available in the library and few number of bookshops (their collection was not that great, either).
It’s not like I would stop reading the pirated one. Work stuff sometimes made me go searching for the e-books (and not the legal one). I wanted to have my very own original textbook, a textbook that got my interest. I had made my living for almost 2 years but that didn’t mean I could buy all books I wanted. I had to make a choice.
When I read that particular review, I asked myself, ‘Do I really need to buy the book? What if I neglect the book? It will be a waste of money’. The review said something about the content was not real-world material, that it would not be the same when facing the reality. I was ready to cancel my plan. But, hey!
The reviewer had clearly read the book. He had read the book. He bought the book and read it.
He bought the book and read it. He bought the book and read it. He bought the book and read it.
I am happy.
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A part of a sentence stole my attention:
“..someone would met with Michael Buble..”
1. I’m pretty sure it’s supposed to be “meet” instead of “met”
2. I wonder why you put “with” between meet and Michael. I thought “would meet Michael” was enough. Then I searched for an answer myself before asking you (I blame my excessive passion in English for that!). I found this interesting article. It says meet with “with” is for formal use, while meet without “with” (without with? :D) is much more common expression than the earlier one. Hmm.. what do you think?
3. The last but the most important, I do really hope that someone would meet Michael Buble there!
ajid
12 Feb 10 at 6:14 pm
From the bottom of my heart:I hate you, Ted.
But thank you, as always..
Darn, you are really getting better these days..
Elfira Y S
12 Feb 10 at 6:30 pm
1. The name of the book is very strange. Dragon book? How come the dragon related to the computer? (maybe it is, I just take a quick glance at Wikipedia).
2. What is the relation between Michael Buble and Dragon? Maybe he has “Dragon” as his family name?
Michael Buble Sinaga? :)) :)) :))
3. No wonder that all of your college-textbook is pirated. But, maybe you could also find the pirated version of Michael Buble there :)) :)) :)) :))
(Jaka Sembung carry a sword does not related [Jaka sembung bawa golok, ngga nyambung bok!])
ravimalekinth
17 Feb 10 at 10:22 am
I think you should stick to the plan that you will buy one computer book (whatever it is) per year, at the end of the year. So for now, the candidate is still that Sinaga book. Maybe along the way you will find another textbook you’re interest.
rika
17 Feb 10 at 12:04 pm
@Mika:
No, I won’t let Michael Buble join Sinaga family. That way I lose my chance to marry him. Lalalalala…
@Rika:
I have no plan to shop a computer textbook per year, jeng. I really really do have interest in this Sinaga book (hey, this sounds nice, too!). Hmm.. but who knows.. maybe next year, it’s gonna be Tom Mitchell’s Machine Learning! *be still, my brain! you can do it, my brain! Thx, jeng!
Elfira Y S
17 Feb 10 at 9:15 pm
What a weird name this Sinaga book is. The first thought came to me was “Eragon” :P
I think it is interesting book, but you should consider Niklaus Wirth book about data structure.
Anyway.. won’t Michael Buble join Sinaga family if, for very very unusual circumstances, marry you?? :P
3clair
18 Feb 10 at 4:36 pm
Was Niklaus Wirth’s book recommended by Madam? Never heard of it. Hmm..
I remember the one she mentioned was The Art of Computer Programming.
Elfira Y S
18 Feb 10 at 5:09 pm
I think Madam recommended Niklaus Wirth’s book in Data Structure class.. hmm.. but I can’t be sure. I have taken a peek at this book and it is quite interesting. The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth?? It consists of 3 books, right?? Hm.. those are good books, I think. Maybe you should buy this rather than the Sinaga one :P
3clair
19 Feb 10 at 4:21 pm