Next we visited the library, which we hadn’t planned; but then we hadn’t planned for the batik factory to have burned down either.
We went to the library which was quite small and devoted mostly to children. Elizabeth is visible standing by the shelves checking out the English collection of classics. Elizabeth taught English in Malaysia for many years.
All of the children had something to read even while they watched the TV in the front of the room.
They really had great places for kids to sit with a book.
The Children’s Librarian.
She and I talked for a bit and I gave her a card with our email. I hope she does write to me. It was a very cheerful place and the collection had titles in English as well as Bahasa.
Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury 1834-1913
I particularly noticed this poster on the library wall because I have a paperweight given to me by my friend Joesephine which says, “A room without a book is like a body without a soul.” Cicero.
Cicero died in 43 B.C. Maybe Lubbock hadn’t read Cicero and couldn’t look it up on the Internet to find out. Though if he were so well read, he would have read Cicero. I thought it was interesting. Maybe the real point is that it was true thousands of years ago and it will be true thousands of years from now. National Library Week begins April 11th. Go thank your librarian!
Shoes are removed before you enter the library.
have one more email. We walked to the end of the town where they were having a community festival. It was being at the headquarters of the Taman Negara National Park.
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