Catching up with May

I met her at Compass Point and she brought her kids along. They are adorable and rather well-behaved darlings. I felt so protective of them. They also helped to nurture my character in the process of looking out for them.

It was a good time spent with her. I felt as if nothing between us had changed. I still felt comfortable with her mum too. Such is the power of old friends who became best friends. I went to their new house and then to the book warehouse sale at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. The sale was a book lover's paradise. Unfortunately, I've reached my peak in buying books, and so I experienced the concept of diminishing returns when I was there. I could not find any book good enough to cause me to fork out money for, despite the really low prices of the books.

Here is more information about the sale. The lowest price is about $1-2. There are also magazines too. They are not so old as to have yellow pages though. I believe they are a mixture of old and new books/magazines.

The hilarious thing is that she was on her way in sending me home before we saw the banner. Her daughter is a bookworm and she wanted to get some books for her daughter. I too, am a bookworm. :) So we decided to throw caution to the wind and head for the sale!

I saw even more how good a mother she is. She had the patience to scour through all the children's books for the ones that would be good for her daughter. She also affirmed my preference for children's and teens' books. They are easier to digest, especially pertaining to difficult topics, and have more appealing plots. Now I'm less embarrassed when I read one in public.

I managed to broach a subject that had been causing me resentment and fear each time I knew I was going to meet her. I realised that she had been ignorant of it all the while, and it was good that we cleared the air. She gave me her thoughts on it, and in the process, I knew that a realization had been attained. At the same time, she was gentle about sharing her perspective and added something that really touched me. I certainly don't deserve to be the target of what it was about. She has kindly overestimated me. It also revealed to me that I had jumped to conclusions based on what had happened much earlier in the friendship.

I definitely look forward to meeting her more often. :D