Saturday, December 1, 2007

The Heart Never Lies

Hungry as we were, Kenny and i went straight for the food. Even with the unusually large crowd of people in the library, we could still find seats in the Kenny-coined "Hogwarts Cabin".

However, the mood as first wasn't as high as what we expected so we got a bit sian just walking about aimlessly. The light singing by the performers wasn't helping as well, seemed to make us more moody. No offence.

BUT you can trust as to make some good moments for ourselves as long as we have our cameras! haha.. CAMWHORING in the library! Here are the results of our photoshoot.

invited

thank you thank you

Kenny told me that one auntie gave me the disgusted look behind my back just before i wanted to pose on the runway! If i know who she is ah..................... *hrmph*

While after taking ENOUGH photos, we decided to go take a drink and listen to the acoustic performances of a duo - Olivia and Nick(?) haha.. Their singing were pretty good, loved their renditions of "she will be loved", "close to you" and "sometimes love just ain't enough". Provided a nice feel before the event was "officiated by the guest of honor.

Guess what! The Guest of Honor actually thanked us in his speech! Yes he mentioned JOEL (and kenneth of course) you know! Wah, super OMG lah. For a moment, i was so ecstatic - mainly because i feel like i'm OVER-CREDITED for doing just that little few things. hha. But as i've said before, it's always nice to know that people, especially the people high up there, appreciate what you do.

And i thought that the only OMG moment! I was so wrong. After the speech, there was even a tribute to us, the citizen bloggers! My name, JOEL SIM, flashed on the screen!!! Damn happy lah - i never thought such a thing would happen, i really thought we are just coming to witness the closing and nothing else! haha. Thanks to the library! So sweet of them to remember to include us - i really don't feel i deserve such an honor haha...

After that video, i couldn't concentrate anymore le... during which there were some video screening and vip-leaving-their-marks kinda stuff. I just kept OMG-ing. haha...

Very soon, it was really the closure of library@orchard! The library told all visitors to proceed outside of the library for the official closure. Everyone just gathered outside the entrance, with all the paparazzi snapping away whenever the library assistants pulled the sliding doors, with each one marking the impending closure.

Kenny and i just joined in the fun and paparazzi-ed! haha...

When the last door closed, we thought we saw the workers at library@orchard gathered together for some group hug. Turned out they're CRYING!!! SO touching... and EMO!!! (in a good way la).

I suppose i understand what they're feeling. All the days working there, going to work in orchard, serving visitors, the smell, the place EVERYTHING they'll miss! My heart goes out to them...

It's amazing to know that even a library can make such an impact on people. This clearly shows that a library is not just a COLLECTOR OF BOOKS, but also a COLLECTOR OF MEMORIES. I was also emo-fied by the touching scene and i'm quite sure it made me treasure whatever i have right now.

I've thoroughly enjoyed my past few weeks of blogging on the library and i thank the library for the opportunity as well. I must say it was a really nice time there and i will dearly miss my time at the library.

TO ALL THE WORKERS AT LIBRARY@ORCHARD,

KUDOS TO YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE!


Remember
Though it's over, we're still connected together.

Goodbye is not always easy but library@orchard will live forever.

IN OUR HEARTS.

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