just came back from the new national library. yup the much-boasted about 14-storey building next to bugis junction. unfortunately i was not really impressed.

sure its a good looking building and all and i heard that it has a hall thing or something going on where performances and conferences can take place, but hey, c'mon, a library is primarily about books.

much to my disappointment, most of the wonderfully fantastic books that they have are found in the reference section, meaning that this indian nerd cannot take the babies home! ergh. i was so frustrated. heaps of information in all those books and i was not allowed to take them out of the library to enjoy at home.

the frustration, coupled with the annoyingly large amount of people there, was, needless to say, overwhelming.

the only books i could borrow home were placed at b1 level. yes ladies and gentlemen, you heard me. out of 14 floors, only at the b1 level (which is not even one of the 14 floors) was i allowed to take books home. isnt it just plain dumb.

i was hoping for this to be the vatican city of libraries or something. someplace that we can find whatever we want or something close to it at least. i know i know, maybe i am expecting too much, but c'mon... 14 floors and all i can take home is a floor worth of books.

those performances and conferences better be good...