It felt wrong being a freeloader at Borders, where they have so kindly refused to shrink-wrap the books, so I got something from them. Photo taken after expressed permission from this guy (not photographed) standing next to the lady, whom I think, was in charge.

Borders at Berjaya Time Square is something like a library. The only difference being that you have to pay to get books off the premises. Otherwise, you're free to grab any book, plonk onto one of the seats and start reading. My kind of place exactly. They should consider adding the number of leather chairs though.

So, last Saturday, I spent half the day reading Borders' collection of Naruto, the Japanese manga my friends have been raving about. I'm not exactly a manga fan since it takes a certain level of commitment to actually finish the whole series (it took me a couple of years to ardently follow and eventually finish all 40-something Dragon Ball books). And they don't come cheap either. This is, of course, where Borders comes into its own.

Last Saturday was also the the day the Time Traveler Convention was held. As the name suggests, it's a convention for time travelers, organised by students from MIT. In case you missed it, no worries, you could always build yourself a flying Delorean and travel back to May 7, 2005.

The organisers contend that the convention is the only gathering for time travelers the world needs since anyone with a time machine could travel to it anytime they want. Hmm, they're certainly thinking in the 4th dimension, but aren't they overlooking the 3rd? For all we know, time machines could be invented someday outside the States. Assuming that the device is pretty much useless when it comes to taking one from point A to B, 3rd dimensionally, wouldn't it be a bother for people from the future to travel all the way to MIT? Maybe that explains why there were no confirmed time travelers at the party.

So, anyone game for a time traveler convention in Malaysia? We could have it at Borders! The books, I'm sure, would have a nostalgic appeal to future dwellers; where they come from, paperbacks are most likely rare collector's items.