the neverending story by michael ende
yep, this is the book that i have been looking for for months now, and finally, it’s mine! am going to receive it tomorrow…hopefully. hehehe.
know what? every goddamn day ever since i remembered the story of bastian balthazar bux and fantasia and the childlike empress and falcor, i have been obsessed about the neverending story.
the first movie that was ever made based on the book was in the 1980s pa, and the book itself was written in 1979, 30 years old na sya. my age…hehehe. but really, this is one of those books that will always stay in the memory of those who read it and have seen the movie.
anyway, have searched secondhand book stores for the neverending story of michael ende, and have also searched ebay countless times as well as emailed national bookstore and powerbooks. was tempted to purchase the book through amazon, but the shipping fee is going to freaking cost me a lot. so i downloaded an e-book of it and tried to read it from there. i really felt like i betrayed “something” when i opted for the e-book, but what the hell, i really loved the story and was itching to read the book.
and i was not disappointed ‘coz it was worth all the effort of downloading and reading the e-book, especially since the glare from lappytappy gave me one hell of a headache after! the book was very, very good. in fact, way better than the movie. it was one of those books that i cannot put down and only read when i have the time. it was a book that i have to read and read and read until i finished the whole book, and when it ended, i felt like i was saying goodbye to old friends. it was that damned good! as an avid book reader, it’s very hard to find a book that you can’t put down, and trust me, the neverending story is one of those.
downloading the e-book was easy, but looking for the book itself was very hard. oh, european, american, and canadian ebays had it, but again, the shipping cost would’ve been too much for just one book. so i really felt like i sold my soul when i settled for an e-book.
then one day, i heard lala shriek. “tijing! neverending story of michael ende is already in ebay.ph!”
and my answer, of course, was “grab it!!! contact the seller. i want to purchase the freaking book now!”
lala: “it’s P300, shipping fee not included. it’s a bit expensive.”
me: “i don’t care if it’s even P500. i want the book!”
anyway, we paid P400 for the book today, so i might get it tomorrow or the next day. as for the seller, we checked her stats, and it seems she has a very good reputation as a seller.
talk about miracle and luck, eh? this is exactly one of those moments! you see, lala was not really actively looking for the book. she just happened to think one day to check it out if it’s available in ebay (and trust me, my hopes of finding the book in ebay.ph was low), but what do you know, it was there…waiting for me to call it mine. or waiting for lala to tell her to tell me that it can be mine. hahaha!
so, tomorrow’s going to be a good day! or the day after. hahaha!
oh, but do you know how much the book would’ve cost me had i ordered it through national bookstore? P1,000 plus. and do you want to know what else? i would’ve bought it at that price.
and nope, i won’t lend it to anybody. it’s a very rare book, but i could give you the link for the e-book though. hehehe.
