We were at Borders this evening. Me, Kenneth, ShengTao and Erina. I stumbled upon an interesting book called the 'Book of Answers'. It had a black cover and a body the size of a standard bible. At first glance, it would seemed like any ordinary book. Basically, the book, as the title stated, is something that would give us answers.

So I flipped open the cover and a set of instructions covered the first page. I was first asked to think of a question, followed by placing a palm on the cover of the book and stroking the pages with my fingers. That had to go on for about 10 to 15 seconds, with the question being repeated over and over in my mind. After that, I stopped my fingers at a random page and opened the book to uncover the answer. Yeah, that is how the Book of Answers works. Think of a question and you randomly pick a page that gives you a brief answer.

Curiousity eating away at my defenses, I quickly thought of the first question. "Would the current bird-flu situation in Thailand affect us on our trip to Bangkok soon?" I started fanning my fingers on the edge of the pages for about 10 seconds, then quickly hooked onto a page and pulled the booked open. "A year later, it won't matter." I was stunned, literally. Did it meant that one year later, bird flu would be a thing of the past? Or could it be a warning not to go there until a year later? I was rather lost on that answer.

Seeing such an interesting book, I introduced it to the others and they started trying out for themselves, with the answers conjuring shock, surprise and laughter. We used the book to ask lame questions like, "Would Erina go for the Bangkok trip?", or "Could Kenneth find the book?". Some anwers were definite, while others were vague with words like "maybe", and can be at times too general.

Later on, Shengtao suggested, why not ask the book when I would get a girlfriend. I jokingly agreed. No harm anyway. So I went through the ritual, estimating a rough 10 seconds before revealing the answer. It stared at me. "Don't ignore the obvious." Hm, it took me a few seconds to register what it meant. But I was uneasy about the 'obvious' part. What did it meant again? 'Obvious' ,meaning pretty much known to me, or practically something i already know. Was it that the girl I would get attached to be someone I currently know and like? If it did, it didn't sit well with me. Cuz, I'm trying to ignore what did happened to my feelings the past few days. I do not want to elaborate more on what I'm feeling nowadays. I can only ask why.

The rest wanted to buy the book to entertain ourselves in office but it was rather pricey so we dropped the idea.