Today is SCOOBY's BIRTHDAY!!!

Recently, I stumbled (or rather visited) a friend's blog, only to discover truly amazing posts rather worthy of this century's limited net space. Not only did his posts invite humour, they were coupled with flamboyant graphical representations (known to the masses as pictures), which truly brought out the genius in it. Anyway, while being absolutely dazzled by this sudden, stunning source of inspiration, I was well inspired. Hence, I shall now address an issue very very relevant and real to all of us in present-day now: Spoiling.

With the release of the latest edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, several friends and classmates of mine have been going around like death eaters, spoiling the book for readers worldwide. While this act of mischief advocates no true punishment, I do feel that such acts should be prohibited. Thankfully I am neither faint-hearted or pregnant, or the n number of people who have attempted to spoil it for me would still be alive. I believe the class learned today that Avada Kadavra wasn't the only way to kill someone.

What the youthful don't understand is the underlying principle of reading a book. A book is meant to impart knowledge and give the reader euphoria. As such, spoiling a book for a dedicated reader realistically results in consequences similar to depriving one of either drugs, his/her mother, or Lam Peng Kwan's Biology, A Course for 'O' Level. (readers who do not want to have R.K. Narayan's The English Teacher but are interested in doing so are strongly advised to blink repeatedly while scrolling down) For instance, one day I walk up to my classmate Justin. Now knowing that Justin has not read the book I decide to spoil it for him. The conversation would proceed as follows. Justin indicated by Juice and Me by mac

mac: whats up. Rk Narayan died. you're screwed for lit. Oh by the way Krishna is Indian and the book reverts between calling him Krishna (brit version) and Krishnan (American)

Juice: NOOOOO!!! Where's Sidhant I'm gonna spoil Harry Potter for him.

Dear readers do you know what this means? It means that every time someone spoils a book, that person is going to spoil a book for someone else. Which ultimately leads me to conclude that once upon a time in a galaxy far far away, some IDIOT spoiled the first ever interesting book, leading to the repercussions our generation now faces. As to who that certain bumbling bumble bee was, I leave you to ponder.

And that concludes my discussion for the day. On a less important note, I just realised that I'm in some way breaking a rule of some sort. A logo on my Biology textbook says "approved by ministry of education, for use from 2001-2005". The book, being my sister's originally, was used by her from 2003-2004. However, I started my secondary 3 only in 2006, which essentially implies that I'm using a non-MOE approved book. Oh dear.