Room of requirements
Got inspired of Tammy’s latest entry…
The Room of Requirements is a room in Harry Potter’s world where it can turn into any room — cupboard, rest room, bedroom, name it!
I can say that the Room of Requirements is just like our library in my previous school: it can be the perfect place to study, do some research about your project, read the bestselling books written by various authors, know the latest issues in our society or talk with your friends, know the latest hearsays around the school, make it a studio and take your pictures here and there and it can even be a good place to do some practice for a play, or even play Scrablle and Chess!
Every time we had to go to the library (the whole class) to do some research about something, we rush to the library. We don’t even care if we’re on a line! Once we’re there we get all the books (that has something to do with our topic) that we can. We don’t even care if we get the same titles. After which we start to skim the pages of the stinking old books. Alas, we only get little information that’s why we end up copying each other’s work. There are some computers with internet access that are available but we don’t use them because we don’t want to spend money. Haha.
During my second to the last year in that school, our library was the superb place to know the latest rumors circulating the campus because there were vandalisms in the carrels. There were rumors written in the carrels that some teachers in our school are um, well, I don’t want to tell it which I believe is true and two freshmen students who made a miracle (in Tagalog, himala, I don’t know if you’ll get this). It’s really funny that these kinds of rumors were circulating in our school during my stay there.
Some of my classmates go to the library during our break times (recess and lunch time, both thirty minutes each) not to borrow a book — and not also to eat — but to abuse the resources, I mean, it’s a good place to stay because it has air-conditioning units. And due to their boredom they made our library a studio. Yes, they were taking pictures (and even videos) using their camera phones. Good thing, the librarians did not notice them doing so.
It was also used as a dressing room during a large presentation in our school. I even coincidentally went there during that day when our small library turned into a dressing room. The actors and actresses were doing their finishing touches and everybody was rushing.
It was also the same room used by the Peer Counselors Club during their meeting. And speaking of this club, the officers of the Peer Counselors Club were the ones who put the library back into its original state when a book hunt contest was held there during the book week celebration. I was neither an officer nor a member anymore at that time but since all of the officers of the said club were my classmates I decided to help them. What a big mess!
I’ll miss our library. The library that can turn to any room that you like…
