The Gathering of Librarians

I attended a dinner organized by PPM last Friday. The dinner was a farewell dinner for the retired x-presidents of the association as well as a Hari Raya gathering for librarians. To me it was another occasion to meet old friends as well as to tighten my social networks among librarians. I sat at a table next to somebody that I knew but the person did not have a clue as to who I was. That was until I said, ‘Wah! Jannah you tak ingat I lagi ye?’ She turned towards me with her surprised look and soon gave a small yell mentioning my name. She was asking what had happened to me I looked thin. I said I must congratulate my doctor. Well that night was not about me. When I looked around there weren’t enough young bloods within the PPM. I wish there were as I love to see more of them to come forward to push for new things. Even the young ones that were there that night were the ones that either work for the National Library or the Ministry libraries. Only one or two escaped librarians that potentially could play a bigger role were there. Probably they have a valid reason to escape…….