Hmm...

I went to the library this afternoon with my nieces. There were not many good books, and the books were reshuffled again!! Only managed to borrow 3 guide books on Japan - 1 on Hokkaido & 2 on Tokyo as I need to do some reading before embarking on my tour in July :)

I managed to borrow Totto-chan: the girl at the window a couple of weeks ago. I was really inspired by Tomoe Gakuen's education system. If only such system exist in Singapore...

Tomoe Gakuen has railroad cars for classrooms, and the headmaster Sosaku Kobayashi is a firm believer in freedom of express & activity. Hence, he allowed his students to be indulged in the activity they had the most interest in, and introduced eurhythmics to his students. The students go for walks to the nearest temples occasionally, and they had farming lessons too!! How interesting!!! :) This is really an ideal school for me!! hahaha

I liked this sentence by the headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi.

"Having eyes, but not seein beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire. These are the things to fear..."

I thought this is the most beautiful sentence in the book :)