reading is charming?

did anyone read the star today?? many ppl wrote in in response to an article about men who read look more charming which was written last sunday.
and there was also another letter which told women to read too to appear more charming.
i say what nonsense to all these just to encourage the reading habit in malaysians.
the writer to the original article was intrigued and spurred when she saw a man reading in an lrt.

so does that mean we will see more malaysians reading on public transports now so that they get some extra glances from the opposite sex? what a way to get noticed and how fake. imagine you holding a book in hand, while your eyes are concentrating hard on the words on the page, your mind and eyes will consciously wander too if someone is paying attention to you. who knows when you lift your head and your eyes catch hold of someone looking at you, then you give that person a smile and voila, a new friendship begins. okok....i know i am sarcastic.

just because i dun read at public places doesn't mean that i dun like reading. frankly, i prefer people watching at public places. it is so much more interesting. the clothes that they wear, their gestures, the bags that they carry, etc. i believe it will make me more aware of the surrounding and learn a thing or two about humans.

there is always a place for books. not that i am discouraging reading at public places. my opinions are entirely my own. so read wherever you want and make sure you know what are on the pages and not use it to be fake.