Library CIP

I have been doing CIP in AMK library. Last Thursday was the last day. I did 3 hrs everyday, for 10 days. Thus, I would have gained 30 hrs of CIP. Besides that, I also have a great time. It was a very interesting experience.


I did shelving for the first 3 days. Although it was boring, but I kinda miss it. I have to arrange books in alphabetical order, neatly on the shelves. I think it was very beneficial. If I were to do shelving for 10 days straight, I should be able to recite all the alphabets in reverse order.


However, on the fourth day, there was a change of staff. The new batch of staff has enough people to do shelving, so the CIP students do not do shelving anymore. Instead of shelving, they made me promote the email notification service instead. It was quite interesting; I met some people from school. However, the fun did not last, it gets boring very quickly. I soon find myself glancing at my watch very 5 mins.


On the eightieth day, they felt that very little people come to the library on weekends, so they gave me a new job. They made me scan through children books and discard books that were old or torn. It was more interesting. At least I get to read some fairytale when no one was looking.


The ninth day was the most interesting. When I was scanning through the books, one library staff suddenly yelled, ‘lets play donkey’. So, they all went into a room and played donkey. From the laughter emitting from the room, I can infer that they were having a great time. I was quite shocked when I see this happening. I didn’t know it was so fun working.


After they were done with the game, they came out of the room discussing on how the forfeit was too light and what should the forfeit be the next time they play. The new forfeit is that the loser must wear a hat saying ‘I am the donkey’ as long as he is in the office. LOL


However, someone change the topic halfway. They went on to discuss about a serious subject, politics, in a not so serious manner. They discuss about how politicians whack their opponents with microphones. LOL. It was very nice; there was a lot of fun and laughter on that day.