good karma returns

I've met with a pleasant surprise today, and i wanna share it here.

last yr, my friend showed me a good book which she got from Borders. i reali hope to get one for myself too, but it's $40. so i thot, maybe i'll jus borrow fr her and make copy, tt save some bucks. it's the same, i jus need the content. so i called up my printer and asked him to zap the book for me - even though i knw it's not right and he is undertaking a risk by doing this.

"actually ...we cant do this..but nv mind la, we will do this for u..."
"oh, thank u!"

after i put down the phone, guilt start to fill me up like an empty glass. if i reali wanna own the book, i shd buy it. it's more than copyright issues... it's abt my integrity. why am i doing it when i knw very well tt i shdn't?? I cannot pass this ... so i make another call again to cancel the trip. "it's ok, i'll get the book."

so today, i took a bus straight to Borders before meeting a friend for dinner. i took the book off the shelf and walk into the queue. "hsss...$40 is not tt ex la. juz do it!" and i waited for my turn to pay.

just when the cashier called for me, a lady customer from another paying counter came up to me and pass me a A4 print-out which says "40%-off coupon" on it.

"take this, some discount for your book". and she passed a copy to the customer behind me too.

har?? wat?! 40% off?? serious ah? not thinking too much, i just pass the print out to the cashier together with my book. after punching in some numbers, the cashier said,"thank you, $23.79 pls"... haha! wow! i'm reali happy lo! thank god! if i hv not decided to come to and buy the book, i wld not hv enjoyed the discount!! how weird is this?

it's certainly more than the monetary savings i'm happy abt. it's a reward for following ur integrity. it's a little spooky.. but, i'm grateful. hehe.. thank you!

and now, paying it forward, here's the coupon if you do hv a book u wanna get fr Borders. happy shopping.

ciao!