The Library at Midnight

Antulang Beach Resort, Negros Occidental

It was almost 12am and this library was still open, practically begging you to borrow the things between covers that were tucked between the shelves. Judging from their polite tone, mestiza looks and that recognizable well-off accent, the librarians were probably the resort owners' offspring. These books must have been from their personal collection.

"We brought our own" we said nicely, and we probably had different tastes in literature. We ought to say that the presence of the library itself gave the resort an added appeal. It cultivated the reading culture.

We started to notice that among the many signs, the resort also posted quotes from E.M. Forster.

The staff in the resort was friendly and accomodating. The food isn't excellent, the coffee is terrible but we didn't demand something generic like Starbucks. We brought our own drinks and T. made mojitos the way it should be made.

And short walk away from the infinity pool, they had a library.