loGoS hoPe... tHe shiP oF knoWledgE, heLp anD hoPe...
I have never ever been on a ship before... and the first ship that I board (actually for a few minutes only) is very unique... it is a ship filled with books. The ship is called 'Logos Hope'. It has landed for quite a few weeks already in Penang Swettheham Pier... but I managed to visit the ship last week only. Initially, my hubby and me wanted to visit the ship much earlier but due to unforeseen circumstances... we have to delayed it.
One fine Sunday night... after the rain had cleared... we begin our journey to the Logos Hope. After we register ourselves at the main entrance of Swettheham Pier... we make our way to the ship which was brightly lit during the night.
After paying the RM1 entrance fee... we climb the stairs (not sure if this is the correct term to use) to board the ship. Upon reaching the ship, we were asked to be seated for a short briefing by one of the crew member, Jimmy.
According to Jimmy, he is the one and only volunteer from Thailand and he showed us a 2 minute video introducing Logos Hope with some explaination on the pricing of the books. Apparently, they price their books in a different manner... all of the books on sale were priced by units. If I remember correctly, 100 units is RM8 (correct me if I'm wrong).
Once the short briefing is finished, visitors can choose to directly to the book sale area to browse for books or understand more about the ship on the wall. It tells the history and journey of Logos, Logos II, Doulos and Logos Hope itself.
Anyways, let us proceed to the interesting part. The books. The type of books available for sale and for your reading pleasure is huge. From famous people biography (I think I saw a book on Barrack Obama...) to recipe books to non-fiction books (they even have an entire section dedicated specially for children books). Besides books, they were also CD and memorabilia for sale (which I bought a few later on).
Besides that, the ships also offered something else... academic books which was donated by McGraw-Hill and other publishers as well. After shelves and shelves of books, you will come to an area which they called 'The Journey of Life'. This section itself is actually like a story and upon request... the crew members will tell you the story behind each picture.
After listening to the story, you will enter the International Cafe, where you can choose to have a light snack after all those book browsing. They even have crew members to create those artistic ballons for children and entertain them too! If you're lucky... some of the crew members will drop by your table and chat with you on your experience while on board the ship.
During our short and brief visit to Logos Hope... we manage to grab 6 books and all that for a total of only RM60.00 (this amount also includes the souvenir pen which were sold at RM2 per pen... quite a bargain I would say... so... without thinking much... I took 4 pens).
Just to let you guys know... if you plan to visit Logos Hope... do it before 25 September 2011 as that will be the last day Logos Hope in Penang before embarking to Port Klang. The ship is open to visitors from 10AM to 10PM. Make sure you visit this awesome ship in Penang!
If you need more information on the ship... do drop by the @ www.gbaships.org.
Peace Out ~~
One fine Sunday night... after the rain had cleared... we begin our journey to the Logos Hope. After we register ourselves at the main entrance of Swettheham Pier... we make our way to the ship which was brightly lit during the night.
Catchy slogan... you will see this the moment you entered the ship and on the wall they put up the history and journey of Doulos, Logos, Logos II and Logos Hope
After paying the RM1 entrance fee... we climb the stairs (not sure if this is the correct term to use) to board the ship. Upon reaching the ship, we were asked to be seated for a short briefing by one of the crew member, Jimmy.
According to Jimmy, he is the one and only volunteer from Thailand and he showed us a 2 minute video introducing Logos Hope with some explaination on the pricing of the books. Apparently, they price their books in a different manner... all of the books on sale were priced by units. If I remember correctly, 100 units is RM8 (correct me if I'm wrong).
The entrance to the sea of books that bound to make you spoilt for choices... and the smell of books is so refreshing... (",)
Once the short briefing is finished, visitors can choose to directly to the book sale area to browse for books or understand more about the ship on the wall. It tells the history and journey of Logos, Logos II, Doulos and Logos Hope itself.
Anyways, let us proceed to the interesting part. The books. The type of books available for sale and for your reading pleasure is huge. From famous people biography (I think I saw a book on Barrack Obama...) to recipe books to non-fiction books (they even have an entire section dedicated specially for children books). Besides books, they were also CD and memorabilia for sale (which I bought a few later on).
A map of all the countries that Logos and Doulos have visited...
Besides that, the ships also offered something else... academic books which was donated by McGraw-Hill and other publishers as well. After shelves and shelves of books, you will come to an area which they called 'The Journey of Life'. This section itself is actually like a story and upon request... the crew members will tell you the story behind each picture.
After listening to the story, you will enter the International Cafe, where you can choose to have a light snack after all those book browsing. They even have crew members to create those artistic ballons for children and entertain them too! If you're lucky... some of the crew members will drop by your table and chat with you on your experience while on board the ship.
During our short and brief visit to Logos Hope... we manage to grab 6 books and all that for a total of only RM60.00 (this amount also includes the souvenir pen which were sold at RM2 per pen... quite a bargain I would say... so... without thinking much... I took 4 pens).
Just to let you guys know... if you plan to visit Logos Hope... do it before 25 September 2011 as that will be the last day Logos Hope in Penang before embarking to Port Klang. The ship is open to visitors from 10AM to 10PM. Make sure you visit this awesome ship in Penang!
If you need more information on the ship... do drop by the @ www.gbaships.org.
Peace Out ~~
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