Reserved for...

I know it's a Dream but our felt so real because I was out shopping/walking with my late Mum. I think we were at the old part of Bangsar Shopping Centre where I spotted a small comic or bookshop shop that has was not lit. Using the lights from the building corridors, I can make out some books on the shelves but could only make out the presence/shadow of the Sales Assistant at the Counter.

My late Mum pointed to a shelf and my eyes followed her finger. It was the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual written by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda. The strange thing was, it was shrink wrapped and there was a big dark bluish sticker on it, with the printed words, 'Reserved for [My Name] in purple. As if it was a label. The other copy was the same but for another customer, I assumed. The funny thing was, it looked like those Japanese labels on books/magazines with a lot of smaller wordings underneath as if they were actual labels.

I used to pore over the manual as if it was a real textbook and learned all the facts by heart. Nowadays, I've completely forgotten about it.

Then I woke up in the middle of the night...