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Book Synopsis My Father's Kampung: A History Of Aukang And Punggol by : Shawn Li Song Seah
Download or read book My Father's Kampung: A History Of Aukang And Punggol written by Shawn Li Song Seah and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by author and speaker Shawn Seah, My Father's Kampung delves into the social history of Aukang and Punggol as it traces a son's journey to better understand and appreciate the kampung life his father lived. The book is rich in personal stories and oral histories of those who lived there from the 1940s to 1970s, brought to life by Seah's passionate narrative as well as illustrations and photos.This book is supported by the National Heritage Board, with Forewords by Robert Yeo and Montfort Alumni.
Download or read book My Father's Kampung written by Shawn Seah and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Robert Yeo -- Foreword by Toh Tong Dee -- Simply put, what is this book about? -- Prologue. The Teochew. The Singapore Chinese. Decline of dialects. Teochew food -- Why did i write this book? -- Where was Aukang?. "Teochew Kingdom" of Aukang. The historical past -- Catholicism in Aukang (1853-Present). The rise of Catholicism in Aukang. Montfort school (1916-present). The church of the nativity of the blessed Virgin Mary (1853-present) -- World at War (1914-1945). The Japanese Cemetery Park in Aukang. Prostitutes, spies, and soldiers. World War II and The Punggol Zoo. Fortifications. The Punggol massacres. A safe haven at Surin Lane. Japanese opium dealers?. Suffering under the Japanese. Catholic mass for the departed souls -- Memories of Gor Kor Chiok (Fifth Milestone). Church of the immaculate heart of Mary. Tou Mu Kung Temple. St Paul's Church. Masjid Haji Yusoff. Teochew Cemetery. Lim Tua Tow Market. The original site of Da Qiao School at Lim Tua Tow Road -- Memories of Lak Kor Chiok (Sixth Milestone). Memories of Simon Road. Serangoon English School and its prominent alumni. The stories of Joo Hong Road, Lim Ah Pin Road, and Florence Road. The upper Serangoon Community Centre and Boys' Club. Tua Jia Kar Village -- Memories of Kangkar (1900s-1986). Kangkar Fishing Village. Kangkar through the eyes of Mr Lee Boon Kee. Kangkar through the eyes of Mr Ng Kok Song. Other memories of Kangkar. The last kampung in Singapore - Kampong Lorong Buangkok -- Memories of Punggol. Memories of Punggol from the eyes of Ng Yew Kang. The "Haunted House" : Punggol's Matilda House -- Kampung Memories (1946-1975). Everyday life : houses. Utilities : water, "Bath and toilet" facilities, public standpipes. Electricity, pressure lamps, and private generators. Transport. Entertainment. Crocodiles, a bear, and a python. Badminton parties. Movies in the 1950s and 60s. Gambling. Fighting fish and other animals. Banning firecrackers long before the government did. Teochew opera. Eking Out a Living. Private School. Travelling hawkers or street hawkers. Commercial farming -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- About the artist.
Download or read book Kampung Boy written by Lat and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-09-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the life experiences, from birth to beginning boarding school, of a boy growing up on a rubber plantation in rural Malaysia.
Book Synopsis I Am a Dreamer...So What! by : Elisa Luhulima
Download or read book I Am a Dreamer...So What! written by Elisa Luhulima and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every child has a dream. When I was a kid, I did not have an extraordinary dream to be somebody, as I had been through the dream itself. Seems like everytime I opened my eyes from nightime sleep, I was in different places: being a citizen in some part of the world, a dream every child ever had. I was awake when I was in my homeland without knowing what I want to be in the future. I was in search for being myself and by going through 12 years working at my present job then I know what I want. I want to be what I wish for when I was a teenager: a writer. It was really my dream that I could find a book with my name written on it in every shelf of book stores. It was just amazing to think that people would read my writings and influenced other people by what I wrote. I just thought that I am not too late to reach that goal as I also found that it was not only people like myself who in search for an identity. I have been hand in hand with my office as well as the whole nation to reach what we dream for. I was born as a dreamer and Im part of a community dream. I am a dreamer..so what!
Author :Lee Kuan Yew Publisher :Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd ISBN 13 :9814561762 Total Pages :686 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (145 download)
Book Synopsis The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew by : Lee Kuan Yew
Download or read book The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew written by Lee Kuan Yew and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Singapore Story is the first volume of the memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, the man who planted the island state of Singapore firmly on the map of the world. It was first published in 1999. In intimate detail, Lee recounts the battles against colonialists, communists and communalists that led to Singapore’s independence. With consummate political skill, he countered adversaries, sometimes enlisting their help, at others opposing them, in the single-minded pursuit of Singapore’s interests. We read how he led striking unionists against the colonial government, how over tea and golf he fostered ties with key players in Britain and Malaya, of secret midnight meetings in badly lit rooms, drinking warm Anchor beer with a communist underground leader, of his purposeful forging of an alliance with communists to gain the support of the Chinese-educated masses. Readers will find inspiration in his tenacity as he fought for the people’s hearts and minds against first the communists and later the communalists – in parliament, on the streets and through the media. Drawing on unpublished Cabinet papers, archives in Singapore, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, as well as personal correspondence, he gives us a vivid picture of how others viewed him: determined (“Lee will bluff, bully and blackmail up to the eleventh hour”), motivated (“Choo knew I sweated blood to master Hokkien”), ambitious (“He would think himself as legitimate as I was to be the leader of Malaya”), dangerous (“Crush Lee! Put him inside”). It is a sometimes controversial yet strangely consistent portrait of this Asian statesman. These experiences and his dealings with the political leaders were to shape his views and policies, which have had a major impact on Singapore and the region.
Book Synopsis Tok Dalang and Stories of Other Malaysians by : Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof
Download or read book Tok Dalang and Stories of Other Malaysians written by Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tok Dalang and Stories of Other Malaysians is a collection of short fiction written by Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof over several years. The stories deal with a range of characters and issues that in some ways are unique in Malaysian fiction in the English language. Its main strength lies in the fact that while Malay characters still make their appearances in several of the stories, the stories also touch upon aspects of their traditional culture, something rare in Malaysian writing. Additionally, lives and particular concerns of members of the minority communities in the country, including Tamil Muslims, Sikhs, Pakistanis, as well as Indonesians, have been explored both in depth as well as in a sympathetic manner for the first time in Malaysian writing. Through the writers grasp of the English language, including its local nuances, as well as a sensitive appreciation of their diverse cultures and cultural manifestations, the lives of Malaysians have been subtly coaxed into these stories, which are likely to find an important place in contemporary Malaysian literature in English.
Download or read book Modern Dreams written by Beng-Lan Goh and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating ethnographic study of the cultural politics of urban redevelopment in Kampung Serani, one Penang community, in the 1990s. Through interviews, newspaper reports, and other records, Goh considers changing notions of culture, ethnic identity, and urban space.
Download or read book Missouri Boy written by Leland Myrick and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-09-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiographical account of twin boys growing up in a small town in Missouri.
Download or read book Seah Eu Chin written by Shawn Seah and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore by : Poh Soo Kai
Download or read book The 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore written by Poh Soo Kai and published by Function 8. This book was released on with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation Coldstore remains the most contentious event in the history of postcolonial Singapore. Despite attempts by the state to silence ex-detainees, by warning that they would not be permitted to rewrite the state’s official version of history, the authors in this volume have done just that. They have placed on record their own perspective of events. The autobiographical element in the narratives brings to life what these individuals went through as left-wing political actors who responded to the call of anti colonialism and the challenge of shaping a new society. Their accounts of life in prison are a sober reminder of the deprivations and tortures inflicted to break their spirit. These stirring accounts are supplemented by academic contributions that provide contextual depth to the historical events and a critique of history writing in Singapore.
Download or read book Beyond Belief written by V. S. Naipaul and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Belief is a book about one of the more important and unsettling issues of our time: the effects of the Islamic conversion of Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, and Malaysia. It is not a book of opinion. It is - in the Naipaul way - a very rich and human book, full of people and stories. Islam is an Arab religion, and it makes imperial Arabizing demands on its converts. In this way it is more than a private faith, and it can become a neurosis. What has this Arab Islam done to the histories of these converted countries? How do the converted peoples, non-Arabs, view their past - and their future? In a follow-up to Among the Believers, his classic account of his travels through these countries, V. S. Naipaul returns after seventeen years to find out how and what the converted preach. In Indonesia he finds a pastoral people who have lost their history through a confluence of Islam and technology. In Iran he discovers a religious tyranny as oppressive as the secular one of the Shah, and he meets people weary of the religious rules that govern every aspect of their lives. Pakistan - in a tragic realization of a Muslim re-creation fantasy - inherited blood feuds, rotting palaces, antique cruelty; then President Zia installed religious terror with $100 million of Saudi money. In Malaysia, the Muslim Youth organization is alive and growing, and the people are mentally, physically, and geographically torn between two worlds, struggling to live the impossible dream of a true faith born out of a spiritual vacancy. A startling and revelatory addition to the Naipaul canon, Beyond Belief confirms the author's reputation as a masterly observer, a "finder-out" of stories, as well as a magnificent teller of them.
Book Synopsis Fieldwork and the Self by : Jérémy Jammes
Download or read book Fieldwork and the Self written by Jérémy Jammes and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents new perspectives on Southeast Asia using cases from a range of ethnic groups, cultures and histories, written by scholars from different ethnicities, generations, disciplines and scientific traditions. It examines various research trajectories, engaging with epistemological debates on the ‘global’ and ‘local’, on ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders’, and the role played by personal experiences in the collection and analysis of empirical data. The volume provides subjects for debate rarely addressed in formal approaches to data gathering and analysis. Rather than grappling with the usual methodological building blocks of research training, it focuses on neglected issues in the research experience including chance, error, coincidence, mishap, dead ends, silence, secrets, improvisation, remembering, digital challenges and shifting tracks. Fieldwork and the Self is relevant to academics and researchers from universities and international organisations who are engaged in teaching and learning in area studies and social science research methods. “A rich and compelling set of writings about fieldwork in, and beyond, Southeast Asia”. — Lyn Parker, Emeritus Professor, University of Western Australia “A must-read for all, especially emerging scholars on Southeast Asia, and a refreshing read for critical ‘old hands’ on the region”. — Abdul Rahman Embong, Emeritus Professor, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia “An impressive collection of essays by two academics who have devoted their academic life to anthropological fieldwork in Southeast Asia”. — Shamsul A.B., Distinguished Professor and UNESCO Chair, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia “The contributors share an unquenchable and passionate curiosity for Southeast Asia. They have survived the uncertainties and disillusionment of their fieldwork and remained first-grade scholars”. — Marie-Sybille de Vienne, Professor, National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations, Paris “A penetrating reflection on current social science research on Southeast Asia”. — Hans-Dieter Evers, Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, University of Bonn
Book Synopsis Young and Malay by : Ooi Kee Beng & Wan Hamidi Hamid
Download or read book Young and Malay written by Ooi Kee Beng & Wan Hamidi Hamid and published by Gerakbudaya Enterprise. This book was released on with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INDIVIDUAL experiences, though strongly influenced by collective identities, are in essence unique ones. But in Malaysia, where ethnic identity is overpoweringly applied to constrict popular thought and rationalise government policies, the uniqueness of individuals is ignored and devalued – even by the individuals themselves. Paradoxically, the community that has suffered the political ascription of group identity most acutely and most inescapably is the ascribed majority group, the Malays. In this collection of essays edited by Ooi Kee Beng and Wan Hamidi Hamid, nine young writers – Haris Zuan, Wan Hamidi Hamid, Zairil Khir Johari, Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, Altaf Deviyati, Izmil Amri, Syukri Shairi, Raja Ahmad Iskandar and Edry Faizal Eddy Yusof – share their individual memories about growing up in Malaysia, and in some cases debate the racial politics in which they – and all Malaysians – seem inextricably caught. "Though Malays in Malaysia are constitutionally bound to be Muslims, many of the writers do not deny that among their forebears are Chinese, Indians and Europeans who practised Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and what have you. As I read their essays, I feel that they write for me as well. My origins are varied too for I have always prided myself on having Indian, Spanish and Acehnese forebears." — Ariffin Omar, Malaysian Senator
Book Synopsis One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by : Sonya Sones
Download or read book One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies written by Sonya Sones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.
Book Synopsis My Father the Great Pirate by : Davide Calì
Download or read book My Father the Great Pirate written by Davide Calì and published by Wilkins Farago Pty Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in English in 2014 by Wilkins Farago Pty Ltd.--page facing title page.
Download or read book Riska written by Riska Orpa Sari and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books by Western specialists have compiled many observations and facts about the “headhunters of Borneo,” but the culture has never before been described from the inside, by an indigenous person born and reared in the rain forest listening to the stories and legends of her tribe. In this vivid memoir, Riska Orpa Sari tells us about the remote village of her birth, where rice is cultivated by cutting and burning the rain forest, where hunting and gathering take place under its dark canopy. She describes courtship and marriage, funeral rites, the sound headhunters make before they strike, the impact of the logging industry on the Dayak way of life, and the centrality of the river to all aspects of daily living. As Riska’s marvelous story unfolds, a witty, intelligent personality is revealed, endearing, resilient, and dedicated to the preservation of her people.
Download or read book From AS to AG written by Ambrin Buang and published by Humanology Sdn Bhd. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a modest attempt to reminisce the author's career as a PTD officer. The author have served 46 years as a government servant, 35 years as a PTD officer and 11 years as the Auditor-General of Malaysia. Not many officers have served that long in the service of the nation. The Pegawai Tadbir & Diplomatik Service(PTD) has been hailed as the nation’s premier service, as successor to the Malaysian Home and Foreign Service (MHFS) in 1972. The MHFS was the successor to the Malayan Civil Service (MCS) in 1966, which was set up in 1921 by the British Colonial Administration. The PTD and its precursors, the MCS and the MHFS, have played a pivotal and strategic role in national development since the nation attained its independence in 1957. It has been responsive to the political leadership of the day, always mindful of its political neutrality obligation. Coincidently, the year 2021, the year the author's little book is published, marks the 100th Anniversary of the MCS and the PTD. Unfortunately, not much has been written about the PTD and MCS. To the best of his knowledge, there were four books written about the PTD/MCS, namely ‘At the Forefront of Nation Building’ by Sheens Gurbakhash & Fiona Ghaus; ‘Taking The Road Less Travelled’ by Datuk Dr Shaari Ahmad Jabar; ‘Service Par Excellence’ by Datuk Wan Mansur Abdullah; and ‘Tun Abdullah Ayub’ by Fatini Yaacob and Toh Puan Anna Abdul Ranee.
