Did you see
the article in the Straits Times today, where I was featured together with my
fellow senior nostalgia bloggers, Philip Chew, James Seah and Victor Yue? There’s
a photo on page A4 of me and James. And do you know where this photo was taken,
what’s that thing that I am holding in my hand?
Answer. I
was holding my primary school report book. The school, as regular readers of my
blog, as well as those who have read my book, would know, was the Braddell Rise
School. The reporter wanted to take a photo of James and me as a location that
could be linked to our fondest memories of the old Singapore. For James, it
would be Bukit Ho Swee; whereas, for me, it was my kampong at Lorong Kinchir
off Lorong Chuan. Unfortunately, both these places no long exist, and so I suggested
we met at Mount Alvernia Hospital and took our photo at the site of the former
Braddell Rise School. I told her that I had studied in BRS from 1960 to 1963,
and had literally seen the hospital next door sprout from the ground. The BRS buildings
are slated for demolition soon to give way for a new wing of the Assisi
Hospice. Fortunately, the demolition works had not started yet and so we could
sneak in for a photo-shoot.
I requested
that the report make mention of my book Good
Morning Yesterday ….. for obvious reasons. Many people know me to be a
blogger, but many do not know that I am also an author; and even fewer people know
where to purchase it. I myself am not sure, since it has been two years since
the book was released, and many bookstores no longer carry it; but I am quite
sure that the Kinokuniya branch Orchard Road does – at least that was what my
distributor says.
Another
place where you can purchase my book, at least for this weekend, is at the
50Plus Expo organized by the Council for Third Age (C3A). The expo will be held
from 28th to 30th March at the Suntec City Hall 401-404.
For the 3rd time in a row, I have been invited to speak at the Forum,
and so has my friend James Seah. My book will be on sale at the Booth C27 (Spring Publishing Pte Ltd). If you would like to attend the 50Plus Expo, please
register at the C3A website.
So here
again are the details.