Goodbye My Kampong
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Goodbye My Kampong
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Author : Josephine Chia
language : en
Publisher: Ethos Books
Release Date : 2023-05-30
Goodbye My Kampong written by Josephine Chia and has been published by Ethos Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Sequel to Josephine Chia’s 2014 Singapore Literature prize-winning book, Kampong Spirit - Gotong Royong: Life in Potong Pasir, 1955 to 1965. Kampong life in Singapore did not end in 1965 with her independence. In Josephine Chia’s new collection of non-fiction stories, the phasing out of attap-thatched villages, the largest mass movement in Singapore, is set against the backdrop of significant national events. Weaving personal tribulations—her teenage angst—and the experiences of villagers from her kampong, Josephine skilfully parallels the hopes and challenges of a toddling nation going through the throes of industrialisation and rapid changes from 1966 to 1975. These delightful, real-life stories, sprinkled with snippets of her Peranakan culture, reveal the joie-de-vivre of gotong royong or community spirit, despite impoverished conditions, in the last days of kampong life.
Your Body
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Author : Josephine Chia
language : en
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Release Date : 2009-06-04
Your Body written by Josephine Chia and has been published by John Hunt Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-04 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
In the quest for spiritual advancement or enlightenment, people often view the body as an unimportant element or worse, a hinderance. Your Body: Gateway To The Divine suggests that it is this erroneous idea which gives rise to our continual battle and obsession with our body and body-image. In this book Josephine Chia presents a celebration of the physical body, of the Creator who created it, and is a tool towards understanding how we can use our body and our five senses to find our way home to The Divine.
Growing Up In Kampong Potong Pasir
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Author : Josephine Chia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Growing Up In Kampong Potong Pasir written by Josephine Chia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Communities categories.
Kampong Spirit Gotong Royong
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Author : Josephine Chia
language : ms
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Limited
Release Date : 2013
Kampong Spirit Gotong Royong written by Josephine Chia and has been published by Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Communities categories.
"In this book, Peranakan author Josephine Chia brings us into the world of her childhood in a kampong. Though deprived of modern comforts like electricity or running water, her multi-racial neighbours lived harmoniously with each other in their attap homes, and had a wonderful zest for life and a strong sense of community. This vibrant kampong spirit, or gotong royong, was a significant aspect of living in a kampong. The period 1955 to 1965 was also a dramatic era for Singapore. As the country struggled towards nationhood, the social and political events of this time and their effects are seen through the eyes of the common folk."--Back cover.
17a Keong Saik Road
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Author : Charmaine Leung
language : en
Publisher: Ethos Books
Release Date : 2023-04-25
17a Keong Saik Road written by Charmaine Leung and has been published by Ethos Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Mummy, why do you always have to leave for 17A… 17A Keong Saik Road recounts Charmaine Leung’s growing-up years on Keong Saik Road in the 1970s when it was a prominent red-light precinct in Chinatown in Singapore. An interweaving of past and present narratives, 17A Keong Saik Road tells of her mother’s journey as a young child put up for sale to becoming the madame of a brothel in Keong Saik. Unfolding her story as the daughter of a brothel operator and witnessing these changes to her family, Charmaine traces the transformation of the Keong Saik area from the 1930s to the present, and through writing, finds reconciliation. A beautiful dedication to the past, to memory, and to the people who have gone before us, 17A Keong Saik Road tells the rich stories of the Ma Je, the Pei Pa Zai, and the Dai Gu Liong—marginalised, forgotten women of the past, who despite their difficulties, persevered in working towards the hope of a better future.
Frog Under A Coconut Shell
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Author : Josephine Chia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Frog Under A Coconut Shell written by Josephine Chia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Chinese categories.
This book is based on the true story of the author, of how her own mother struggled for her right to educate her daughters despite her own parochial experience in a small kampong. This highly nostalgic and evocative book pays tribute to her mother's courageous journey from the bloom of youth to her affliction with Alzheimer's disease in old age.
My Father S Kampung A History Of Aukang And Punggol
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Author : Shawn Li Song Seah
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2020-09-17
My Father S Kampung A History Of Aukang And Punggol written by Shawn Li Song Seah and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-17 with History categories.
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.
When A Flower Dies
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Author : Josephine Chia
language : en
Publisher: Ethos Books
Release Date : 2023-08-02
When A Flower Dies written by Josephine Chia and has been published by Ethos Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-02 with Fiction categories.
What can we recover after a life passes on? A novel about love, forgetting and remembering. Pansy Lim, a Peranakan girl, was brought up in a seaside village in colonial Singapore in the 1940s. She inherits her mother’s love for flowers, nature, the sea, and their healing qualities. Educated by English nuns, she learns and grows to love English, literature and poetry. We see her at the start of the novel, aged, forgetful, and desperately clinging to memories of her recently deceased husband. Through her recollections, she remembers George Chan, the village life that they shared, and the communal past left behind by a nation always on the move. “When I pick up one of Josephine Chia’s books on Singapore’s past, I always know that I’m in for a treat. Josephine brings her readers back to the Singapore of the 1950s and 60s that she grew up in and, in her simple, accessible prose she realistically evokes its sights and sounds and smells. In doing so, she helps us to re-live and re-imagine those days and, in singing her song, she helps us to sing ours.” −Angeline Yap, poet and author of “Closing My Eyes to Listen”
M Ravi
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Author : M. Ravi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
M Ravi written by M. Ravi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Defense (Criminal procedure) categories.
Queen Of The Sky
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Author : Josephine Chia
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House Sea
Release Date : 2019
Queen Of The Sky written by Josephine Chia and has been published by Penguin Random House Sea this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Will Great Grandmother's birthday wish be fulfilled? Amelia is a modern, nine-year-old Peranakan Chinese girl. She adores her Great Grandmother whom she nicknamed GGM. GGM has lots of exciting tales to tell her about old Singapore. She takes Amelia to see the site of her old kampung, an attap-thatched village along the Kallang River where she had met Amelia's famous namesake and aviatrix, Amelia Earhart, the historical Queen of the Sky, in June 1937. GGM is very active and does not behave like a doddering Senior. She started skiing at sixty and wants to do something adventurous for her 90th birthday. But the entire family does not approve.