It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American Poet
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Friday, April 10, 2015
Josephine Chia and her book "Frog under a cocont shell"
Josephine Chia is a well known "Singapore" Writer.
I listened to her talks, attended one writing workshop run by her under National Library Singapore Memory Project and follow her for a tour to Potong Pasir organised by NLB three years ago.
For me, the following title is what I like to recommend as she "paints in heartwarming detail, the mother’s journey from the bloom of youth to her affliction with Alzheimer’s disease. "
Frog Under A Coconut Shell
ISBN 981 232 398 8
Published in 2002 by Times Books Intl., Singapore
319 pages
Translation into Bahasa Indonesia
Katak Dalam Tempurung
ISBN 978 602 290 002 3
Published by Serambi Ilmu Semesta. 2014
Source of information:
http://www.josephinechia.com/pages/Frog_Under_A_Coconut_Shell.html
I listened to her talks, attended one writing workshop run by her under National Library Singapore Memory Project and follow her for a tour to Potong Pasir organised by NLB three years ago.
For me, the following title is what I like to recommend as she "paints in heartwarming detail, the mother’s journey from the bloom of youth to her affliction with Alzheimer’s disease. "
Frog Under A Coconut Shell
"The title of this non-fiction book is from a Malay idiom, Katak Bawah Tempurong.
The frog who lives under the coconut shell thinks that the coconut shell is its entire world.
It is a reference to the author’s own mother, who although herself uneducated and living a parochial existence in a kampong or Malay village, believed in and struggled for a greater vision - the right to educate her daughter.
The book is a testament to the love and courage of a mother that changed the life of her daughter forever.
The idiom also refers to the author who was like a frog under a coconut shell in the small world of the kampong.
In part, the book is a nostalgic memoir of old Singapore in the 1950s and 60s which will tug at the emotional strings of those who have been out there.
The book also paints in heartwarming detail, the author’s mother’s journey from the bloom of youth to her affliction with Alzheimer’s disease."
ISBN 978 961 4276 84 9 (new edition) 2010The frog who lives under the coconut shell thinks that the coconut shell is its entire world.
It is a reference to the author’s own mother, who although herself uneducated and living a parochial existence in a kampong or Malay village, believed in and struggled for a greater vision - the right to educate her daughter.
The book is a testament to the love and courage of a mother that changed the life of her daughter forever.
The idiom also refers to the author who was like a frog under a coconut shell in the small world of the kampong.
In part, the book is a nostalgic memoir of old Singapore in the 1950s and 60s which will tug at the emotional strings of those who have been out there.
The book also paints in heartwarming detail, the author’s mother’s journey from the bloom of youth to her affliction with Alzheimer’s disease."
ISBN 981 232 398 8
Published in 2002 by Times Books Intl., Singapore
319 pages
Translation into Bahasa Indonesia
ISBN 978 602 290 002 3
Published by Serambi Ilmu Semesta. 2014
Source of information:
http://www.josephinechia.com/pages/Frog_Under_A_Coconut_Shell.html
Alzheimer's disease and the brain
Just thought of sharing the followings:
Does Alzheimer's disease only affect the left side of the brain?
4. Left brain/right brain
Use the next to move to previous slides and start reading from Slide one.
* 1-7 are slides on brain basic
* 8-16 are on Alzheimer's disease and the brain
(This set of slides is easy to read and make understanding of Alzheimer and its development easier for layman)
You can get e-newsletter on different Alzheimer's disease sent via email on regular bases.
Dexterine Ho Soo Miang
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
Enjoying the in-house "Train ride"
These were photos taken on a Saturday night in Jan 2015:
After the Art and Craft session, the kids were enjoying the ride on the in-house "Train", leading the way is our young JoyJoy and the train master is uncle ThaneThane!
I am "Er Yi Po", the in house Train station Security Officer!
Dexterine Ho Soo Miang
posted on April Fool Day!
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