The Great Book Exchange
We set off in high spirits, my dad, my maid and I. We were dreaming of neat piles of books which were awaiting new owners. Dad had received a coupon…
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Mortimer the Cat
It is so easy when we see things to do as tasks so that we can complete them efficiently. We are good at that kind of stuff. Mortimer the cat is dead.…
Continue readingLa Luna (Or How TNL Got Her Groove Back)
It takes a moon. Go figure. Walking back home one balmy evening, TNL looked up in the grey evening sky and there it was – a slice of lemon in…
Continue readingTrees Die Too
First the rabbit, now the tree. Every day for the longest time, TNL would walk a little slip road to get to her library. Nobody ever takes this road. It…
Continue readingOur Friend Paul
When you want to have a glimpse of what a person is really about, have a look at his or her book collection. Whether it is just a shelf-full or…
Continue readingHow Can TNL Get Her Groove Back?
TNL can’t write. Words don’t come out easily. There is this constant irritating use of the backspace and delete keys. And there is a constipation of words and expressions. Stuff are stuck in between a…
Continue readingHappy New Year (Or So What of It?)
You would think people would be stretching their holidays to the max… but noooo… Semester 2 seems to have started just when we thought we had 1 more week before…
Continue readingMerry Christmas, TNL!
TNL received a Christmas card that gave pause. On it was one of her fave Chrismas carols – O Holy Night. She read: Fall on your knees! O hear the…
Continue readingWhat To Say?
“Want to say, say-lah!” “What for scared!” Said a wildly gesturing colleague who had recently returned to work after getting a bit of a snip, snip done down there where-the-sun-don’t-shine.…
Continue readingA Suitable Color
The library is a boring place and librarians look nerdy, right? Not so! We decided to shatter these myths by spicing up the Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library (HSSML) with an unconventional colour. Do…
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