Book Display: Little Known Singapore(Jun – Jul 2009)
Do you lament how boring Singapore seems? Do you think you know Singapore inside out? Does Singapore seem really tame and clean-cut to you? This book display aims to show…
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ArtsBuzz Exhibition: Bird Crazy (4 – 18 May 2009)
Not too long ago, if you were to ask me to make a list of all the birds I have seen in Singapore, my list would have been depressingly short,…
Continue readingChinatown in a Globalizing Southeast Asia
Approximately 80 % of the Chinese Overseas lives in Southeast Asia, constituting the largest Chinese population outside China. It is generally agreed that when the Chinese arrived in Southeast Asia,…
Continue readingArts Buzz Exhibition – Seize the Moment
The Sheares Hall Photography Competition is an annual event organised for the hall residents of Sheares Hall by the Sheares PhotoComm. This competition is part of our many hall activities…
Continue readingWhere Have All the $$ Gone?
Ever wondered what the situation was like in past crises? Have you ever had the urge to find out more about what is happening now so as to make sense…
Continue readingArts Buzz Exhibition – Bhutan (10 – 24 Feb 2009)
I traveled to the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan in 2007 and fell in love with the place. It is the most pristine country I have been to, encumbered in the…
Continue readingDo You Know Your World?
How often have we stared at a travel brochure or watched a documentary and wished that we were in a different part of the world exploring other cultures, taking in…
Continue readingThank you note
Dear Staff of Central Library, NUS Thank you very much for always being courteous, kind and helpful. I have always been blessed with good staff to help me with my…
Continue readingScreams, Slippers & 200 Freshmen in Central Library
If you were in the Central Library this past Monday afternoon, you might have been wondering why there were packs of young, panting students running up and down the library.…
Continue readingFASS Open House 2008
Libraries? Is that a discipline my daughter can major in?”, a pleasant but sweaty looking lady inquired at the library booth, last week at the FASS Open House. I regretfully…
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