Category: Blogroll
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Here are the books I read throughout 2025 – 25 in total. Yeehaa!
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Seeing as it’s one day left to 2024, I’d best post the books I’ve read throughout the year. In bold are the Top 5 especial favourites that took me by surprise, and which I enjoyed immensely. 35 books in total, with some short ones made of poetry and plays, and I think it’s been a…
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Here’s a list of books I read in 2023, a total of 30 books in all. My top five good reads of the year are highlighted in bold, of which 3 out of 5 are short story collections. This year, they’re a good mix of novels, short stories, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, children’s and Christian self-help.…
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I’m extremely grateful to have my story ‘Four’ included in A Chance Encounter at Sungai Chiling and Other Stories, published by Maya Press. The book was launched at the George Town Literary Festival 2023. I’m thankful to the judges for their kind words below: “It is exciting to come across pieces where the writers enjoyed…
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Only a total of 18 books read and two films watched in the cinema – low numbers compared to previous years. Highlighted in bold are my good reads of the year. Looking forward to a great 2023! Books 2022 Movies 2022 Cover photo by zerotake/Unsplash
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Nothing like a batch of vintage wedding photos to warm the heart. Found this stash of my grand-aunt Isobel Lim Koon Beng on her wedding day to John Haynes. Date and location to be confirmed.
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It is said that most marriages fail within the first two years. My relationship with the Pixel 3 falls into this category. I rarely make public complains about my possessions, but this smartphone has been such a heartbreaking disappointment that I had to walk away from it. Here’s the background: I bought the Pixel 3…
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In 2021 I read a total of 47 books. Highlighted in bold are firm favourites. This was also the year I raced to finish classics by Roald Dahl and Arthur Conan Doyle, two popular authors I never read in childhood. The book that took me by surprise this year was “The Divine Romance” by Gene…
Wan Phing Lim 