Monthly Archives: August 2005

Ruminations on…

I’ve been on a sort of roll these last few days with no shortage of things to write about. I guess it had to end sometime. I don’t have any ideas in my head this morning for a topic. It might have something to do with the fact that there’s far too much I could [...]

International Blog Day

I wonder if the fact that it’s International Blog Day today has anything to do with the West Australian Blog Awards Night also happening today. (Yes, I know I’ve said this before!) I wonder if it will be reported in that august (no pun intended!) rag, the West Australian! I don’t think I’ll be going, [...]

A Bit of Earth

Recently I read a book by a Singaporean author, Suchen Christine Lim, called A bit of earth. Set at the turn of the 20th century, the story follows the fortunes of a Cantonese immigrant to Malaya (as it was known then), named Wong Tuck Heng. The story was reasonably interesting and easy enough to read, [...]