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December 2014
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www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary
OUR PICK FOR THIS MONTH
SG Author Series: A.J. Low
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Authors Adan Jimenez and Felicia Low will
be sharing about their book Sherlock Sam
and the Missing Heirloom in Katong and
bringing you to some of the places mentioned
in the book! So join us as we take a trip down
Katong and explore some of the hidden gems.
A.J. Low
All Rights Reserved.
ARTS 04
READ 09
BUSINESS 13
OTHER HAPPENINGS 14
EXHIBITIONS 18
CALENDAR LISTINGS 22
BOOK REVIEWS
BY THE ALEXANDRIAN 26
NL PRESENTS 35
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person by any act or omission due to the material
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presenters do not denote endorsement by National
Library Board (NLB), its staff associates and affiliates.
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programmes without prior notice. All information
is correct at the time of printing.
For the latest updates, please visit
http://www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary
For enquiries, please call 6332 3255.
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Dear Readers,
As the year draws to a close, there is no better time to reflect and look forward to new
beginnings. With festivals and two new library openings, 2014 has been a big year for us,
and we are ending it off with some of your favourite programmes.
Fans of our arts programmes can look forward to the round-up of our ‘best of’ co-creation
programmes. Ranging from Manga Drawing and Film Making, immerse in a new art form to
create your unique piece of art at the end of the sessions. Turn to page 4 for the full listings.
If you enjoyed our Read! Fest programmes earlier this year, you will enjoy our December edition
of the SG Author Series, which also celebrates Singapore literature. Back by popular demand,
A.J. Low, the husband-and-wife writing team behind the popular Sherlock Sam series, will take
you on a Literary Trail: In Search of the Missing Heirloom in Katong. Budding young writers
– or sleuths – can also pen their own adventure stories in Write What You Know… Sleuths and
Suspects!, with the help of Sherlock Sam and A.J. Low. More details are available on page 12.
With Singapore’s big jubilee next year, there is no better time to revisit our past. Look through
the lens of time in the 1st Singapore Heritage Short Film Competition 2014 – Traveling
Showcase. Presented by the Singapore Film Society, the showcase brings together a selection
of home-grown short films that ruminate on our shared culture and community.
Flip to page 15 for the list of short films. Roving exhibition Lokal Heroes also pays tribute to the
underappreciated but familiar characters of our social landscape by casting them as figurines.
Find out more on page 18.
On this note, how many books have you managed to read this year? If your answer is “not
enough”, our many resident reading clubs at our libraries island-wide might just aid in your
catch-up. Join the monthly sessions of reading groups, such as Pseudo Book Club for young
adults, or FUNdaMENTALs reading club for those looking to improve their English language
skills, or Heartlands Bookclub to not only find out books that you might have missed out on
but also meet like-minded reading buddies. Check out the full list of reading clubs on pages
9 to 11.
As we journey into the new year together, have a merry Christmas!
Editorial Team:
Chen Shanshan, Joanna Zhang
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DECEMBER 2014 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary
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Special Feature: Christmas Co-Creations!
This festive season, we present our prime pick
of taster co-creation sessions to indulge all your
artistic desires. Create a one-of-a-kind artwork
for your loved one, learn the latest dance and
acting moves to impress at that party, or why
not star in your very own film or music video!
Film Making Co-Creation: Create a Story
Experience Improvisation
02, 03, 04 Dec, 2 pm – 4 pm,
Programme Zone,
Bedok Public Library
Learn how to think quickly, be more
spontaneous and experience what it’s like to be
part of an improvised performance in this 4-day
Experience Improvisation workshop!
For participants aged 15 years and above.
Learn about scripting, storyboarding, filming,
and how different camera shots and angles,
together with music and sound effects,
are important in underlining the story and
simulating reality. Participants have to attend
all 3 workshops. Participants are to bring their
own camera (non-DSLR preferred), connecting
cable, and laptop.
01, 02, 04, 05 Dec, 2 pm – 4 pm,
Multi-Purpose Room,
Central Public Library
Manga Drawing Co-Creation
07, 13, 14, 20, 21 Dec, 2 pm – 4 pm,
Activity Room,
Yishun Public Library
Create your very own manga characters by
learning about facial proportions, features, hair
rendition, black and white toning, marker and
pencil shading, as well as panelling layouts.
Participants have to attend all 5 sessions.
Bollywood Masti Right
07, 14, 21, 28 Dec, 2 pm – 3.30 pm,
Programme Zone,
This 4-session dance workshop series will focus
on poses, grace, hand/feet movements and
expression which are all an integral part of
Bollywood dance.
Participants should commit to at least 3 out of 4
sessions.
Mixed Media Art Co-creation: Combining
Art Forms, Media, Techniques and
Materials Top
16, 17, 18, 19 Dec, 4 pm – 6 pm,
Activity Room,
Bukit Batok Public Library
Be exposed to basic understanding of drawing, painting and sculpting: Murals. You will get
to learn suitable techniques and appropriate
mediums to use when producing a piece
of painting.
Kindly commit to all four sessions.
Image © Horng Yih
Make a Music Video Co-Creation
14 Dec, 1 pm – 5 pm,
Programme Zone,
Jurong Regional Library
20 Dec, 1 pm – 6 pm,
Programme Zone,
Jurong Regional Library (Meeting Point)
Film your own music video in this entertaining 2-day workshop! Form a team with your friends or
family to direct, choreograph and act in a music video.
One-way transportation will be provided from the library to Objectif’s studio on 30 November.
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TAMPINES
REGIONAL LIBRARY
WOODLANDS
REGIONAL LIBRARY
JURONG
REGIONAL LIBRARY
Monthly Music Series:
CLARQuinet
14 Dec, 12 pm – 1 pm,
Auditorium,
Woodlands Regional Library
Art After Noon: Classic
Paintings: Watercolour
10 Dec, 3 pm – 5 pm,
Changi Room,
Tampines Regional Library
Learn more about watercolour
painting and its techniques
at our 2nd session of Classic
Paintings. For participants
aged 21 years and above.
CLARQuinet, an independent
clarinet ensemble, promises to
share with you more about the
clarinet, as well as to entertain
you with pieces ranging from
classical to modern day pop.
No registration required.
20 Dec, 2 pm – 5.30 pm,
Changi Room,
Art After Noon: Finger
Painting
24 Dec, 2 pm – 4 pm,
Changi Room,
Engage in a hands-on session
to practise basic finger painting techniques and explore
the flexibility of this art using
hands and ink. For participants
aged 21 years and above.
13 Dec, 4.30 pm – 5.15 pm,
VAT, Jurong Regional Library
Join us at our 4-string swing
party on the ukulele and
acoustic bass, as the quirky
jazz duo, Polkadot + Moonbeam brings you their lively
jazz swing, Latin standards and
originals!
Chillout: TYPE + PRINT
Get your creativity juices flowing in this Typography + Relief
Printing workshop! Learn the
basics of designing your own
typography and carve your
own type fonts on linoleum!
For participants aged 15 years
and above.
VAT Open Stage
(Polkadot + Moonbeam)
ABOUT COMMUNITY
ARTS & CULTURE NODES
Christmas Jingles
21 Dec, 3 pm – 4 pm,
Auditorium,
Kick-off this festive Christmas
season and sing-a-long with
The A Cappella Society in an
educational and interactive
performance! Be introduced
to beatboxing, a capella
singing and join in simple song
exercises, all to your favourite
Christmas tunes.
From May 2014, National Arts
Council and National Library Board
will co-organise a wide range of
engaging arts programmes
at our three regional libraries for
people to come together to
participate and enjoy the arts in
their neighbourhood.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
All programmes are free with
required registration, and open to
all unless otherwise stated.
Please register at the library
e-kiosks, or through our website
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Arts Listing
PERFORMING ARTS
on spontaneous responses to
the place, building, or site. This
will then be put together to
form a dramatic piece to be
presented.
For participants aged 10 to 16
years.
Digital Vocal Recording
Workshop
12 Dec, 12.30 pm – 3 pm &
3.30 pm – 6 pm
Dance Village,
library@esplanade
Japanese Taiko
Performance
06 Dec, 7 pm – 8 pm,
Radin Mas Hall,
Bukit Merah Public Library
In this performance, you’ll
have an opportunity to understand the basics of Taiko drumming, its history and also get a
hands-on opportunity to drum!
Digital Music Creation with
iPad – Movie Music!
07 Dec, 1 pm – 3.30 pm,
Merpati Hall,
Geylang East Public Library
Harnessing the power of apps
available for iOS, this workshop
will teach participants the
creative skill of creating compositions from classic movie
theme songs using the iPad.
07 Dec, 12 pm – 6 pm,
Multi-Purpose Room,
Follow us on an excursion to
a heritage site, and learn to
develop story elements based
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20 Dec, 2 pm – 3 pm,
Programme Zone,
Bishan Public Library
Jazz is a form of dance that
showcases a dancer’s individual style and originality. Every
dancer will learn to interpret
and execute the moves and
steps in their own way.
27 Dec, 12.30 pm – 3 pm &
3.30 pm – 6 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
Like to sing in the bathroom?
Time to showcase your talent!
Learn about the basics of vocal recording, microphones,
editing, mixing as well as effects like reverb.
and above.
Talk on Home Studio
Equipment and
Technologies for Digital
Audio Recording
RE:SOUND – Hulusi 葫芦丝
20 Dec, 4 pm – 5 pm,
Square Garden,
Wind down your Saturday
evening and learn how to play
the 葫芦丝 (hulusi), or cucurbit
flute, a tribal folk instrument of
the Yi tribe!
13 Dec, 5.30 pm – 7 pm,
Open Stage,
library@esplanade
Join us and learn about a
basic home studio equipment
setup as well as how the sound
and vocals are recorded into
the equipment, and later processed into a finished audio
product.
and above.
Movie Magic! Sneak peek
of the music & sound effects behind the scenes
Let’s Be Inspired!
Jazz for Adults
14 Dec, 1 pm – 4 pm,
Radin Mas Hall,
Join audio engineer Bernie
Lu and find out what goes on
behind the scenes. Recreate
the music and sound effects in
your favourite movies!
Theatre Appreciation 101:
with Sharda Harrison
Talk: 20 Dec, 4 pm – 4.30 pm,
Programme Zone,
Workshop: 21 Dec, 1 pm – 4 pm,
Programme Zone,
Jurong West Public Library
Learn the art of storytelling
using the body in a two-part
interactive theatre programme
for beginners. Through demonstrations and fun exercises,
award-winning actress Sharda
will expose participants to
various theatre techniques.
Participants are encouraged
to attend both sessions.
YCP Playreading: The Car
by Verena Tay
Batik Painting
14 Dec, 2 pm – 5 pm,
Activity Room,
27 Dec, 2 pm – 3 pm,
Changi Room,
28 Dec, 2 pm – 3 pm,
Merpati Hall,
Fresh talents mentored by
Yellow Chair Productions will
explore the play ‘The Car’
by local playwright Verena
Tay. ‘The Car’ won Action
Theatre’s Theatre Idols in
2005 and is about a young
woman deciding what to
do with her late father’s old
Fiat Marvellete. Through the
recollection of bittersweet
memories, she is torn between
preserving and destroying an
important link with her father.
Sunday Vocal Jam
28 Dec, 4 pm – 5.30 pm,
Programme Zone,
Queenstown Public Library
A Home . Designed By You
06 Dec, 2 pm – 3 pm,
Imagine, library@orchard
Digital Painting on a Tablet
14 Dec, 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm,
Programme Zone,
In this talk, we will explore
concepts that can help create
homes that are personal,
comfortable and important
with evidence of life. This
programme is brought to you
by SP Design School.
Graphic Design Basics Talk
13 Dec, 2.30 pm – 4 pm,
Make, library@orchard
A fun, interactive and educational experience awaits you
as The A Cappella Society
guides you through simple call
& response and canons, all the
way through to open harmony
singing and improvisational
singing.
Be introduced to the elements
of graphic design including
typography, colours, layout
and learn how to make your
product stand out from the
crowd! For participants aged
13 to 16. Participants are to
bring along a glossy magazine
with coloured pages.
VISUAL ARTS
Artist Making Impact (Talk)
奇幻的折纸世界
06 Dec, 2 pm – 3.30 pm,
Swordfish Room,
让折纸艺术家美静，带我们进入模
块化折纸的世界，亲手制作并把属
于自己的折纸艺术品带回家。
Learn about the history of
traditional Batik painting and
explore the basic process of
drawing, waxing and dyeing
fabric to create your very own
unique Batik artwork.
14 Dec, 3 pm – 5 pm,
Programme Zone,
Marine Parade Public Library
21 Dec, 2 pm – 4 pm,
Programme Zone,
In this workshop, participants
will have a hands-on
experience in using a portable
drawing device and enjoy
numerous ways to paint and
illustrate their creative ideas.
Tablets will be provided.
Art Programmes are brought
to you by:
14 Dec, 2 pm – 4 pm,
Programme Zone,
Ang Mo Kio Public Library
Be challenged by discussions
on how artists can and are
using their skills to make
positive social change to
bond, inspire and bring
harmony to our society, and
how they incorporate the
art of living the 21st Century
Kampung Spirit in their works
and life.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
All programmes are free with
required registration, and are
open to all unless otherwise
stated.
Kindly register at the library
e-kiosks, or through our website
For our full listing of art
programmes at the public
libraries, visit our website
www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary/
programme/Arts.aspx
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Irfan Kasban is a freelance theatre practitioner
and former Associate Artistic Director of Teater
Ekamatra. He is known as the PlaywrightDirector for ‘Hantaran Buat Mangsa Lupa’
(Trilogy of Islam-inspired plays at M1 Fringe
Festival 2012), TAHAN (Teater Ekamatra, Main
Season 2013) and the site-specific works ‘This
Placement’ (2012) and ‘A Beautiful Chance
Encounter of a Sewing Machine and an
Umbrella on an Operating Table’ (2014). Of
Indian, Chinese, Arab and Javanese descent,
Irfan enjoys delving in performance art and
takes pleasure in proving people wrong.
IRFAN KASBAN
My bookshelf is...
not strong enough for the
gravity of the books I have. So
I pile my books on top of other
books (and sometimes under
dust) on, and around my bed;
I actually sleep with them, and
I dream about them.
I have...
73 books. (I wrote prose for
two of these books, in Malay,
for which I got a C6 in my ‘O’
Levels.)
My top three picks are...
Immortality
- Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera is perhaps
best known for Unbearable
Lightness of Being but I read
Immortality first and fell in
love with it instantly. Every
line hits me like recognising
the wave or a gesture of a
childhood friend. Oh, the way
he describes that feeling of
being half awake and half
asleep in Part 1, Chapter 2.
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Such a succinct and beautiful
text, with very well drawn
out characters. It is however,
the seemingly understated
anecdotes that I find most
entertaining. To quote
Kundera — “The purpose
of poetry is not to dazzle us
with an astonishing thought,
but to make one moment
of existence unforgettable
and worthy of unbearable
nostalgia.”
Invisible Cities
- Italo Calvino
”You take delight not in a city’s
seven or seventy wonders,
but in the answer it gives to a
question of yours.” — Alfian
Sa’at, local writer, esteemed
playwright, and dear friend,
recommended this book to
me. I have a short attention
span and thus, this is one
of my favourite books. The
images Calvino creates are
astounding. Reading is truly
seeing and in this book, one
cannot help but expand
the vast landscapes of his
own mind. A great book to
re-read over and over again,
especially when travelling.
55 cities, and conversations
between Kublai Khan and
Marco Polo – this book is a first
class ticket around the world.
Hard-boiled Wonderland and
the End of the World
- Haruki Murakami
Surrealism at its best. Who
would’ve thought paper clips
could be so powerful? And
if you do not have an INKling
of what I am saying, go read
this thriller of sorts. Please put
down Kafka on the Shore, and
pick up this two-in-one book
(or is it?) and make sure your
shadow is still attached to
you..
My guilty pleasure read
is...
The Missing Piece by Shel
Silverstein. Simply heartbreaking. It’s a guilty pleasure read
because I like to cry and every
time I read it, I cry a little inside!
5 December, 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Programme Zone,
Toa Payoh Public Library
Merpati Hall,
Programme Zone,
Programme Zone,
FRI
7.00 pm – 8.45 pm
Programme Zone, Marine Parade Public Library
Come and join The Story Line, a place where storytellers,
regardless of experience, can come together to share
stories! Teachers, parents, librarians, volunteers and
anyone interested in acquiring or honing their storytelling
skills are welcome. Developed by award-winning
professional storyteller Roger Jenkins, the Story Line
sessions will be facilitated by Roger himself and other
experienced storytellers. Please note – this is not a regular
storytelling session for those who only want to sit
and listen!
To register, please email
[email protected].
06 20
SAT
E-READER Workshop
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SAT
FRI
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FRI
FRI
FRI
READ
Writing Workshop
Borrow and learn how to use the
E-READER to read and download
your favourite ebooks from the
popular database OverDrive. Sign
up now for one of the session at
the following libraries: Ang Mo Kio
Public Library, Geylang East Public
Library, Jurong West Public Library
and Toa Payoh Public Library. This
workshop is conducted in English.
Basic level
Level 1, Visitors’ Briefing Room,
National Library Building
Registration is required at the
service counters at any of the above
libraries or call 6332 3255, based
on a first-come, first-served basis.
Attendance of the workshop is
compulsory before the E-READER
can be borrowed. The E-READER
will only be issued during the
workshop.
For youths and adults aged 19 and above. It is strongly
encouraged for participants to come for both basic and
intermediate levels.
Please note that the loan of
E-READERs is only available for
Singaporeans and PRs. Library
members below 18 years require
parental consent.
Enhance your writing skills through the appreciation of
style, tone and distance. You will also learn to review plots,
understand the bases of characterisation and practise writing!
At the end of the workshop, participants will be tasked to write
a short story which will be work shopped in the Intermediate
level workshop.
Intermediate level
20 December, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Level 1, Visitors’ Briefing Room,
In this workshop, you will present and review the story that you
have written, analyse the principles of good writing, develop
appreciation for nuance and connotation, refine techniques
for plot and characterisation and enhance vetting, editing and
proofreading skills.
For youths and adults aged 19 and above. It is strongly
encouraged for participants to come for both basic and
intermediate levels.
Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated.
Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.
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NaNoWriMo TGIO Party!
After Words by Ethos Books
5.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
7.30 pm – 9.00 pm
Programme Zone, Marine Parade Public Library
After Words is a platform for the public and literary
communities to build ties through books. By giving
opportunities for everyone to read and discuss books in a
conducive environment, we hope to encourage more people
to pick up the reading habit, and expose readers to work
and writings from the Singapore community. This initiative is
supported by Ethos Book Club.
SUN
National Novel Writing Month
(NaNoWriMo) is a fun approach
to novel writing. The goal is
to write at least 50,000 words
in the month of November.
Finally, after all the work, hijinks
and procrastination, we hope
you’ve succeeded in your
word count goal. Either way,
let’s have a party and learn
from the experiences of fellow
NaNoWriMo writers!
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Thangameen Readers Club
Thangameen Readers Club is a reading club formed
to encourage the confident use of Tamil across the
generations. With short film screenings, short story writing
competitions and impromptu poetry contests, the club is
the total literary package.
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FUNdaMENTALs reading club
10.00 am – 11.30 am
Amazon Room,
Come join us to hone your
English proficiency, discuss
and bond over a book. Make
some friends along the way and
always go back home feeling
accomplished.
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This reading group is facilitated by readers of Singapore
Tamil e-zine, www.thangameen.com. The discussions will
be conducted in Tamil and all are welcome.
1.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Activities Room, Bukit Panjang Public Library
For adults only.
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5.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Programme Zone, Toa Payoh Public Library
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For more info about NaNoWriMo,
please visit
http://www.nanowrimo.org
For: Homemakers and the General Public
Language: Mandarin
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Wicked Reads: Percy Jackson
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Activity Room, Geylang East Public Library
Are you a fan of Percy Jackson? Join this
workshop to take part in a Percy-themed
session where you will get to re-create your own
monsters from Greek mythology and complete
a crossword puzzle that will test how much
you know about Percy Jackson and Greek
mythology. Do you think you’re up for
the challenge?
SAT
For teenagers aged 13 to 17.
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Writing the City Writers’ Group
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
Writing the City Writers’ Group is a community
of writers committed to the craft of writing. Our
monthly workshops offer participants writing
exercises, guest lectures, and exposure to
literature from both established and emerging
writers.
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Heartlands Bookclub discusses
Amy Tan’s novel “The Joy Luck Club”
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm
Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library
“The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan (Call No.:
TAN) centres around four mothers, four
daughters, four families whose histories
shift with the four winds depending on who’s
“saying” the stories. In 1949 four Chinese
women, recent immigrants to San Francisco,
begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong,
and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss
and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck
Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they
choose to gather to raise their spirits
and money.
With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines
the sometimes painful, often tender, and
always deep connection between mothers
and daughters. As each woman reveals her
secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her
life, the strings become more tangled, more
entwined. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing
readers to immerse themselves into these lives
of complexity and mystery.
(Taken from www.goodreads.com)
In creating a group where writers are
encouraged to give and receive feedback on
their work, the Writers’ Group aims to give
writers the tools to take their writing forward.
To register, please send a sample of work to
[email protected] with your name and
contact details.
Pseudo Book Club
3.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Level 3, Synergy Room,
Calling all young adults aged 13 to 19 — learn
facilitation skills with the Pseudo Book Club and
make new friends with like-minded people! This
is a book club facilitated by young adults, for
young adults. Highly recommended for student
librarians and all young adults who
enjoy reading.
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DECEMBER 2014
A.J. Low
A.J. Low
is a husband-and-wife writing team!
Adan Jimenez was born in the San Joaquin Valley
in California to Mexican immigrant parents. He became an
immigrant himself when he moved to Singapore after living
in New York for almost a decade. He has worked for comic
book stores, book stores, gaming stores and even a hoagie
sandwich shop once. He loves comics, LEGOs, books, games
(analog and video), Doctor Who and sandwiches.
LITERARY TRAIL: IN SEARCH
OF THE MISSING HEIRLOOM IN
KATONG
6 December 2014, 10.30am – 12pm
Meeting time and place: 10am at
Felicia Low-Jimenez has been a geeky bookseller for most of
her adult life. She has bought books, sold books, marketed
books and now she is trying her hand at writing books. She
loves to nap and eat chocolate. She spends most of her
free time reading, and, when she can afford it, she travels,
usually to look for beautiful bookstores around the world.
Authors Adan Jimenez and Felicia Low will be
sharing about their book Sherlock Sam and the
Missing Heirloom in Katong and bringing you to
some of the places mentioned in the book! So
join us as we take a trip down Katong and explore
some of the hidden gems.
Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong won the
International Schools Libraries Network’s Red Dot Award
2013-2014 in the Younger Readers’ Category. Sherlock Sam
and the Ghostly Moans in Fort Canning took third place in
the Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2013 in the English
Children’s Books category.
Limited seats are available. Please register at our
ekiosks or website, www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary
You can find them at sherlocksam.wordpress.com, facebook.
com/SherlockSamSeries and [email protected]
13 December 2014, 2pm – 3.30pm
Multipurpose Room, Central Public
Library
WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW...
SLEUTHS AND SUSPECTS!
Do you want to learn to write your own adventure
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This activity is suitable for children aged 7 to 12.
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The Key Person of Influence Series:
Social Media
Programme Zone, Jurong Regional Library
Merpati Hall, Geylang East Public Library
Social media has picked up tremendously in
the last decade with Internet and smartphone
penetration in Singapore reaching all-time highs
year after year. With so much information at
the tip of our fingers, this session will provide
attendees with an informative angle on how
social media has the capability to take our
professional profiles to the next level with tools
such as LinkedIn.
SUN
THU
04 11 18
THU
THU
BUSINESS
07
Program Bijak Belanja
10.30 am – 1.30 pm
Programme Zone, Bedok Public Library
Program Bijak Belanja adalah satu inisiatif
untuk membantu keluarga-keluarga
menghadapi keadaan ekonomi yang cepat
berubah. Program ini merangkumi bengkel
bersiri yang meninjau beberapa aspek bijak
belanja seperti mementingkan keperluan
dalam mengaturkan perbelajaan harian,
disamping mengiktirafkan kepentingan
mengikuti perubahan terkini pada dasardasar pemerintahan seperti dasar
perumahan, CPF dan sebagainya.
Penyertaan adalah percuma. Semua
dipersilakan hadir. Untuk keterangan
lanjut tentang modul-modul bengkel dan
mendaftarkan diri, sila hubungi
Ms Siti Salwa @ 6933 9527.
To register for these talks, please email the
respective libraries at:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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What’s the best soil for my plant?:
A guide for home gardeners
Grammar Workshops by Ascend,
The English Professional
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm
Programme Zone,
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Multi-Purpose Room, Central Public Library
Give your plants the very best
opportunity to grow and bloom.
About the speaker:
Ms Kathryn Conrad has been working
in the Soil Management Section of the
Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority
(AVA) for the past year. She has a
Bachelor of Environmental Science with
Honours. Her PhD thesis is under
examination at the University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Stargazing in Singapore:
Orion the Hunter
7.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Programme Zone,
Learn how to read simple star charts
and observe various celestial objects in
this monthly session with Gary Chee. An
experienced amateur astronomer who
has conducted numerous stargazing
sessions, he has the ability to explain
complex astronomical concepts in simple
terms. Bring your family and friends and
discover the wonders of the Universe!
06 20
SAT
SAT
This talk will cover the practical
aspects of soil science addressing the
questions: What is soil and what are
the essential requirements for plant
growth? This talk will also summarise
the range of alternative planting media
available to the home gardener.
Ascend, The English Professional is providing
a series of workshops for adults to
improve their grammar skills and learn
new vocabulary to express oneself with
greater confidence.
Community in Bloom
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Programme Zone, Queenstown Public Library
Come join in the Community in Bloom project at
the Queenstown Library garden! We welcome
anyone who is interested in carrying out simple
planting and maintenance in our garden, as well
as participating in gardening activities facilitated
by library staff. Join us every alternate Saturday,
11.30am – 12.30pm, in helping to create a garden
sanctuary for all at Queenstown Public Library!
TUE
In commercial nurseries there is a
broad range of soil, composts and other
planting media for sale. How do you
choose the best option for your garden,
container or plant?
14
06 13
SAT
06
SAT
SAT
OTHER
HAPPENINGS
09
Creative Crew
6.45 pm – 8.45 pm
Be inspired and learn from industry experts who
will be sharing their unique experiences on topics
such as Photography, Print Design, Video, Web
and much more. Get to know the latest trends out
there as well as useful tips and tricks. Creative
Crew Talks are free of charge and is held on every
2nd Tuesday of the month.
For the latest updates on the venues for the next
talk, please check out our Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/CreativeCrewSG.
11
WED
THU
OTHER
HAPPENINGS
Artists’ Trading Cards Club
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Programme Zone, Bishan Public Library
SAT
Come and join the Artists’ Trading Cards
Club and learn how to create your own little
piece of art! Let your creative juices flow and
pick up tips on art.
13
We love animals:
Reunion with the Elephants
3.30 pm – 5.00 pm
Activity Room, Yishun Public Library
Learn all about these extraordinary
creatures. Hear true stories about them and
take part in the exciting activities.
Limited to 30 participants.
SUN
Men are from Mars,
Women are from Venus
11.00 am – 1.00 pm
Why are boys always...
Why are girls always…
Through short clips, psychological test
and Q & A, you will better understand the
dissimilarity between boys and girls in
terms of communication, interests and the
different emotional experience in bonding.
This workshop will help you to build healthy
interpersonal relationships.
21
Game On! - Board Games
2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Programme Zone, Serangoon Public Library
Never thought you could play games in
the library? Now you can! Join us for an
afternoon of board games with gamers from
the Singapore Boardgames Meetup group.
For teenagers, adults, and older children with
their parents.
SUN
For adults and couples.
MON
17
28
Sunday Origami:
Christmas and Holiday Crafts
15
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Activity Room, Geylang East Public Library
Digital Storytelling
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Programme Zone, Jurong West Public Library
Join us as we show you how to engage
audience through stories using an iPad or
tablet. During this session, you will learn the
techniques of storytelling and gain hands-on
experience to apply the skills you will learn.
Limited to 20 teenagers aged 13 to 19.
Calling all origami enthusiasts!
Come and join us every fourth Sunday to learn
about origami, its development and folding
techniques. During the session, you will have
the opportunity to learn and fold various
interesting models to bring home!
For adults and children aged 4 and above.
Children aged 7 and below will need at least
1 accompanying adult. Materials are provided.
15
03
PG
SUN
WED
MOVIE
SCREENINGS
07
Our Family Wedding
Movie Marathon Screening @ MPPL
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Open Stage, library@esplanade
11.00 am – 12.00 pm & 2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Programme Zone,
THU
When a young couple returns from college
and suddenly announces their marriage
plans, they discover that their competitive and
egotistical fathers can wreck serious havoc on
their special day.
04
PG
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
3.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Radin Mas Hall, Bukit Merah Public Library
Follow the adventures of Manny and gang as
they enter a mysterious underground world to
rescue one of their own.
Challenge your stamina in our Movie Marathon
Part 1 & 2 and take part in a simple Movie
Trivia quiz to win prizes at the end of the
second movie!
Part 1:
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On –
Christmas in Mouseland
It’s Christmas and Angelina is auditioning
for the lead role in the musical extravaganza
‘Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Whiskers’. She
is devastated when she is chosen to play the
Wicked Stepmouse instead of Cinderella.
Part 2:
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
PG
When toy store owner Mr. Magorium (Dustin
Hoffman) decides to retire, the toys throw a
fit and decide to stop coming to life. Now his
reluctant manager (Natalie Portman) needs
to find a way to bring back magic back to the
emporium! Can she do it?
16
SAT
13
1st Singapore Heritage Short Film
Competition 2014 – Traveling Showcase
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Programme Zone,
The Singapore Film Society presents a
selection of Singapore heritage-themed
short films that made it to the finals of the
inaugural competition. These films are made
by our young and enthusiastic filmmakers,
who take a fresh look at different aspects of
Singapore history.
• Return to the Roots, by Team Cloudy
• A Father’s Passion,
by BillShootFilmProductions
• Lion City Dreamers, by Han & Annie
• Chinese Opera Dreaming,
by WXYZ Production
• The Village in a City, by 5th Avenue Pictures
• The Passion of Lion Dancers,
by G Cube Production
• Peranakans: Then and Now,
by Toothless Production
20
PG
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
12.45 pm – 2.45 pm
Lecture Hall, Bukit Merah Public Library
Sean Anderson partners with his
stepfather Hank on a mission to find
Alexander Anderson, his grandfather,
who is thought to be missing on a
mysterious sinking island. Will Sean find
his granddad? And how will they save
themselves from the sinking island?
SAT
SAT
MOVIE
SCREENINGS
27
PG
Miracle on 34th Street
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Programme Zone,
6-year-old Susan has doubts about Santa
Claus and does not expect to receive
gifts from him. But after meeting a special
department store Santa who is convinced that
he is the real thing, Susan is given the most
precious gift of all – something to believe in.
Merry Christmas!
Limited to 50 participants.
17
EXHIBITIONS
Lokal Heroes
7 – 12 December 2014
16 – 31 December 2014
Held in conjunction with Singapore’s 49th National Day celebrations, this exhibition pays tribute
to familiar characters (roadworkers, domestic helpers, karang guni, etc.) whom we see all around
us in Singapore, through a series of 3D figurines and artworks. Hands: Gift of a Generation
21 March 2014 – 31 December 2015
This exhibition, Hands: Gift of a Generation organised by the Singapore Memory Project (SMP),
showcases how the generations of Singaporeans have shaped and are still shaping the stories
of Singapore. Scattered within the Woodlands Regional Library spaces, visitors will encounter
the memories of Singaporeans who have lived through the nation-building years from diverse
backgrounds. They share their personal stories of hopes and fears, and of shaping a better future
for generations to come, thus enriching our collective sense of identity.
For more details, please visit http://www.iremember.sg
Singapore Memory Project @Jurong Regional Library
21 March 2014 – 31 December 2015
There is now a new hangout for Singapore Memory Project enthusiasts! The Singapore Memory
Project@Jurong Regional Library (SMP@JRL) is specially created for everyone to enjoy SMP
products such as videos, memories and publications. Located next to the Programme Zone at
Jurong Regional Library, the space is designed with a cosy living room concept in mind, just
like your home sweet home! Take your time to linger and browse our memory showcases and
resources. You will find interesting and fun information widgets on the Media Wall, for example
popular dating spots or favourite playgrounds. There are also images of places in Jurong floating
in our Memory Pool - “catch” these images to discover the memories and stories associated with
the place. And if you have memories to share, pen them down here or contribute your precious
photos or documents at our scanning station!
More information will be available on iremember.sg. Remember to check it out!
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DOUBLE UP ON
YOUR READING
From 15 November 2014 to 31 January 2015
you will be able to borrow twice as many items as before!
Double Loan Promotion
No. of Loan Items from 15 Nov 2014
to 31 Jan 2015
Loan Period
Basic
Membership
16 books / magazines (including up to
6 audio-visual materials)
21 days for all materials
Partner
Membership
Note: One-time renewals are allowed for unreserved
items except for magazines and audio-visual materials.
Renewals should be done before the due date.
Premium Plus
Membership
Membership
for Foreigners
Members can also borrow up
to 12 eBooks each from Overdrive
and Apabi, during this promotion.
That’s up to 24 eBooks!
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CALENDAR
LISTINGS
MON
01
THU
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
TUE
02
FRI
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
The Story Line
7.00 pm – 8.45 pm
Programme Zone,
SAT
06
Grammar Workshops
by Ascend, The English
Professional
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
Our Family Wedding (PG)
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Open Stage,
library@esplanade
THU
05
E-READER Workshop
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Programme Zone,
03
Film Making Co-Creation:
Create A Story
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Programme Zone,
Community in Bloom
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Programme Zone,
04
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
Singapore Memory
Project Memory Maker
Series
Family Accordion Album
Fever!
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Programme Zone,
Create A Story
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Programme Zone,
A Home . Designed By You
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Imagine, library@orchard
Ice Age:
Dawn of the Dinosaurs
3.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Radin Mas Hall,
ԱߥĀ‫ࡹ؃‬Șʆ
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Swordfish Room,
HERITAGE
22
SAT
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
Create A Story
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Programme Zone,
WED
04
The Key Person of
Influence Series:
Social Media
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm
Programme Zone,
OTHER HAPPENINGS
06
Writing Workshop
(Basic level)
2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Level 1, Visitors’ Briefing
Room, National Library
Building
NaNoWriMo TGIO Party!
5.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
What’s the best soil for
my plant?: A guide for
home gardeners
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm
Programme Zone,
Japanese Taiko
Performance
7.00pm – 8.00 pm
Radin Mas Hall,
Stargazing in Singapore:
Orion the Hunter
7.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Programme Zone,
SUN
07
Program Bijak Belanja
10.30 am – 1.30 pm
Programme Zone,
Movie Marathon Screening
@ MPPL (Part 1: Angelina
Ballerina: The Show
Must Go On – Christmas
in Mouseland; Part 2:
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder
Emporium (PG))
11.00 am – 12.00 pm &
2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Programme Zone, Marine
Parade Public Library
Let’s Be Inspired!
12.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
ARTS
READ
BUSINESS
CALENDAR
LISTINGS
SUN
07
Digital Music Creation
with iPad – Movie Music!
1.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Merpati Hall, Geylang East
Public Library
Bollywood Masti
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Programme Zone,
Manga Drawing CoCreation
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Activity Room,
TUE
09
Creative Crew
6.45 pm – 8.45 pm
Programme Zone,
WED
10
FRI
12
SAT
Digital Vocal
Recording Workshop
12.30 pm – 3.00 pm &
3.30 pm – 6.00 pm
Dance Village,
library@esplanade
1st Singapore Heritage
Short Film Competition
2014 – Traveling Showcase
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Programme Zone,
E-READER Workshop
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Merpati Hall, Geylang East
Public Library
VAT Open Stage (Polkadot
+ Moonbeam)
4.30 pm – 5.15 pm
Verging All Teens (VAT),
After Words by Ethos
Books
7.30 pm – 9.00 pm
Programme Zone, Marine
Parade Public Library
SAT
Talk on Home Studio
Equipment and
Technologies for Digital
Audio Recording
5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
Open Stage,
library@esplanade
13
Grammar Workshops
by Ascend, The English
Professional
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Multi-Purpose Room,
SUN
FUNdaMENTALs
reading club
10.00 am – 11.30 am
Amazon Room, Woodlands
Regional Library
Singapore Memory Project
Memory Maker Series
How I Remember You
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Programme Zone,
Art After Noon: Classic
Paintings: Watercolour
3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Changi Room, Tampines
Regional Library
Men are from Mars,
Women are from Venus
11.00 am – 1.00 pm
Programme Zone,
THU
11
The Key Person of
Influence Series:
Social Media
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm
Programme Zone, Toa Payoh
Public Library
13
14
CLARQuinet
12.00 pm – 1.00 pm
Auditorium,
Movie Magic! Sneak peek
of the music & sound
effects behind the scenes
1.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Radin Mas Hall,
Make A Music Video
Co-Creation
1.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Programme Zone,
Manga Drawing
Co-Creation
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Activity Room,
Graphic Design Basic Talk
2.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Make, library@orchard
Manga Drawing
Co-Creation
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Activity Room,
Artists’ Trading
Cards Club
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Programme Zone,
HERITAGE
OTHER HAPPENINGS
ARTS
READ
BUSINESS
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CALENDAR
LISTINGS
SUN
14
WED
Bollywood Masti
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Programme Zone,
We love animals: Reunion
with the Elephants
3.30 pm – 5.00 pm
Activity Room,
Artist Making Impact (Talk)
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Programme Zone,
Mixed Media Art Cocreation: Combining Art
Forms, Media, Techniques
and Materials
4.00pm – 6.00 pm
Activity Room,
Batik Painting Talk
2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Activity Room,
THU
The Key Person of
Influence Series:
Social Media
7.00 pm – 8.30 pm
Merpati Hall,
15
Digital Storytelling
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Programme Zone,
FRI
TUE
16
Mixed Media Art Cocreation: Combining
Art Forms, Media,
Techniques and Materials
4.00pm – 6.00 pm
Activity Room,
WED
18
Art Forms, Media,
4.00pm – 6.00 pm
Activity Room,
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2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
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The Children Act
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he custody battle between the Bernsteins,
who belong to the Chareidi community, was
the first of two cases fed into the novel to whet
the reader’s appetite for heart-wrenching decisions
which may have no right or wrong. The parents were
fighting for the care and control of their daughters,
Rachel and Nora. The Chareidi community is a strong
and unified community that provides tremendous
support for members of the community. They are
close-knit and have been sofor ages. The problem –
if one sees it as a problem – is that ‘Chareidi women
were expected to devote themselves to making a
“secure home” and that education past sixteen was
not relevant.’ Julian Bernstein, the father, produced
evidence to show that his wife, Judith, was a selfish
person who cannot control her temper. Judith
testified that it was her parents-in-law who refused
to let her see her own children. They accused her
of snatching her children away from a warm and
familiar environment, ‘whose identity was clear, its
methods proven through the generations, and whose
members were generally happier and more fulfilled
than those of the secular consumerist world outside
– a world that mocked the spiritual life and whose
mass culture denigrated girls and women.’
T
But secularists have strong arguments too – ‘nothing
denigrated a person, boy or girl, more than the denial
of a decent education and the dignity of proper
work’. How was the judge, Justice Fiona Maye, to
decide? Justice Maye was from the consumerist
secular world. Can she understand the beliefs of
those who believe? They probably do not think so.
Justice required Justice Maye to decide in the best
interests of the children, but which of the competing
ideologies is right?
Even as she struggled with the Bernstein case,
another case came to her urgent attention. A pair of
twins were born to a devout Catholic woman were
conjoined and the twins have separate bodies but
shared a bladder. Named after Matthew and Mark,
Mathew had a malformed brain and would not
likely survive, but conjoined with Mark, he fed off
his brother like a parasite. Mark having to feed and
nourish two bodies grew thin and weak. Matthew the
comatose one grew fat and idle. Eventually, he would
die because of his damaged brain and would take
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Ian McEwan, 2014 Jonathan Cape
Call No. English MAC
Mark with him. The doctors have to separate them to
save Mark who had the better chance of living and
leading a normal life. But Catholics believe that life
was God-given and one cannot take away Matthew’s
life even to save Mark. Secular judges can remind
parties – and themselves – that the court is a court
of law and not of morals, but they can, when they
think fit, declare law is not law unless it is based on
morals. Who is to judge which vein is gold and which
is dust?
The most troublesome case that Justice Maye had to
decide concerned yet another religious prohibition.
Adam Henry was a young, intelligent and sensitive
boy a few weeks shy of his eighteenth birthday when
he was struck down by leukaemia. He was under
treatment and would likely recover but the treatment
caused him to be severely anaemic. A massive blood
transfusion would be required, and once that has
taken place, the doctors believed that he would have
a 90% chance of full recovery. But he comes from a
family of Jehovah’s Witnesses. They believe that the
body is the temple of God and must be kept holy.
It must not be tainted by the blood of others.
McEwan produces a scintillating courtroom scene
with powerful arguments from lawyers for both
sides. This case was not so clear cut. If Adam were
eighteen, he could decide for himself and if he had
refused, the court would not stand in his way. How
did Justice Maye approach this case? McEwan
conjured a set of circumstances and some dramatic
effort by Justice Maye in her dialogue with Adam.
The tale spins along with a couple of twists that
made for a dramatic and melancholic ending.
Throughout the term when the court is in session,
judges like Justice Fiona Maye listen attentively to
the evidence of tremendously emotional cases, and
then let their quiet rational mind analyse the evidence
and probe for answers that will meet the law and
produce a just conclusion. But how would such
judges manage if they themselves are torn apart
internally by their own emotional problems –
such as a threat by their spouse to leave them?
The Alexandrian
The Impulse Society
Paul Roberts, 2014 Bloomsbury
Call No. English 306.30973 ROB
oberts begins with the story of Brett Walker,
a young man in his twenties who was so
addicted to the computer game called
World of Warcraft that after four years of living a life
enmeshed by the ‘virtuality’ of this game he lost his
sense of reality, his health, and his wealth. Roberts
goes on to describe the change in modern corporate
strategy from shareholder values to share values.
He attributes this to the change in our attitude from
the old way of thinking about long-term investments
to immediate (not just short-term) results. Such
immediacy has proven to be more gratifying than any
form of investment yield. Why has this state of affairs
come about?
R
If it was a human instinct to save, borne from time
immemorial when food and goods were scarce,
the age of digitalisation, advancing at the same
time as globalisation, has altered that instinct so
drastically that we are in danger of becoming the
opposite of savers. Yet in economic terms, this is
fine because we are not just consumers who are
essential for the economy, but we are also rational
consumers. Roberts traces the development of this
phenomenon through the creeping stranglehold of
big corporations, and later, of big corporations and,
later, of big corporations utilising big data. First, they
cut costs by cutting employees from the payroll;
then they invent products to cater to the needs of the
self-indulgent consumer. Low prices and abundance
leads to mindless consumerism.
At the micro level, the consumer has been blithely
using technology to spend without realising how
it is affecting his mind. Drawing on behavioural
experiments, Roberts shows how unaware we are
of what is being done to us. People who pay cash
at supermarkets are more likely to recall how much
they paid for their purchases than people who pay
by credit cards. The underlying ailment is worse.
This is just a signifier of the modern consumer’s
inability to defer gratification. The urge for instant
gratification cascades into all kinds of problems.
This urge comes from the ‘lizard’ or limbic part of
our brain as opposed to the rational part. In order to
combat the urge for instant gratification, we need to
have a similarly ‘strong counternarrative (donuts will
make us fat)’ with its own flash effect to compete with
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REVIEW
limbic impulses. The trouble is that we have difficulty
conjuring such visions from future prospects. What
may happen in the future is always bland and excites
a lower emotion than what happens in the present.
Technology that helps people find their ideal homes
and lifestyles may not be the blessing one might
assume it to be. To be able to find a community
that shares all of one’s preferences, including one’s
sexual orientation, may lead to the loss of social
cohesion. Expensive medical equipment leads to
greater costs and the inevitable rise in health care
costs because of increasing procedures, many of
which are probably unnecessary – ‘a sick patient is
worth more than a healthy one’.
Roberts also examines how immediate gratification
leads to a narcissism that destroys the community.
Everything is directed to the individual self as the
centre. All products are individualised to suit the
individual and not the community. The result is
that individuals become competitors rather than
members of the same community striving for the
common good. Conversely, and paradoxically,
society’s progress is measured by a growth in
economic terms that sees the Gross Domestic
Product index rising but wages stagnating. Roberts
quotes Joseph Stiglitz: ‘What you measure affects
what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you
don’t do the right thing.’ So how does one find the
true measure for the ideal society?
The answer, it seems, lies in the individual because
he has been targeted by technology innovators and
market-driven forces to isolate him, making him an
easy target. Vanity is the individual’s Achilles Heel.
He needs to find what Roberts call ‘the intermediate
institutions’ such as family, school and community to
protect him from the larger forces. Above all, Roberts
believes that ‘education may be the one most likely
to motivate individuals to become engaged and take
action’. Teaching as a profession has low economic
gains for the individual. But if we ask, ‘Who are we
expecting to do these jobs if it is not going to be
someone like me?’ we are stepping off the treadmill
of personalised gratification.
The Alexandrian
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Humans of New York
Author: Brandon Stanton
Publisher: New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2013
Call No.: English 974.700222 STA
If you are an aspiring photographer, Humans of New York is one
book not to miss. A project by photographer Brandon Stanton to
capture pictures and life experiences of New Yorkers, what began as
a photography blog and grew into a Facebook page with ten million likes to date is now
available in book form as well.
The book features four hundred of Stanton’s most striking photographs, showcasing
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and Banana George, the world’s oldest barefoot water-skier, who, sadly, is wheelchairbound today.
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applicable to every working adult in this vastly changing world we live in today.
Read about simple empowering steps such as living in the moment, preventing regrets
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The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Publisher: London: Little, Brown and Company, 2014
Call No.: English ZEV
A.J. Fikry, the owner of a bookstore at Alice Island is not exactly
your friendly neighbourhood bookseller. After losing his wife to a car
accident, his life spiralled down only to have it unexpectedly turned
with the arrival of an unexpected “package” – Maya, a 2-year-old girl
abandoned by her mother at the bookstore. This simple but touching story of love, grief,
families and friendship does not need a twist of drama to highlight everyday moments
that are comforting, humorous, emotional yet realistic. The reference to literary works
in the story is cleverly presented through the characters and it serves not only as a
celebration of stories and literature but an affirmation of how books have a way of
speaking to us and touching our lives. This is one book which you cannot help but to reread and to re-live the moments and feel the emotions all over again.
Contributed by Fa’izah Ahmad
My Kampong Sketches
Author: Ishak Bin Ahamad
Publisher: Math Paper Press by BooksActually, 2013
Call No.: SING 743.8995957 ISH
In this age of digital photography, a simple click of the camera is all it takes to capture
the scenes and places that we like and want to remember. But memories can also be
preserved as drawings, as shown in this personal caricaturistic recollection by Ishak
Ahamad.
Seen through the eyes of a young Ishak, readers are invited to reminisce the good old
kampong days – from his colourful neighbours like the opium-smoking fishmonger and
the Sikh ‘bai roti’ man who sells the best kaya toast in town; to the kampong pastimes of
catching geckos and spiders and playing ‘water polo’ in the flooded canals after a heavy
downpour.
For the nostalgic, this book is a reminder of the simple, close-knit kampong life that
many of us miss, but for the children of today and future generations, this book is a
treasure trove of our Singapore heritage.
Contributed by Erni Nurain
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202 Khasiat Herba
Penulis: Sabda. S
Penerbit & Tahun Penerbitan: Shah Alam: Alaf 21 @ Grup Buku Karangkraf, 2013
No. Panggilan: Malay 615.321 SAB -[HEA]
Khasiat dan kehebatan herba sudah lama terbukti dan dikenali sejak
zaman dahulu lagi. Kini perubatan berasaskan herba semakin popular
memandangkan harganya yang murah, mudah diperolehi di pasaran
dan kurang mendatangkan kesan sampingannya terhadap tubuh jika
dibandingkan dengan perubatan moden.
Buku “202 Khasiat Herba” mengajak anda mengenali 202 khasiat herba yang boleh dijadikan
penawar alternatif untuk pelbagai jenis penyakit. Kompilasi maklumat lengkap dengan foto
berwarna-warni. Ramuan-ramuan untuk mengatasi penyakit-penyakit tertentu dari jenis
tumbuhan renek, sayur-sayuran, buah-buahan, rumput-rampai dan balaka dibentangkan
secara mudah dan jelas. Sebahagian tumbuhan-tumbuhan yang diketengahkan mampu
bertindak merawat darah tinggi, diabetes, gastritis, cirit-birit, sakit jantung, masalah sendi dan
migrain. Contoh-contoh tumbuhan yang boleh mengubati penyakit kencing manis dan darah
tinggi ialah seperti akar cerita, ara sonsang daun merah, buah ciku, jambu batu dan jintan
hitam. Tumbuh-tumbuhan seperti ara tanah, asam kundang, asparagus, cekur dan bunga
kantan juga dapat menolong menyegarkan kembali tubuh wanita selepas bersalin sementara
pengamalan mengambil minyak kelapa sawit dapat merawat atau membunuah sel-sel kanser.
Buku ini mudah dibaca dan difahami. Penulis juga telah memuatkan fakta botani, fitokimia
setiap spesies dan nama saintifiknya bagi pembac yang ingin mendalami ilmu tentang
perubatan herba ini. Tip-tip yang diberikan praktis dan mudah dipraktikkan sendiri di rumah.
Apa yang terkandung di dalam buku ini akan dapat membantu pembaca mempelajari dan
menggunakan ramuan herba dengan efektif untuk penjagaan kesihatan yang optimum.
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மற்றவர்கைள வசப்படுத்தும் அளவுக்கு மாறி, மகிழ்ச்சி அைடய,
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ெகாடுத்திருக்கிறார். ச யான உணவு திட்டம் மற்றும் உடற்பய ற்சி,
சிகிச்ைச மருந்துகள் மட்டுமின்றி தகுதியான
எைடையப் பராம த்தல் ேபான்ற ேயாசைனகைள எள தாகவும்,
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எல்லா வயதினருக்கும் ெபாருந்தும். உங்கள் உடல் பருமைன குைறத்து,
உங்கள் கனைவ நனவாக்கி மகிழ்ச்சியைடய
இப்ேபாேத இந்த நூைல இரவல் வாங்குங்கள். ெவற்றி நிச்சயம்!
ெதாகுப்பாளர் - நா.நிர்மலா (N. Nirmala)
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SUGGESTED
DVDs
Everyday Basics for a Better Back
Publisher: [Sydney, N.S.W.] : Australian Broadcasting Corporation ;
[Pyrmont, N.S.W.] : Roadshow Entertainment [distributor], c2012.
Call No.: AV English 613.71 EVE -[HEA]
Most of us do these activities unconsciously everyday: standing, walking,
sitting and sleeping. But do we do them correctly in terms of posture?
Let Anna-Louise Bouvier, one of Australia’s top physiotherapists, guide
you to the right postures and prevent or relieve pains such as backaches
and muscles spasms. For example: do not cross your legs when sitting
as this is poor posture; instead, sit with both legs on the ground and balance bones in
your bottom.
Recommended exercises are shown to make your body flexible and relaxed. Bouvier
advises consulting your physiotherapy or doctor if you have any pain or before doing any of
the stretching exercises shown in the video.
Get the basics right for a better back.
Contributed by Kweh Soon Huat
The Human Experience
Publisher: [Brooklyn, NY: Grassroots Films : Distributed by Docurama Films, [2011]
Call No.: Adult AV 170 HUM
This is an award-winning documentary about a young man and his brother
who went beyond their comfort zones to seek the meaning of life.
The two men’s quest for answers began in New York City where the duo
discovered what it was like to be homeless and living on the streets. An invitation to visit an
orphanage of abandoned children in Peru as well as the AIDs community and Leper colony
in Ghana rounded off the three documented journeys of the brothers, along with their friends.
While the 90-minute documentary may not point towards a single direct answer to the
meaning of life, it does however reveal the wisdom of both professionals and seemingly
ordinary human beings these men meet in their travels. It would have been fitting if all
involved gave their personal interpretations but the onus is on the viewers to search within,
reflect upon and answer the various questions posed in the documentary, including
‘Who am I?’, ‘How did I get here?’ and ‘What am I supposed to do?’, amongst others.
A documentary after your own heart, it showcases hope and joy despite the hardships faced
and provides a learning discourse, as we question ourselves as to where we stand
as individuals.
Contributed by Masturah Abdul Halim
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SUGGESTED
DVDs
Mystery of Easter Island
Publisher: [United States]: PBS, 2013.
Call No.: English AV 996.18 MYS
Mystery of Easter Island is an hour-long video about the Rapa Nui
people and the statues that they carved on Easter Island centuries
ago. These statues, which are called Moai, have mystified the world for
hundreds of years. They were carved out of soft volcanic bedrock, and
transported to rock platforms without the use of high-end technology
despite their heaviness. Naturally, the mystery of how this was done became an intriguing
enigma for modern day researchers to solve. The video is an inspiring account of how far
a group of people with an interest in this topic will go to test out an unlikely theory that is
based on an oral tradition, which is that the Moai literally walked to their final destination.
Borrow it to see how the Moai walks.
Contributed by Koh Wei Lian
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SAT
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Singapore Memory Project Memory Maker Series
Family Accordion Album Fever!
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Document fond memories of your family celebrations through photos and text with
beautiful decorations! Bring 1-3 of your memorable 3R family photos, put your creative
juices to work and create your own Accordion Album in this workshop. Materials will be
provided.
National Librar y Presents:
SAT
Limited to 15 families. Each family can bring 3 – 6 family members.
Children must be aged 4 and above. Each registration entitles entry for one family.
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Singapore Memory Project Memory Maker Series
How I Remember You
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Programme Zone, Woodlands Regional Library
Limited to 15 parent-child pairs. Children must be aged 4 and
above. All materials will be provided. Each registration entitles
entry for one parent-child pair.
ONGOING
From Books to Bytes:
The Story of the
National Library
The Donors Gallery
Level 10,
Lee Kong Chian
Reference Library,
Level 5, Promenade,
The Donors Gallery was
“From Books to Bytes:
set up to display a sample
The Story of the National
selection of items donated
Library” tells the story of
to the National Library with
the National Library of
the hope of creating a sense
Singapore. Throughout our
of rootedness through
history, the library has been
an integral part of Singapore’s the preservation of local
heritage content and fulfilling
cultural and social fabric
the library’s function of
as well as its residents.
being the national memory
The exhibition traces the
and repository of Singapore
founding, development and
growth of the National Library heritage materials in all
formats. It is also hoped that
of Singapore from 1823 till
more Singaporeans will be
present. Learn interesting
encouraged to donate their
snippets of the library’s rich
heritage collections to the
history and how its function
has evolved with the learning National Library.
needs of the nation.
Singapore Literary
Pioneers
Level 11, Promenade,
The gallery displays the
books, letters, calligraphic
works, manuscripts,
photographs and portraits
of Singapore’s literary
pioneers. Some prominent
writers have also donated
their pens, typewriters and
literary awards. In addition,
visitors can appreciate
audio and video recordings
of the writers in two
multimedia screens.
PROGRAMMES & EXHIBITIONS
Simply bring along a photo of a loved one, share their memories
and learn how to draw them as a caricature.
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Do you have memories of Singapore to share? Why not start your own memory project?
The SMP Memory Kit is a step-by-step guide to capture your personal memories. Experts
share tips on writing, photography, illustration and many more. Download your free copy
at iremember.sg and be your own Memory Maker!
For more information, log on to iremember.sg.
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LOCATIONS
AMPL
CSPL
Cheng San Public Library
PRPL
Pasir Ris Public Library
4300 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6
Singapore 569842
90 Hougang Avenue 10,
Hougang Mall, #03-11
Singapore 538766
1 Pasir Ris Central Street 3,
White Sands, #04-01/06
Singapore 518457
BEPL
21 Bedok North Street 1
Singapore 469659
BIPL
5 Bishan Place, #01-01
Singapore 579841
CCKPL
Choa Chu Kang Public Library
21 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4,
#04-01/02
Lot One Shoppers’ Mall
Singapore 689812
EPPL
library@esplanade
BBPL
8 Raffles Avenue, #03-01
Singapore 039802
1 Bukit Batok Central Link,
West Mall #03-01
Singapore 658713
GEPL
BMPL
3779 Jalan Bukit Merah
Singapore 159462
BPPL
Bukit Panjang Public Library
1 Jelebu Road,
Bukit Panjang Plaza, #04-16/17
Singapore 677743
CMPL
Clementi Public Library
3155 Commonwealth Avenue
West, #05-13/14/15
The Clementi Mall
Singapore 129588
CNPL
library@chinatown
133 New Bridge Road, #04-12
Chinatown Point
Singapore 059413
CTPL
100 Victoria Street, #B1-01
Singapore 188064
50 Geylang East Avenue 1
Singapore 389777
JRL
QUPL
53 Margaret Drive
Singapore 149297
SBPL
Sembawang Public Library
30 Sembawang Drive
Sun Plaza #05-01
Singapore 757713
SKPL
Sengkang Public Library
1 Sengkang Square,
Compass Point, #04–26/27
Singapore 545078
SRPL
Serangoon Public Library
21 Jurong East Central 1
Singapore 609732
23 Serangoon Central,
#04-82/83 NEX (Level 4R)
Singapore 556083
JWPL
TRL
60 Jurong West Central 3
Singapore 648346
31 Tampines Avenue 7
Singapore 529620
MPPL
TPPL
278 Marine Parade Road,
#01-02,
Marine Parade
Community Building
Singapore 449282
6 Toa Payoh Central
Singapore 319191
OCPL
library@orchard
277 Orchard Road
#03-12 & #04-11
Orchard Gateway
Singapore 238858
WRL
900 South Woodlands Drive
Woodlands Civic Centre, #01-03
Singapore 730900
YIPL
930 Yishun Avenue 2, #04-01,
Northpoint Shopping Centre
Singapore 769098
Provision shop at Sago Street
This photograph shows a shopkeeper, standing near the entrance of a provision
shop at Sago Street, in the heart of Chinatown. A range of sundry items are sold in
small packets, while other goods are placed at the shop front, near the five-foot-way.
The ground floor units of shophouses typically carried on lively retail trade in food
and daily necessities. Share your memories with us at singaporememory.sg!
ISSN 1793-5431 (Print)
ISSN 2010-0027 (Online)
Photo source: PictureSG
Visit eresources.nlb.gov.sg/pictures
for old images of Singapore!

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