There Was a Peranakan Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

There Was a Peranakan Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Author: Gwen Lee
Publisher: Epigram Books
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9810778686

There was a Peranakan woman who lived in a shoe. She made so many nyonya kueh, she didn’t know what to do. In this book of modernised nursery rhymes, original rhymes are recreated with local flavour and humour. Traditional food, local places and festivals are the essence of the rhymes! This is a book that resonates with our time, country and culture, and will surely last for generations to come.

Jack and Jill at Bukit Timah Hill

Jack and Jill at Bukit Timah Hill
Author: Gwen Lee
Publisher: Epigram Books
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 981465504X

Jack and Jill went up the hill, To find the Monkey Man; Jack fell down, and claimed he was ill, And left Jill without a plan. Gwen Lee has taken traditional nursery rhymes and given them a Singaporean twist, adding local humour and flavour to many classics like Little Boy Blue, Jack and Jill and I Had a Little Nut Tree.

Little Cloud Wants Snow

Little Cloud Wants Snow
Author: Gwen Lee
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9789814398275

Little Cloud wants to make a snowman but he lives in the tropics where it doesn't snow. Together with Mama Cloud, they set out on an adventure. Young children will be enthralled by the beautiful illustrations in this book even as they are introduced to the different type of clouds and the water cycle.

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians
Author: Kevin Kwan
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2013-06-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0385679068

Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might as well have a target on her back. Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family practically lives in the pages of the Hong Kong socialite magazines; and Eleanor, Nick's formidable mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should--and should not--marry. Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, Crazy Rich Asians is an insider's look at the Asian JetSet; a perfect depiction of the clash between old money and new money; between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese; and a fabulous novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, crazily rich.

Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen

Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen
Author: Sharon Wee
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Cooking, Peranakan
ISBN: 9789814346368

Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen provides a rare and insightful view into the daily life of a Peranakan family harking back to the early 20th century. With comprehensive chapters dedicated to documenting cooking utensils, essential ingredients, the Nonya's agak agak (estimating) philosophy, as well as Chinese New Year and other festive dishes, baked goods and Nonya kuehs, Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen is a volume to read and treasure for anyone looking for an in-depth understanding of the Peranakan (and Singapore) food heritage.

Small Actions: Leading Your Career To Big Success

Small Actions: Leading Your Career To Big Success
Author: Eric Sim
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-11-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811232598

The 'small actions' you take today can put you on the path to big career success tomorrow. If these actions are innovative, intelligent and well-timed, they can make a lasting impact and help you navigate your career journey in the face of uncertainty and disruptions.A key opinion leader on LinkedIn, Eric Sim shares practical and actionable tips to help you achieve your career goals. He draws these from his diverse real-life experience — from selling street food and training to be an engineer, to becoming a managing director at UBS Investment Bank.Arranged thematically into 66 bite-sized chapters, this book brings together a series of relatable stories and case studies. You'll learn valuable career lessons, such as why it's important to be a 'combo specialist', and how you can influence people and build your personal brand. Whether you're just starting out in the workforce or are looking to get further ahead, let this book inspire you to take powerful small actions of your own.

Among The White Moonfaces

Among The White Moonfaces
Author: Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2011-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9814484423

The first woman and Asian to win the Commonwealth Prize, Among the White Moon Faces is an autobiography that chronicles the confusion of personal identity—linguistically, culturally, and sexually. The English-educated child of a Chinese father and a Peranakan mother, Lim grew up in post-colonial Malaysia with a tangle of names, languages and roles. The deep-seated, cross-cultural ironies of this fragmented identity also echo throughout this memoir; from the love-hate relationship she shares with a neglectful father and an estranged mother, the pain of hunger suffered during childhood, to her Anglophile education and the loneliness of cultural displacement. Lim eventually finds reconciliation in her perpetual exile, using the solace of writing to create a sense of place and to counter the pull of ancient ghosts.

Samsui Girl

Samsui Girl
Author: Lee-Ling Ho
Publisher:
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2006
Genre: Women construction workers
ISBN: 9789810561369