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#bookreview: Number 10 by William Clark

This was another of those cheap reads I picked up at a book sale (can't remember which, but probably the one in Kota Kinabalu). I'd been picking up more political-type books, and thought this might be an interesting read (even though it's fiction) about the British political system, off which Malaysia's scene is supposed to be based.



Number 10 by William Clark

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Number 10 is an interesting look at the (supposed) happenings in 10 Downing Street during a politi...

To NaNo or not to NaNo, that is the question

So it's 9 days into October and that means that NaNoWriMo is just around the corner. I've logged in and activated my profile, so if you want to buddy up, do by all means.



The problem now is I DON'T HAVE A NOVEL IDEA YET! Then again, I hardly ever do until the end of October (or sometimes the beginning of November) anyway, so I'm not quite sure if I'm really going to do it this year. Besides, I have 3 years' worth of NaNo-novels to finish editing and whipping into shape, as wel...

Burning question: why ATSP?

Hey Anna, what's with the teaspoon? 



Well, there's a simple reason for that. It just so happens to be my initials.



How can that be? Your name is Anna Tan, isn't it?



Yes, but there's more to it.

In a normal Western culture, the order of a name would be , e.g. Orson Scott Card. (Because his book is right in front of me)

In a normal Chinese culture, the order of a name would be , e.g. Lim Mei Ling (because these are really common names). Now, contrary to western practice, Mei isn't a...

S+S Musical, in brief

Just some brief notes before I fly off tomorrow, since poor Alvin will not be able to catch his own show.



1. HAH! - Started off okay, ended up crass. I mean, cat fight? Not much story to it.

2. Detention - High school. Touched on lesbianism, a bit of a story to it, but rather crude and... Well, high school.

3. The quest (something like that) - rather nicely done, prince in search of Cinderella theme, but the cast's voices were rather weak.

4. Background music - rather sweet, single man i...

Welcome to the Book Launch And Birthday Bash!

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Welcome to the BLAB Bash!

I'm uber excited that you're here - this means that we can start our party! What do you need? Nothing much. Just make yourself comfortable, pick up your drink of choice (mmm, a lovely strawberry tea for me!) and prepare to get a little chatty.

First of all, the book launch!

I'm proud to unveil Stories from A Place To Call Home!



Orphaned at twelve, Daniel has often prayed for God to grant him a new family. Two years later, his prayer...

#fireplace: on the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month...

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Haggai%202:18-23&version=NASB




I first read this passage a long, long time ago, and reading it, immediately thought 'hey, twenty-fourth day of the ninth month - that's my birthday!' I've learnt since then that the Jewish calendar isn't the same as our current Gregorian calendar, so doesn't exactly refer to 24 Sept, but all the same, there's this feeling that hey, this is for me.




The book of Haggai begins rather dismally. The people o...

The book launch to-do list

Lots of stuff to do by Monday!



Anything I've missed out?

Cover reveal: Stories from a place to call home!

Just got this from my friend Daniel:





Some tweaking is yet to come... but it's almost there!



Tentative launch date: 24 September 2012

Malaysia: we wish you peace

Sabah, 2009

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27

And we wish you this peace, Malaysia. I wish you this peace. This peace that surpasses all understanding; that in the midst of troubled and troubling times, your people will still stand firm in faith and belief. Faith and belief in what? Not in a person, not in a man, not in a party, not even in God really, because that...

#review: Short + Sweet Theatre Penang

I managed to catch Short + Sweet Theatre Penang on Thursday night and found it very sweet, but hardly short. Well, with 11 short plays of around 10 minutes, total run time was around 110 minutes. Adding in the opening intro to Short + Sweet as well as introduction of cast, directors and playwrights after the show, the whole production took slightly more than two hours.



Rather reluctant at the moment to give it an grading in terms of overall production, but I would say that on a whole, I l...