Month: May 2013

• Doing Author-Type Things

  

  As the publication date of my novel looms ever closer (August 2013), one of the things people have asked about is if I am going on a tour. “What sort of tour?” I said, wondering if I could possibly repeat the first and last time I joined a real sight-seeing tour.

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  May 17, 2013

  Books, Eat + Read

  AJC Decatur Book Festival, angku kuih, author, Author tour, Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers, book reading, fried bananas, humor, Singapore Writers Festival, writing

• Embracing Your Inner Auntie (or Uncle)

  

  I have now reached the age when I am regularly addressed as “auntie”. Widely used across Asia to refer to a middle-aged lady, this is supposedly a term of respect – or is it?

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  May 7, 2013

  Eat + Read

  Asian culture, auntie, Chinese new year, fan death, Gong Li, Guinness Stout, humor, middle age, Miss Chinatown, uncle, Wooden bead car seat