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Alvinology in the Singapore Book of Records: First Wedding On Board An Airplane
I saw this a few weeks back at a local bookstore: Rachel and I got ourselves listed in…
Mahathir Mohamad vs Lee Kuan Yew (with Donald Rumsfeld in the middle)
Spotted at a bookstore in Singapore: Don’t the picture looks nice and world-peace-like with all them smiling so…
Bakuman。 (バクマン。)
Bakuman。 (バクマン。) is a a shōnen manga written by Tsugumi Ohba (大場 つぐみ) and illustrated by Takeshi Obata…
Alvinology Award 2010
Following past years tradition in 2007, 2008 and 2009 where I round-up the year with an “Alvinology Award”;…
Alex Perry’s Falling Off The Edge
Rachel was the one who picked this book , Alex Perry’s Falling off the Edge, out from Kinokuniya’s…
Book Review: 鹿男あをによし(The Fantastic Deer-Man) by 万城目学 (Makime Manabu)
Fantastic Deer-Man book cover Read the Chinese-translated Taiwanese edition of this book some time back. 鹿男あをによし(The Fantastic Deer-Man)…
Book Review: Yoshio Yoshimoto (吉本佳生)’s 大杯星巴克比较划算
The book cover If you love books that apply economics theories to real life social situations like Freakonomics…
Match Fixer by Neil Humphreys
I had always enjoyed Neil Humphreys‘ witty columns in the local newspaper and had a good time reading…
Cai Mingjie’s Diary of a Taxi Driver
Aktive Learning, the publisher for Dr Cai Mingjie‘s first book, Diary of a Taxi Driver, kindly sent me…
Winner for the Monica Holloway’s Cowboy and Wills contest
We have a winner for Monica Holloway’s Cowboy and Wills contest: Congratulations to Ms. Vivian See. I am…