Category Archives: My Childhood

Posted on March 8, 2024 by bookjunkie

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Something I Wrote on Medium. Hope you’ll read it there.

Posted on July 30, 2023 by bookjunkie

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Grateful for My Cousins

Posted on April 23, 2023 by bookjunkie

When I see my nieces with their cousins, it makes my heart swell. I want them to be close all their lives, like they are right now, and have beautiful memories like I do. My childhood was not easy due … Continue reading →

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Ceylonese Singaporean

Posted on October 2, 2022 by bookjunkie

I am so excited that a novel set in Sri Lanka has been shortlisted for the 2022 Booker prize and I’m hungry to read it. My partner was the one who alerted me to it. He knows me so well. … Continue reading →

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My Teenhood: What was your favorite subject at school and why?

Posted on September 30, 2022 by bookjunkie

For me it was definitely English Literature in upper secondary school as not only did I love good books and grew to love poetry, but I had the best teacher ever. She was Miss Penelope Shone from New Zealand. She … Continue reading →

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My Childhood: The Beach & What I Seek in Travel

Posted on September 30, 2022 by bookjunkie

As a child I didn’t have truly good memories of the beaches in Singapore. My sister and I often developed huge painful welts on our upper arms and always thought it was because we were allergic to sea water. We … Continue reading →

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My Childhood: Garden Stories & Jaffna Cousins

Posted on September 30, 2022 by bookjunkie

I miss our small tropical garden. Of course, as these things go, I didn’t appreciate it till it was reduced to just a tiny patch devoid of any fruit trees. I miss the Japanese roses my mum tended to in … Continue reading →

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