Midweek Assessment, Valentine’s Day 1942

by | Feb 13, 2017 | midweek

Biar putih tulang, jangan putih mata — death before dishonour When 13,000 Japanese troops landed in North-West Singapore, Lieutenant Adnan Saidi and 1,400 Malay Regiment soldiers held them off for two days without back up or supplies in the Battle of Opium Hill. When...

Midweek Assessment — 8 Feb

by | Feb 8, 2017 | midweek

I found a fun book in the library this week—The Infographic Guide to Literature by Joanna Eliot . Especially liked Miss Marple’s body count… And this—that’s helping me work out who’s who and doing what in the Mahabharata! Reading: The Infographic Guide to Literature...

Midweek Assessment — 1 February

by | Feb 1, 2017 | midweek

I love snails. Beautiful creatures with their hard but-oh-so-easily crushed shells. Snail mate! (Sorry, had to say it) In a patch of (I think) button weed. I love those little purple flowers too. And here’s another delicate little land snail In the meantime, the...

Midweek Assessment — 25 January

by | Jan 24, 2017 | midweek

I got my first look at the cover for Meddling and Murder, the next Aunty Lee book! We’re having some lovely rainy days (and laundry hanging on the balcony). No floods around here, luckily, but for a moment today I thought there was a fire in the forest reserve… but it...

Midweek Assessment — 18 January

by | Jan 18, 2017 | midweek

Blood test day. Not my favourite day of the month. Treated myself to durian from Uncle Lee as a reward 🙂 Writing: I’m about half way through the Aunty Lee 5 outline. Having fun with it, but I keep getting characters mixed up. Was it Cherril or Selina who got pregnant...