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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on February 5, 2022

And just like that, I became a Covid-19 statistic, but thank goodness for being in Singapore, I could isolate at home… and my MP sent me a care package too

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on November 28, 2021November 28, 2021

I’ve got a new book out for children, about a lovely elephant who swam to Singapore from Malaysia. But first, the backstory.

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on September 5, 2021

Waiting for the end

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on May 18, 2021

One thing that happens when you live longer than you expected is that every now and then you stop and wonder: But, when, then? 

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

Living through a pandemic. Nobody asked me, so I’ll just ask and answer the questions myself.

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

You can give Robert the wine glass, they said. At five in the morning I think about life, friendship and a cup that is overflowing

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on January 24, 2021January 24, 2021

Jean-Marie Beurel. What a guy, but why didn’t anyone tell us about him all the time we were in St John’s Institution, Kuala Lumpur? Or that St John’s was first in Singapore?

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 1, 2020July 1, 2020

What happened to 2020? The photos in my iPhone record a year like none other, ever.

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on June 20, 2020

That day when my friend Kim asked his mum how to make her Nyonya achar, and got me hooked for life

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on June 20, 2020

Achar Day… how I learnt to make a Nyonya specialty in 1968 and it still makes me happy every time

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