Buying Books in Singapore
After dinner, my Singaporian friends walked me to a book store in the Suntec City, continuing the conversation about the politics of Singapore unfinished over the dinner. It was a magnificant book store, and most import, an array of free publications, although my friends said nothing against the Singaporian government was available either-- well, all kettles in the world are black.
We roamed around the sections of Asian stories, Fictions, religion and China in particular till the store announced its closing after 15 minutes. Lots of publications about Chairman Mao and other political figures of China and few books about Singaporian leaders except a newly published autobiography of the president. I bought 4 books for SIN$84.01 on a 20% discount with my friend's membership card - very expensive books for me but they may be well worth the price as most were not made available in China. "Saving Fish From Drowning" by Amy Tan; "Mao, The Unknown Story" by Jon Halliday; "The Great Transformation" by Karen Armstrong"; and "A History of God" by Karen Armstrong, the last one being highly recommended by my friend's boyfriend as a bible of all religions. My zest for religions was rekindled...
I've spent a lot of time in travelling after my promotion last year, mostly domestics trips to meet my staff. Flying has offered me the only hours when I could read in comfort and vacuity and the hotel nights have mostly been occupied by business emailing and HBO movies. I used to love reading all kinds of books, really immersed in page turning and reflecting on the story tellers' fancied world but as a business man, nothing can better disperse the fatigue felt from the crazy pace of work than cirling up in bed watching or listening to the movies without bothering to know what's happening...
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