The Lawyer and his Beautiful Daughters by Catherine Lim
30th October, 2023 A post by Raymond Goh last evening, intrigued me as it was unraveled by tomb inscriptions. And then caught up in the moment, inspired me to compose a poem which I am sharing in this blog post. It has been reworked since but remains in essence in the same spirit. It goes like this: An Ode to Beauty and Justice The Father Handsome is Mr. Koh, brilliant, his path of justice but sorrowful his birth, for […]
atBB looks back! Nature Society Position Paper on Bukit Brown
28 October, 2023 by Catherine Lim It was the April-Jun 2012 edition of Nature Watch, the Nature Society of Singapore (NSS) bi- monthly magazine of hot topics. This one featured the position paper and recommendations for Bukit Brown Cemetery together with a ed-op piece and photo feature titled “Spirit of Bukit Brown” The latter by Ilsa Sharpe, who was on a visit from Perth, which was now home. A revisit was undertaken in the light of news following the announcement […]
Guided Walk to Hills 1 & 3 by Fabian & Catherine
Guided Walk of 10th September’23, 9am to 11.30am A stopover at the the triple Wee tombs with a matriarch buried in the center flanked by her son on her left and daughter in law on the right. This was to familarise the group on material culture and what it represents, from protection to insurance for future descendants to be taken care of. Catherine drew attention to the magnificent trees surrounding the junction of Hills 3 & 2 & 5, hosting […]
Guided walk to Hill 4 :Report by Catherine
14 October, 2023 A guided walk to the rarely traversed hill 4 saw a turnout of 20 enthusiasts, some repeat customers, but the majority were first timers. Our passing stop was the tomb of Tan Chor Nam, enroute to Hill 4, where Fabian explained the importance of the man who was the founder member of the Tong Meng Hui, the revolutionary arm of Sun Yat Sen, widely acknowledged as the founder President of the Republic of China. At Hill 4, […]
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