Reflections on a Ramble

On 14 August, Samira Hassan joined Brownie Peter Pak for a Ramble thru’ Bukit Brown to Kopi Sua Cemetery . It was  Samira’s first  visit and she penned these reflections to share. “I doubt there are textbooks or academic sources that would be able to do justice to the arcane yet insightful details the places in Bukit Brown had revealed about our past – and these pieces of our tangible history are truly irreplaceable.” by Samira Hassan Dateline: Bukit Brown […]

Report 27 July Sat Special to Ong Sam Leong

Despite the the threatening clouds,  some 50 people turned up for the special tour to Ong Sam Leong with guest participant, John Hunt,  author of ” Struggling Through Strength.” On the way to the Ong’s family cluster, it drizzled but  cleared for a while, when it  came time for John to share his insights of  the grime lives of the coolies, who worked on the phosphate mines on Christmas Island. He held his audience rapt with the  minutiae of the […]