Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
- Buddha
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Book Collection
I have digitally organised my book collection into the Amazon Listmania website. Each list only has fields for a maximum of 25 books. But nicely enough, Amazon Listmania also allows the creation of multiple sublists within one Listmania. So I split my book lists into 5 separate sub lists, according to the location of the book now – Malaysia or Singapore:
Books in Singapore – Part I | Part II | Part III (check out all three parts)
In Part II, there is a special book. It was a gift from an Italian friend who visited a used-books shop while he was on vacation in Cambodia. The book, The Italians, is an antique, with a handwritten message written by my friend on the inside page. The Italians was first published in 1964, and I received the 1965 edition, which makes this 44-year old vintage, the oldest book in my possession. Sotheby’s, anyone?
Books in Malaysia – Part I | Part II (check out both parts)
These lists are not sorted in any order because there are still many books in my storage in Malaysia which I have not listed, and I will do this soonish.
White Victorian
I have been moving around so much, but I’m looking forward to have a base soon and invest in a really simple but beautiful bookshelf to keep my 100+ books. Right now they’re kinda separated, with 50+ books in storage in Singapore and 50+ books in storage in Malaysia. In my head I can already imagine how this bookshelf will look like. It will most likely be a carved wooden shelf refurbished with a new coat of white paint. Victorian.
Recent Additions
These are the books I have bought in the last 5 months:
October 2009
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September 2009
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present by Peter Hessler
Well Remembered Friends: Eulogies on Celebrated Lives by Angela Huth
Open World: The Truth About Globalization by Philippe Legrain
The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order by George Monbiot
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
August 2009
Don’t Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I’m a Piano Player in a Whorehouse by Paul Carter
Waiting by Ha Jin
Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul
The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide by Susan Nathan
Peony in Love: A Novel by Lisa See
July 2009
Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by Bill Clinton
In the Time of Madness: Indonesia on the Edge of Chaos by Richard Lloyd Parry
June 2009
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Kabul Beauty School: The Art of Friendship and Freedom by Deborah Rodriguez
