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Written by Ng Wan Jing Stephanie
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten
by Robert Fulghum
"The kindergarten Credo is not kid stuff. It is elemental . It is the basic foundation to what you will learn in future."
This is the 15th anniversary edition. The first edition was published 15 years ago (of course) and during this period of time it has become quite popular. There are 25 new essays in addition to the original Kindergarten. Each of these essays are written during different periods of his life over the years besides those that which he learnt in Kindergarten.
Through stories, Fulgham tells us the significance of the smallest details in life. He shares his musings on life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow, hope. He tells us that when children ask "and then what happens next?" at the end of a story, they are right - as long as there is life, there is always something happening next. That even though you might not be a pilot but yearn to fly, you could fulfil your dream in some other way, like Larry Walters who flew 16,000 feet up in a lawn chair fitted with 45 helium-filled balloons surplus weather balloons. Or how people would travel down a street just to read the sign "dead end" at the end of it when they've already read one at the other end of the street, and then turn around and flee - life is still a dead end and we still find it difficult to believe. How about Crayolas (crayons) and the simple joy it brings?
The following is a section from the first essay in this book titled Credo:
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Written by Benison Pang
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Friday, 15 June 2007 |
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse."
Immortal words, by Marlon Brando, playing Don Vito Corleone in the movie version of this book. The Godfather is a thrilling epic, chronicling the events and happenings of the Corleone Family, one of the Five Families in New York. It was written by Mario Puzo, drawing upon his years of experience as a journalist to write a story loosely based on the real-life Mafia, including the multi-tiered structure of a Mafia family, designed so that the highest levels of command i.e. the Don himself would be free from legal prosecution.
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