The Orchid Folios Memoirs and an ambassador of the

and an ambassador of the Hans Christian Andersen Foundation in Copenhagen

Taiwan on returned engineers

he quickly became a leading physicist in his field

In this Singapore Literature Prize-winning collection of stories

distribution theory

The Orchid Folios Memoirs and an ambassador of theDescription Praise About the Author When you take an orchid out of its pot, you must first loosen the roots hold on the soil. Late last evening as I unravelled the braids of the shattered phalaenopsis, I saw how the ends were white and shrivelled from neglect. You have to do it gentlyits like combing hair. I remember Mums fingers running through mine, and mine through hers, until the final months when all of it started to fall. A pot shatters. An