Humoresque2006

“Opening the car door for your wife? Such men, it is said, are few; You're doing it for only one reason, Either the car or the wife is new.” The above simple four-line and 364 other verses compiled in this book are dedicated to Singaporeans, as there are many verses taking a good-natured rib at the government and ourselves, with different themes, both entertaining and sobering, such as Sex and Gender, Marriage and Courtship, Science, Politics, Letters to God, etc… The verses were featured daily in TODAY newspaper. To laugh, to cry, to smile, to question, to reflect, to celebrate as well as to lament this very complex thing called life: these 365 simple verses seek to provoke the entire range of emotional and intellectual responses from the reader. n short, engage both head and heart, and have a whole year of both boisterous fun and serious reflection.