My dad worked at the theatre for a long time, almost until he left Singapore for England. This allowed him to meet some movie stars when they were doing premieres, including one of his idols, Frank Sinatra. The most interesting one, however, was a young actress named Hayley Mills who …
As discussed previously, my dad grew up in the jungle, more or less. He and his family came back to Singapore after the war was over to rebuild their lives. At some point my dad got a job at a cinema as the assistant manager. Singapore’s not a very big …
When he was about ten, a little thing called World War Two broke out and the Japanese invaded Singapore. This is a battle Winston Churchill called “the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history.” The legend is that Singapore’s coastal defense turrets were all designed to fire into the …