tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post8490219909223289416..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Crime Does Pay!bibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-6973860936563627252007-10-08T12:09:00.000+08:002007-10-08T12:09:00.000+08:00Crime has ALWAYS paid. It's just that you risk get...Crime has ALWAYS paid. It's just that you risk getting caught. It's honesty that never pays :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-58003071354965220602007-10-05T16:55:00.000+08:002007-10-05T16:55:00.000+08:00ps. nury it wasn't after midnight. i think it was...ps. nury it wasn't after midnight. i think it was 10.30 when the party ended and ubud sleeps so early! i was in the mood to talk all night but where was everywhere else????bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-19581312997640699022007-10-05T16:54:00.000+08:002007-10-05T16:54:00.000+08:00such nice things you say, dunno if i deserve ... i...such nice things you say, dunno if i deserve ... i write this blog as much for myself as for anyone else. still got lots more entries to blog inc. the one on satire, and lots more pictures(inc of kam!)<BR/><BR/>the umbrella site i think would be very nice, nury - blogs from all over the region on one page and then how could the west dare ignore us??<BR/><BR/>kam - as for saving malaysian education haha! well i will have to see what compromises can be made here and there so i can do some stuff that brings in money (which teacher-training does, as well as being v. rewarding) and the bookish things (which is where my heart is). <BR/><BR/>and i didn't blog much at ubud though checked in most days to see if my readers were behaving themselves, and indeed if they still remembered me!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-15066031502797251122007-10-05T16:17:00.000+08:002007-10-05T16:17:00.000+08:00Sharon is a remarkable woman and if her talents co...Sharon is a remarkable woman and if her talents could be harnessed exclusively for the service of books then who knows what she could achieve. Unfortunately she also wants to save Malaysian education for future generations. It's a great loss.<BR/><BR/>I was also at Ubud and it was great fun. The panel with Nury on satire was a highlight, as was meeting the Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan. Although I was too shy to approach Kiran Desai I did inadvertently help her get transport on the last night. I haven't read her book but I can safely say that she's a fine looking lady. <BR/><BR/>I saw Sharon attending most of the talks and then go straight to the internet cafe to work on this blog. The woman's obsessed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-63324958599740310582007-10-05T11:14:00.000+08:002007-10-05T11:14:00.000+08:00This is such a great website -- it actually makes ...This is such a great website -- it actually makes you feel you have been at sessions you have missed. I didn't see the one with Madeleine Thien and Tan Twan Eng so I really appreciated the write-up about it. It provides a real service to booklovers.<BR/> <BR/>Some time after midnight last Sunday Sharon and I talked about setting up some sort of "umbrella" website which pulls together all the book-related websites and blogs of Asia. But having re-explored the links on bibliobibuli, I think the idea is redundant. This website has all the best links already in place.<BR/><BR/>The only thing that worries me is this: while Sharon is working hard at her one-girl mission to keep the rest of us informed about what's happening in the book business, who is feeding her husband, watering her plants, earning her salary, looking after her pets etc etc?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com