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Book Sharing Session of “I am Anak
 Book Sharing Session of “I am Anak


 Malaysia” by Mr Wong Toh Thong
 Malaysia” by Mr Wong Toh Thong
                   School


 On the 30th of August 2022, Kuen   Reported by:

 Cheng High School Library organised   Chloe Soh Ke Er Jr2Z(3)  School
 Pictures by:
 a picture book-sharing session by Mr   Kuen Cheng High School Library
 Wong Toh Thong, who was a former
                                   Activities
 teacher from our Sejarah Department.
 The book series shared by Mr Wong

 is “Nostalgia” by Yong Pei Shan. Mr
 Wong chose 9 chapters from the series,   Activities
 including “Red Garlic Celery Shallots”,

 “Bong”, “Outcast”, “Nameless Bridge”,
 “Chinese New Year on Water”, “Child
 of the Sky”, “Strength Depends On
                                                           Events
                                      &
 Peace and Stability”, “Bayan River Boat
 Race”, and “It Is Said That You’re From   “Nameless Bridge”, “Chinese New Year

 Sarawak”.  on Water”, and “Child of the Sky” mainly
 bring out morals about self-love and                      Events
 The sharing session started at 3:15 p.m.   family  love.  From  “Strength  Depends   &
 with an introduction by the emcee.   On Peace  and  Stability”, Mr Wong

 Mr Wong then took over the baton by   shared ways to calm down quickly. Mr
 sharing some of the author’s background   Wong also shared some inspirational
 and a photo with her. He then shared the   quotes like “Every problem that makes
 index of the book series. Some chapters   you bruised will eventually become

 were about politics while some were   your  strongest  weapon”.  Every  chapter
 about the beauty of nature. All of the   covered different problems in real life
 stories were adapted from true stories.   and how to tackle them. Like“Bayan
 For example,  “Outcast” is a story   River Boat Race” and “It Is Said That

 adapted from the author’s classmate   You’re From Sarawak”, a comedy video
 who was fretful about his little brother   about the misunderstanding of West
 and drowned him. “Red Garlic Celery   Malaysians about Sarawakians was
 Shallots” represents a blessing from the   shared.

 elders. From the story of “Bong”, Mr
 Wong shared a story of what he had   After the sharing of all twelve chapters,
 seen as a volunteer at a drug addiction   Mr Wong concluded the moral values
 treatment centre. He advised us to stay   of all stories. The sharing session then

 away from drugs as it causes serious   ended with a Q&A session and a group
 damage to our body and mind.
 photo.


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