Feng Shui Talk by Master Xie Yuan Jin at Popular BookFest 2018 謝沅瑾老師

BookFest at Suntec Singapore is one event I look forward to every year. Held in December at Suntec city annually, you get to enjoy stationery, gadgets and IT, books, music and titbits at good discount. Besides shopping for the above items, you also get to enjoy other events like sharing by authors. 

In 2013, I attended a talk by Taiwan famous director and author, Giddens Ko 九把刀 。 This year, I attended a talk by famous Fengshui master from Taiwan, Master Xie Yuan Jin 謝沅瑾老師. After the one hour talk, he signed autographs for his fans. I learned some basic fengshui. If you want to learn more about Fengshui, you can watch Fengshui show he is involved in as shown below. There is a Chinese saying, 福人居福地 福地福人居. Blessed people live in blessed area and vice versa. To be a blessed person, just do more good deeds. 

Today is the last day for BookFest (end at 10pm) by the way. Next year, I hope Giddens Ko can give a talk again in Singapore BookFest. 

Nearest MRTs: Cityhall and Esplanade MRT stations

 Autograph session

Popular BookFest@Singapore 2014

Every year I look forward to BookFest@Singapore organised by Popular Bookstore, the largest bookstore chain in Singapore. I try to plan to buy the necessary stationery and books so that I don't have to buy for the rest of the year and I can enjoy steep discount up to 60%. Frankly speaking, I don't like to shop for clothes, watches,bags, shoes or jewelry which women my age like to splurge. My indulgence are books and cute stationery. Simply say, I'm a bookworm and person with few needs. 

I like this year BookFest as there is a exhibition on the history of Popular bookstore which is founded by Mr Chou Sing Chu who grew up in Shanghai and arrived in Singapore when he was 19 years old. It started as a Chinese bookstore. Today, it is the largest bilingual chain store in Singapore and Southeast Asia with branches in Hong Kong and Malaysia too. It is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. 

I'm delighted that talented and humorous Taiwanese author, producer and director 九把刀 Giddens Ko is in Singapore for the sharing and book-signing event today. This year I finally got his autograph and I took a photo with him. I'm thankful he chose Singapore for his first public appearance after the scandals. He shared that it is important to do what you say and to pursue your dream. He fulfilled my simple dream by signing the two books that I brought and kindly posed for picture with all the readers who queued up for his autograph. I hope next year he will come to Singapore again. As usual I enjoyed his humorous sharing. Despite the challenges he faced this year, he gave an interesting and insightful talk. 

Well if you love books and stationery, come down to Suntec city Hall 401 -405 which start on 12 Dec and end on 21 December. There are more book signing event by local and regional writers. You can find out more at Popular BookFest@Singapore here.

Date: 12 Dec to 21 Dec 2014

Time: 10 am to 10pm.

How to get there?

Just alight at Cityhall MRT or Esplanade MRT and walk to Suntec City.

Difficult airline customer? A picture is worth a thousand words.

The entrance

 Enter I Remember Gallery to learn the history of Popular Bookstore

 Publications by World Book Company

 Popular's Founder Mr Chou Sing Chu

 This poster show the evolution of Chinese language for the last four thousand years.

 Chinese characters are inspired from observing nature

You can find Popular Bookstores all around Singapore.

 Old textbook in Singapore

You can buy CD albums at BookFest too.

Wide range of stationery are available too.

 九把刀 Giddens Ko

 九把刀 Giddens Ko like to start with his childhood.

He aspired to be a comic artist initially but he lost his comic book.

 Speak out for what you believe in.

Difficult airline customer? A picture is worth a thousand words.

九把刀 Giddens Ko is Coming to Singapore!

Hurray, the talented and funny Taiwanese author, director and producer 九把刀 Giddens Ko will be coming to Singapore in Singapore BookFest@Singapore Suntec City on 12 December at 7.30pm to 9.30pm for a talk and book signing event. This time I'm going to get his signature and hopefully pose a photo with him. 

He is a really good speaker and storyteller. His talk was really interesting, engaging and funny. An hour and a half sharing flew by very fast. This year I am interested in his speech. Though he was caught cheating to his girlfriend, he had the courage to admit his fault and apologise to his girlfriend. Really anticipate his sharing. 

You can click last year Giddens Ko's sharing here.

九把刀 Giddens Ko was in Singapore

I was so delighted and excited to attend 柯景騰 Giddens Ko's book sharing and signing session at Singapore Popular bookfair held at Suntec City last December 14. He is popularly known by his pseudonym of "Jiubadao"九把刀 (nine blades) and is Taiwanese popular author and director of the movie "You are the Apple of my Eyes" or 那些年，我們一起追的女孩. He came to Singapore to promote his latest documentary movie, <十二夜> Twelve Nights on the plight of stray dogs in Taiwan. 

This talented author and director is really funny and made us laugh during his one hour sharing. Though he is not so handsome, I am attracted by his talent and his sense of humor. But then he is attached already.

I hope there be more book signing and sharing event by authors. Popular Bookshop please continue to invite these popular authors. 

http://www.giddens.tw/blog

He looked so dashing when he sat like that. 

Box office hit,  "You are the Apple of my Eyes" or 那些年，我們一起追的女孩

九把刀 Giddens Ko 

He looks so different now compared to the past! The author and his beloved dog.

Book signing and sharing event at BookFest Singapore 2013

Think carefully before you buy a pet. Remember to take care, love and be committed to your pet once you brought it.