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No part of this publication maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author or publisher.  \nDisclaimer: Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at press time, the author and publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.  \nCover by Dan Wong Typeset by Han of @houseofhikayat  \nSAMPAN  \nThe LASALLE Anthology of Creative Writing  \nFOREWORD  \nHome  \nThe first thing you think of when you say ‘home’ is probably that point on the earth’s surface where you return to rest, to be at peace and secure. It’s where you hang your hat, as the song says. I contend that today the writers of musicalsand popular songs, like old-time poets and balladeers, provide a common lexicon for our emotional world.  \nThus when John Denver sings ‘Take me home, country roads, to the place I belong’, we know that home is the beloved, familiar place of ease. My home is in Block 44 in Pek Kio in Singapore. Here is the apartment where I have gathered memories and physical possessions around myself, as an oyster builds its shell. I have invested time and thought to shape it so that it expresses who I am.  \nSingaporeans can resonate with Dick Lee’s lyrics,‘This is home, truly, where I know I must be [ ... ] where I won’t be alone.’ This National day song conflates ‘home’with ‘homeland’, and I am one of the people who feel they are the same. My forebears came to Singapore seven and five generations ago, on the maternal and paternal sides respectively. They settled here, raised families and contributed to the growth of the country.  \nMy family memories are entwined with the development of the city and the nation; my personal concept  \nof Singapore is the historical district along the banks of the Singapore River. I was born in Scotland but grew up here. I came of age in the year Singapore became a nation. My growing-up years were full of questions: what does it mean to be a Singaporean? What is Singaporean identity? I have continued to write about this ever since.  \nBut people leave their homes, that one single place on earth, and become uprooted and dispossessed. Humans have always been on the move, like the Hakkas in South China, migrants from the north whose name means ‘guest people’.  \nPeople may carry their homes inside them. In the musical Chess, the defector Anatoly sings an anthem of love for his homeland: ‘I cross over borders but I’m still there now. How can I leave her? Where would I start? My land’s only borders lie around my heart.’ In the Middle East, it is 75 years since Palestinian fugitives left their homes in Israel to flee into Jordan. Today their grand-children grow up and vow never to forget the expulsion, the Nakba. In the bitter hopelessness of the refugee camps, or in suburbs of Sydney or Chicago, they remember the olive-trees and wells of the farms they left behind.  \nMigrants bring their memories and customs to the new country and recreate enclaves called Little India or Chinatown, till the third or fourth generations venture out to assimilate. Or the move takes just one generation, one lifetime. An old scholar recalls that in his youth in Malaya  \nof the 1930s, his parents taught him China was his home, to which he must eventually return. Through several decades he tried to make this happen, but when he did return to China he found the country so changed that he could not stay. So he settled with his wife in Australia, saying to her, ‘You are my home’, as in Billy Joel’s song: ‘Wherever we’re together, that’s my home.’  \nMy son","cbCailW6fJc7OApj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailW6fJc7OApj","pdf",30375499,254,"English","# FOREWORD\n## Home\n# INTRODUCTION","[{\"question\":\"How does the foreword define “home”?\",\"answer\":\"It treats “home” as a place of rest, peace, and security, then extends the idea through lyrics, personal memory, and the felt relationship between home and homeland.\"},{\"question\":\"What role do migration and displacement play in the text?\",\"answer\":\"The text describes uprooting as a common human experience, showing how refugees, migrants, and later generations carry memories and rebuild belonging through communities and culture.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the introduction emphasize about east–west depictions?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights how media representations converge ideas about “east” and “west,” while questioning accuracy and noting stereotypes that reinforce attitudes.\"}]","SAMPAN  - The LASALLE Anthology of Creative Writing - Foreword and Introduction | PDF",1791812909,89]