Pinky Toky: 17 books

Many of us, having gone through so many festivals and special occasions, have run out of gift ideas. The next time when you have to buy a gift, forget the conventional stuff and surprise your giftee with some nice, unique and exotic item.

Jing-zhe refers to the awakening of hibernating insects and animals, which marks the start of spring. Jing-zhe Day usually falls on March 5, 6 or 7 of each year. Activities related to Jing-zhe are the making of offering to White Tiger (zae baak fu) and the beating of petty little people (da siu yan). These rituals are performed to get rid of bad luck and troubles.

From 1920s to 1949, many Samsui women came to Singapore in search of jobs. Most of them worked in the construction industry. Construction jobs, considered to be the toughest kind of job, were shunned by both the locals and the other Chinese migrant workers. The Samsui women chose to toil at construction...