To the Pine Cogito, ergo sum
Introduction
In 2001, I published my first physical book:
To the Pine, A Drunkard’s Quest
In 2025, I redesigned it, based on the original content,
adding a few pieces of text to enrich the four original themes, launching the online version “The Pine: Four Themes,"
including:
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The Pine: Wind Blows
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The Pine: Cogito, ergo sum
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The Pine: Reading
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The Pine: Wandering
I sincerely invite you to join me.
Let's climb mountains and forge ahead!
Table of Contents
🔔 Observatory Tower
🔎 The process of Three Steps, One Bow
🔔 Pot Luck Club
🍯 A pot of Ginger-Vinegared Pork Trotters
🔔 A Note On Serangoon Garden
🍔 From McDonald to Coffee Bean
🔔 Online Diary Entry
🍏 A World filled with Compassion
🍏 Expecting High-Quality, Two-Way Traffic
🔔 My tears
🔔 Epilogue I: Pine and the People
🌲 Displacement
🌲 Sungei Buloh, Seeking the Wandering Knight
🔔 Epilogue II: Three Letters to our Pioneers
🌼 June 1st, 1953, the day of Sowing
🌼 The Golden Autumn of Sunflowers
🌼 Positioning Oneself in the Tide of Time
🔔 Epilogue III: Gasp! Who slammed the table?
🔔 On the Old Trail
🍾 Linked Verse: A Rollercoaster Ride of 36 Hours
🍾 Couplet Variations at Seremban
The Inquisitive Traveller: Thierry Wong
