Comments on: Writing Samples http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com A record of my writing, yoga & the dogs who have just come into my life Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:03:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Min http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-1299 Min Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:54:27 +0000 http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-1299 hi ovidia, i'm a producer from channel newsasia. am quite keen to talk to you about featuring you in an upcoming programme. might it be possible to drop me a line at the email address above? Thks! hui min hi ovidia,

i’m a producer from channel newsasia. am quite keen to talk to you about featuring you in an upcoming programme. might it be possible to drop me a line at the email address above?

Thks!

hui min

]]> By: Yasmin http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-767 Yasmin Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:52:47 +0000 http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-767 Hi Ovidia, I'm trying to get my hands on a copy of 3 Fat Virgins Unassembled, as well as permission from you to stage it here in the cold, cold town of Launceston, Tasmania, Down Under. I emailed you recently, but I thought I'd drop a more informal line here too, just in case! Thanks for your time! Can't wait to hear from you! Hi Ovidia,

I’m trying to get my hands on a copy of 3 Fat Virgins Unassembled, as well as permission from you to stage it here in the cold, cold town of Launceston, Tasmania, Down Under. I emailed you recently, but I thought I’d drop a more informal line here too, just in case!

Thanks for your time! Can’t wait to hear from you!

]]> By: Ovidia http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-620 Ovidia Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:28:30 +0000 http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-620 That's so profound! Think you may be right--especially in how the old man doesn't even recognise it in himself & chooses guilt over disappointment! That’s so profound! Think you may be right–especially in how the old man doesn’t even recognise it in himself & chooses guilt over disappointment!

]]> By: AtiQue http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-617 AtiQue Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:42:02 +0000 http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-617 Hye Ovidia, Thank you very much for your responses. I truly appreciate it. Well, I personally think that the father is afraid to go back to China because he is afraid to dirty the 'beautiful' China that he had build in his mind. He had this image of 'Beautiful' China in his mind and in a way he is kind of afraid to face the fact that the China that he is imagined is not the same China that is in the reality. Deep down inside of him, he knows that with the flow of time everything is changing and can bee seen by looking at the younger generation. Thus, China had also change but he is afraid to see those changes and so he refuse to return. Don't you think so? Hye Ovidia,
Thank you very much for your responses. I truly appreciate it.

Well, I personally think that the father is afraid to go back to China because he is afraid to dirty the ‘beautiful’ China that he had build in his mind.

He had this image of ‘Beautiful’ China in his mind and in a way he is kind of afraid to face the fact that the China that he is imagined is not the same China that is in the reality.

Deep down inside of him, he knows that with the flow of time everything is changing and can bee seen by looking at the younger generation. Thus, China had also change but he is afraid to see those changes and so he refuse to return. Don’t you think so?

]]> By: Ovidia http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-616 Ovidia Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:00:07 +0000 http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-616 Hi AtiQue, The title 'A Dream of China' was chosen because the story is about the narrator discovering the 'China' her father has been revering & longing for all these years no longer exists. Yet she acknowledges that it is his trying to live up to the standards & values of this non-existent dream country that has made him the good man & father he is. And he has been good for the country--Singapore--that accepted him. To me, her father refuses to return to China because he feels he has no right to/ is unworthy to. He prioritized his young family over his country, did not return to build the 'new China' as his brother did & did not suffer (as an intellectual & bourgeoisie) re-education in the cultural revolution. It's interesting you think he is too afraid to go back--what do you think he is afraid of? Hi AtiQue,
The title ‘A Dream of China’ was chosen because the story is about the narrator discovering the ‘China’ her father has been revering & longing for all these years no longer exists.
Yet she acknowledges that it is his trying to live up to the standards & values of this non-existent dream country that has made him the good man & father he is. And he has been good for the country–Singapore–that accepted him.

To me, her father refuses to return to China because he feels he has no right to/ is unworthy to. He prioritized his young family over his country, did not return to build the ‘new China’ as his brother did & did not suffer (as an intellectual & bourgeoisie) re-education in the cultural revolution.

It’s interesting you think he is too afraid to go back–what do you think he is afraid of?

]]> By: AtiQue http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-615 AtiQue Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:01:02 +0000 http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-615 owhhh... do u mind telling me why did you give the story the title 'a dream of China' and why is it that the narrator's father refuse to go back to China? i dont think that bcoz his brother is telling him not to go back, he refuse to return to China. it seems as if he is too afraid to go back... is it? owhhh… do u mind telling me why did you give the story the title ‘a dream of China’ and why is it that the narrator’s father refuse to go back to China? i dont think that bcoz his brother is telling him not to go back, he refuse to return to China. it seems as if he is too afraid to go back… is it?

]]> By: Ovidia http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-596 Ovidia Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:50:12 +0000 http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-596 Hi AtiQue, Perhaps if you send me a question I'll try to answer it? Which part of the story do you need 'insight' on? Ovidia Hi AtiQue,

Perhaps if you send me a question I’ll try to answer it?
Which part of the story do you need ‘insight’ on?

Ovidia

]]> By: AtiQue http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-595 AtiQue Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:16:36 +0000 http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/writing-samples/#comment-595 hye Oldivia... this is my 1st time writing in your blog. i have a request actually. if it is possible, could you give me some insight on your story 'A Dream of China'? My literature class is studying that particular short story and the class will be doing a discussion next week and I thought it will be way cool to have the point of view of the writer herself. hye Oldivia… this is my 1st time writing in your blog. i have a request actually. if it is possible, could you give me some insight on your story ‘A Dream of China’? My literature class is studying that particular short story and the class will be doing a discussion next week and I thought it will be way cool to have the point of view of the writer herself.

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