Wong peng soon biography books

  • Wong was born in Johor Bahru, Malaya, into a family of shuttlers.
  • Her first novel, The Woman who Breathed Two Worlds (The Malayan Series, #1), was published on November 1, 2016 and made an immediate emotional connection with.
  • Athletes--Singapore--Biography (2); Award winners--Singapore--Biography (2); Badminton players (1); Ong, Poh Lim (1); Personalities (1); Wong, Peng Soon (1).

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    Sports

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    ARCHERY

    First Medallist In Archery World Cup
    Tan Silie won the men’s recurve in the Indoor Archery World Cup held in Singapore in Dec 2012. The indoor competition was with a distance of 18m. Tan was an NTU second-year student.

    Most Bemedalled Archer
    The most bemedalled archer to date is Sam Tan Pek Hoon. Her list of achievements includes 5 silvers, 2 golds and 1 bronze from the SEA Games in 1977 and 1983.

    First Gold Medallist In An International Tournament
    Bill Wee was the first international gold medallist in archery held at the New South Wales State Championship in Sydney in 1962. He founded Singapore’s first archery club in 1964 and the Archery Association of Singapore in 1967.

    BADMINTON

    Largest Badminton Rally
    More than 600 people turned up at Raffles City on 23 Mar 2009 for the record which was a run-up to the Aviva Badminton Open. The feat was

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    The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds

    November 11, 2016
    Wow, where to start with a book like this? First, let me say that readers of this review should probably know I've spent the past eight years married to a Malaysian Chinese man, have visited Malaysia twice, had a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony (tea ceremony, banquet, etc), speak Mandarin, and worked full time teaching ESL to Chinese immigrants for three years. I'm also a published writer. So a novel about Malaya (old Malaysia) written by a Malaysian Chinese woman and loosely based on her own family history was a no-brainer for me. 

    Understandably, I loved this book. I read the Kindle version, which was formatted well. As a huge audio book fan, I also tried the audio version, but honestly it was one of the worst recordings I've heard. Malaysian English pronounced in a pure British English accent just doesn't work. Aside from pronunciation and accent issues, the narrator over acted and over dramatized the dialogue, making it

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    Readers who have followed my stories documented in the trilogy of My Johor Stories as well as in my blog, will be familiar with our family’s passion for badminton.

    When I shared the address for grandfather’s house, No. 154 Jalan Ngee Heng in,Where champions were born, publishedin My Johor Stories: True Tales, Real People, Rich Heritage, I introduced our grandfather, Ng Ngoh Tee, four-time Johor State badminton champion in 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1939.

    Under Portraits in this 2017 MPH Non-Fiction Bestseller, I honoured the memory of our grandmother who passed on at the ripe old age of 103 in, The Real Champion. She was many things to the family and yes, our grandmother was also a badminton player.

    In Book Two, My Johor Stories 2: Interesting Places and Inspirational People, I continued to share more details about our link to the Wong family in Johor and Badminton is in the blood, underFamily Ties.

    Foon Seong Cup Winners, 1939;
    [Standing L to R] Won
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