Pauline KokJan 16, 20152 minFREEDOMFreedom is a precious thing – an expensive, never valued enough commodity. Once lost, the effort to win it back consumed my soul. After...
Pauline KokJan 9, 20151 minHAPPY NEW YEARHappy New Year to all my followers; and all those hoping for that second book—a book in which I would I continue my story and share what...
Pauline KokDec 19, 20141 minCHRISTMAS MESSAGEChristmas is only a few days away. Preparations for that celebration are everywhere: hurried people trying to find and buy their...
Pauline KokDec 4, 20142 minOPINIONS & ENDORSEMENTSAfter a presentation I make an effort to answer as many questions as I can. When there is no limit to time my answers and explanations...
Pauline KokNov 27, 20143 minTHE ONTARIO WOMEN’S CLUB IN LONDONTime has passed; and the presentation I gave for the Women’s Club of Ontario has also passed. It was quite an experience. It started...
Pauline KokNov 21, 20143 minTHE TWO WARS OF WORLD WAR III was present the day the retired Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire arrived to accept an Award presented to him by Our Lady of Lourdes...
Pauline KokNov 7, 20142 minROMEO DALLAIREOn Monday I meet Romeo Dallaire. He is the retired Lieutenant General who in 1994 witnessed the killing of almost 800,000 people in...
Pauline KokOct 30, 20142 minBLUEINK BEST BOOK AWARDYesterday brought the most amazing surprise. It came to me in the form of an email. I looked at it for a long time before I could...
Pauline KokOct 23, 20142 minSELF EVALUATIONI was asked to describe my personality. It seemed to be important to the person “evaluating” me after she read my book The Remains of...
Pauline KokOct 17, 20142 minHOLLANDTravelling to Holland was not a problem, but seeing Emma-M was difficult. The last time I saw her was in 2002 when it was she who...
Pauline KokOct 6, 20142 minAUTUMN COLOUR MEMORIES ABROADWhere did my father go in the years after he left Indonesia? I searched for him within our family and saw him try to be a father. I...
Pauline KokSep 30, 20142 minAUTUMN COLOUR MEMORIESWhen you reach a certain age, you are often looking back more over the past years. Sometimes I sit down, often outside, and disappear in...
Pauline KokSep 23, 20142 minEMMA-MIt is not easy to open a door, which has been closed for many, many years. I will have to find the courage to do this and although I...
Pauline KokSep 20, 20142 minTHE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY IISince Japan needed commodities, which they did not have them self, they had to look somewhere else. They tried to trade and buy from...
Pauline KokSep 4, 20142 minTHE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY IThere is enough written and known about W.W. II and the brutality of Hitler and his cohorts. That Japan was a force just as brutal and...
Pauline KokAug 27, 20141 minWHY THE SILENCE?It has been a long time, since I wrote another post. I have been quite busy with presentations in High Schools, Book Clubs, Rotary and...
Pauline KokAug 27, 20141 minA NEW BEGINNINGHello friends, family and followers of ‘the Remains of War, After a long silence and many unfortunate happenings I finally am able to...