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How I finally understood the joy of having a book signed

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Author Fuchsia Dunlop (right) signing a book for a fan at her Salon session at Belimbing restaurant.

Author Fuchsia Dunlop (right) signing a book for a fan at her Salon session at Belimbing restaurant.

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SINGAPORE – As an iconoclastic Aquarius harbouring a lifelong aversion to crowds, I have always considered my most un-Singaporean trait to be an absolute unwillingness to join a line.

You will never catch me dawdling in the queue before the boarding announcement at the airport check-in gate. High demand for a particular hawker stall is not attraction but bane, triggering a flight response to another stall selling similar fare.

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