SIFU: An Unusual Teacher in the Turbulence of the Malaysian War

by Khoo Kheng-Hor

Death was an old companion for him.

He grew up in uncertain and violent times. Even with the return of the British after the Japanese Occupation, a peaceful life was still non-existent in post-war Malaya. He was forced to join his family in suffering an uprooting from his home to a barbed-wire New Village as a government's strategy to contain a communist insurgency.

477 pages, Paperback

First published December 27, 2009

About the author

Khoo Kheng-Hor is a Malaysian author and speaker on contemporary application of the 500 BC Chinese military treatise, The Art of War, by military strategist Sun Tzu. In the 1990s, Khoo was the first Sun Tzu student in South-east Asia to link and teach the general's principles in relation to business and management. To date, Khoo has written over 26 business and management books, most of which are based on Sun Tzu's Art of War as he made it his life's mission to "suntzunize" as many people as possible. In 1997, although a Malaysian citizen, he was appointed as honorary Assistant Superintendent of Police by the Singapore Police Force in recognition for his contribution as consultant-trainer to the police force of Singapore. His first novel, Taikor, was nominated by the National Library of Malaysia for the 2006 International Dublin Literary Award. Since 1999, Khoo has gone into retirement and occasionally travels in Malaysia and Singapore.

Reviews

[Stephenie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Decided to dump this one after reading over 120 pages. The plot was boring and how the author tried to tie in the main plot with actual life during those times was very poorly done. Waste of time for me.

[KaHong · Rating 2 out of 5]

A lot may not add up but a decent read for something light.

[Kathy Chung · Rating 5 out of 5]

reviewed at : Mama Kucing Books : Sifu : An Unusual Teacher In The Turbulence of The Malayan War by Khoo Kheng Hor

I love this book. It's an unusual story.

[Peter A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having been in Malaysia, and knowing just a small bit of the recent history, this book provides one perspective of a country becoming independent, and of the connectivity in the region

[Tim Anstee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable.