<p>Eight years old and growing up in Colonial Singapore enjoying all the elite privileges that came with having a Colonial senior police officer father. Rowena Hawkins and her immigrant family from Ceylon were living the 1960s Singapore dream - a large bungalow with grounds servants lavish parties and the best toys available in the colony.</p><p> </p><p>In this memoir Rowena brings to life the people the customs and the often outrageous incidents that made up her young years. Set in a bygone era in which British Colonials were juxtaposed with a buffet of Asian races her stories and perceptions are peppered with humour and mischief offering the reader a journey into old Singapore's multi-racial customs and cultures.</p>