12 Aug 2011
A Tribute

I find it hard to pen a few thoughts of my dear friend, Yolanda, without getting all emotional. True her sudden “home call” was unexpected and shocked many of her friends and family members. However upon reflection, I believe it is what Yolanda herself would have preferred. In life, Yolanda was “like an egg, hard […]

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12 Aug 2011
Miss Warm and Hearty

Six months have gone by and I still feel Yolanda’s presence around me, each time I use the bookmark or the soap she bought back for me from her travels. Miss Beh, as she was wont to introduce herself, was Miss Prim and Proper to many, but to me, she was Miss Warm and Hearty. […]

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12 Aug 2011
A Generous and Loyal Friend

I first met Yolanda in 1966 when I joined University of Malaya Library, Kuala Lumpur just after graduating. Yolanda was given the task of training me in the intricacies of cataloguing. It was my good fortune to have Yolanda as my cataloguing mentor and her guidance gave me a very firm foundation in the Library […]

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Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
A Warm and Caring Roommate

I have known Yolanda for many years in the library circle but only got to know her better when we both started working part-time at the National Library after our retirement. In 2006, our office was at the Geylang East Branch Library. Yolanda, Chay Hong, Chen Wee and myself usually went out for lunch. Yolanda […]

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Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
Should Auld Acquaintance …

When I learnt of the passing away of Yolanda Celine Beh from her obituary which appeared in The Sunday Times on 19 December 2010, I felt a deep shock. The sudden news had been made more poignant as I had met Yolanda earlier in last year at a weekend afternoon concert at The Esplanade. On […]

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Library Associations Singapore
12 Aug 2011
As I Remember Her

It is not easy for a person to penetrate Yolanda’s seemingly cold and proper work exterior to see the truly gentle and kind person she was inside. I was no exception, and it took me a good while to understand the beauty within her—in fact almost thirty years. Our acquaintance started from 1972, we were […]

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