Age of Discovery

I have enjoyed your book tremendously. It had helped me to begin to appreciate the events in my own life. It is a book with deep and meaningful thoughts … a very unique book. – Wu Wanjin, Educator. God's hand is in all that happens and the book reminds us how His righteousness prevails. Robin is able to relay his story without hints of bitterness or anger, of haughtiness or pride. The writing style is direct, concise, clear, and relevant … without attempts to overdrive emotions yet with just the right precision to describe the intention … and space enough for those moments to hold back lumps in the throat. The writing approach is uncommon in that Robin shows even as a ‘natural’ man he had yearned and search for his beginnings. Now, spiritually enlightened he is able to see that God was there all the time guiding the way ... throughout his early life, and at the end it marvels me that the Lord Jesus stands glorified still in all the years that Robin had ignored Him. I hope for more of such biographies to become useful as tools to bring out the goodness of our Lord both to unbelievers and to fellow believers. – Cedric Tan, Parent, Manager. The book brought back many fond memories of my life at the age of innocence. Truly, “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”. God makes each of us different and gives us just as varied experiences in life with people, incidents, and things around us; though we may not acknowledge God’s existence then. All things that happened in life, for good or bad, joyous or sorrowful, all were just transient and eventually came to pass and became part of our memory to be aware and by reflecting, to improve and consciously change what we can. Without awareness we are overwhelmed, drowned in self-pity and be unfruitful. Since knowing Christ, memories and reflection redirected my spirit to that of thanksgiving, of thankfulness, of gratitude to God for His longsuffering, goodness, grace and mercy upon even one lost soul such as me. The author has likewise put together pieces of fond memories in his early life for a purpose: in praise and thanksgiving to the Creator, Saviour, and Lord in his life, and through sharing it that many may come to know this great love of God. For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. – Ecclesiastes 9:1. May the glory and love of God shine upon the heart of every reader and be blessed. – Samantha Quau, Parent, Homemaker, Home-school Educator. An interesting book to read … In its use of simple flashback in time, many fond nostalgic familiar glimpses of my own journey during the age of innocence came to the fore for reflection. Throughout, the book highlights the importance of acknowledging God and having a personal relationship with Him, who is the very centre of our lives. – S.M. Vijayaratnam, Parent, Senior Manager. I enjoyed the Age of Innocence very much. I appreciate the author's reflections of his childhood – the past is not simply a distant collective memory of irreversible events, happenings and acts (and perhaps, omissions). A careful examination of childhood has shown the imprint of God's presence and provision. The past has its purpose, a purpose rooted in the source of the purpose who is the giver of life. I find myself reminded of a line in Shakespeare's The Tempest – “What’s past is Prologue”. Indeed, the past has, and will have, an undeniable role in the making of our current present and our future. God is the master weaver, and what an amazing tapestry we will see in the life of the author. This book faithfully reproduces the author's discovery of God's blessings throughout the earliest years of his life. Truly, God loads us with benefits, daily, from our beginning. Childhood can be full of richness. I am inspired. And I look forward to the Prologue that is to come. – April Mak, Solicitor. It is a book worthy of an afternoon curled up on the couch to look back in time: to reflect on what God and our parents have done for us, at the same time to count our many blessings. – Zhang Meifen, Medical Practitioner.