To help make sense of what happened, the former actor turned to writing and has since penned a book about his experience.
SINGAPORE: Living life between attacks and constantly wondering if there would be a tomorrow occupied the mind of Singaporean Ix Shen, who was living in Ukraine when Russia invaded the country more than a year ago.every other day,” said the former actor on Thursday .
His book, titled Impressions of an Invasion: A Correspondent in Ukraine, captures the early days of the invasion and takes readers onSingaporean Ix Shen’s book, which retails for S$23.35 before the Goods and Services Tax , is available at all major bookstores and online shops from June. “It's also therapy for me, to deal with the ordeal that I went through, and in some ways to revisit what I've experienced and to accept that it has, in some way, shaped and moulded who I am now.”
“How did we survive that? And after we had survived that, the next question was, how do we remain sane after surviving that?”At a media launch for the book on Thursday, he requested for the event to be held at a bunker in Singapore.Living ‘a nomad's life’: Plans to settle down up in the air for some Singaporeans who made Ukraine home
“The truth of the Ukraine situation speaks for itself. It's up to every individual to choose to stay informed, or to be ignorant about it,” he said.
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