My family has been doing running training with FlexiFitness since the middle of 2014. At FlexiFitness, there is a sizable group of athletes of various sizes, shapes, nationalities, ages, talent, ethnicities, capabilities and personalities. It all started when my two little gals found it too tiring to keep up with their swimming training. My wife,…
The 2016 Rio Olympics has come and gone. I have always been a Summer Olympics fan. I love the motto: Higher, Stronger, Faster. Not all of us can live up to the motto but anyone who happens to dislike such a simple but meaningful motto has a problem! I always feel grateful at work. We…
I have taken part in a few track meets before and have watched numerous of them live or on television. I did not expect the Asia Masters Athletics Championships (AMAC) to be such a different experience. I certainly learnt a few things. (1) Enthusiasm: We were all younger than I expected. I thought enthusiasm was…
[Read Part 1: Weight Loss: Three Keys] [Read Part 2: Weight Loss – Another Key (Luck)] [Read Part 3: Weight Loss: The Next Key] [Read Part 5: Weight Loss: One Simple Key] [Read Part 6: Weight Loss – One Fundamental Key] I attended my elder daughter’s school’s annual cross country race the other day. The…
About a week ago there was a big dental meeting in Singapore. A few thousand people came together to attend this biannual event, IDEM which usually happens near the middle of the year. I have never missed any IDEM meeting since I moved to Singapore as I found it is a great platform to meet…
I used to pretend to read newspaper when I was in kindergarten. One time I was trying to figure out the short comic on the newspaper during an afternoon dim sum with my father, a BEAUTIFUL waitress (you will know why I consider her beautiful later…) walked pass and told my father that I was a smart cookie who managed…
I don’t drive in Singapore. Driving is not my favorite past time. I view it as a chore and have little pleasure in sitting behind the wheel. I always go home by bus. When rushing for time, I routinely take the MRT (subway). The subway system in Singapore is extensive and it runs more and…
I grew up in the 1980s in Hong Kong when Cantopop (Cantonese pop songs) was the ‘in’ thing. Many Cantopop songs simply used popular song from the west and gave it a new life with Cantonese lyrics. This was a fast and economical way of acquiring a local following. David Bowie was an exceptional entertainer.…
I watched the movie, Top Gun, when I was a late teen. That was a cool movie way ahead of me: the Harley Davidson, the babes, the planes, the singing, etc.. It was ahead of me because… well, don’t laugh, that was the point I was still wondering if that cool American bike was “Harley…
I hope my wife will not be upset with me. Through my ex-girlfriend, I was introduced to the album The Mad Chinaman by Singaporean artist, Dick Lee, when I was in living in Chicago back in 1990. My ex-girlfriend was beautiful and smart – she was going to college in New Jersey then. For those…
Bits and Bites from Dr Ansgar Cheng 