In Japan, New Year celebration always comes with good food & a few Ekiden (long distance relay) races; corporate, intervarsity, high school, male & female. Every new year, in Japan, Hakone Ekiden 箱根驿传 (short for Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip University Ekiden Race东京箱根间往复大学驿传竞走); a 2 consecutive days, 200 kilometres+ male intervarsity relay attracts a lot of media attention.…
Berlin marathon has been one of the first ‘world major marathons’, it is known for being flat, fast and cool. As a result, hundreds of thousands of applicants apply for it, and only a few tens of thousands get lucky enough to run it. Then a runner friend told me there is a way to…
It was about summer in 1980, the moment before I started science stream study in preparation for my O-level examinations. I bought a book that was about track and field training. I could not care too much about the examination as it was supposed to be in 1983. Two years away was a long time…
The other day, I was sharing with someone about a blog post I wrote on Jeremy’s (aka T-Rex) marathon accomplishment. Then it dawned on me that my last blog entry was May 2019! Since it is the end of 2020 now, I would like to recap a bit. As I am writing again, why don’t…
I finished my UCLA implant residency in the summer of 1993. My wife and I drove past Omaha en route to Toronto. We did not stop in Omaha as we were rushing over to Canada for my interview at the University of Toronto. I was trying to look for a job then. Since we moved…
When I was 15, my family moved to a newly developed area. There was a new department store that occupied two stories out of a building right across from my home. It was a small retail chain called Klasses, which has since gone out of business. One of my favorite past times was to window…
At the beginning of mankind’s history, there was harmony. According to the Christian Holy Bible, after mankind was created, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, which was the beginning of numerous problems. Probably the first agreement between human beings was the beginning of many troubles to follow. Men against men, nations against nations has…
A reflection of time. I was a graduate of the Class of 1990 (Class 90) of the University of Hong Kong’s Dental School. Our class was let out of dental school after we went through thick and thin together for almost five years. Since then we have all gone our separate ways. A few of…
I had a few short trips in the previous month. One of the trips was to meet up with a few friends in Fukuoka, Japan, where we exchanged a few ideas on life. Moon and I always look forward to such trips as we always find it enriching and we get to try out various…
My wife and I have travelled in and out of USA through the years for various reasons. Without failing, the American immigration officer would ask the purpose of our trip. My personal experience was that if I tell them I am going for a meeting, they would then ask more; usually followed by what I…
Bits and Bites from Dr Ansgar Cheng 