[Read Part 2 – Weight Loss – Another Key (Luck)] [Read Part 3 – Weight Loss – The Next Key] [Read Part 4: Weight Loss – One More Key] [Read Part 5: Weight Loss: One Simple Key] [Read Part 6: Weight Loss – One Fundamental Key] People know I am into the teeth business. However,…
I have enjoyed my experience with the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) subway service in Hong Kong for a long time. I remember the sense of freedom to move fast from one end of Hong Kong to the other end of the city. The MTR freed up a lot of my time. That was in the…
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…
For the last many units of time, I have been waking up to lousy ‘news’. Alright, people in general quip that news is always bad and that is why the story made it to the headlines in the first place! Some stories are great, such as so-and-so breaking a meaningful record in a track 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 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…
It is a tradition that the Prime Minister of Singapore gives a National Day Rally (NDR) Speech shortly after August 9, Singapore’s National Day. This year, as usual, my family was looking forward to it. To be honest, I was never interested in long speeches from people who run countries as they tend to be…
Marathon Man is a movie that has little to do with a marathon. I was a runner during my school years and have been running semi-regularly for a while. Even though I have never run a marathon in my life, I am always intrigued by marathons. I have always had a healthy dose of fear…
What is “Rojak”? Rojak is a dish served in Malaysia and Singapore. It is essentially a local salad. The ingredients in a typical rojak dish include turnips, cucumbers, pineapples, bean sprouts, peanuts, fried tofus, banana flowers, green mangos and a delicious dressing that consists of lime juice and prawn. However, there is really no specific…
Have you ever felt lonely in the dark? Are you fearful of darkness? I, for one, have been a little fearful of the dark, especially when I was a small boy. I would try not to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night as I perceived it was a long distance for…
Bits and Bites from Dr Ansgar Cheng 