Read Part 1 here After practicing dentistry for so many years, I can safely say that clinical complications happen regardless of when, where, who, and how. At the same time, I am also confident to say that no clinician sets out to work because they are in favor of clinical complications. I was in the…
Dr. William Prusin used to work with me rather often when I was practicing dentistry in Toronto. Dr. Prusin was very kind to me and he is a very experienced USA-trained oral surgeon. He once told me, “Ansgar, there is no simple procedure.” I thought to myself, it was unusual for an experienced surgeon to…
[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…
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 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…
The last time the haze hit Singapore was back in 2013. The haze was the result of tree burnings (slash and burn) in a nearby country and the resulting smoke was blown over to Singapore. That time the haze lasted a few days and the worst day had a Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) of about…
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…
(Click to read Part 1 and Part 2 of my blog on Leadership Camp – the week of mourning in Singapore and tribute to the late Lee Kuan Yew) Little do people in Singapore know that the death of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew was widely reported in Hong Kong (HK) media too. Nowadays, with the help…
(Click here to read Part 1 of my blog post on Leadership Camp) When my wife and I decided to move to Singapore in 2003, we simply filled out a form and paid an application fee. We were required to provide a lot of information for that form and I remembered there was a big emphasis…
Bits and Bites from Dr Ansgar Cheng 