I was completing my dental studies between 1985 to 1990. That was an important period in my life as it was the time I knew that I would be going to the University of Hong Kong (HKU) like my other three elder sisters. I am sure that this period was crucial to my parents too:…
I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, over the weekend with my family. The Singapore school calendar includes a month long break in June and at the end of the year instead of a two-month long summer holiday. After all, it is endless summer in Singapore anyway, so it is hard to pin-point a ‘summer’ holiday…
I have been practicing dentistry in the specialty area of prosthodontics since 1992. When we started off in 1990 in the dental implant arena, we were mostly treating patients with totally no teeth and the total treatment time took close to a year. Of course, nowadays, with better understanding of the science, our treatment time…
My wife and I visit North America at least once a year. We always go during the first week of May to visit my God-daughter, Natalie and her family in Omaha, Nebraska. The trip takes about 24 hours of travel one way. We make it a point to visit friends, business associates, eat a lot…
It has been over 10 years since my family moved to Singapore. It was in the first quarter of 2004 when we landed on this island. Our first daughter, Allie, was only 6 months old when we arrived and our second daughter, Hana, joined the family only about 9 months later. Raising kids has been…
My wife and I had a great time during our recent trip to Penang, Malaysia. Apart from some good food, sight-seeing, outings, and chit-chat, we also met new and old friends from all walks of life. One night, after a nice long dinner, I sat next to this well-built man in the tour bus. The…
I was in Penang, Malaysia, over the weekend for a short trip. The weather in mid-March was lovely – we wandered around the island with friends from overseas. I hardly sweated! Just like Hong Kong, Penang is known as the “Pearl of the Orient.” Being a Hong Kong boy by DNA, I had wanted to…
The last few weeks constituted a great month! A great productive month. My two colleagues, fellow prosthodontist, Dr Steven Soo, and our nurse, Siti Aminah, at Specialist Dental Group (SDG) welcomed the addition of two cute baby girls to their respective families. I am certainly proud of them. This is another proof that we are…
Last night I attended an annual general meeting and a Chinese New Year celebration with a group of friends in Singapore. Our group had a turnout of close to 40 people. Not bad for a gathering of super busy people. The good thing is that this group of friends all had a great life story…
It has been three hundred odd days since we celebrated the Year of the Snake. 2014 is special as we celebrated the New Year and the Year of the Horse exactly one month apart. As today is the 7th day of the Lunar New Year, we are still not done with the Chinese New Year…
Bits and Bites from Dr Ansgar Cheng 