I had been working at my usual pace for the first few months of 2017 and I had to give up my Hong Kong marathon in February as a result of a bad flu. Giving up was hard in light of numerous miles of training that I had done to prepare for the race. However,…
Running has been part of my life since I was a small boy. I went to a great high school, the St Louis School, in Hong Kong in the 1970s. At St Louis, there were many book smart boys but there were numerous boys who were talented in soccer and basketball too. Ball players generally…
[Read Part 1 here] [Read Part 2 here] Lately there has been quite a bit of coverage in the Singapore media about a few runners trying to beat the 2:24:22 Singapore marathon record. This includes the record holder himself, our 50 year old FlexiFitness Coach, M. Rameshon… but he is different. IMHO, this increased interest…
taken 20 years ago in 1996 [Read Part 1 – Weight Loss: Three Keys] 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] One disadvantage of starting off early as…
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…
[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…
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…
When I was a kid under twelve, this was the time of the year for me. We celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival on the lunar calendar, which usually fell in early June. I used to indulge myself with yummy rice dumplings. My grandma (Chan Yin-Mui陳賢妹小姐) made the best rice dumplings (with peanut fillings) in the…
Bits and Bites from Dr Ansgar Cheng 