I travel to Hong Kong on a rather regular basis for family visits and for work. Moon and I make it a point to take our girls along whenever they are available. The reason is simple – Moon and I want my girls to know their extended family and friends well. That was one of…
Is 64 years of age ‘old’? I ask this not because The Beatles wrote a song, “When I’m 64”… Many people do not know that part of the Astroboy manga comics series was born in 1950 (or 1951) and that series was set in the year 2015. Yes, that is NOW!! Human beings have tried…
(This is the final part of my Bhutan series of blog posts – to read the earlier posts on Bhutan, click on the following – Healthy Food?, How about a Miracle?, How about that Nirvana?, No Newspapers??!!! and What’s Next?) Sightseeing has never been my cup of tea. As my peers know, I only travel…
(To read my earlier posts in the Bhutan series, click on Healthy Food?, How about a Miracle?, How about that Nirvana? and No Newspapers??!!!) We were all impressed by how well-spoken the Bhutanese people and guides were. They spoke fluent English so we could understand each other quite well. Over those few days in Bhutan,…
(Click here to read the first part of my blog series on Bhutan – Healthy Food) Some of us may have heard of stories where people were sick and the elders in a Chinese family went to the temple, prayed to a deity and the sick person was granted a miracle healing. The praying process…
I got married when I was 26 years old and I have never looked back since. I was lucky enough to meet my wife when I was 22 years of age and we formed a family of two relatively early by today’s standard. Apart from getting a spouse, Moon made herself the manager of my…
We have our annual ‘Specialist Dental Group’ gathering at the end of every year. November 29 is the date for this year’s dinner celebration. This is just one of the little traditions that we have at our company. What is the soul of a community? What is the soul of a football team? What is…
(Part 1 of my blog on Taiwan can be found here) Growing up in Hong Kong was a great experience. We had 9 years of free education. It was tough but not so tough that it robbed us of our childhood. Many of my friends who went overseas to continue their high school and university…
I am getting some home run(s). I am visiting my parents in Hong Kong this weekend. So I call it a home run weekend. I will be running with my high school classmate KC, a seasoned marathon runner, early on Sunday morning before sunrise, followed by another run with my high school cross-country team boys…
As of September, 2014, the National University of Singapore (NUS) was ranked 22nd among all the universities in this world – this places NUS as the number one university in Asia. My alma mater, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been moved down a bit to 28th ranking, making it the number 3 university…
Bits and Bites from Dr Ansgar Cheng 