Received a text from Veeren today. He topped his class with straights As in PSLE, with a total score of 245. I called him and congratulated him and his mum. Both of them were so happy, I …

Obesity is epidemic in this country, for children and adults. Invention television, video games, and convenient appliances help impact, we may not be sedentary. Obesity can create such problems, including diabetes, heart disease, lung problems and circulation problems. The obesity can also sap your strength. This cycle, a cloud, you are obese, your tires very easily make your …

Here's one of the reasons why guys don't take as well to fancy health products as the ladies.New Yorker Christopher Woods got more than just "extra energy" from his BoostPlus drink, a vitamin-enriched health drink described on the website as "a great tasting, high calorie, nutritionally complete oral supplement for people who require extra energy and protein in a limited …

People in China have been known to be, er, less acquainted with the principles of common courtesy. But even they have problems with the rudeness of their police officers, a fact uncovered by a comprehensive survey done earlier this year by the Beijing Public Security Bureau.$%#$%^$%&@!!!! (in Chinese)Now its Disciplinary Committee has printed a training manual for police …

So Charb and I go for a 6-ish km jog around Kenilworth Road, a warm up before we start our training regime for the Paris marathon next year. We talk about the principles that we've learnt in our respective journeys in life as we cover the distance together, almost in tandem. How one's wealth is only temporary while one's worth is permanent, and in the long run the two tend to …

A few days ago a big group of students from China came to our serene Whitefields abode without warning and partied in our living room throughout the night. I don't think any of us appreciated the hullabaloo they made nor the souvenirs they left us, in the form of beer bottles and peanut shells.Yesterday another big group of China students came to our doorstep again, but this …

(from NYtimes) I received a Facebook invitation from Sylv a few days ago inviting me to join the cause to support the Burmese monks in their peaceful-turned-bloody protest against the tyrants that are the Myanmar government. Not long after there came an e-mail asking me to sign an online petition to support the monks. I knew there was blood and tears and death and a whole …

8 of us at the dinner table feasting on curry chicken courtesy of yours truly, with major help from Sylv and Mannie. Actually, they cooked the chicken with minor help from me. But this is my blog. So there. Also present at the table but not pictured is Murphy, who was with the three of us throughout the entire cooking process. Indeed, everything that could go wrong did go …

Today is officially the first day of school when the dreaded lectures begin. My first was at 9am, so I spent the morning bitching about it to my other housemates who don't have to get their asses out into the cold until 11am. Being the good boy that I am, I arrived at the lecture theatre 15 mins early and proceeded to solicit Facebook contacts from all round. Contacts in …

  Villages from Mehedinti county in Romania spotted a Superman-like figure, complete with shiny blue costume, flying over their houses. Said one of the villagers: "He looked like Supe …