Tag: health

  • 1 Million kg Challenge: Not A Good Start

    So I went to the 1 Million kg Challenge launch at Ngee Ann City’s Civic Plaza on Saturday, signed myself up for the challenge by pledging to lose 3kg in three weeks. It was a massive event, with exercise stations and sustenance stations where you could presumably learn about what kind of exercise was suitable…

  • 1 Million kg Challenge

    We’re into the third month of the new year, and while I’m glad I didn’t make any health-related resolutions to break, I haven’t done anything for my health apart from an alcohol fast that ended when I went on holiday last month (walau, Hokkaido is home to many first class breweries, can?) But that’s going…

  • Eric Khoo’s Recipe – A Film About Dementia

    I was invited to watch an Eric Khoo telemovie last Tuesday called Recipe. It stars Zoe Tay, Li Yin Zhu, Moses Lim and Jayley Woo, and deals with the topic of dementia. Why is this important? Dementia affects our aging population, and our aging population is growing. In 2005, there were about 22,000 recorded cases…

  • Please Take Dengue Seriously

    Read this first, then come back to this post. Yes, you can die from dengue. But mostly, people don’t exhibit serious symptoms, and are often not ill enough to be hospitalized. It’s been the same with this outbreak, and I’ve found that as a result, people are being a bit blase about the current epidemic…

  • Everyone Is Responsible For Fighting Dengue

    This year’s dengue outbreak is scary. So far this year, there’ve been 4,756 (1 Jan – 19 Apr) cases, and it looks like it might increase some more. I’ve previously tweeted and posted on Facebook about this, and the reflex response from readers have been the same: “too much construction lah, it’s all in the…