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Do something, for goodness sake!

Posted on 17 February 2012 - 05:02am

Daniel Chandranayagam

WE'VE just celebrated Chinese New Year, and to help us keep our healthy and trim figures, the Health Ministry made available a booklet, Healthy Eating for Chinese New Year, to help educate the masses on the nutritional and caloric value of CNY fare.

The booklet also provides a table measuring the caloric content of food weighted against the amount of activity it takes to

Grounded faith

Posted on 9 February 2012 - 05:06am

Petra Gimbad

SPIRITUALITY has often been a contentious subject. For a long time, I was confused by relatives who attended church, but also found solace in temples during times of unhappiness.

See the best in others

Posted on 31 January 2012 - 05:02am

Petra Gimbad

THE end of the year tends towards reflection. It is heartening to be reminded of how we believe that we can be better people, given time. Perhaps it is a matter of what hope enables us to see – the best in others and ourselves – and not about whom we aspire to be.

That said, we lose faith in ourselves so easily.

Have you notified police of your run?

Posted on 25 January 2012 - 08:21pm
Last updated on 26 January 2012 - 09:06am

Daniel Chandranayagam

IMAGINE this. You and your friends intend to meet for your weekly run this Sunday. There are about twelve of you, running from Jalan Duta to Batu Caves and back. You usually meet at Lake Gardens, do your run, then head off for a refreshing drink afterwards.

Wait! Have you notified the officer in charge of the police district in which you run?

Political freedoms blow across Taiwan Strait

Posted on 19 January 2012 - 05:05am

Yap Mun Ching

WHEN Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou first came into office four years ago, one of the first things he did was to resume direct commercial air services to China after a 60-year freeze.

What he did not expect was that he would be the catalyst of a curious form of cross-straits tourism.

Dignity, respect and justice

Posted on 4 January 2012 - 07:48pm
Last updated on 4 January 2012 - 08:30pm

Yap Mun Ching

AS THE chapter closes on 2011 and opens on 2012,we are possibly closer to a definitive end of an era than at any other time since we passed the Millennium marker.

Fences

Posted on 30 December 2011 - 05:04am

Petra Gimbad

THE lane in front of my home faces the main street, which is buffered by plants to insulate family and neighbours from the noise outside. This Christmas, I was surprised to return and find a fence dividing this lane and the entire street.

When it is unsafe to keep fit

Posted on 21 December 2011 - 05:05am

Daniel Chandranayagam

A BLINK of an eye. That’s how fast your whole life can change.

In a blink of an eye, my fitness mentor went from active and athletic to having no sensation in her legs.

Vow of silence

Posted on 8 December 2011 - 05:03am

Petra Gimbad

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” – Mother Teresa

SOME time back, I went on social media shutdown. I deleted Facebook and ignored the telephone. It was necessary after feeling worn by the onslaught of invitations to hang out, chat and gossip.

Not a record to be proud of

Posted on 30 November 2011 - 08:52pm
Last updated on 30 November 2011 - 09:48pm

Daniel Chandranayagam

MALAYSIANS like to be number one in everything. We have the tallest pencil, longest Jalur Gemilang on the Great Wall of China, biggest pewter tankard, largest bean art, longest coin line and longest abbreviation. A new regional record – we are the most obese nation in Southeast Asia.