.....times of refreshing.....

I like Hangzhou, the folks living there are an healthy lot and I heard from the tour guide that they have the longest lifespan in China. Well, I guess this is due to their healthy lifestyle of rest and recreation. They also drank lots of the Lung Ching tea which was a local produce there. Since it's almost winter there, it was dark by 6pm , which...

My family and I were  in China last week for our annual vacation and we embarked on a trip to the Jiangnam area , which is a place of the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. A lot of histories are discovered there where popular personalities and events like the Wu dynasty during the three kingdom, scholar Tang Bohu's resident, resident...

If you still don't feel any Christmas mood by now , read or listen to the below ... Christmas isn’t Christmas till it happens in your heart Somewhere, deep inside you, is where Christmas really starts So, give your heart to Jesus, you’ll discover when you do That it’s Christmas, really Christmas for you. Jesus brings warmth like a winter fire, a...

At this time of the year, I usually likes to blog about an old school subject - have you achieved your new year resolutions ? Well, I guess this is a good time to review our goals before the year ends. Of course, there's another school of thoughts that don't really believe in setting goals on the new year, they set goals anytime they wanted. I guess...

I have two friends who joined me for the Standard Chartered Marathon, Singapore (SCMS) last Sunday and both were doing their maiden runs. One of them did the 10KM while another one joined me for the half marathon. They were casual runners who jogged regularly but entering a running event never really cross their mind until they signed up for SCMS....

I have finally completed my humble running events, which are four in total this year. And, it's always nice to end it with a bang in SCMS. I participated in the half-marathon again as I don't think I am fit for the full marathon yet and this statement was a reality last Sunday. It was so so tough running in the hot blistering sun (where everybody saying...

Well, I always likes those major marathons like Standard Chartered and Sundown where there were always lots of exhibition booths selling all kinds of sports apparels, devices and other stuffs. The organiser always held it in bigger place like Expo or Suntec City. I always love to check out the booths and see if there are any good offers , which usually...