So it’s been more than three months since I’ve turned vegetarian. I figured the one month mark wouldn’t do it justice, so I held on for a bit before starting on this post. The first thing that you’d probably ask—especially if you’ve known me—is why? Why succumb yourself to such torture? Have you found a new …
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March is ending. That notes the end of the first quarter of the year, and the beginning of another new quarter. Such times are apt for personal reflections and gratitude sessions. For some, you might be thankful for your new found love. Career advancement. Food to eat. Great relationships. Etc. For Mei Sze, as expressed …
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You always see and hear stories from people about how getting serious about fitness has helped them be healthier and look better. What you don’t hear so much about is the kind of people you meet in the world of fitness. Weightlifting? Why not? Before I join The Vanguard in June, I could count the …
How Weightlifting Lifted Her Up: A Story on Fitness & Friendships Read More »
I have struggled with weight all my life. It is frustrating when you feel like you have given it your best but nothing seems to work. It is like you are setting yourself up for failure, so why try again, right? I get you. I was just like you. It was up to a point …
Let me first be honest with you, I am new to Ashtanga yoga. And by new I mean I have known of its existence for a long time, but have only began to seriously focus my practice on this lineage for less than a year collectively. Prior to that, my personal practice including the initial …
Voices: 30 Days in Mysore, India – My Journey to the Heart of Ashtanga Yoga Read More »
About a year ago, I had everything a successful adult could ask for – a lucrative career with fun long-term challenges, marriage to a loving partner and a home with modern conveniences galore. Being secured in life, my wife and I felt ready to welcome more love into our household and last month, we celebrated the birth of …
The problem with young people is that we all have bad habits – but we rarely address them until there are serious consequences. That’s a lesson I had to learn the hard way. Just months before my 21st birthday, something happened that made me realise the human body can only take that much self-inflicted abuse and …
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Work Was My Life I was a life insurance salesman and my days revolved around work. I always believed that the more time I spent with work, the more I’ll get out of it. My working hours began at 7am and usually lasts till midnight. I had no day off the whole year and for many …
How I Survived a Stroke and Walked 1,000KM After: My Life Before and After Stroke Read More »
Before I had a stroke, I took health very lightly. I was your typical Malaysian who would travel extreme distances just to get a good bowl of kari laksa or bak kut teh. I would drop everything I was doing to join my makan and drinking kakis when they called. Sports and exercising never really …
I Survived a Stroke and Walked 800KM After. Read How I Did It. Read More »
10 minutes. That’s all the time this new found craze everyone is talking about takes to kill you. Forever. That’s the time it’ll take you to recompense the fatal choice you made on the night of 14th March, 2014. Fair? What about your family? What about your friends? What about that trip you had …
