Parents need to be aware. An increasing number of teenagers are now short-sighted due to prolonged smartphone screen time. Their postures are now slumped, shoulders curved forward, neck craned down towards their hand-held device. The most concerning effect is their deteriorating attention span due to the fast-paced content they watch online. Two-second-scroll is robbing them […]
Teenage Phone Addiction: A Parent’s Wake-Up Call Read More »
At first, my night time shower was all about hygiene: no dust or dirt on my skin, no sweat residue, no skin care products, no fragrance. I just wanted to wash off the day and go to bed feeling fresh. This has been my ritual, night after night, for the past 40 years. But along
From Beauty Habit to Quality Sleep: My 40-Year Sleep Secret Read More »
I had heard of heartbreak in secondary school, though I never physically experienced it. We sometimes symbolised it as a heart drawn with a zig zag arrow passing through its middle, signifying the point of breakage. It was our expression for failed crushes and broken friendships. I understood it as another term for sadness or
Broken Heart Syndrome: The Physical Pain of a Broken Heart Read More »
Betrayal occurs only where trust existed and it signals the breaking or destruction of trust. It’s a word usually reserved for adult experiences such as spousal infidelity, workplace deception and disloyalty from a trusted family member, friend or associate. It is a deliberate act by a trusted person to deceive, mislead and hurt, either by
The First Wounds of Betrayal in Friendship: Small Acts, Deep Scars Read More »
The fear of what we haven’t seen or experienced is real. No one knows what the future holds. We either live in fear of the worst or in hope for the best. Just as the fear of retirement lurks in the minds of ageing workers today, so is the hope for the most vibrant and
Retirement Anxiety: Confronting the Ghost Behind the Fear Read More »
It’s important to reassess our every action, not on the face of what it is today, but where it could lead to in the years ahead. This is a forward-looking approach to decision making. After all, that’s what we do in safe engineering and design. We check for integrity, for holding power, we think of
Planting Seeds of Habit: Today’s Choices Shape the Future Read More »
