Side Effects of Protein Deficiency

I had a student, long ago, who was more frail than ever.  She's what I would call a "white Thai," a girl who simply changes her skin tone because she thinks white is beautiful.  Not only that, she said she loves being thin because Thai men like thin, white-Thai girls. Ridiculous, right? However, this was...

Positive Mental Attitude: Season 2 – Episode 15 – Food, Physical & Mental Energy

“Yes, to maintain your level of both physical and mental energy you need to exercise both your body and mind. But there is a third factor. Your body and mind both need to be fed properly. You help to maintain your physical body by taking in quantities of wholesome, nutritious foods. You maintain your mental...

Traveling Vlog #1: Deep Within Hong Kong

Wow! What a morning it was! I'm going to just sum what happened yesterday morning, then 3pm onwards, I'll talk about my new friend and seeing the real city + escalators + amazing cafe filled with so many professional people with similar accents. So, in the morning, it continued.  That's right...from the hotel staff saying,...

Interviewee #17 – AJ’s Fitness Journey & Entrepreneurship

First time I met this man, I was in awe.  The size of him was unlike anything I had ever seen in my life.  If I can compare him to Evander Holyfield, one of America's famous boxers, he's a bit close.  Nonetheless, after chatting it up with him and hearing/seeing his charisma + his story,...

The Disruption of Industries Are Coming (longread) Part II

Job recruiters or recruitment agencies have already been displaced by websites like LinkedIn, Indeed.com, and Monster. Also, Craigslist has been replaced by other kinds of classified advertisements and other classified websites. If you just browse your social media like Facebook and Twitter, you can see many hiring managers leveraging those social media platforms for recruitment....

Traveling Pod: Episode 6 – From Hell To Heaven!

Double check-ins, as mentioned before (at Don Meung International in Bangkok, Thailand), had some stereotypical treatment to them.  Yeah, already mentioned.  Then there was the delay turned almost mid-air collision with not one, but two other aircrafts.  I saw it with my own eyes.  We were ascending and we flew directly under a Singapore Airlines...

Inteviewee #14: Hakeem Khan on Being A Fitness Entrepreneur In Malaysia

While standing in a long line in a musty old gym at Nexus International School in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, I met not just the ultra-gorgeous muslim girl, but I met this man -- Hakeem Khan.  We chatted it up about him being a powerlifter and befriended each other within that time-frame of checking in to...

The Disruption of Industries Are Coming (longread) Part I

By Content Writer Jiun Ting Yong We are living in the 21st century and it is the post-Internet and Information Age. Now we are living in an age of exponential growth where disruptions are the normal thing to happen. It is hard to predict how many disruptions can happen in the next 5 years! We...

Stephen Covey’s Four Dimensions of Renewal – Physical Dimension – Stop Being Lazy (Physically)

How can you preserve and enhance the great asset you have? Physical: Exercise, Nutrition, Stress Management Social/Emotional: Service, Empathy, Synergy, Intrinsic Security Mental: Reading, Visualizing, Planning, Writing Spiritual: Value Clarification & Commitment, Study & Meditation George Sheehan, the running guru, describes four roles: being a good animal (physical), a good craftsman (mental), a good friend...

My Spartan Bag: Energy Gels

Now that the Spartan Race is over, I want to evaluate and see just how great these Energy Gels are.  In 2015, I didn't have any protein bars on me or energy gels.  On that specific race in Melbourne, Australia, I almost gave up.  Was it because I lacked energy? Or lacked Will-Power in general?...