‘It’s amazing to see you traveling in a public train! Are you not inconvenienced being squeezed like a sardine in that carriage? What happened to your luxury car?’, asked the surprised executive who learned that his section manager had begun…

Running extends our life span! No expensive equipment is required. You can do it alone or in a group. Run indoors on a treadmill or in the great outdoors. And age does not matter because you can slow it down…

The problem of overweight and obesity amongst adults and children in Malaysia has been highlighted for more than a decade. The increase in diet-related diseases during the last few decades in Malaysia has prompted the government to recognise the important…

A common cold is, well, common A cold is one illness that affects people around the world pretty frequently that it isn’t unusual for one to be down with a cold up to four times a year. A cold is…

Except for the environmentally-educated circle, the term carbon or carbon footprint is not that clear among the public. The common populace still struggles to comprehend what carbon footprints are all about. Most of our common public is well confused to…

‘How’s your car doing now?’ ‘Not bad, but it keeps reminding me that it needs tending to. It worries me’ replies the perturbed car owner. ‘What about it are you fretting over?’ ‘My car engine, I am not happy with…

During my years in retail, I have witnessed those people who plan ahead when it comes to buying gifts or even stuff for themselves. Then there are those who wait until the last minute. Although we love both types of…

Going green is the in-thing these days. Biodegradable bags, ‘No plastic bag’ days and recycling bins pop up everywhere like mushrooms. If our little island called Earth is heavily polluted and runs out of resources, we’ll have nowhere to go…

Yes, lifestyle, not “diet”! So before we start talking about the how, let me just clarify this important difference: A diet is a short-term regime of selected food intake, mainly meant for weight loss. It’s something you do with the…

It is so easy to recycle our household’s organic wastes into high quality compost for our garden. In line with today’s buzzwords ‘reuse, reduce and recycle,’ home composting can be the responsibility of every household in a progressive society. Being…