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At the mention of martial arts, a few images will conjure up in your mind.  A well built man, punches, kicks, wrestling ring, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, IP man, or the types of martial arts such as Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai  & etc. These days the practice of martial arts is not only confined to men, but women as well as they are very much into the art as a form of self-defense and maintaining physical and mental fitness. And one such woman is Kendra, a martial arts enthusiast who has tried her hands and legs in boxing, Muay Thai, Filipino martial art and since May 2015 she has been part of the Women Self Defense Community , learning Jeet Kune Do, which embraces Bruce Lee’s philosophy that teaches practical self-defense techniques with a combination of Wing Chun and various arts element, under the dedicated trainer Joshua Wong.                                        ...

Looking back 12 years ago, God's answered prayer to us - a baby girl was born in the Christmas month of December. Every prayer that we prayed was faithfully answered by our heavenly Father.  As we already had a son, so naturally we prayed earnestly for a girl.   The thought of going through 13 hours of gruelling and excruciating labour pain when my son was born motivated me to pray more specifically for just 3 things. Firstly, for a short and quick labour, under 2 hours would be ideal with no painkillers ! The prayer was answered. Secondly, as financially we were tight, we prayed we would be able to get a 4 bedded room. We got it. Thirdly, that  both mummy and baby would be healthy and 1 night hospital stay would be sufficient (cost saving). And God answered that as well and we were happily discharged a day after my daughter was born ! It turned out my daughter was a healthy and ACTIVE little bundle of joy !!! And God surprised us with a bubbly a...

You have a God who hears you The power of love behind you The Holy Spirit within you And all of heaven ahead of you. by Max Lucado Recently my daughter participated in her school sports day event. She gave her best, she fell half way through the race, but she mustered the strength to pick herself up to continue the race and her team came in third place. Her goal was to take a medal home and she did.  On the same day, my son fell from his bicycle and injured his ankle which required stiches. I must say he was very brave enduring the whole procedure. Life still went on for him, jumping around on one leg ! I am reminded that no matter how many times we fall, our heavenly Father will never leave us nor forsake us. He will pick us up. Yet we fail to see and believe in our big and mighty God who can do the impossible. If we could just humbly ask of Him in child like faith, He will hear us. Matthew 11 :28-30 " Come to Me, all you who labor and are...

  My father   knew   his   time had come. He was asking me to visit him more often, once a week to have breakfast with him. He expressed his wish to see his grandkids, Andrew & Jody. Andrew often played chinese chess with him and often times he won. My father also played Scrabble with Jody and she would often draw or write something for him. My father liked to show off his little magic   tricks like making a twenty cent coin disappear and enjoys watching his grand kids in all their playful and mischievioius antics. He also seemed to be more obliged when asked to take photos together as a family which in the past he will expressed his irritation when too much time is taken on the photo taking.   He updated his notes and   diary more frequently, the last on 22nd June, 8 days before he passed away. I still remember the last face to face conversation we had in the car before I dropped him home after cel...