http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Boon+Kiat+Chua Wellness, Fitness and Diet Boon Kiat Chua Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=523474&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet "In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves; self-discipline with all of them came first." - Harry S. Truman That is the quotation that had me thinking yesterday. Discipline, in particular self-discipline, is what will get us through most things in... Relationships Boon Kiat Chua Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=523479&ca=Relationships 'Person A was telling person B about her problems at work. Person B listened attentively and patiently while person A talked. At the same, person B was working out something mentally, which might help person A solved her problems. As soon as person A stopped talking, person B started to tell person... Medicines and Remedies Boon Kiat Chua Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=377616&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies A prominent expert on global flu outbreaks, with the University of Minnesota, Michael Osterholm said, “What makes this so difficult is we may be somewhere between an important but yet still uneventful public health occurrence here — with something that could literally die out over the next couple of... Self Help Boon Kiat Chua Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=174826&ca=Self+Help Adversity, according to dictionary.com, is defined as a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress. I was reading Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success on adversity, which Mike Krzyzewski mentioned that, "what separates good teams and individuals from great ones is the manner... Family Concerns Boon Kiat Chua Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=242254&ca=Family+Concerns Today, I caught a friend online and chatted with her for a while. She has been ‘missing’ for quite a while and I was just wondering what happened to her. I gave her a buzz and asked how she was doing. She said she was tired as she just got home and her eyes felt heavy. The last time I had spoken to... Relationships Boon Kiat Chua Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=242257&ca=Relationships I really got to say a big ‘Thank You’ to the person who thought of this quotation which I read many years ago and which I am making it as one of my values in life; “The ability to share and to give yield greater pleasure than to receive.” It couldn’t be more true for me; when I am able to share some... Self Help Boon Kiat Chua Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=242260&ca=Self+Help I read this article last night about forgiveness in relationships and it set my mind thinking. I was working on a new project with a friend recently and we were talking about forgiveness as one of the important qualities of a person. According to dictionary.com, forgiveness means the act of forgivin... Automotive Boon Kiat Chua Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=235929&ca=Automotive Oil price is soaring and it certainly looks like it will not be staying at a constant price for long. I remembered last year around June, the price per litre of Shell 98 was around $1.70 SGD and just recently when I was refilling fuel. It costs about $2.12 SGD per litre; an increase of almost $0.40... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Boon Kiat Chua Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=228549&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet I was having dinner with friends last night and the waitress was asking if we would like tea to go with our meal. One of my friends highlighted that his wife read somewhere that it is not good to drink tea with meal as it reduces the iron intake from our meal. I found it quite interesting and when I... Parenting Boon Kiat Chua Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=174839&ca=Parenting Aggression in children is behavior that results in personal injury to another. This injury can either be psychological (in the form of verbal attacks) or physical. Usually the child tends to be impulsive, easily irritable, immature, inarticulate about feelings and has difficulty taking criticism or...