Health Talk on Osteoporsis & Bone Nutritions

These photographs was taken during the Health Talk Session on Osteoporosis & Bone Nutritions by Nutritionist Ms Li Mo from Eat Wise Pte Ltd on 14 March 2009. The talk was held at Pek Kio CC, jointly organised by Pek Kio Healthy Life Style and Moulmein Owen RC.

Osteoporosis is a disease that causes loss of bone mass resulting in bones that are brittle and liable to fracture. While osteoporosis affects both men and women, osteoporosis is more common among postmenopausal women.

So Remember...

1. Eat a well balanced diet that includes sufficient calcium each day. Include a variety of calcium-rich food to attain your daily calcium requirement.

2. Get sufficient sun exposure and include vitamin D-rich food to enhance calcium absorption from your diet.

3. Enjoy a healthy lifestyle that includes regular weight-bearing exercises. Limit alcohol, caffeine and avoid smoking to maintain the density of your bones.

Community Safety and Security Talk

This Community Safety and Security Talk was held this morning (12 March 2009) at Block 47 CHTSAC. Thanks Sgt Nicholas Fong and Sgt Cheng for bringing to the attention the awareness of the safety and security of the elderly living in the estate. The Talk was conducted in Mandarin and Cantonese, with Q & A and free sovenirs after the session.

Malacca Trip

These pictures are taken during my previous visit to Malacca.

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Qing Ming Festival -- Sweeping Graves

Qingming, meaning clear and bright, is the day for mourning the dead, and a day for Chinese families to visit their ancestors graves. 10 days before and after the actual chingming day of 4th of April 2009, you may observe hundreds of families visiting the cemetery to sweep/clean their ancestors’ graves and repaint the inscriptions on the tomstones to show their respect. The families will bring food offerings too.

"Sweeping the graves" means to clear the graves of all the leaves and weeds and repaint the inscriptions on it. The Chinese believe that too many leaves surrounding the graves disturb the spirit of the ancestors. Then food such as fruit, rice, wine, chicken, pork, cakes etc., the favorite food of the ancestors, will be put around the grave for the spirit of the ancestors. The Chinese believe that the dead ancestors are not eating well in their afterlife. Giving them their favorite food not only shows respect for them but also brings the descendants good life and health. The Chinese believe that the spirit has power to fulfil wishes. The food is not wasted as after prayers they will be brought back and shared among the descendants. The Chinese believe that eating them brings good health. Also, paper money is burned, candles are lit and the whole family kneels to pay respect. The Chinese also believes that paper money can be consumed in heaven or hell.

Future generations will see less of these graves, as nowsaday all deads are cremated and kept in the government 's columbarium in Mandai or Aljunied and other privately owned temples with such facilities.

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Kangaroo meaning "I don't understand ?"

When an European explorers first saw kangaroos in Australia, they asked an Aborigine what are they called. The aborigine replied "kangaroo" to mean "I don't understand your question". The explorers took "kangaroo" to mean the name of the animals.

Hence the name of these animals is being used.

These photographs are taken in Singapore Zoo.