Posted On: November 23, 2010
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. Anxiety is a normal part of life. We all have experienced anxiety at some point of our lives. In fact, anxiety is one mechanism that evolved to keep us alert and help us cope in stressful events or situations. More specifically, performance anxiety refers to self-consciousness about […]
Posted On: November 22, 2010
If you have been following my blog here, you may recall a previous post where I mentioned looking forward to watching an 83-minute feature film/documentary called Cowboys in Paradise. This is a controversial work because this is the first film about what is perhaps the most well-known open ‘secret’ of Bali – their ‘Kuta Cowboys’. […]
Posted On: November 17, 2010
This article first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. A girlfriend of mine has fond memories of her dates with the men in Bali. They are sweet, romantic and good-natured. She desperately hopes to return one day. I was intrigued. What is the allure of the men of Bali? Apparently, thousands of women travel to […]
Posted On: November 17, 2010
This article first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. Karen Mok is a two-time Golden Melody Award-winning Hong Kong-based actress and singer/songwriter. In case you assume this makes it likely that she is yet another bimbo, think again. She attended the United World College of the Adriatic near Trieste, Italy from 1987 to 1989, and […]
Posted On: November 17, 2010
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. I was browsing through the October issue of an expat magazine recently when I chanced upon an article entitled, “Well-being and Sex”. Intrigued, I read the piece, only to come upon the sexual terms: ‘sexual transmitted diseases’, ‘impotence’ and ‘frigidity’. The author is obviously not a sexologist […]
Posted On: November 17, 2010
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. Touch is the medium through which we first become acquainted with the world. It is the first means of communication between the newborn baby and the mother. Research has shown that many babies who are raised in an orphanage and are not handled and touched on a […]
Posted On: November 4, 2010
This article first appeared on Good Vibrations Magazine. There is a new campaign in Singapore that is getting people looking twice at the exact body part intended for discussion… that’s right, the breast. One poster looks like a woman pointing to a pimple on her face. If you look closer, you will see that the […]
Posted On: November 2, 2010
This article first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. On October 25th, a Taiwanese woman, Chen Wei-yih, was reported by Reuters to be set to marry herself at a cost of T$50,000 (US$1,623). Uninspired by the men she’s met but facing social pressure to get married, the 30-year-old Taipei office worker will hold the reception […]
Posted On: November 2, 2010
This post first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. This is my first entry as the newest blogger for Good Vibrations Magazine. As the only Asia-born, -bred and -based sexologist (Singapore to be precise) for this magazine, I plan to comment on sexuality news in Asia, or all matters related to sexuality through my eyes. […]
Posted On: October 26, 2010
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. If you accidentally touched a hot stove, the nerves in your skin would shoot a message of pain to your brain. The brain then sends a message back telling the muscles in your hand to pull away. Is that a bad thing? No, you would answer. What […]
Posted On: October 23, 2010
This article first appeared on The Online Citizen. For images, please click through the link. Loh Lik Peng. Does this name sound familiar? If you are any Singaporean worth your salt, you would know that he is an hotelier and restaurateur with not one, not two, but three boutique hotels located in Singapore. What may […]
Posted On: October 22, 2010
This article first appeared in the October issue of Ezyhealth Singapore. Click on image to enlarge.
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