Indeed… it’s more like a long term commitment… a personal conviction… Something like: keeping and maintaining your body shape either through work out 4-5 times a week and let the body do its work… or… going under the knife/ jabbing the body parts you want… instant result When I choose that route, I ...

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Hi, is there still Kiasu Auctions?

Thanks both, for the thumbs up! Hi Chief, still the same penguin after all these years... :rahrah: Yes, alot of will-power, stubborn persistence, and a secret, evil goal to prove the nurse wrong... Anyway, I was stuck with my glasses from when I wake and the only time I stopped was when I removed th...

Dear parents, Both my boys do not wear glasses but I've done something, which is an alternative, instead of wearing prescribed lenses. If you do google search on conspiracy theories about myopia https://endmyopia.org/myopia-glasses-destroyed-vision-did-they-hack-you/ , or read up about books like "T...

hehehe... no worries...

apologies accepted...

thanks Liew, you have correctly pointed them out that we can never change people's perspectives. you are right about my anger, i do feel the jealousy when i compare the stark contrast in parents' treatment between my brothers and me. the experience left me with a scar, it's indeed painful when i rel...

hehehe… thanks, yes, luckily i have a very supportive spouse to lean onto… ironically, besides all the mental stress and low esteem, there’re actually benefits growing up in this kind of strained relationship: #1 i am emotionally sensitive to those around me - i make friends with those abandoned/les...

thanks Liew, i had deleted the earlier post cos i was feeling really guilty for bad-mouthing them. but thanks to the asiaone article today (https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/struggle-paranoia-2-young-singaporeans-share-their-experiences-growing-toxic-parenting), i want to share: i'm the eldest in my...

this is a good read, especially near the end on "How to survive a difficult parent":
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... gela-levin