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A blogger with no voice

By Changmoh • Monday, 27 April 2015 • Health & Fitness

I have lost my voice. I don’t mean I have a sexy hoarse whisper or that it’s cracking and starting to go; it has really left me. Mr Changmoh is in a state of excitement at having a new, compliant, quiet wife but, I have to say, I am slightly less pleased.

Instead of trying to speak, which is exhausting, I have got to grips with whispering. The only thing that’s vaguely amusing about talking in constant hushed tones is that after about a minute, people start whispering back. Whispering is highly contagious, it seems.

A Daffodil in Singapore

By Changmoh • Wednesday, 22 April 2015 • Doggy Stuff, Travel

For those who have watched the film Cast Away (I did the PR for it when I was back in London), you will remember the attachment the stranded and hairy Tom Hanks had to Wilson, a volley ball that became his best friend.

In fact he was photographed just two months ago at a hockey game, reunited with him.

Poppy Dog has struck up a similar relationship with a tennis ball. She hides it under furniture and barks furiously at it, trying to breathe life in to it. She bounces it off walls and balances in on her nose. It is her Wilson.

Hurrah for the much needed doggy company that arrived at the end of last week in the form of a bouncing baby border terrier named (by Cost Centre #1) Daffodil. Daffy for short.

Chasing cherry blossom

By Changmoh • Thursday, 16 April 2015 • Festivals, Food & Drink, Hotels & Places to Stay, My Holidays, Travel

We have just got back from a trip to Japan, the main purpose of which was skiing in Niseko. Being a Type A personality though, I wanted to squeeze as much as I could in to the holiday: we also found the time to torture ourselves with a swift trip to Tokyo Disneyland (utterly rank, but much enjoyed by the small people) and did Tokyo proper for the last three nights before heading home.

Only upon reaching Tokyo did I become obsessed with seeing the sakura – cherry blossom – that has bloomed for the last three years on or very close to 2nd April (we arrived in Tokyo on 8^th). Real bucket list stuff, arrive on the 2nd and this is what you can expect:

Is being cross a prerequisite to CrossFit?

By Changmoh • Saturday, 4 April 2015 • Health & Fitness, More Dash than Cash

I get asked to road test a lot of things for this blog. I usually say no unless it’s something I am genuinely interested in or think that I would probably do anyway. So, when ex-rugby player and UFIT gym co-owner James Forrester asked if I’d like to try out CrossFit for a month, I was torn. It was definitely not something I’d naturally rush to sign up as it sounds petrifying; besides, would I even last a month? (A note to the uninitiated: CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide – say no more.)

The funeral

By Changmoh • Monday, 30 March 2015 • Local Issues

It poured with rain yesterday. More than usual for this time of year (there hasn’t been a drop of rain today). I couldn’t decide if it was fitting for such a sad day or whether it was a shame the weather wasn’t better.

Here are some magical shots that capture the crowds and the scene on Sunday, when thousands upon thousands of people lined the streets and braved the torential downpour as Lee Kuan Yew made his final journey through his city.