After 7 months of opening Grain Of Salt, a wellness concept store, we’ve finally established our weekly GOS Run Club! Our mission is simply to get movin’ 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏾‍♂️💦

Though Grain of Salt’s main mission is to provide good food and nutrition via serving healthy food and drinks at our ground floor cafe, and personalised nutrition on the first floor Dietetic Clinic, health also encompasses other pillars such as physical activity, mental health, as well as social + spiritual aspects. We aim to hit on these building blocks of wellness because, ultimately, health is a holistic concept.

With the biggest help from coach @chow_chi_ngan and strategist @turnkee.co we finally formed a fun, energetic and sweat-loving group, roaming along the promenade every Saturday morning. Thank you all those who join us routinely without fail, through rain and sunshine! Let’s keep motivating one another and keep the good vibes alive⚡️💫

We also collaborated with HK’s first social running group @harbourrunners for an evening run last Wednesday. So grateful for the turn up and energy. We also served our post-run recovery smoothie for the first time which was very well-received🍫🥤!

Remember, motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. Coach Alison and I will be outside GOS every Saturday 8am (unless there’s black rainstorm or T8 😂). See ya 👋🏾

我其实对烹饪不感兴趣。但是，身为妈妈，希望孩子在家吃得健康、吃得开心。当他们长大后，回想起童年，但愿他们能记得这些简单的家常便饭，记得一家人一起用餐的快乐，记得这种温馨、舒适的感觉，记得父母亲对他们的爱。❤ 所以，我会继续煮下去，谢谢你们不但不嫌弃妈妈的料理，还常常说感恩的话，让我明白一切的劳累都是值得的。爱你们哟! ~

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Laundry on the sofa, playing cards unkept, toys strewn all over, living room in a mess as usual. I was contemplating if I should edit the photo to neaten the background but decided against it.

Because this is who we are and this is how our life is. So instead of getting frustrated by the constant mess, we are thankful for having home cooked on the table. It's not something the kids take for granted because they see how tough it can be to cook, clean and care for four kids day in day out.

To be honest, I've never really loved cooking but I do it for the sake of the kids and hope that these memories will stay etched in their hearts even when they are all grown up. Every meal encompasses joy and symbolises my love for them. Just like how I remember my mum used to cook for me as a child, I know my kids will appreciate these moments too.

Dinner last night was salted vegetable duck soup, baked seabass with lemon and tomatoes, and fried rice with ham and egg. Oh, and pumpkin and banana puree for the baby. So simple, but also heartwarming and full of love.

Let's tuck in, kiddos, and celebrate the start of the September school holidays where we will be staying home, cooking, doing homework and revision, watching movies, dancing, playing card games and hangman, chatting about anything under the sun and enjoying how rowdy but merry the house is.

一家人能在一起就是最大的幸福。❤

#ahappymum #ahappymumcooks #keepingitreal #homecooked #mamaof4 #ificandoitsocanyou #letseat #dinnertime #preciousmemory #lifeathome #schoolholidays #justthefiveofus

💪🏻安全合作月🤝
八月是AIT安全合作月！在這整個月中，AIT將彰顯美台夥伴關係中的一大面向：美台安全合作。

你知道美台安全合作包含許多層面嗎？美國和台灣一向共同致力於協助其他國家預備和應對自然災害。2009年莫拉克颱風襲台後，美國隨即展現真摯的友誼，為台灣受災民眾提供人道援助及災害防救的支持。

今年後半年，美、日、台將共同舉辦全球合作暨訓練架構 (GCTF) 人道援助及災害防救國際研討會。像這樣的研討會是一個絕佳的機會，讓全球夥伴能夠齊聚一堂，共同合作應對全球挑戰。

💪🏻SECURITY COOPERATION MONTH 🤝

Did you know that U.S.-Taiwan security cooperation encompasses many different facets? The United States and Taiwan also share a commitment to assist other countries prepare for and respond to natural disasters. When Typhoon Morakot wrought catastrophic damage in 2009, the United States demonstrated its friendship by providing Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) to typhoon victims.

Later this year, the United States, Taiwan, and Japan will cohost a Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) workshop on disaster resilience. Workshops like this are a great opportunity for partners from around the world to learn how we can work together to address shared global challenges.

LeVeL33 reopens after a 6 weeks long of extensive closed-door major revamp, brand new spaces and brand new experiences are unveiled. Encompasses of LeVeL33 Dining Room, LeVeL33 Social, and Terrace with beer brewing elements more deeply integrated into the food. Yes, you can enjoy the beer as well as the food with more brewing ingredients creatively used. Of cos, one cannot leave LeVeL33 without enjoying the spectacular view over Marina Bay, Singapore Flyer, the Marina Bay Sands, Fullerton complexes as well as the Esplanade.

〈龍藏經〉浮影幻化互動沉浸式裝置內容取材自國立故宮博物院收藏的〈內府泥金寫本藏文龍藏經〉，為清康熙年間完成的藏傳佛教經典，於宗教及藝術領域上都是難得一見的巨作，故以此為構想規畫為一互動場域。

本裝置設計成透過感測民眾的參與人數多寡，啟動互動機制，展開循序漸進的三段變化體驗過程：從金色粒子的凝聚，至經文、八吉祥的飛揚，再到諸聖尊顯像。以蒲團意象的座椅增強打坐沉澱心境的效果：民眾坐下後，地面會慢慢浮現出經文、八吉祥的動畫，且隨著停滯時間漸久，地面的動畫範圍便逐步擴展。 更設置平板互動區，以擴增實境的手法，讓民眾猶如得到〈龍藏經〉的吉祥祝福，包含六字大明咒翻譯解密與白描尊像彩色幻化兩種形式。

不論國籍、年齡大小，任何人皆可透過科技藝術與文物的結合，深度沉浸在〈龍藏經〉的華美風采中而獲得心靈的感動。

Tibetan Dragon Sutra illusionistic immersive interactive installation is an interactive apparatus inspired by the ancient manuscript. Through the combination of science, art, and cultural relics, viewers can immerse themselves in the wondrous beauty of the Tibetan Dragon Sutra and submerge themselves within the intense spiritual energy emitted. The interactive device features material from the Tibetan Dragon Sutra: Imperial manuscript copy in gold ink housed within the collections of the National Palace Museum.

It is a collection of Tibetan Buddhist manuscripts completed during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. Due to their exquisite craftsmanship, grandeur, and solemnity, the manuscripts are a rare masterpiece in the fields of art and religion. The device is designed to initiate an interactive mechanism through sensing the number of people present. The experience encompasses a three-stage process that is gradually unveiled. Beginning with the amassing and swirling of flecks of golden light, people will then see flying scriptures and the eight auspicious symbols floating around them, followed by images of holy Buddhist figures.

The theater is also equipped with seating similar to the zafu used by Buddhist monks to enhance the meditative and calming effect. After viewers take their seats, the ground surrounding them will begin radiating scriptures and the eight auspicious symbols of Buddhist rituals. Further into the display, the scope of the animations on the floor will gradually expand. Through augmented reality, viewers will feel as if they have received the blessings of the Tibetan Dragon Sutra as they read and comprehend the translation of the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra while being surrounded by animations of Buddhist statues transforming from black and white into images of vibrant color.

Regardless of nationality or age, visitors can all experience the feast of the senses brought to them by the Tibetan Dragon Sutra.

Aloha my loves, it's time for a little bit of vintage Syrena!
Take a dive with me in the beautiful waters of Bali, in collaboration with Dune Atlantis Bali and Remy Videography.
This video encompasses 3 of the Bali destinations I got to visit: the beautiful (but currenty!) Crystal Bay, Manta Point where I befriended some mantas, and the renowned USAT Liberty Shipwreck.

Song: "Baba Yetu", as composed by Christopher Tin, and covered beautifully by Peter Hollens and Malukah
"Baba Yetu" is a Swahili rendition of the Lord's Prayer. It was so exquisitely composed and covered, and resonates with me so much. I would be nowhere without the Big Guy Upstairs watching out for me.

Stay tuned for a brand new Bali video in all new tails, coming soon.

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