27Nov2012-celebrating mum's 88 bday P1

Ming and I took mum out to Park Mall for a lunch at the Fish&Co. Ordered a Seafood Platter for mum...  Grilled seafood such as tiger prawns, dory fillet and deep fried calamari coupled  in garlic lemon butter sauce, all served on a bed of paella rice and chips completed with a birthday ice-cream.  Mum seems to enjoy her lunch today. very good very good yeah!!!
We then roamed Orchard road as I need to buy a Breville bread machine from Tang (S$198-Australian brang). Ever since the old one breaks down, we have not been eating our home-made bread for a month now.

See this movie - screen shots captured by an Iphone ...wasn't as sharp as I would have expected...hahaha!!!

25Nov'12-PA Taichi

SMC was invited to join the PA Taichi organized group get-together for the whole Singapore 1000+ Tai Chi community. Our LYoga function is two-fold:  teach about 60 students how to laugh for 1 hour + laugh with the rest of the 1000 Tai Chi members. The team was there as early as 7am till 3pm ... long and tiring day but fun too. This movie is to capture the fun we had for the LYoga portion only.

24Nov'12-TPY central Carnival-stage

24th Nov from 1.30 pm, SMC team did a stage performance for the TPY Central AAC Carnival. Doris, Joanne, Ming n Mum + Esther (new comer) + a few elderly aunties from previous LYoga sessions came to support. This is the first time we used a CD. Saving the Movie from avi to mp4, the music muddled up - sorry about that ... hahaha!!!

Our 1 hour Laughter Yoga session on17th Nov 2012 at 1.30 pm is for the Rainbow Centres at Margaret Drive school. Too bad, only 40+ parents were available at the auditorium laughing with the SMC's team. Found 2 last minute amateur camera men ... the shooting is a little disappointing,  hahaha!!!  For this session, I was supported by CLYL-Eric, Joanne, Ming and mum. 

17Nov'12-KeeYew organic class

An assignment to play with more than 10 Level 2 - Organic Living students organized by Kee Yew at the Hort Park. I believe their short 20 mins. break is a good break for them ...see yourself in the movie ...hahaha!!! I was supported by: CLYL-Eric, Joanne, Ming and Mum.

4Nov12-TPY-AAC

Had a session at TPY Multi-purpose hall with more than 70 participants / residents from the TPY central. At least 10 residents who were present had attended at least 2 such sessions before - the reason ==>  simply because they love the fun and love to  laugh ... hahaha!!! This morning they were taught the Paida exercise this morning. I decided to incorporate laughter into the Paida exercise to help add the elements of fun and joy.  This session I was supported by Joanne, Doris, Ming and mum.

3rdNov-CrohnSG@SMU

We were invited to the Crohn Support group for a 1 hour session of laughter. After the warm-up only, many said they are happy, no stress, relax ...thinks the video is a proof of their more than 1 hour of  fun time.

Had Ming, Joanne and Mum supporting me at the session in SMU from 3.30 pm.

13Oct'12-Dementia caregiver@NUH

We were invited to laugh at the Dementia Appreciation Lunch for caregivers(only 20 pax turn up) held at NUH. This session I was supported by CLYL-Eleanor, LP-Joanne, Ming and mum.

It was indeed an eye-opener for most of the caregivers for they all have a jolly good time together with Mum the "star" attraction of the day. hahaha!!! 

7thOct'12-TPYCentralCC-AAC

Very grateful to Mabel for inviting us back to play with more than 70 elderly of TPY Central CC organized by the AAC(Active Aging Committee).  The session was overrun by more than 1 hr as the resident love it. 

The attached movie speaks for its self.

21Sept-TPYEast S3

Thanks to Mdm Lim, we were invited to do S3 in TPY East. Today the group is different. 80% are working but took off to join the 1hr session at 2.30pm. Although we were supposed to have 8 pax, only 6 turn up (blame the weather..hahaha!!!) Mum and Ming supported the session as most of my other LY partners are all busy working ...hahaha!!! Interesting to think that they all started not doing anything in particular and now  are all busy working ...is it LYoga? A small group but great laughter ...see the movie lah!!! As Dr Jia Jia said "Kee Chiu - raise your hand" for a good laugh today...hahaha!!!

18thSept'12-LY@MOE-NorthBuonaVista

We (Eric, Fay and ES) were at the North Buona Vista MOE  premises (under Worklife Solution) laughing with 20+ staff of MOE for 1 hour...from 12.30pm.
This was inline with their OLIVE launch.  I hope those present at the session will continue to spread the laughter ..very good very good yeah!!!
Unfortunately, we can't show those laughable moments...hahaha!!!

OLive is an integrated approach to developing and enhancing staff well-being. It looks into the physical, emotional and social development of staff so as to enable them to achieve well-being in different aspects of their lives- self, family, work and community & environment.

Didn't know the olive is so precious...read ... quote...www.moeolive.org 

Like the small olive fruit which is packed with wondrous nutrients for health and growth, OLive aims to promote staff well-being by providing opportunities for their social, emotional and physical growth.

However, just as the olive fruit can only become palatable after processing to remove the inherent bitterness, OLive aims to motivate staff to take ownership of their own well-being and actively work towards bringing meaning, vitality and exuberance to self, family, work and community & environment.

Despite changes in the world environment, olives trees are still very much treasured and valued. They can live up to several centuries and remain productive if they are pruned correctly and regularly. Drawing a lesson from the resilience and sustenance of the olive tree, OLive will engage staff and stakeholders for feedback and ideas that can contribute to strengthening the growth and well-being of the education community. Even while we build the capacity and capability of our staff to face future challenges in life and the working environment, OLive will anchor staff on the cultivation of "heartware" and intrinsic motivation which makes our education service unique. OLive will engage staff in building and sustaining their inner well-being, family values and work values.

With OLive providing the opportunities, management providing the support, and staff taking ownership of their own well-being, MOE will be a great place for work and growth!

14thSept-KKgarden walk

After the doc visit with mum at KK, we went to the nearby therapeutic garden for a walk and snap away. happy viewing.

11thSept-LY@ITE Simei

11thSept had a LY session for around 50 pax of people who were invited to attend the ITE Alumni Achiever's nite for the presentation of Tay Eng Soon Scholarship awards organized by Lifestyle Inter-link-Irene.
The Guest of Honour, Mr Bruce Poh Geok Huat-Director and CEO - Institute of Technical Education was also present to enjoy the close to 40 mins. fun.
Too bad no movie for this session.

5thSept'12-LY session at the FNS conference

I was very fortunate to be invited to laugh with the FNS professional at their yearly conference. This year (70+) delegates came from many countries; Australia, USA, UK, Malaysia, Myanmar and many industries (government and private).
I was very lucky to be invited to attend 2 valuable days of  multi-stakeholder conference:
Day 1 -  Dynamic Facilitation and Wisdom Council: Creating exciting new possibilities for transformation through stakeholder engagement by Mr Jim Rough (USA) ... another way to look at solving problem through choice creation in DF and WC.  
Day 2 -  Due to concurrent workshop, I attended:
morning: Session A3 Technology for Stakeholder Engagement: Collaboration through Multi-wall Facilitation
by Mr. Tony Mann (UK) ... something to look forward to in future facilitation.
afternoon: Session B1 Facilitating Multi Stakeholders Who Prefer To Think And Behave Differently by Mr Terence Quek (Spore) ...  colourful personality profile-Emergenetics. 
..................very good, very good yeah!!!...............

1stSep'12-Healing garden walk

I went to the Botanic Garden and join the morning tour of the Healing Garden. Singapore Botanic Garden organized a free tour every 1st week of the month conducted by volunteers. I took some beautiful picture of the short 1 hour tour. Happy viewing.

30Aug'12-LY@MOE-Grange51

Our team (supported by CLYL-Doris, Lim and Fay) were invited to have a laughter session with 50+ teachers. The session was organized by Ms Lee - Associate Psychologist, Education Services Division. This was in line with their monthly meeting. Unfortunately, we couldn't capture the session via video.Nonetheless, it was an interesting session for many of the young teachers. Look forward to more such session ...very good very good yeah!!!

The committee-Ms Lee (in Red) with Laughter partners-Fay and Doris(CLYL).

18Aug'12-Gardens by the Bay

Bought 4 discounted tickets(S$13 each)  from Thomson/Shunfu RC for a trip to the Gardens by the Bay. Couldn't get the whole LY members to go. So the 4 of us went : Eric, Mum, Maid and myself. Our tickets include the visit to the 2 attraction; Flower Dome and Cloud Forest. The 2 cooled conservatories are worth the visit.

Here is an extract from the article, History of Gardens by the Bay from their web site:

Gardens by the Bay brings to life NParks' vision of creating a City in a Garden. The Gardens captures the essence of Singapore as the premier tropical Garden City with the perfect environment in which to live and work - making Singapore a leading global city of the 21st century.


Flower Dome,  a cool-dry conservatory - Discover plants from the Mediterranean and semi-arid subtropical regions.  Mediterranean regions like South Africa, California and parts of Spain and Italy. Home to a collection of plants from deserts all over the world.

Cloud Forest, a cool-moist conservatory - Take in the views from the top of the mountain, surrounded by unique plants shrouded in mysterious mist. Comprising a 35-metre tall mountain complete with the tallest indoor waterfall covered in lush vegetation, the Cloud Forest portrays plant life from about 2,000-metres above sea level at the top of the mountain to around 1,000-metres at the bottom of the ravine. Descending is through 2 walkways.

Supertrees - uniquely designed vertical gardens of 25 to 50-metres tall have large canopies that provide shade in the day and come alive with a exhilarating display of light and sound at night.

The Gardens are just too many to visit. We will need to go back for the other smaller gardens and lakes  around the Bay. 

Attached is a short movie of our 4 hours trip.

TPYE-S2-10Aug'12

This 2nd LY session (subsidized by CC) is specially for elderly residents.  Mdm Lim hopes that I can continued this monthly LY session with them. As the session held on a weekday, Fri at 2.30 pm, it is not easy to get many SMC members to be around to support the session. Fortunately, I had Laughter Partners; SiewYin, Fay, Ming and Mum. These 20 aunties are marvelous and adoring - just listen to their feedback.  very good very good yeah!!!

22July'12-5zoneRC-Thomson-TPY cc

SMC group is very fortunate to be invited by Joseph (Constituency Manager from Thomson cc) to help lead a 2 hours Team Building fun cum Lyoga for their 5zone CARE Thomson-Toa Payoh Brisk walking club members. Today we have more than 150 participants. The team were first divided into 5 different Team according to the colour band wore on their wrist (in this way, each team will have a good mix of members from 5 zone). Suzanne started with a short laughter warm-up and exercise. Team building games follow(with Joseph support) : Bingo, passing the ball, guessing, first aid competition,  packing all. As we closed, Suzanne had them come together and laugh again - from the picture you can see that they all enjoy the short laughter session.

This is really the first time, SMC is involved and invited to lead a Team Building cum Laughter. Very good very good indeed...yeah!!!

15July12-TPYEast-veg

We were invited to 'play' with more than 1000 elderly men and women. There were all seated in 3 seperate locations - the main hall, outside the hall and the basket ball court with a big screen each. Although most don't play along with us but they were all smiles when we walk around to tables distributing sweets and lighted wrist stick. For this event, I was supported by: CLYL-Eric, LP-Lim, Siew Yin, Fung, Chew, Bing and husband, Fay, Asman and Minah. Betty and Yam came to join us later.

7July'12-Rainbow-Voices of Fathers

We are very happy and honour to  be invited to conduct a 1 hr "finale" for a team of close to 30 pax after their voices of fathers program organized by Rainbow Centre Yishun Park School. Thanks to Mrs Veronica Lim-Lowe Senior Family Life Educator for remembering the SMC team. As you can see from the movie, this sesion is especially for fathers (very fortunate to have mothers and a little girl joining us too)  and yes they all laugh and enjoy the session - think the video talks for itself. very good very good yeah!!!

This session I was supported by: CLYL-Eric, LP-Lim, Grace n San.


The Feedback !!!

The fun !!!

1July'12-HairForHope

Today Ming and myself join the Hair for Hope (HFH) program organized by Children Cancer Foundation. We had our head-shaved at the statellite,   KMSPKS Monastery. This movie captured our first 'bald' fun ...hahaha!!!

24June'12-Loyang Pri School

A morning LY session with 300 students from Pri 2, 4 and 5...Just listen to their laughter...hahaha!!!.  Today, support from:  CLYL-Doris, LP-Lim, SiewYin, Grace, Peggy and daughter-PC - very good very good yeah!!!

23June'12-WhampoaLL RC-dumpling Festival

Thanks to Yvonne from WhampoaLL RC, we were invited to celebrate the dumpling festival with them this year. So aside from the normal Karoke session, our team provide a short 40 mins of laughter session to those present.  Very thankful to have CLYL-Eric, Danny, LP-Mr Lim and family, Siew Yin, Bing, Ming and Mum to laugh together with The residents.  Very good very good yeah!!!

23June'12-TPY Central CC

Special thanks to TPY central CO-Ms Mabel Chee-Constituency Manager (Wellness) for their faith and continuous support to our SMC LY team. This time around, the session by AAC-active ageing committee was for 40 elderly residence. LY Session was supported by: CLYL-Danny, Eric, LP-Lim, SiewYin, Bing, Ming mum and our special guest Kemas family(wife and daughter) from Indonesia. Are the team having fun ... see the movie lah!!! very good, very good yeah!!!