This is one for the history books. My 4th marathon when I was a sprightly 45 years young gent.
I can say that at the start of this Horse Year, I plan to run another 3 -5 marathons before I call it a day.
If people can run ultramarathons when they are in their late 80s why can't I push for another 3 - 5 in my mid ______s ?
You are only as old as you think
Seize the Day !!!!
QRA International makes high quality test chambers for the world. We have the following for sale
> Temperature Chambers
> High Temperature Ovens
> Temperature and Humidity Chambers
> Temperature Shock Test Chambers
> Walk In Chambers
Walk In Chambers
8 m3 to 120 m3.
Humidity : 20 - 98%
Stability Chambers
80 litres to 1500 litres
For more information please email :
Asia
mark@qra.com.sg
Europe
reypereira@qra.com.sg
Australia
clifford@qra.com.sg
For more information.
Website : www.qra.com.sg
A full house this year ; How lucky
This year is the year of the Fire Horse. So I am hoping I get all the good fortune in terms of good health (I must never take anything for granted), good relationships (with my closest and dearest - my family, my close friends, friends, business associates and my colleagues) and good fortune.
Fortune favours the brave ; and the brave always have discipline, do things no one else would have thought possible and have a lot of courage to stand up to his convictions.
Beyond all the nice sayings and glad tidings, I must be hardworking rise from the sting of defeats, and keep to my strong habits. Only then will I be able to one day say "I have made it !".
Huat Arh !!
This past few weeks have been turbulent ones, for me. My very good, practically best friend, of late, Roland Teo passed away on Sat 31st Jan 2026 at 11.20 am.
While I am very sad of his passing and as a friend, I tried my very best to be there when he was literally breathing his last breaths, I am happy that we had a good 16 years of great friendship bonded over bouts of training (first) at the Ken Shin Kai karate club where he was a member then the club President from 2009 till about the time he left at 2019 - a span of 10 years.
During those times, we had numerous lunches and the occasional dinners at his best in the world dining place, the Crystal Cafe at Killiney Grand Court Residences. The staff there all knew him almost like a member on an extended family.
He was blessed with decades of widsom, honed from his working at the various top multinational companies of Pepsi Cola, Citibank (Taiwan) and Standard Chartered (Taiwan) where he was the CEO of the entire Standard Chartered operations (I believe) from the late 1990s till the early 2008 when he decided to retire at the age of 54.
He had tremendous big picture vision, a global understanding of money markets and most importantly, the ability to understand human behavior, and how to bring out the best of his team of people.
He was generally revered and seen as a great mentor to many (easily close to 50) people who looked up to his razor sharp financial acumen, his managerial skills, and understanding of how to manage upwards (his bosses) from over 50 years of working for top level corporations.
He was on the board of my SME and I seeked his assistance in many strategic decisions.
I am so grateful for his friendship, his willingness to share his experience and his foresight in handling many things in life which have led me to take him as the ultimate mentor for me these last 16 years.
Rest Well, Play the Music you so loved in heaven Roland.
I will always remember you with much fondness and gratitude.
Carpe Diem.
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowances for their doubt too.
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting or being lied about, don't deal in lies or being hated, don't give way to hating and yet, don't look too good or look too wise.
If you can dream and not make dreams your master
If you can think and not make thoughts your aim
If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same
If you can hear the truth being spoken twisted by the knaves to make a trap for fools or watch the things you made your life for, broken.
and stood up and built them up with worn out tools
If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch and toss,and start again at your beginnings, and never breathe a word about your loss
If you could force your heart, nerve and sinew. To serve your turn long after they are gone and so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the will which says to them 'hold on'
If you can talk with crowds,and keep your virtue or walk with kings nor lose the common touch
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you
If all men count with you but not too much
If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 40 seconds of distance run
Yours is the earth and everything that is in it !
and which is more, "You'll be a Man, my Son".
My company has proudly delivered and commissioned the Walk In Cold Storage Chamber to a global MNC in Singapore. The above Cold Room Walk In Chamber can control temperatures from 5 - 10 C for extremely long durations of times (months) without any issues.
There is internal lighting for easy access of the technical specialists and the chamber is cooled using a recirculating chiller from the outside. We can provide accessories like ramp and stainless steel racks inside for the proper sorting and moving of their samples seamlessly.
Safety wise, there is an urgent call out button linked to audio and blinking light to alert for any issue. Additionally, there is an door override function from inside so that there is no possibility that anyone will be trapped inside the cold chamber for any time longer than necessary.
For further information, please contact
E : mark@qra.com.sg
or visit :
https://www.qra.com.sg
for more details.
Last year, QRA started providing Ovens from Bench Top sized to Stand Alone sizes for the purposes of drying all kinds of products from food additives, to pharmaceuticals and biotech products.
QRA's name is getting more renowned with each passing year.
