Men\'s Health Singapore - June 2017

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6 JUNE 2016 MENSHEALTH.COM.SG

5 SKILLS YOU’LL HAVE MASTERED

AFTER READING THIS ISSUE

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Whether Fruits

Or Nuts Is Better

For Your Diet.

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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Australia

IAN COCKERILL

Brazil

SERGIO XAVIER

Bulgaria

VLADIMIR

KONSTANTINOV

China

ZHOU SONG

Croatia

ROBERT FRKOVIC

France

PATRICK GUERINET

Germany

MARKUS STENGLEIN

Greece

VASSILIS

GEORGAKAKOS

Hungary

MÁTÉ PÁSZTOR

India

AROON PURIE

Indonesia

NINO SUJUDI

Italy

ENRICO BARBIERI

Kazakhstan

ANDREY MANUYLOV

Malaysia

JOHN NG

Netherlands

JAN PETER JANSEN

Philippines

ALLAN MADRILEJOS

Poland

KRZYSZTOF KOMAR

Portugal

PEDRO LUCAS

Romania

MIHAI GHIDUC

Russia

KIRILL

VISHNEPOLSKY

Serbia and

Montenegro

IVAN RADOJCIC

Singapore

KELVIN TAN

South Africa

JASON BROWN

South Korea

SEUNG KWAN PAIK

Spain

JORDI MARTINEZ

Thailand

CHATCHAWIN

UNHANUN

Turkey

FATIH BÜYÜKBAYRAK

Ukraine

DMITRY PRIBYTKO

United Kingdom

TOBY WISEMAN

Latin America

FRANCISCO CUEVAS

ARGENTINA

ARUBA

CHILE

COLOMBIA

COSTA RICA

CURAÇAO

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

EL SALVADOR

GUATEMALA

HONDURAS

MEXICO

NICARAGUA

PANAMA

PERU

VENEZUELA

Treasure

Your Dads
Singaporean dads tend to be the
strong, silent types. It’s usually
Mum we rushed to when we had
bruises or skinned knees. But
you’d be surprised how, under
the surface, there’s really deep
sentiment that doesn’t show in
our fathers.
I lost my dad to glioblastoma, an
aggressive brain cancer, when he
was just 59, and it was only after he
passed on that I learnt how deep his
love for me was.
When I was eight, I bought my
mum an ad in The Straits Times
Classifi eds during Valentine’s Day,
telling her how much I loved her.
I paid part of it from some pocket
money I had saved up, while Dad
would pay for the rest quietly. It
was usually about 50 bucks.
One year, I lucked out: The
Classifi eds had a post-Valentine’s
lucky draw and I won a couple
Swatch watches. I gave one to Mum
and the other to my father.
Over the years, I forgot about
the watch. But he didn’t. He wore it
day in, day out to work, changing
the straps and bat eries when
they wore out, as well as repairing
the watch when it stopped. Even
later in life when he could af ord
bet er ones, once in a while he’d still
wear it.
A few months after he passed
away, my mother pulled me
aside and gave me some of his
possessions. I can’t even begin to
explain how it felt to see this watch
again, and what it meant to me. I
just wish I had told him that when
he was alive.
Don’t make the same mistake
I did. Go give your old man a big
hug today.

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