In 2019, a study by tech company Kisi showed that Singapore came in 32nd among 40 cities on the list for work-life balance. Singapore was also the second most overworked city out of the 40 in the list. Another study showed that nearly 92 per cent of the 502 respondents …
Read More »Trump Could Be Back in Public by Saturday. Experts Worry It’s Too Soon.
The White House physician, Dr. Sean P. Conley, predicted in a memo released Thursday that President Trump could safely “return to public engagements” on Saturday, based on the date on which he tested positive for the coronavirus and his response to treatments. The document, which offered a brief overview of …
Read More »3 M’sian Fine Dining Chefs Dish Out What It’s Like To Run A Luxury Biz During COVID-19
During the MCO, many F&B businesses were forced to pivot from dine-ins to exclusively deliveries. However, that might have been a challenge for fine dining restaurants as they usually go by the “eat with your eyes first” adage in their dishes and base their reputations on offering a premium high-quality …
Read More »That Airport Spa? It’s a Coronavirus Testing Clinic
Until recently, XpresSpa was known for offering manicures, pedicures, massages and waxing services at 25 airports in the United States and around the world, where travelers with some time between flights could get themselves spruced up. But on Wednesday, the company began offering a rapid molecular coronavirus test, manufactured by …
Read More »Why It’s So Hard to Ditch Grains (When Everyone Else is Eating Them)
We’re lucky over here at Mark’s Daily Apple. We’ve got a solid group of individuals committed to improving their health by educating themselves on the oh-so-harmful effects of the Standard American Diet. But if you step outside this tiny corner of the Internet, there’s a whole world out there singing …
Read More »AI Weekly: Amazon went wide with Alexa; now it’s going deep
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Amazon’s naked ambition to become part of everyone’s daily lives was on full display this week at its annual hardware event. It announced a slew of new Alexa-powered devices, including a home surveillance drone, a suite of Ring-branded car alarm …
Read More »Meet The Lady Who’s Built A Brand On Fine Dining Reviews In M’sia—And It’s All Self-Paid
If you’re a foodie that’s addicted to Instagram, you may have come across one Malaysian account that has been growing fast, amassing a following of almost 16,000 users in just under 4 months. Last I checked her account (which was about a week ago), she was at 14,800 followers. That’s …
Read More »“Don’t Jog, It’s Too Dangerous.” Evolving Your Cardio for More Benefit, Less Risk
Mark’s Daily Apple veterans are familiar with one of the most controversial and impactful posts ever published to the site, Mark’s 2007 treatise called A Case Against Cardio. The article changed my life and caused me to rethink many of the flawed assumptions about endurance training that have been indoctrinated …
Read More »Ambiguous Loss – It’s Okay to Grieve
Therapist and professor Pauline Boss coined the term “ambiguous loss” to describe unique types of losses for which there is no closure. Prototypical examples are when a loved one goes missing and is never heard from again, or a parent or partner develops Alzheimer’s disease and slowly ceases to be …
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