TampinesCC@24thApr'11

In order not to disappoint both Julie and Devi, I decided to go ahead with the 1 hour session (which was extended for another 30 mins). During the closure, Devi mentioned "it's worth it" and Julie seemed very excited about the workout she got for her abdomen just merely through laughing. Laughter partners (Eric, XiuQing, Sutini and Choo) came to support with their hearty laughter. Very good very good yeah!!!

A laughter session with Jenny and her family of 11-24th April '11

A 'Laughing Yoga' poem

My eldest brother, Alphonso so inspired by my laughter wrote this poem:

Laughter Yoga ... ho ho ho!!!
Laughter Yoga ... ha ha ha!!!
Come and join us in laughter
Making you feel better
Making your health stronger
Making your spirituality higher
Yes, all these simply through laughter
Really; it is Laughter Yoga Laughter
Come and experience it
Come and see how we do it
Come and laugh with us
Come and watch how fast
Laughter can transform you
Into a world which only you
Can judge the value of laughter
It is an exercise which will not falter
Your self esteem, your confidence
But one of well keeled reliance
On your hands and legs movements
Plus a hearty and deep laughing moment
That is all it takes to start ... Laughter Yoga Laughter.
Ho ho ho... Ha ha ha ... Laughter Yoga Yeah !!

A dedication to my laughing partners

My Laughter Partners
A class of 18 begins in a beginner’s English lesson,
Along the way, we lost 2, for some apparent reasons.
They came without knowing each other on 29th Dec 2010,
I am sure they will leave feeling for each other on 18th April 2011.
In that room, more than ABC was learned,
In that room, so much laughter were earned.
English , they said “a boring subject”, was taught full of fun,
Soon, 90 hours lessons will be gone and done.
Together these 16 had gone through a greatest transformation of their life,
As they were constantly charged with laughter for no apparent reason, true, am not telling a lie.
We laugh at each other silly mistakes,
We laugh at each improvement in stage,
We laugh celebrating each other’s birthdays with cakes.
We laugh at words - nouns (tea, noodles etc) with actions,
We laugh at words – verbs (clap, chant etc) with actions.
We laugh in group inside the class at all times,
We laugh in small group outside the class sometimes.
Constantly, the class is fills with ho ho, ha ha ha!!!
So much so, our neighbouring classes wondering why hey!!!
Thank you ladies; Ong, CC, Mary, Huang, XiuQing, Marlin, PHar, Shirley, BS, Choo and Zhou
Thank you gentlemen; Leslie, Seng, Darling Koh, Goh and Xiao
You all, are the reasons I look forward to my Mon and Wed, from seven to ten,
You all, for some, even though little improvement you made, I am very content.
You all, will be put to test just to affirm your understanding, yeah!!!
You all, remember just do your very best, don’t stress can? very good very good yeah!!!
Till we meet again, don’t forget to continue to laugh through-out your life, ha ha ha!!!
At least for this benefit, Endorphins you generate with every hearty laughter, ha ha ha!!!

Katong CC-Meyer Playground@17thApr'11-6.45pm

In line with Katong CC-Meyer Neighbourhood Committee Easter Celebration, our team was invited to introduce Laughter Yoga to the residents. MP, Mr Lim Biow Chuang and the committee chairman, Mr. Venkat were in the 'golden ring' playing and enjoying laughter exercises with some of the residents and their children.
A new song was introduce to get people into the 'golden ring' to join the laughter yoga team :
1,2-hahaha!!! 3,4-hahaha!!!, 5,6-hahaha!!!, 7,8-hahaha!!! (clapping and chanting)
Come my dear, come, come, come (with welcoming gesture)
come my dear, run, run, run (with running gesture)
come and laugh-hahaha!!!, come and sing-hahaha!!! (with shouting gesture)
come and join the 'Laughter ring'-hahaha!!!(with a spin as you chant-hahaha!!!)

Am very glad to have following laughing partners' support during this occasion : Danny, Eric, Marlin, BHar, Choo, BS and Helen.

TPY East-Blk18@17thApr'11

Our team was invited to participate in one of PA’s Clap programe. See the write-out on ‘CLAP’ . Our job was to help pull in crowd on a nice 9am Sunday morning. I think we did very well. Thanks so much to my team for their great support : Danny, Eric, Eleanor, CC and Ong, Tham and JB’s friend, Yap.

Programe for CLAP ! @ Lorong 7 Market

The Community Life Arts Programme started in 2001. It seeks to enliven the Central Singapore District by bringing arts to the heartlands and promoting the message of “Arts for all”. It has grown and developed into one of Central Singapore CDC’s key regular programme which has the potential to reach large audiences. It was estimated that we had approximately 10,000 participants in Year 2004.

CLAP! involves the participation of individuals, groups of people from corporate and volunteer organizations.

CLAP! is a platform for those with a passion to perform, who wants to share their dreams and to showcase their talents. So wait no more, proceed to our information and registration booth if you have enquiries or wish to sign up with us to showcase your talent.
Date : Sunday, 17 April 2011
Time : 9am – 10am
Venue : Lorong 7 Toa Payoh

Programme :
9.00am : Introduction of Laughter Yoga
Laughter Yoga is a revolutionary idea - simple and profound. Anyone can Laugh for no Reason, without relying on humour, jokes or comedy. Laughter is simulated as a body exercise in a group; with eye contact and childlike playfulness, it soon turns into real and contagious laughter. The concept of laughter yoga is based on a scientific fact that the body cannot differentiate between fake and real laughter. One gets the same psychological and physiological benefits.

Trainer : SUZANNE SUBHA CHEW
9.15am : Hindi Singing (2 songs)
9.25am : Malay Singing (2 songs)
9.30am : Belly Dancev (by professional trainer Wang Jing)
9.40am : Malay Musical Performer
9.50am : Malay Dance
9.55am : Belly DanceC(by professional trainer Wang Jing)
10.00am : The End

Sin Ming-FSC#2@15thApr'11

Have a 2nd session at the Sin Ming Family Service Centre. Although there are only Sunny and myself (towards the end, Yeo joined us), leading the group, we managed to get all 50+ members laugh even louder than before. It was a wise and quick decision to rope in the residents to help. More than 50% of those present are new to Laughter Yoga as we haven't seen them during the first session. As usual they are requesting for more session, "howabout twice a month", one lady asked. I was especially excited to see one old lady sitting on a wheel chair with her maid beside. This time round, she is much more cheerful. Hooray for another successful volunteer session with FSC.

my laughing student and her family@10th April'11

We (WPL-Students-Siti, Heok and myself) visited one of my student, Nur, who had just given birth to her 9th Child... a cute little boy. Both Muhammad Nur(44) and his wife, Nur Habibah(37) have 9th beautiful children. They are:
1-son-Nurmuhammad Habibullah-14(sec2) – who was out
2-daughter-khansa-13(sec1)
3-daughter-Sumayyah-12(P6)
4-daughter-Nyusaibah-10(P4)
5-son-Nyurmyhammad Myad-9(P3)
6-daughter-Khaulah-7-P1
7-daughter-Nailah-5-K1
8-daughter-Attiyyah-2
9-son-Nur Muhammad vwais-2 wks old

Nur is always laughing in class. She has an early and easy delivery to this 9th Child ...thanks to all the laughing we have at the end of each lesson... ha ha ha!!!
Together with Siti and Heok, I took the opportunity to have a 30 mins. laughter session with all her 7 children. They must have enjoyed as we managed to fill the whole house with loud hearty laughter.
Muhammad is driving a taxi and doing some other part-time job to help provide for this big family. They are currently putting up in this rented flat waiting for their new 3-room flat which according to him would be ready by 2012.
I wished Muhammad and his charming wife, Nur together with their loving children a healthy, happy and laughable 2011

Very good very good yeah!!!

Nanyang CC-care&share day@10thApr'11

This morning at 9.30am together with 8 laughing partners (Danny, Khim, Eric, Eleanor, Ravi, Sharon, Abagail and Angel-holding camera) we have fun with the needy families staying close to Nanyang CC. From their smiling faces, you can imagine how much of fun we have injected to those needy familes and onlookers... hahaha!!!

TPY East-Blk262@9thApr'11

Toa Payoh East CC block party cum Karoke Night - 30mins laughter session with the residents.
In spite of the heavy rain, laughter partners: CC, Marlin, B har, Ong and husband, Choo, SiewQing, Yeo and Doris came to support the session. Three cheers to all of them... ha ha ha!!!

TampinesCC@6thApr'11

First 1 hr Introduction to Laughter Yoga session in Tampines CC.The students have a good snap-shot of a 2days CLYL session. we have a good sample of sitting, standing and lying exercises. We have a good mix of participants in this class: 1 boy, 2 ladies from Germany, a couple, 5 men, many women ages from 30 to 60+. Many of my students join in the 1 hr fun too.

Up Coming Events

1) Sim Ming Family 15-Apr fri 10.30-11.30am LY resident
2) TPY East cc 17-Apr sun 9-9.20 am LY resident
3) Katong cc 17-Apr sun 6-6.20 pm LY resident
4) Tampines North 29-Apr fri 7.30-8.30pm LY public - 1 hr intro.


Calling all laughing partners to come and join and have fun - hahaha!!!

Article published by Lifestyle Magazine April 2011