Kok Sing, 90 year old jogging enthusiast
Kok Sing was born in the early 1920’s to his father who owned a family business. Later on, the business closed down and his whole family had moved to old Sembawang to start a chicken farm. Then, little Kok Sing helped his father out at the farm. Having to move around quite a bit, he described it as a time of “hard labour” but something that he enjoyed doing.
When Kok Sing was nearly 30, he moved to Chinatown to work for a company as an office clerk. Five years into the job and he had developed rheumatism. Several trips to the Western doctors and Chinese practitioners could not heal him of his ailment. Therefore, he was wondering about the cause of his ailment. When doing “hard labour”, he never had rheumatism until during the past five years when his office job did not require him to move around much.
That was when he decided to have a jog in the early morning and be back home before 6am. It became his every day routine, healed him of rheumatism and soon birthed his passion for jogging. Thus in later years, he had formed a community of joggers at Tiong Bahru Park. “ I have been jogging for 50 over years,” he said.
When Kok Sing was nearly 30, he moved to Chinatown to work for a company as an office clerk. Five years into the job and he had developed rheumatism. Several trips to the Western doctors and Chinese practitioners could not heal him of his ailment. Therefore, he was wondering about the cause of his ailment. When doing “hard labour”, he never had rheumatism until during the past five years when his office job did not require him to move around much.
That was when he decided to have a jog in the early morning and be back home before 6am. It became his every day routine, healed him of rheumatism and soon birthed his passion for jogging. Thus in later years, he had formed a community of joggers at Tiong Bahru Park. “ I have been jogging for 50 over years,” he said.
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Kok Sing, 90岁的慢跑爱好者
Kok Sing先生诞生于1920年初。世界二次大战，当日军入侵我国时，他父亲当时拥有的家族生意被逼关闭，而全家就搬迁到了老三巴旺开设了一间养鸡场。回忆起当时在养鸡场的生活，Kok Sing先生记得年幼的他必须在农场帮忙父亲干活。虽然当时很辛苦也很吃力，但Kok Sing先生仍然觉得 乐在其中。 当Kok Sing先生快到30岁时，他搬到了牛车水为一家公司工作，当一位办公室文员。工作了五年，Kok Sing先生不辛得了风湿症。奔波于西医和中医，两方都不能治愈他的病。沉思于他疾病的原因， Kok Sing先生回想起当时在父亲的农场辛苦干活时从没有得到这种病，却在短短的五年内，在一个不太需要活动和行动的工作环境里得了风湿。 在此时，Kok Sing 先生决定在每天早晨6点之前去慢跑。 久而久之，这就成为了一个习惯，也同时间医好了他的风湿症也产生了他对慢跑的热爱。 在他晚年时，Kok Sing先生也在中峇鲁 公园组成了一团慢跑组与他人分享他对慢跑的爱好。 “我如今以慢跑了超过50年了”，而为了欢庆他的90大寿，Kok Sing 先生在2015年的11月玩了他的第4个跳伞。 |