While shopping at a nearby super-market in China, we talked about frequenting places of unfamiliarity as a prevention of senile dementia. One way of prevention is to do something different from what you normally do. This sounds new to me. I was once puzzled by the fact that some senior computer programmers or scientists like nobel prize laureate Charles Kao are struck down with Alzheimer’s disease.

One explanation is people who do not have a wide range of interests and are single-mindedly engaged in one kind of mental activity are likely to contract dementia in early senior years.

Talk about taking piano lesson or drawing class or having a variety of interests. The benefits of these classes and interests will be unfolded in the long years to come. Here’s for my children and those who care to live a long and healthy life.