Teresa with adopted son Sharana Rao. The first time I met Singapore’s supercentenarian, Teresa Hsu, was on Oct 20, 2008, a day after attending the MIM- RAMLEAN life enrichment programme. I had just spent four days with 32 senior citizens ranging from 50 to 70 years of age. We were all looking to discover meaning and […]
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The Mumbai carnage is yet another horrific wake-up call for us to increase our efforts at promoting peace and harmony. Prevention is always better than cure. A good starting point is at home, beginning with our children and grandchildren. We must teach them family values like love, respect, kindness, discipline, and compassion. As they grow
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Whenever I am in Singapore, which is pretty often, I can’t help but envy my baby boomer counterparts there. They are a fortunate lot. The Singapore government deserves a pat on the back for its all-out efforts to improve the lot of the elderly. The private sector is not far behind in channelling their resources
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This post is specially for Godfrey Ooi, as promised, with acknowledgements to Mr P.M.Lal who shared with Ramleans these gems of wisdom in his talk “Reflections on Life” at the MIM-RAMLEA programme. Good days give you happiness, Bad days give you experience, So never regret a day in your life. Live life to the fullest
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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~ Gandhi ~ We tend to emphasize the importance of having good health, but often overlook the importance of cultivating a healthy mind. At the MIM-RAMLEA workshop, Ms Choy Boon Ling and Ms Joanne Lee took participants through a
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“Helping retirees find a purpose in their golden years” – the line caught my attention while browsing the papers over breakfast one morning. It was an open invitation for Malaysians aged 50 and above to participate in the MIM-RAMLEA Life Enrichment program organized by the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM) and supported by Konrad Adenauer
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Working to make ends meet for this senior citizen. At a recent workshop I attended for retirees, one of the speakers was visibly upset by an article he had read in the local papers the day before. It was a news report of adult children chasing out their parents from the family house that rightfully
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This post is specially dedicated to my Uncle Xavier, who just turned 75 on 22 October. “I’m 3/4 century old today, and life is great!” reads his email announcement on his birthday. My uncle, a retired electrical engineer with Telekom, certainly knows how to live life. He never allowed a by-pass operation years ago to
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(If you have reservations about the wisdom of investing your money in these financially-troubled times, you may find the article below quite helpful.) The world is going into financial meltdown. As pictures of panic-stricken stock traders are splashed on the front pages of our newspapers, what are we, the little people, supposed to do with
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If you have sufficient funds set aside for your retirement, you can look forward to your golden years with some peace of mind. However, the majority of us are probably still struggling to pay off housing loans and car loans. There is also the credit card debt to settle each month. The adult children have
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