Woke up on New Year’s Day to find this whatsapp message on my phone: Congratulations, you are in The Star today. A quick flipping of pages led me to the article, reprinted below for easy reading. A great start for 2019, if I may say so. Pioneer batch of MSc Applied Gerontology graduates August 2018. […]
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2018 IN REVIEW What a year it was! May 9, 2018 ushered in a new era for the country. For the first time since independence in 1957, the opposition won the general elections and formed the new government. In the weeks prior to GE14, many of us attended ceramahs, fund-raising dinners and took part in
Seven years ago, I had one of the best Chinese vegetarian meals ever in terms of value: good taste, low prices and rich variety. I had blogged about it then as one of the staff volunteers there asked me to help publicize the food court. Today the blog article popped up among my Facebook Memories.
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PM Tun Mahathir, 93, has jokingly said the new retirement age in Malaysia will be 95 in 2020 when he hands over his premiership to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He may have said it in jest but at the rate our demographics are changing, Malaysia will reach ageing nation status by 2030, and we will
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Proceeds go towards our Grant a Wish for the Elderly (GWE) community service initiatives. Videos of our 10th anniversary dinner: Our 32-page 10th anniversary commemorative booklet (front and back covers) A collector’s item – limited copies of our commemorative bookmark (front and back)
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Back in 2013, I was asked if I would like to volunteer for a non-invasive anti-ageing procedure. Some doctors were doing a short training course in this field and needed volunteers to practice on. The idea of looking years younger than my chronological age (I was 65 then) was tempting, especially as it wouldn’t cost
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Last weekend was one of the best I had in a long time – two whole days filled with music and laughter that can be described as truly uplifting – music that warms the heart, and laughter that heals the soul. It was as if every song was deliberately chosen to reflect this twin purpose,
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This is an updated version of my blog article posted in 2014. Reading it now, I find that my predictions were pretty spot on. If you are seriously contemplating starting a business venture, or planning to invest in one, here are some business ideas you might want to look at. Of course, it goes without
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Glad I caught Doug Church’s concert a week ago on 17 Aug at Serangoon Gardens Country Club, Singapore. Another excellent sold-out show brought in by Jimmy Preslee Productions. Backed by the band King Creole from Indonesia, Doug sang 30+ Elvis classics in the 2-hour concert with a short break in between for a costume change.
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(This is a transcript of my speech delivered on 4 August at our alumni lunch sponsored by NTU. The convocation ceremony took place on 1 August 2018.) Good afternoon, my dear AG cohorts and our dear lecturers, Thank you for making time to be with us to celebrate our graduation. This is not exactly a
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