Music played a huge role during our teenage years in the 1960s and 70s. We sang along to hit songs by Cliff Richard, Ricky Nelson, Frankie Avalon, Paul Anka, Johnny Tillotson, Bryan Hyland, and let’s not forget their female counterparts like Brenda Lee, Connie Francis, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and Helen Shapiro. We did the […]
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Thanks, BFM89.9 for broadcasting the interview today. Most appropriate as it’s Teacher’s Day. To listen to the podcast, click on this link below: http://www.bfm.my/lily-fu-seniorsaloud-never-too-old-to-learn.html Happy listening, and Happy Teacher’s Day, especially to all retired teachers. I am one too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE NOTE: Since the radio podcast, there have been some changes: Due to rising costs
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Kudos to Google Malaysia for organizing Google Cafe for Seniors held today (28 April 2017) at YMCA, Brickfields. Very timely too, as of late I have been bringing up the issue of seniors being left behind in the Digital Age, not just in my recent talk at Petrosains, but also in a letter to The
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“Two keywords have always governed my life – passion and compassion,” says Lily Fu, 69. That, in a nutshell, explains the former teacher’s attitude towards not just life, but also her work in being an advocate for active ageing. Fu is the founder of Seniors Aloud, a community platform for senior citizens to learn more
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On Chap Goh Meh the last day of the celebration of the Rooster Chinese New Year, 40 golden girls from Holy Infant Jesus Convent, Johore Bahru got together. In 1964 they sat for the Malaysian Certificate of Education. They were only 17 years old then and after that they pursued their dreams, embarked on a
I wrote a letter to the papers a week ago. If it didn’t get published, here is the original below. About time to give a thought if not a boost to retirees who want to get back to school. Not all of us, especially from the middle income group, can afford the fees. A scholarship
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In response to requests from friends who had missed the recent launch of The Senior magazine at Petrosains KLCC (21 Feb, 2017), I am sharng the slides from my talk on ‘Active Ageing’. Here’s the first slide (above), and a question for the audience – Do you agree retirement is the best time to enjoy
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Don’t play-play with these uncles. Those bulging biceps are for real, so are the six-packs. These seniors defy age. They certainly do not fit the stereotype image of frail and decrepit old folks. ‘Use it, or lose it’. That applies not just to our brains, but to our muscles as well. As we enter the
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2016 – what a year it was! A great year for some, an ‘annus horribilis’ for others. But everyone would agree that it ended with more deaths than we cared to read about. A timely reminder that we should pay more attention to our health in the coming new year and beyond. We would rather
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Coming up the driveway to Little Sisters of the Poor / St Francis Xavier Home for the Elderly in Cheras, KL It was back in the 1970s that I first heard of Little Sisters of the Poor (LSP). I had imagined it to be a place where the elderly poor would spend their final years
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