Late last Saturday night while crossing the road to Clarke Quay to check out some live music at Crazy Elephant, I stumbled and sprained my ankle. That effectively put me out of action for the next 2-3 days of my week-long stay in Singapore. I suppose it was my body’s way of telling me ‘Hey, […]
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Every time I read about couples celebrating their golden anniversary, my faith in long-lasting relationships receives a big boost. In my case, that kind of milestone remains only in my fantasy. I have been a single mom since 1976, and then just plain single when my children became moms themselves. If I were to enter
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Seniorsaloud was mentioned again in the current issue of The Heat, still available today and tomorrow if you want to grab a copy. Lots of good stuff in the newsweekly. My apologies if the print is too small. Email seniorsaloud@gmail.com if you would like a pdf copy. If you haven’t checked out our Facebook page,
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From The Sunday Times 27 Oct 2013 Education is no longer the domain of the young. Lifelong learning is flourishing. Adult education is turning into a lucrative industry, with the mushrooming of open universities and institutions offering skills-based courses targeting those aged 60 and above. Even traditional universities are jumping on the bandwagon and making
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A retirement village in Australia – the model for retirement villages in Malaysia and Singapore Retirees in Singapore must be feeling on top of the world to hear the good news. In a few years time, they will have the option of moving to the republic’s first purpose-built retirement village. For decades, senior citizens here have
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Elderly couple caring for each other If you are in your 60s, chances are your parents would be in their 80s. Consider yourself blessed if both parents are still physically active and able to look after themselves. They have each other for support and companionship. But there will come a time when one parent passes
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This year Deepavali (or Diwali) falls on Sat 2 Nov. In Malaysia, Hindu families will be busy with last minute shopping today in Brickfields and Leboh Ampang, both popularly known as the city’s ‘Little India’. To non-Hindu friends who would like to know more about the Festival of Lights, here’s a short video clip from
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October has turned out to be a month to celebrate senior citizens. Just last week we had the U3A carnival (19 Oct) held in UPM and the National Day of Older Persons held in Kuantan (22 Oct). I have written about these events in my previous post. October is also the month of birthdays in
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Regular visitors to Seniorsaloud blog would have noticed that I have been griping about public apathy to the International Day of Older Persons in my last few blog posts. Well, I have no reason to continue with my laments now, thanks to two events that took place over the past four days. First was the
CELEBRATING OLDER PERSONS DAY IN OCTOBER Read More »
A website set up to “celebrate the achievements and contributions that older people make to our society and tackle negative attitudes and outdated stereotypes.” Check it out here. Senior Citizens Day is celebrated in the US on 21 August. In China the day falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month which happens
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