Photo grab from The Sunday Star 28 July 2013 Whenever I read about public appeals for funds to help someone in need of medical treatment, my heart goes out to this person and his family. Malaysians are known for their generosity when it comes to donating towards a good cause. But when a choice has […]
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“I took a little trip to my hometown,” sang Paul Anka back in 1960. That was exactly what I did last weekend. I spent the whole of Saturday morning re-visiting the old familiar streets and places that were a part of my growing up years in Batu Pahat. I left town after completing my Form
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This is one post that will probably interest only my former classmates from Temenggong Ibrahim Girls School (TIGS) in Batu Pahat, Johor. Allow me to indulge. I spent five years at Limpoon Primary School before moving on to TIGS where I completed my Form 5 in 1964. The years from 1960-1964 were some of the
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Last Wednesday (10 July), I was a guest on Capital fm88.9 Morning Show. I had been invited to give my views on recent headline news about adult children abandoning their elderly parents. This interest was prompted by the new “Elderly Rights Law” introduced in China last month to deal with the growing problem of lonely
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Civil servants here made headline news recently when it was reported that as many as 80 per cent of personal loans from NBFIs, goes to government employees with household incomes of less than RM3,000 a month. NBFIs, or non-bank financial institutions, include among others, Bank Rakyat Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB), and development financial institutions (DFIs) such
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Yuichiro Miura, 80 Seniors are certainly pushing the boundaries in all areas. We have Yuichiro Miura, 80, the oldest man to climb Mount Everest, Fajar Singh, 102, the oldest man to run a marathon, and Dilys Price, 81, the world’s oldest woman skydiver. There’s also Johanna Quaas, 86. The Guinness Book of World Records named
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Time changes a lot of things but when it comes to sex and seniors, traditional norms still hold sway. There is still a lot of social stigma attached to sexual activities among seniors. Physical contact and public display of affection between two older persons is frowned upon in many Asian societies. It is still considered shameful for
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A good friend emailed me an article two days ago on “The best ways to protect your kidneys” written by a certain Dr Willie Ong. When it comes to sharing information on health and medical treatment, I always make it a point to do some research to check the reliability of the information and the
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Women are living longer than men. Period. In Malaysia, women enjoy a life expectancy of 77.2 years, while for men it’s 72.3. That’s according to the figures released by the Department of Statistics. In Singapore the numbers are higher. Preliminary data from the Statistics Department showed that a girl born in 2012 could live to
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We all love to eat, don’t we? Malaysians live to eat. We have food stalls that remain open 24 hours a day. We are spoilt for choice when it comes to variety of food – Malay, Chinese, Indian, western, eastern, fusion, fast food, etcetera. It is so easy to succumb to the temptation of eating
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