Channel 4 recently premiered a documentary “Fabulous Fashionistas” that follows the lives of six very stylish women with an average age of 80. While many would find their sartorial taste outlandish for their age, few would deny their courage in breaking long-held code of dressing for older women. Long grey hair on older womencan be […]
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Photo credit: http://asiaexplorers.com/ The last time I was up on Penang Hill was in 1971. I remember the ride up on the funicular train was slow and jerky. But the spectacular view was worth all the heart-stopping moments as the old train creaked precariously up the steep slope. Now one can make the same ascent
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Source: From the book “Building Merdeka” by Lai Chee Kien The older ones among us who lived in Kuala Lumpur in the 1960s and 70s will remember Merdeka Park (Independence Park). It was the only park we had in the city then that was centrally located and easily accessible to all. The older folks would
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(All the passages below are taken from Lee Kuan Yew’s book, “One man’s View of the World,” published in 2013. Copies of the book are on sale at all major bookstores.) My daily routine is set. I wake up, clear my email, read the newspapers, do my exercises and have lunch. After that, I go
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To all Malaysians who still remember what it was like in the 1960s when we celebrated Merdeka (Independence Day) on 31 August each year, here are some tunes to re-live happy memories. Enjoy!
This morning I was watching Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN when the interview with Dr Maya Angelou came on. It was to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech of 28 August, 1963. For the next 15 minutes or so, I sat transfixed, listening to every gem of
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Photo grab off my TV screen So glad I caught Dr Sanjay Gupta’s documentary on “WEED” last Sunday on CNN. If you missed it, you can watch it on Youtube or here (below). Dr Gupta spent one year researching for the documentary, including interviewing people who have used weed as a medicine for their illnesses
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Photo grab from The Sunday Star, 25 August 2013 Our walk down Memory Lane continues with more nostalgia from the music of decades ago. With just a week before we celebrate Malaysia’s 56th Independence Day on 31 August, let’s look at some of the songs that all of us older Malaysians are familiar with, and
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Straits Times 21 Aug 2013 Not everyone finds walking down memory lane a pleasant stroll. For some people, it can be a painful one, filled with remembrances that are best left buried and forgotten. But to others, reminiscing on treasured memories brings joy and contentment. Life has ups and downs, peaks and valleys. We have
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Looking Beyond The Symbols Of Wealth by Dr Ansgar Cheng I was born in a very prosperous city during its uptrend era and lived in Hong Kong during its rapid economic expansion. It was and still is a place filled with people, tons of opportunities, abundant ideas, plenty of upward energy, never-ending traffic jams, flooded
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