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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Specific illnesses are caused by specific character traits. An interesting angle from an ayurvedic perspective. I have always believed that certain negative emotions act like toxins in the body. Over time these toxic emotions can give rise to health problems. This extract below comes from an article that has been circulating on Facebook recently. Worth
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There are some lessons in life that we can learn only through personal experience. As is often said, the advice of the wise and elderly is lost on the young. When we were young, we turned deaf ears to our parents’ advice. And now we wonder why our children don’t listen to us! Likewise, even
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This video below was shared by Dr Michael Heah at the recent “Live Your Best Years” workshop co-organized by Seniorsaloud. It is a powerful testimony of the indomitable spirit of Alice Herz-Sommer. She turns 110 in November this year, and is the world’s oldest survivor of the holocaust. One can only imagine the horrors she
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Two full days of learning, sharing and networking, plus some fun, good food and great company. That’s what participants were promised and that’s what they got from the recently-concluded “LIVE YOUR BEST YEARS” workshop organized by Seniorsaloud and CareMatters. Here’s a pictorial account of the event for those who were unable to make it. Ms
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