From The Sunday Star 4 Nov 2012. Click here to read the full article . It’s been a long while since I wrote about grandparenting (“Grandparenting – Pleasure or Pressure?”). The above article in The Sunday Star today is a timely reminder to revisit the topic. Given the changing role of women in the last […]
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If you love all things Japanese, especially Japanese food, in particular, sushi, then you would enjoy this documentary. It’s an hour and a half long, so it’s strictly for sushi-lovers and those with time to spare. Here’s the official trailer: “Jiro Dreams of Sushi is the story of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many
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This transcript below comes from a talk Dr Richard Teo Keng Siang gave to a group of dental students in Singapore on 24 November 2011, eight months after he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. He had an important message to share with them, and with all of us too. Please read and pass
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Nudity has been in the news of late. Recently the buzz was about young couple Alvin Tan, 24, and Vivian Lee, 23. They posed nude photos of themselves on their blog Sumptuous Erotica. While Alvin said his parents were pretty ‘cool’ about the whole episode, Vivian’s parents went ballistic. In an interview posted on Youtube,
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A bit late to watch this for Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, but better late than to miss this video showing the transformation of the Queen over the years from birth to the present day. Amazing! Ah, we were all young and beautiful/handsome once. And for some, wild and rebellious too! Those were the carefree
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Student discount card Early in September the government launched the 1Malaysia Student Discount Card (KADS1M). To date, close to a million full-time students from public and private universities have been issued with the card. Last week the government announced that the card would be extended to part-time students as well as students studying overseas. 2,633 retail
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I came across the above in the New Straits Times a while back. It got me thinking. If it costs RM317,000 to raise a child from the day he was born to the day he celebrates his 17th birthday, how much would it cost to care for an elderly parent, say, from the age of
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How does one refer to folks who have lived past the retirement age and are moving on into their 70s, 80s and even 90s? This huge demographics defy labelling. To lump everyone born between 1900 and 1952 as ‘senior citizens’ is to over-generalize. Senior citizens are not all the same. Many people my age (I
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Alzheimer’s purple ribbon It’s been a week now since the National Caregivers’ Seminar up in Genting (see previous post). I continue to receive email enquiries about the seminar and also about the daycare centres that were recommended. Some of you have written to me about the daily challenges you face as a caregiver. I thank
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Last weekend I attended the National Caregivers Seminar organized by the Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation of Malaysia (ADFM). It was time well spent as I learned much and met with caregivers from Johor, Malacca, Penang and Ipoh. As any caregiver will tell you, knowing there are others who are facing the same challenges gives you the
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