The Star 10 August 2012 It struck me while reading the article “In a limbo” how much retirees and retired Olympians have in common. For workers, it is mandatory for them to quit their jobs when they reach retirement age. For sportsmen and sportswomen, that age comes much earlier. At only 27, Michael Phelps, with […]
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Report in The Star 16 August 2012 This post is mainly to keep a record of public announcements made by the EPF on the issue of withdrawals. Decisions made in haste without sufficient time to hear the views of all stakeholders often result in the authorities involved having to retract their earlier statements. This ‘flip-flopping’
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Living a simple, frugal lifestyle. (Photo: The Sunday Times) If you missed Lee Wei Ling’s article in The Sunday Star 12 August, click on the link below to read it. The article first appeared in The Sunday Times, 5 August. A rather interesting account of how her father, Lee Kuan Yew, former PM of Singapore,
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Hannah Peterson of LifeInsuranceQuotes sent in this article below to share with Seniorsaloud community. You can read the full article on their website. REMEMBER: These are all MYTHS! Believe them at your own risk. Myth #1: Older people are either cranky or depressed. Myth #2: Growing old means getting sick. Myth #3: Senility is inevitable. Myth
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There is a fine line between mercy killing and murder. When a man helps his terminally-ill spouse end her life as she could no longer endure all the pain and suffering, is he an accomplice to a suicide or is he a murderer? Or neither? To the police of Palm Springs, CA, it was a
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Albert Einstein wasn’t the only advocate of life-long learning. So were Henry Ford and Mahatma Gandhi. These great men died at 76, 83 and 78 respectively – proof that when we stimulate our brain cells by picking up new skills, new experiences and new knowledge, we could extend our life span and keep Alzheimer’s at bay.
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Long before Michelle Yeoh did us proud with her role as a Bond girl in “Tomorrow Never Dies”, Blossom Wong was already making world headlines in her real life role as a police officer with the Special Branch, often dressed in her eye-catching, figure-hugging cheongsam. I remember seeing this photo of Blossom in the papers
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Screenshot of article in The Straits Times 4 August 2012 Since my previous blog post, the controversial Malaysia National Day song “Janji Ditepati” has garnered over 330,000 views. While the majority prefer to remain silent viewers, more than 33,000 have expressed ‘Dislike’ for the song as opposed to 550 who ‘Like’ it. The video also
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Front page of The Star 31 July 2012 It’s not often that the mainstream media feature headlines that brighten up the rakyat’s (citizens) day. Today’s front page of The Star is one such example, and a cause to celebrate especially for the residents of Taiping. More than 10,000 of them signed a petition to protest
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Take note of the address and contact number. Not many people know of this centre. It’s about 45-60 minutes drive from KL/PJ. Ever since I wrote in an earlier post that my mother has dementia and is currently staying in a home-care centre specially catering for folks with dementia, I have received many requests for
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