Front page of LIFE! section of the Straits Times First, let me say ‘Congratulations!’ to Meryl Streep, 62, for winning the Oscar for Best Actress and to Christopher Plummer, 82, for Best Supporting Actor. It’s a historic win for Plummer as he is the oldest actor to win an academy award. Their win goes to […]
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Just discovered one of my heroes got married recently. Goes to show dreams can come true. So never give up on your dreams. Prayers help too. Here’s a beautiful song that Nick wrote and sings on this video below. The words are so simple, yet so profound at the same time. A great song to
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My apologies if you have found the past couple of posts quite depressing. To make up for it, here’s a beautiful start to the week ahead. Watch the video above on full screen to enjoy the incredible beauty under the sea. Vibrant colours, amazing photography.
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Daily Mirror article Everyone dies – sooner or later. Yet few want to talk about how they would want to die. Death is still very much a taboo subject. It is the proverbial elephant in the room. Strange, but thoughts of death have been on my mind of late. No, I don’t have a death
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It’s been a while since I last stepped on the scales. So it came as a shock to me the other day when I decided to weigh myself. 57 kg! I had vowed never to exceed my ideal weight of 52 kg. What happened? How did I pile on the extra kilos? I don’t drive,
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At the end of the long 47-year wait – to be grateful to the government, or not? (The Star 16 Feb) I don’t get it. In this age of technology and with almost every government procedure now computerized, why do these elderly people have to wait decades to get their citizenship approved? 47 years –
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An inclusive budget for Singaporeans. (Front page of Saturday’s Straits Times) Senior citizens in Singapore had reason to smile yesterday when Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam unveiled the 2012 budget that addressed some of the financial problems facing this cohort of the population. Headlines such as these below bring heartening news not
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(The Malay Mail did a full page write-up about me and my blog in 2008. I’ve reproduced a slightly edited version here to answer some of the many queries I’ve been receiving about the blog. A note of thanks to those of you who attended SeniorsAloud’s first offline community event this morning. It was a huge success! ) By GABEY GOH
Photo: Straits Times Did you know that 14 February is not only Valentine’s Day but also World Marriage Day? The actual date is the second Sunday of February, but today Tuesday is just as good as any day for happily married couples to celebrate their years together. In Singapore 50 married couples participated in a
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For more on the activities during Social Media Week, click here. Today was Day 1 of the World Bloggers and Social Media Summit 2012 at PWTC. Learned a lot that I am eager to apply, and made some new friends. Social media is still pretty much dominated by Generation Y. Here’s a video that was
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