Caesar’s Palace, Bellagio, Palazzo, Mirage, Flamingo, MGM Grand, Harrah’s, Mandalay Bay, Venetian, Paris, Wynn are some of the big-name hotels lining Las Vegas Boulevard. Las Vegas comes alive when the sun goes down. During the day it’s just too stifling hot to walk the streets unless you enjoy being roasted a dark brown. Vegas is […]
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All quiet at McCarran Airport. It’s my first visit to Las Vegas, and probably my last. I doubt I want to be back here again unless I get an all-expense paid vacation, plus an extra couple of hundred bucks just for tipping. Yep, that’s what spoiled my first two days here – everyone expects you
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Hollywood Boulevard outside the Kodak Theatre – not as busy as I remember it. Rodeo Drive still boasts high-end brand names and haute couture, but business seems to have slowed down. The last time I was in LA was in 1994. It’s my third day here on this trip. I have been revisiting places and feeling
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Silver Tsunami: Reworking our Long-Term Care Strategy from Ontario Liberals on Vimeo. A bit long but definitely worth viewing if you have the time and the interest. Lots of food for thought, especially on long-term care strategies for the baby boomer generation.
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The news that an 80-year man was recently diagnosed with HIV should come as no surprise. To quote a report in China Daily, “Experts say the spread of HIV/AIDS has picked up among older Chinese men in recent years because China’s senior citizens have become healthier, more open-minded about sex, and increasingly bored after retirement.”
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Typical scene at most government hospitals and clinics. Could be much worse, as in India and the Philippines. Yesterday I was at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) with our Filipino maid. We were there to see about a small cyst on her back. It had been causing her some discomfort for the past week. She
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The Star. Click here to read the write-up. Once you hit your 60s and 70s, birthday parties take on a new significance. With each passing year, you mark the special day with a silent prayer. You thank God that you are still around to celebrate the occasion with your loved ones, and attend the 65th birthday
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Those of us who think that at 60 and above, it’s time to hang up our dancing shoes and put our singing days behind us can draw inspiration from these veterans of entertainment. Meet 94-year-old Reynaldo Creagh. He was in Singapore last month together with Maracaiboand, 86, and pianist Rubalcaba, 85. Together they are “The
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Singapore’s richest people. (Source: Straits Times 29 July) Yesterday I received a call from my bank. It seems my very modest investment in a unit trust fund has tripled in value over a period of 10+ years. Great news indeed till I read in the Straits Times today Forbes latest list of Singapore’s wealthiest people. Some of
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Daily Mail 14 July Young people, and this applies especially to young reporters, kindly take note that people born between 1946 to 1964 (baby boomers) get offended when they are labelled ‘elderly’ or looked upon as frail and senile. Quoting findings from a US study, the Daily Mail reported that these senior citizens do not
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