If you are curious to find out your life expectancy, try this test. It’s easy and takes only a few minutes. If you don’t like the numbers that you end up with, just treat it as a wake up call to pay more attention to your health. If the clock says you’ll live to a […]
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Remember our coming-of-age years? Those were the good old days. Music played a huge part in my life when I was in high school and Form 6. Remember the EPs and LPs, Top of the Pops and Dick Clark’s American Bandstand? I spent hours listening to chart-toppers, and spent a bomb buying copies of teen
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What makes Chinese students so successful academically? The answer may lie in strict discipline aka traditional Chinese upbringing. But just how strict is strict? Where does one draw the line? In her new book ‘Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother’, Yale professor Amy Chua shares how she raised her two daughters to be academically brilliant
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Gray divorces are on the rise, and I’m not surprised. We’ve all heard of the 7-year itch – that’s when after seven years of marital bliss, husbands start to have roving eyes and wives start to roll their eyes and beat their hearts in helpless frustration. That was a generation or two ago when most
Source: Straits Times 8 Jan Is filial piety is a fading value in our Asian culture? It would appear to be so according to these headlines. If you are a baby boomer, you would have parents in their 80s or 90s. How often do we make time to visit them? Or call them up on
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Source: Straits Times (7 Jan 2011) This must surely be one of the most heart-warming stories to start off the new year. God does answer prayers after all. Last month, vagabond Ted Williams, 53, a former drug addict and alcoholic with a criminal record, was standing by the roadside in Columbus, Ohio, with a sign advertising
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I listen to talks almost every day. I do it in the comfort of my home office, sitting at my desktop computer with the speakers turned up and a pen in hand ready to take down notes. I have been enriched and empowered by what I’ve learned so far, and it’s all absolutely free! I
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A friend just forwarded an email extolling the benefits of consuming eggs. Apparently various studies have indicated that taking eggs regularly prevents blood clots, lowers the risk of developing cataracts and cancer, promotes healthy hair and nail growth, etc…It’s best to take these egg claims with a pinch of salt, until verified and authenticated. Before
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May I take this opportunity to thank all my friends and blog buddies who have helped make 2010 a great year for Seniorsaloud. You know who you are. Thank you for sharing your views and updating me with all your emails and links. You have kept Seniorsaloud thriving with your support. In appreciation, I would
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With all the anti-ageing products on the market today, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell a person’s age. We have often heard (or received) comments like “Oh, you look so young for your age!” or “Is that your mother / father? Looks more like your elder sister / brother!” Are these real compliments or mere
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