Alighting from the train at Malaga terminal. Lynette, Peggy and I took the bus into Fuengirola yesterday, and from there the train to Malaga. All the along the bus route, at every stop, I saw only senior citizens boarding the bus. It was the same in town. It did make me wonder if Spain had […]
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View from the balcony of my apartment at the Marriott Beach Resort, Marbella Greetings from sunny Spain! After a 14-hour flight on AirAsiaX and a cold wet night in London, it’s wonderful to see clear blue skies again. Everything is so expensive here, like 5x what we pay back home. Am staying in Marbella, Malaga.
Coping with the grief of losing a loved one is not easy. At our age, many of us would have experienced the pain of bereavement, whether it is the loss of a spouse, a child, a parent, a sibling or a friend. With the passage of time, most of us find the strength to get
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The year-end school holidays start this Saturday 21 Nov and ends 3 Jan 2010. If you are planning to make a trip down south to Singapore with your school-going children or grandchildren, and don’t want to spend a bomb on air-fares, may I share my preferred mode of transport to Singapore? Unless time is a
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Full retirement may not be all that fun and fancy-free. I learned a new term recently – “bridge employment”. This refers to the part-time work that prospective retirees should consider moving into as a sort of transition before moving into full retirement. Studies show that bridge employment, especially if it is related to one’s area
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Ushering in the Christmas season along Orchard Road. Thanks to the APEC Summit that’s currently being held in Singapore, the Christmas lights along Orchard Road went up much earlier this year on Nov 7. For those unable to be here for the festive season, here are some photos that I took last night. Looking across
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It is bound to happen as we age. I’m referring to osteoarthritis, or OA for short. Our bones are no longer as dense and strong as they used to be, and joint pain is a common complaint, especially in the knees and hips. I’ve seen how my 83-year old mother struggles to get in and
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(All newspaper clippings from The Straits Times.) Boredom would be the least of your complaints if you are a senior citizen residing in Singapore. The Minister in charge of Ageing Issues, Mr Lim Boon Heng, is taking the lead by urging voluntary welfare organizations to do more to take care of the growing elderly population.
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I received this early today and thought I should share it with my blog visitors. I was amused and cheered by it and I’m sure many baby boomers, particularly the ladies, would feel the same too. Recently, in a large city in France, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the
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Sunday mornings used to find me teaching bible classes in church. That seemed like a lifetime ago. I left because I found it difficult to embrace any religion, Christianity included, that is divisive – that guarantees salvation for their disciples and followers, but eternal hell and condemnation for all others. Sounds like Islam too, doesn’t
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