I kid you not – the view was spectacular! A bird’s eye-view of the F1 race. Was in Singapore over the weekend. Caught the F1 race again this year from the same hotel room as last year – from the 32nd floor of the Swissotel The Stamford. The view was simply breathtaking, and the roar […]
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ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM A group of 250 seniors were treated to a free shopping trip at the NTUC Fairprice supermarket in Jurong on Sunday. Volunteers from the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) and Moral Neighbourhood Link, a voluntary welfare organisation that focuses on elder care were on hand to help the seniors and share
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It’s been a frustrating week not being able to upload pictures on Seniorsaloud, no thanks to some technical glitch on Blogger. Apparently, it’s a common problem. Guess I’ll have to be patient and wait it out. Fortunately, I can still upload from YouTube. Here’s a video that I would like to share with you. I
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Just watched Oprah on telly going gaga over the Kindle. When I first heard about the Kindle late 2007, I dismissed it as yet another pricey gadget for the young and trendy. Now after seeing Oprah waxing lyrical over her Kindle 2, I thought maybe I should check out the latest model – the Kindle
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It is appalling to read about adult children abandoning their elderly parents in hospitals. Some of these stories are heart-breaking. The old folks wait for their children to come and take them home after their hospital stay, but no one turns up. Some children even go to the extent of changing their address so they
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Young people today really have things cut out for them. Yet many still constantly complain about this and that. They also tend to take a lot of things for granted. If you are 50 or older you will think this piece below is hilarious -because that’s exactly how we felt when our parents used to
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The bus company is obviously aware of what commuters have to put up with! I tried calling the numbers but no one picked up the phone. So much for the sign. Ever since I sold my car in 1998, I have been relying mostly on public transport to get me from A to B. If
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There was a time when I would skip the obituary pages in the newspapers. No one in my social and family network would be there. That was what I thought. Then my beloved sister passed away at 55 of a heart attack. It happened early in the morning while she was getting ready for work.
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Take out your pen and note-book. Time to jot down some great tips on how to live long and happy. Learn from the people of Okinawa (Japan), Sardinia (Italy), Nicoya (Costa Rica) and Loma Linda (US). These are the Blue Zones – areas where you can find a high concentration of octogenarians. They are living
Dark-skinned Shanghainese girl Lou Jing (shown here with her mother) sparked off racist attacks on the Internet against her and her mother when she appeared on the ‘Let’s Go! Oriental Angel’ talent show. Photo: Blog.Huanqiu.com Yet another hate story has surfaced. This one happened in China. As the majority race in China, the Chinese, who
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