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MCO (Stay-Home) Day 24. Today is a good (Fri)day as any to take a trip down Nostalgia Lane. Am digging up some old blog posts and giving it a slightly new 2020 update. Join me in this first one. In April 2014, then US President Obama began a 3-day (26-28 April) visit to Malaysia. The […]

Sometimes one can’t help but wonder whether our city fathers and policy-makers consider the special needs of older people when they make decisions on improving the city’s infrastructure and public facilities. Do they study the demographics when they brainstorm at meetings? Admittedly there have been some improvement over the past few years, but there is

The other day I dug up my favourite pair of jeans from the cupboard. It has been a number of years since I last wore them. To my horror, I had to struggle to zip up. What used to be a snug fit was now a tight fit. I knew I was in trouble when

As Malaysia celebrates its 62nd independence day, it is time again to ask ourselves how far have we travelled on the road towards one nation, one people. When my former high school friends and I got together recently, we bemoaned how racially divided our schools have become, and how we wish for those good old

‘Diet, exercise, lifestyle, prevention, mindset…’ – these words were repeated over and over at the recently concluded 9th Malaysian Conference on Healthy Ageing (MCHA) organised by Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society (MHAS). So too were the more ominous words ‘cancer, diabetes, depression, dementia, death’. A total of 6 plenary sessions, 30 symposiums, 11 workshops and 5

I turned 71 today – 28 June, 2019.  When each birthday comes around, we get well-meaning reminders of how quickly the years have rolled by. It’s not just the number of big and small candles that announce our age on the celebratory cake, but also the family members that gather around us for the all-important

I didn’t get the results of the biopsy till my third follow-up visit on 4 May as Dr Chan was on leave. Frankly, on all my visits I was more interested in knowing when I could stop wearing the compression tights than in the biopsy results. When I found out that male patients had worse

It has been exactly one month since I had a lump removed from my leg. Thank God, it’s out. The incision wound is healing nicely, and I am doing fine. Also thank you, friends and SeniorsAloud members, for the concern and wishes for a speedy recovery. How did all this begin? About three years ago

Ikigai – the Japanese word for ‘sense of purpose in life’ has been very much on my mind lately. At this stage in our lives when we don’t need to get up every morning to go to work, what would make us look forward to welcoming each new day? As I write this, I think

2018 IN REVIEW What a year it was! May 9, 2018 ushered in a new era for the country. For the first time since independence in 1957, the opposition won the general elections and formed the new government. In the weeks prior to GE14, many of us attended ceramahs, fund-raising dinners and took part in