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WHY I MADE ‘MENITI SENJA’ – BFM PODCAST
The interview was conducted over Zoom on 7 Dec. The podcast was up on BFM…
MRS J IS THE FACE OF THE NEW 80
It is not often I write a book review but I am making an exception…
GO PREPARED TO ASK AND ANSWER WHEN YOU SEE YOUR DOCTOR
For this blog post, I have selected to address an issue that many of us…
THE RISE OF THE NEW ‘OLD’
We are familiar with the ‘New Normal’ and have adjusted to it quite well. There…
A BLESSING TO BE A GRANDPARENT
Where the extended family used to live under one roof, today’s nuclear family structure means…
A DAILY STRUGGLE FOR THE CITY’S DESTITUTE ELDERLY
Hard times are here, and they get harder by the day. Jobs are scarce and…
THINKING OUTSIDE THAT WOODEN BOX
We’ve heard it before: 60 is the new 40 and 70 the new 50. Yet,…
ABUSE HURTS AT ANY AGE
We shudder with horror and disbelief when we read in the papers about caregivers physically…
YES, THE FUTURE IS INCREASINGLY FEMALE
My mother, now 94, grew up in Seremban in the WWII era when women had…
THE YOUNG ONCE
MCO (Stay-Home) Day 24. Today is a good (Fri)day as any to take a trip…
SELF-ISOLATING DURING COVID-19
Am writing this on the last day of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia…
SHOULD WE SAY NO TO MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS?
Ever wonder why fewer women in China get breast cancer compared to their western counterparts?…