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LIFE LESSONS FROM THE HAPPY BUSKERS
My first chance encounter with The Happy Buskers at Ampang Park LRT station.I recently spent two days with The Happy Buskers, accompanying them as they moved from one shopping mall to another to busk....
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DOING WITHOUT A CAR IN THE CITY
Similar to the last car I owned. Before that I drove a Volvo 121. Seems like eons ago.The last time I sat behind the steering wheel of a car was back in 1989. I had a car then, a sky-blue Chrysler...
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GRANT A WISH FOR THE ELDERLY THIS FESTIVE SEASON
It's Christmas, the season of giving, not just giving to our family members and friends, but also to those less blessed than us. The best gifts are those that are meaningful, that light up the...
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SENIORSALOUD 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW
2015 ended on a high note for SeniorsAloud with an increase in membership, newsletter subscription and online traffic to our blog and Facebook page. We were interviewed by the print media on several...
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HOW TO AVOID WHATSAPP CHAT GROUP FATIGUE
What's App chat groups are getting increasingly popular with seniors. It's super easy to start a chat group, and it definitely saves the hassle of communicating with people individually on common...
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TIME TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS
Crunch time is back again, no thanks to the imposition of a hefty 6% GST and the weak ringgit. With the downturn in the economy, and workers being retrenched in the hundreds and thousands, we need to...
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OLDER WORKERS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Who can afford to retire these days? With the high cost of living, the slowdown in the economy and the depreciation of the ringgit, our retirement savings will be depleted long before we are gone. It's...
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NOT DIVORCED BUT GRADUATING FROM MARRIAGE
Shojiro Shindo and his wife Kimiko on a trip to Nagasaki Prefecture in 2013I learned a new word today - 'sotsukon'. It's a Japanese word that means 'graduation from marriage'. (Read the interview with...
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AGE IS NO BARRIER IN BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
When was the last time you approached any of your adult children with a question regarding your smartphone, tablet or computer? And what was their usual response? "Sorry, mom, dad. No time. I have work...
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THIS SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB GETS OUR VOTE
SeniorsAloud members get together for a game of Maths MagicThe retirement years are great for making new friends. You now have the time and leisure to take up activities you are interested in, be it...
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WHY ARE OLD PEOPLE SO GROUCHY AND GRUMPY?
Ask young people what they think of old people. You can bet they will come up with a long list of adjectives, all negative."Cranky, senile, grouchy, grumpy, frail, smelly, nagging, long-winded,...
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MY LITTLE GARDEN OF TREASURES
My new-found hobby, gardening, was on my bucket list when I retired. The timing was perfect because my gardener decided to throw in the towel as his health was deteriorating, so I stepped into his...
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GRIEVING FOR THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE
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...
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MIRACLE CURES AND REMEDIES - MYTH OR FACT?
I am often asked why there are few articles on health and medicine on SeniorsAloud blog and SeniorsAloud FB. Surely, at our age health issues are uppermost in our minds. In our daily sourcing for news...
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ARE GRANDPARENTS BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED AS CHILD-MINDERS?
It's been a long while since I wrote about grandparenting ("Grandparenting - Pleasure or Pressure?"). Given the changing role of women in the last two to three decades, it is inevitable that the role...
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THE NEW 'OLD' AND THE NEW 'ELDERLY'
I find it quite grating that our local journalists and reporters often use the terms 'old' and 'elderly' to refer to people who are still vey much alive and kicking, and far from approaching the...
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TAKE A STAND AGAINST AGEISM
Negative stereotyping of older adults often leads to discrimination against them. If you are 60 and above, you are likely to have encountered instances of ageism at one time or another. Not only are...
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SETTING THE STANDARD FOR OLD FOLKS HOMES
Coming up the driveway to Little Sisters of the Poor / St Francis Xavier Home for the Elderly in Cheras, KLIt was back in the 1970s that I first heard of Little Sisters of the Poor (LSP). I had...
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SENIORSALOUD 2016 YEAR IN REVIEW
2016 - what a year it was! A great year for some, an 'annus horribilis' for others. But everyone would agree that it ended with more deaths than we cared to read about. A timely reminder that we should...
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