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WEAR OUR AGE WITH PRIDE
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...
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AGEING WELL - ARE WE THERE YET?
'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...
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A TIMELY REMINDER OF OUR SHARED IDENTITY AS MALAYSIANS FIRST
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...
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WHEN THE SCALES RING A WARNING BELL...
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...
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HOW AGE-FRIENDLY IS OUR CITY?
View of the city from the sky bridge at the Twin TowersSometimes one can't help but wonder whether our city fathers and policy-makers consider the special needs of older people when they make decisions...
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MY MOM HAS ALZHEIMER'S - AM I AT RISK?
My mother first showed signs of Alzheimer's Disease probably as early as 2008. She was 82 then. She couldn't remember dates, places and names of family members. She didn't know one day from another,...
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HERE'S WHY THE 60+ DO NOT LIKE TO BE REFERRED TO AS 'THE ELDERLY'
The UN refers to people aged 60 and above as Older Persons. World Health Organisation uses the term 'older people'. Are these terms of reference preferable to 'senior citizens' or 'the elderly'? What...
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REVISITING CANCER SURVIVOR DR WU'S RECIPES FOR CONQUERING CANCER
I have posted the above image not to promote Dr Tom Wu's book as it needs no promotion, but rather, to revisit it and find out why my blog article about him written in June 2009 has consistently...
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SHOULD WE SAY NO TO MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS?
Ever wonder why fewer women in China get breast cancer compared to their western counterparts?In her best-selling book “Your Life In Your Hands”, Professor Jane Plant, herself a breast cancer survivor,...
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SELF-ISOLATING DURING COVID-19
Am writing this on the last day of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia from 18 March to 31 March 2020. It has been extended for another fortnight from 1 April to 14 April. I am not...
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THE YOUNG ONCE
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...
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YES, THE FUTURE IS INCREASINGLY FEMALE
My mother, now 94, grew up in Seremban in the WWII era when women had no voice, no official role to play in society. They were the family nurturer and caregiver, roles thrusted upon them which they...
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ABUSE HURTS AT ANY AGE
We shudder with horror and disbelief when we read in the papers about caregivers physically abusing the elderly in their care. We cannot fathom how anyone could cause pain and injury to frail and...
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THINKING OUTSIDE THAT WOODEN BOX
We’ve heard it before: 60 is the new 40 and 70 the new 50. Yet, there are many among us senior citizens who view themselves as 60 going on 80, and 70 going on 90. They think old, look old and act old....
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A DAILY STRUGGLE FOR THE CITY'S DESTITUTE ELDERLY
Hard times are here, and they get harder by the day. Jobs are scarce and money is even scarcer. For the elderly with no family and no financial support, it is a daily struggle to stay alive. Some have...
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A BLESSING TO BE A GRANDPARENT
Where the extended family used to live under one roof, today's nuclear family structure means there is no one to care for the children when both parents are out at work. So who do young married couples...
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THE RISE OF THE NEW 'OLD'
We are familiar with the 'New Normal' and have adjusted to it quite well. There is also another New Normal going around. This is the rise of a new generation of older people - the baby boomers, born...
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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 seniors here in Malaysia and Singapore are familiar with - a reluctance to ask our doctors for more information even when we want...
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MRS J IS THE FACE OF THE NEW 80
It is not often I write a book review but I am making an exception for Mrs Jagjeet Singh's book'My 7 Secrets to Staying Young'. After reading the book (written in just two months during the Covid-19...
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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 website the next day at 2pm. It gave me an opportunity to talk about my film 'Meniti Senja' which would premiere on 10 Dec as...
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