Author: terry tang

Hi SHCians, I'm Terry Tang, 67 years' old, and am a passionate birder and hiker. These two complementary hobbies have often enabled me to take long walks away from a rather sedentary life-style at home. Group walks should be interesting and is a platform to bond people with identical interests and afford all participants the necessary exercise to keep fit. I can sing karaoke in Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, English, Malay, Japanese and only one Thai song, 'Loy Krathong.' I can do basic cha cha, rock & roll, disco rock. Cheers, Terry Tang

Familiarity Breeds Friendship: Not Contempt.

Hi Terence & fellow SHCians,

We all bunched together in the name of friendship to share identical interests and hobbies and to fill up some perceived voids in our lives.  Many of us have working married children who do not need us anymore. So it is all the more pertinent to start smiling at and speaking to fellow SHCians participating in the same social event of the time.  In being forthcoming on befriending others, we are rewarded with their friendships.  Somehow I got to know a couple of people on my first SHC walk and at the recent dance party at the Kovan Paya Lebar Community Club.  At the dance party like my first walk participation, I wasn’t acquainted with anybody.

Cheers,

Terry Tang

Terry Tang – Intro

Hi SHCians,

My name is Terry Tang.

Although elderly I can still handle mostly basic steps in dances like cha cha, disco rock, and rock n’ roll, but I cannot remember line dance  steps as they keep on evolving most of the time.  Karaoke is another passion in which I can sing selectively in Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, English, Malay and Japanese..

Apart from long nature walks through nature reserves, I also love bird watching. At this time of the year migratory birds from northern China and Russia fly south to winter in Southeast Asia including Singapore and so it is the right time to watch foreign birds like buzzas, shrikes, red shanks and snipes, etc. 

When I was between my middle thirties and early fifties I used to climb very high hills like Mt. Ophir (Gunung Ledang in Malay), Bt. Timah Hill and some hills in Batam.  Now a few years  approaching age 70, I cannot climb high hills anymore like I used to.  I still have photos to remind myself of my adventurous streak in the past. 

Thank you,

Terry