Author: Peggy Yap

Tired of spending National Day watching the NDP on TV for the umpteenth time ? Interested in doing something more active , exciting ,maybe even frivolous this year?

You are cordially invited to join us in an evening of makan, music , fun and prize winning games to celebrate our nation’s birthday this year. Much laughter and surprises are expected if not guaranteed.

Details are as follows:-

Date            Saturday August 9

Venue         The Marbella Function Room ( Mt Sinai area)

Time            6 pm to 10 pm

MRT            Dover

To help us defray the expenses of putting up this programme, we are requesting a contribution of $20 from each attendee. As the function room has limited capacity we have to limit participation to the first 32 people who sign up. Would appreciate if you decide to attend , to transfer the funds to POSB  a/c number 038-02874-0 and let us know of the transfer for our administrative attention. ( from July 2 onwards) If we have more than the expected numbers, we will  place you on the waiting list with your permission, pending last minute cancellations.

So please do sign up soon and join us in this celebration of our nation’s 49th birthday. Early sign up will be our extra motivation to plan a programme for the enjoyment and entertainment of all attendees. Whether you come for the music, games. food or just the fellowship, let’s make it an evening to remember.

Peggy n Arthur Yap

Registered Guests

1. Richard Wong                  Pd

2. Ronald Lee

3. Charles Wee                    Pd

4. Gabriella Chua                 Pd

5 Terence Seah                    Pd

6 Christina Chan (tentative)  Pd

7 Maureen Lee                     Pd

8 Lydia Chin

9 J.J. Wong                           Pd

10. Freda Lim                        Pd

11. Joy Chuang                    Pd

12 Steven Chan

13.Richard Lean

14. Grace Kok

15. Molly Chua

 

 

 

 

2013 has obviously been a highly eventful year for SHC with many activities and a successful Taipei Night. Yet reading some of the blog posts during the last couple of months has been rather disappointing and we might even say downright depressing.

Since an informal committee of some form was formed around August 2013, the blog posts have revealed that one committee member has offered her resignation and evenly publicly advertised for a replacement, another committee member has been openly castigated for her comments by the Chairman ( which in all honesty we are still at a loss as to what those comments were all about).

Meanwhile we are also being entertained by the spectacle of a corporate EO throwing in the towel in the midst of organizing some event.

At the risk of sounding politically incorrect, if we were outsiders wondering whether we should join the SHC, it would seem to us that the Club is on the verge of a major organizational crisis rather than a vehicle for social fellowship.

Yet we know for a fact that the SHC has been a gamechanger for many seniors and well before Facebook and other social network vehicles were founded, many people’s lives have already been enriched and even transformed through the interactions and social activities of the SHC.

Our wish for SHC in 2014 is that every member focus on the original objectives of the Club and not let personality differences (of which some must be expected to be realistic) cloud their judgement and actions. Instead of settling their differences or disagreements via the forum, perhaps a phone call, personal sms or even a quiet cup of coffee could do the trick. We believe the vast majority of members join SHC for its social objectives and would like the club to remain so. We stand to be corrected, but we don’t think that we are being presumptious to say that some potential EO’s with quality ideas are not coming forward because of concern that they are stepping into a political mine field.

Do hope that our observations are taken in the right perspective as we believe they come under the realm of constructive comment. Of course some of you may beg to differ and that is entirely natural. No offence taken, and certainly no offence meant.

Let’s bring back the old kampong spirit that once we had !

Cheers and to a brighter 2014 for SHC

Peggy n Arthur Yap