Some members have expressed interest in an exciting business proposition ie to start a Travel Club. In that thread (("Christmas cheer and thoughts" http://silverhairsclub.com/2007/12/1327) the idea was to link Spore / Perth on the uncommon packages designed for our special interest group.

At the same time, we can extend the scope to include other countries. Our SHC members residing abroad can help us to organize tours in their countries (ie the inbound leg). We will organize the outbound leg from Singapore.

If there is interest, we can call a meeting to further this idea together with the Oz team.

Farting is good for you. I set to correct the  misinformation written on this greatly misunderstood and unappreciated body function.

Those who fart in public usually try to deny it. Some go quickly on the offensive and ask loudly "who farted ?" Others try to cover it up by clearing their throats, scraping their chair or shoes against the ground to make it seem like that had been the sound all along. What do you do?

The gas is mainly CO2 and comes from overeating in general. Carbon dioxide is a component of bacterial action in digestion and bacteria cause gas.  Loud farts require more excessive gas. So there is a scientific basis that fat people fart more and louder. Eat less and you should fart less and lose weight. The farts also tend to be quieter for lack of volume and therefore less noticeable.

The odor of farts comes mainly from sulfur. So the more sulfur-rich your diet is, the more your fart will stink. And the more people will notice. Sulphur-rich foods include eggs, seafood, beef, veal, tongue, liver, chicken, dried apricots and peaches, cabbage, Brazil nuts, peanuts and cheddar cheese. Onions, garlic and leeks are also rich in Sulphur. So eating onions does not necessarily cause more farts. But because they are less stinky, it goes undetected more often.

Sulphur is used to make new substances in the body such as the hormone insulin, which is vital for the control of blood glucose levels. So cutting sulphur from our diet, is not an option either.

Yet not all is hopeless. Here’s something you can do. The way you eat and drink can cause gas as well. Not carefully chewing and chugging a drink can cause you to swallow an excess of air therefore causing farts to emerge. Also, chewing can help the digestive system break down the foods so bacteria can be prevented.

Eating slowly and chewing food for longer allows the enzymes in saliva to break the food. The more that food is chewed, the more it is broken down for the digestive system,” MedicalNewsToday said.

Now you know. We should just accept that, on most occasions, farting is good news for our bodies. Next time, sympathize those who can’t fart to save their life.  So, go ahead, let it rip.

why not form a latin dance group.getter all intrest party.train from basic step & basic skill.every week open 3 night for prictice dance and every month did one time dancing party in club.

This is my suggestion.

thomas

Hello to all SHC members,
 
You can call me Sam. I am a new member. I am happy to know that there are a lot of interesting activities organised by SHC. I enjoy meeting people and make new friends. My interests are brisk-walking. I go brisk-walking 4 times a week and each timo for about an hour.

I also enjoy karaoke. I like listening to Chinese love songs and English evergreen love songs. Reading books and playing Chinese chess and scrabbles are activities which I also enjoy.

I would like to thank Terence for his help and look forward to meet you at one of the club activities.

Thank you..    
 

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Hello to all SHC members

My name is Grace, I am a new member and I am please to know that there’s a lot of interesting activities organised by SHC. I enjoy meeting people and making new friends who shared the same interest. My interest are cycling(but still on ‘L license’ need alot of practice), walking(also spooky walk) and others.Before I forget I would like to thank Terence for his help ang looking forward to meet you all at one of the club activities.

I am so sorry Terence, thank you for reminding me . I forgot there are some members by the name Grace, anyway the more the merrier (more graces). My full name is Grace Kang and I will be joining the walk, cycling and kelong next year 2008, so once again Iwould like to wish you a Blesses Christmas and this coming New Year 2008.  

GOOD NEWS For all attending the Party.

The top prize in the lucky draw is a DVD Home Theatre set.

Our SHCians are accorded special privileges in having a Karaoke Room plus two connecting rooms.

FOUR Bottles of Wine Free!

Cheers for the Countdown!

Roland

As we are trying to survive the next eating binge from here to CNY, it is helpful to remind ourselves that humans are designed so that they eat to live. Then read the latest research  from Tufts University researchers. They have updated their Food Guide Pyramid for Older Adults to correspond with the USDA food pyramid, now known as MyPyramid. The Modified MyPyramid for Older Adults continues to emphasize nutrient-dense food choices and the importance of fluid balance, but has added additional guidance about forms of foods that could best meet the unique needs of older adults and about the importance of regular physical activity. This will be  published in the January 2008 issue of the Journal of Nutrition.

Here’s a link
http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Nutrition-Vitamins/7-12-20-SenCitGetTheirOwn.htm 
 
There is no substitute bto reading the whole paper if you are interested to find out how to avoid eating to an early grave. There are many enlightening snippets. I’ll nibble at some to help those hard-of-reading.

The main message is the old one re-emphasized with a fresh sense of urgency - take more fluid (the water-kind, not alcohol) and exercise.

"food and beverages with high water content, such as lettuce, vegetable juice and soups, are important contributors of fluid in an older person’s diet."

"The need for calcium, vitamin D and vitamin B12 can increase as we age and some people find it difficult to get adequate amounts from food alone, especially when calorie needs go down,"
 
"However, we continue to emphasize that the majority, if not all, of nutrients an older adult consumes should come from food rather than supplements."

If you must live to eat, watch the swill before you shove them in. Eat well, sleep well.

Merry Christmas.  

Management Committee & All Members SHC

T’is the time of the year, I take the opportunity to wish one and all a MERRY CHRISTMAS & a BLESSED NEW YEAR.

Frank 

Hi All

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and may the New Year bring Good Health and fruitful gettogethers of members.

Hope to start some business venture linking Perth and Singapore. Anyone interested in brainstorming ideas?

Joan (from Perth)

Christmas Musings

Date:   25th Dec. 2007 (Tuesday)

Time:   12.45 pm - 1.15 pm   (Meet at the Lobby at 12. 20 pm, lunch after the concert - optional)

Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall

Link:   http://www.esplanade.com/SOPApp/espsop/portal_proxy?uri=_MutfkpxPS5MCIfny!4CNL5oh-8eZ1I3H@QrA8OmCLgb=zKqaOUiW8mKvCHH@l4VMTpi263,dV4vPr5sJFM

Led by Nyak, a buddying singer-songwriter with a full-toned voice and uncanny ability to cover songs in his own styles, and whose songs have been performed by Alan Kuo and Emil Chau, Timmy has a following from performing at venues around town like Balaclava, Wala Wala, Timbre and Hard Rock Cafe among others.

Catch Timmy this Christmas day at Esplanade as the band shares with you its musical musings on Christmas songs, twisted and transformed to its signature styles.

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Register in this Forum.

Event Coordinator: 

Robert Quek

No. of Participatants:  5

To ALL SHCians,

Thank you for the surprising support in spite of the short notice. I fervently hope that it will be a MEMORABLE COUNTDOWN! See you at SAFRA Mt Faber on 31.12.2007 at 7.00 p.m. God Bless You all!

Roland

This morning at 7.10 am, I had a tele-interview on the BreakFast club 938 LIVE radio with presenters Bharati Jagdish and Keith DeSouza.  Some of you have heard the interview while going to work.  As a result, we have a number of new members enrolling to join the SHC membership.  I like to welcome the new members.

Terence Seah

Remember your first step? 

What a fuss everyone made then!  you continued to walk right on through
childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood, but somewhere along the way, like
most adults, you probably stopped walking so much.

In fact, the percentage of adults who spent most of their
day sitting increased.  Sedentary
lifestyles have been held partially responsible for the excessive poundage.  hahahaha

Walking
is one of the easiest, least expensive, most enjoyable, and most profitable
forms of exercise.

All you need is ….

A pair of comfortable walking shoes

Socks to keep your feet dryer and blister
free

Comfortable clothing – dress for the
weather

A small bottle of water

Add a hat, suncreen and sunglasses on a
sunny day.
and desire ….

Suffice to say that walking is certainly good! Many SHCians
had enjoyed the walks and made new friends…. 
if I continued, there’d be no time for you to start walking!  

Monthly walks for SHCians are on Every 2nd Saturday of
the Month, once scheduled; Rain or Shine we Will be there!    

Thunder & lightning, we shall all, take cover, somewhere
in the vicinity to fellowship.

1^st quarter of 2008, there will be 2 walks –

12Jan – Bishan Park & Lower
Pierce

09Feb – Gong Xi Gong Xi     (family
and friends “visitation walks”)

08Mar – Bedok Reservoir  (tentative)

**A week or 2 before each scheduled walk, relevant details
will be posted in SHC’s website.

Greetings fm the team – Charles Wee, Veronica Wong, Mary
Tan and ChristinaCL Chan

       We wish each of
you a

        Wonderfully
Blessed Christmas of Love, Joy & Peace and

         a Prosperous
2008 of Divine Health and Great Harvest!         

Be Cool!  Stay cool!     

This is Christina Chan (now reflected as ChristinaCL Chan in
SHC’s website).

Hi All

I’ve managd to book a self-contained chalet in January costing AUD $90/night for maximum 8 people. It’s very reasonable rate to do a spot of golfing and fishing down south of Perth. If the place is ideal I will recommend it to those who wish to get away from Singapore to have a break in Perth. Read my comments in January.

Wishing all A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Joan

Hi all,

Wishing all a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year 2008

24th Dec , Xmas Eve - Outdoor Stage Performance at Marina, Stage@Powerhouse, free concert from 0730 to 0815pm.

 Dinner at Sizzler , Xmas Buffet , large spread of Salad Bar, soups ,desserts etc from $18 to $30, drinks included.

 Then to Midnight Mass - at any Catholic Church with a nice Choir , probably at Siglap. 

 31st Dec, New Year Eve Party at the Marina Countdown , free

- Fireworks, Photography competition, Perfomances,etc

- Dinner , Steamboat buffet ($12 per head) at Marina from 7pm

The
above are just my plans for a free , and easy Xmas and New year
celebrations that will not be costly.  Any one who wants to meet
up and join me are more than welcome, and you can bring your own drinks
and food ,etc to share.

Car pooling is encourage, so first come first serve. 

Cheers,

Allrounder 

Now, thinking ahead, with all good ideas from SHCians, and flowing in before 31 Dec 2007, we have now scheduled a day fishing trip to a kelong on Sat, 19 April 2008.

And, for those who love fishing ikan with reel and line, like eating fish porridge with kanna, chye poh, kiam chye, play cards or mahjong until the wee hours of the morning, coffee round the clock and able to sleep on wooden planks,  with rats and cockcroaches running around, you can also stay overnight on the kelong.

Let the fresh sea breeze flow past your face, enjoy the quiet away from the city, and have a chat, a long chat, with fellow SilverHairs over the weekend.

If you are prone to sea sickness, we shall prepare some cough mixture for you.  They are proven to calm you down.  In April, the seas are calm too.

However, only the date is finalised.  The place has not been found.  I found a classified travel advertisement in the Straits Times, spoke with them, and found the program interesting.   Haven’t got an Event Organiser to raise her/his hand yet.  But, the gathering is ON.  So, keep this date in your diary.

Please click on this website.  Estimate cost for 2D 1N: SGD 100, inclusive of transport from a Singapore MRT, meals on the kelong.  Have a look and see if you like it.  If you like it, we go for it.  We will limit to 42 pax only, to suit one bus.

Strictly for SilverHairsClub members only.  Here is an earlier POST for those interested in fishing.

Terence Seah

Dear Friends

1. Caroline Gee (kuay bak)
2. Mary Chan (will dig into her closet for a sexy outfit)
3. Bira (she boogie alright!)
4. Eileen Lee (long cool woman in a black dress)
5. Terence Seah (looking forward to dance the night away)
6. Norlinda (may come as mermaid to tantalise the boys)
7. Jie (will bring and drink lots of wine)
8. Dennis Wee (the cheeky menace)
9. Wendy (pretty wife of the menace)
10. Dolly (my trusted pillar)
11. Lily (Dancing Queen)
12. AH Nee (the adorable "ditzy" one)
13. Shanta (someone new? - thanks for putting your hands up)
14. Gwyneth (thanks for calling out "lai ah, lai ah")
15. Andrew Yeung (Love is a many splendoured thing - I’m sure you know what I mean)
16. Catherine Yeo (the Glam one)
17. Dan Huang (Danzing King)
18. Robert Quek (the guy who wants to sit with Jie to "attack" her wine
19. Kristy Quek (sweetie pie of RQ)
20. Molly Chua (forever youthful)
21. Susan Chang (lovable "ditzy" one)
22. Ann Lim (you rock! thanks for your prize contribution)
23. CJ (limbo rocker)
24. Oi Cheng (limbo rocker’s better half - CJ u agree right?)
25. Peng Peng (very sweet lady)
26. June Lim (the TGIF gal)
27. John Howe (at this corner is our under 55kg [-er])
28. Grace Kok (Face of SHC)
29. Lina Ng (Twister)
30. Charles Wee (Twisted)
31. Peggy Ho (I’ll Be There)
32. Christina CL Chan (Wo Lai Ye!)
33. Lisa Ong (Miss Bubbly)
34. Margaret Chan (Hip Mama)
35. Veronique (Ye Lai Xiang)
36. Veron Wong (Must see you first)
37. Gingko (Miss V)
38. Jane Yeo (Or EE Or EE Or)
39. Ann To (Nice Missy)
40. Alice Teo (Lau Peng Yew)
41. Sunny Yeow (Just Lassoed In)
42. Tan Boon Liang (Su Kee)
43. Eliza Chua (Fan-tastic)
44. Nina (Will find out more)
45. Anthony Lee (Superstar’s Fan)
46. Paul Leong (Newbie)
47. Jenny Leong (Wife of Newbie)
48. Catherine Chong (BBC)
49. Lilian Lee (More Wet Games at D&D?)
50. Philip Ong (SHC’s Elvis)
51. Anne Ng (His Angel)
52. June Chin (Ms Congenial Wannabe)
53. Grace Wong (Young At Heart)
54. Jon Ong
55. Eileen Ong
56. Julie Gan
57. Patricia Lim
58. Eyvonne Chew
59. Sarah Zahriah
60. Linda Chang
61. Josephine Yap
62. Ron Lai
63. Alice Lai
64. Rene Leong
65. Maria Tan
66. Mary Tan
67. Ronald Wie
68. Clara Chay
69. Ron Oz
70. Ang Ann Siong
71. Angie Ng
72. Cecilia Lim
73. Pearlynn Tan
74. Janet Low
75. Ivy Ong
76. Jennifer Ong
77. Wana Tay
78. Cynthia Ong
79. Yew Kwong
80. Helen Quek
81. Chew Soh Hong
82. Sarah-Zariah
83. Judy Lim
84. Wee Chin
85. Jimmy Cheong
86. Sharon Chang
87. Joy Chuang