Month: March 2009

I have been asked many times if certain threads or Posts would be approved to appear on this forum.  Here are some guidelines.  As long as the Post does not dwell on discussion topics eg politics, sex, race, religion, direct selling and MLM, the Post is considered approved.

If you are organising a new event, and would like to invite other SHC members to join you, please go ahead.  But advertising is strictly not acceptable.  Please do not bring in non-member’s names into this forum.

Comments should come under appropriate threads.  Comments should not be written as new Post.  If  you do, it will likely be deleted.

Go ahead and argue, but please be sensitive and respect the opinion of other SilverHairsClub members.  Please have all the fun in your life.  Everybody is here to make new and more friends.  So, please don’t quarrel among yourselves;  it gives me headaches, and panadols wont help.  There is plenty of space on this website for you to dream and share your life’s vision, so write your "Reflections".  Fair enough?

Terence Seah

Hi dancers and all those keen to learn and have fun! Some of us have just ended our classes on Jive and Salsa, let’s go further!

These are very low cost dance class, do take this opportunity to attend.

Clementi CC
 
1) Social Dance  (Rock n Roll) elementary commencing on 27.3.09(Friday) from 7.30pm to 8.30 pm- course fee S$32/35 for 8 lessons
 
2) Latin Dance ( Latin Rumba) elementary commencing on 27.3.09(Friday) from 8.30pm to 9.30pm – course fee S$35/40 for 8 lessons
 
3) Line Dance elementary II (Tuesday) from 7.00pm to 8.00pm -course fee S$32./35 for
8 lessons

Dan

hi bro francis,good afternoon 2 u all. i ve remit 50 bucks dd 20.03 fri,sori got no 5 buck lah.how abt the mugs deliver 2 where ? btw do u pp need any help 4 the d & d

"Ni Hao"! Here is another trip date/itinerary to yunnan.

This year, you can also join trip in the month of June, August, October and December 09. Please email me for itinerary. Each august in yunnan has its season of fruits and weather which will decide where are the best destinations inside Yunnan. Of course I still need to give myself sometime to do my work. For the trip to go, we need around 8 pax.

Following is the tentative end april trip itinerary. Will be revised if necessary. If folks going on the trip are interested, I am open to abandon few destinations and accommodate to visit the Yuan Yang Rice Terrace in south Yunnan. According to Nature Products Network,

Yuan Yang Rice Terraces: Definitely the world’s most spectacular!
If you have seen the famous Banaue rice terraces of the Ifugaos in The Philippines and then visit the endless rice terraced mountains of Yuan Yang in Southern Yunnan, you regret having wasted time and gone through an unsafe trip on Luzon’s killer roads. Compared with Ifugao, the Hani people in Yuan Yang have much larger mountains and gorgeous sites to cultivate. Their endless irrigated terraces are giving a new meaning to paddy rice cultivation in Asia.

Anyway, email me at ethniceast@gmail.com for your inqueries etc.,

Dear SHCians,

TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE  PROGRAM AND VIEW 323  PIC TAKEN ON THE MEGA EVENT , PLEASE VISIT

http://shcdineranddance2009.blogspot.com

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Francis R. Mangalam
francisemail@yahoo.com | 218.186.14.222

Hi SHCians,

I thank each and every member who had attended the Third SHC D&D Nite 2009.

My special thanks go to thirteen members in appreciation of my work for The Mega Event.

1. Mr. Sam Goh, who honored me by buying a garland.

2. Mr. Lum Fook , who honored me by presenting a bottle of wine, he won in Lucky Draw.

3. All members excluding me in Table 5(Vegetarian Table),who honored me by presenting a bottle of wine,when they did the word quiz right .
1. Terence Seah
2. Catherine Koh
3. Tan York Choo
4. Dolly Peh Siew Choo
5. Margaret Lim Poh Thiam
6. Sekaran Sandirasekaran
7. Gengha Dhevi
8. Annie Lim/Goh
9. Lim Geok Suan
10. Patrick Lee-Song Juan
11. Ganet Leong.

Francis Rajaratnan Mangalam
EO
Third SHC Dinner and Dance Nite 2009

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SOME VIDEO CLIPS OF D&D 2009

Video dedication clip

http://tiny.cc/2sjH2

LATIN CHA CHA DANCE PERFORMANCE BY FRANCIS R MANGALAM AND CATHERINE KOH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvHb1GJ9Yh4

Bollywood dance clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXAqZ7R_2Wo

Line Dance clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6mAJvmTVpU

Rock&Roll clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5YlmadKogU

Gift wrapping clips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJANsbh3ncQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3cLdyqjWeU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py7Q1S7aRVY

Thanks to Hamidah for capturing the memorable moments in her camera.

1.Dhoom 2 Dance Performance by Hamidha and her friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77vCtX3c9o4

2.Bollywood Dance Demo by Hamidah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv8UikojdHY

3.Bollywood Dance Teach by Hamidah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYiwAiW6MGg

4.Bollywood Dance Workship by Hamidah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCFuswmNHD4

5.Rockandroll Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mlB3cEIakE

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Click here for photos

Dear SHC Friends,

Do you believe in drinking soup as a culture for life longevity ? Well, the HongKongers and Southern Chinese in China have done it.  As Chinese and especially the Cantonese, we were told by our mom, grandma, or even great grandma that drinking soup regularly is good for our body.

Basically, tonic soup is very nourishing to the soul, it improves blood circulations, boost energy and also increase one immunity level. It is also proven to be good for the overall well being.

There are many varieties of herbal soups. Do check this out if you want to know more on Chinese Herbal receipes on soup and its articles  : http://herbal.recipes.googlepages.com/index.html
(Disclaimer : By the way, the author is also Susan, but it’s not me……..)

Last weekend, about twenty of us (SHCians) attended a brief talk on the secret cum preparation of chinese herbal tonic soup  at “H.K. BEST SOUP” Restaurant. The owner/chef (???) is from Hong Kong, a highly respectable cook and is specialized in double-boiled soup. He is also a famous column writer on soup preparation/cooking in our local Chinese newspaper, ????.

For those who are curious and also to experience what Chef ? have in store for us, we are organizing a Hong Kong (Cantonese) cuisine dinner in April. This special value for money menu which Chef ? quoted for us, should not be missed !  For $220.00 per table, we are having “Pen Cai” (??) as our main course and also a special double-boiled wild yam or "Huai Shan" (??) soup. That’s not all, please scroll down to see the list of food in the menu below. This works out to be $22.00 per person nett only.

Read more about "Huai Shan" and its goodness here : http://herbal.recipes.googlepages.com/articles_30.html

(Note : for those not familiar (including me !)  “Pen Cai” (??) is the next popular dish after “Buddha Jumps Over The Wall” – ???)

For those who are interested, this happening will be on:

Date         : 25 April 2009 (Saturday)
Time         : 6.30pm

Venue      : H.K. Best Soup Restaurant 
                  723 Havelock Road (Near Beo Crescent, the Old Havelock Road area) 
                  Tel 6276 5295

Nearest MRT : Tiong Bahru – (EW17) about 8 mins walk to the restaurant

Location map : http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_1/travel_site_12579/

The Selected Menu:

1. ?????? – ??  (? ??????????????)
Authentic Traditional Hong Kong Style “Pen Cai” in whole abalone, sea-cucumber, dried scallop, dried oyster, etc. etc. (one whole abalone per person)

2. ????? (Hong Kong Style Steamed Sea Grouper)

3. ??? (King Prawn coated in Oat)

4. ????? (Kung-Po Big Frog)

5. ????????? (Seasonal Vegetables with Abalone Mushroom in oyster sauce)

6. ???, ???? ??? (Double Boiled Herbal Soup – fresh “Huai Shan”, wolfberry and other herbal with pork shoulder bone)

7. ????? (Dessert – Red Bean Paste with Lotus seeds)

8. ????? (Steamed "lian yong" Bun)

*** Free flow of Chinese tea & white rice. *** No corkage for wine or liquor.***

Other drinks or beverages at own expense.

Please remit your money to Lina at her POSB Saving A/C nbr :122-04284-7 by 31 March, 2009 to secure a place.

Those joining : Suzhang, Ah Nee, Lina Ng, Molly Chua, Ronald Lee, John Howe, C.J., Oi Cheng, Gingko, Charles Wee, Hong Jeng, Eyvonne Chew………..

We have now booked the whole restaurant – 6 tables max (10 pax to a table) on a first come first serve basis.  Interested party, kindly indicate your interest here.

Cheers,
EOs : Ah Nee (PR),  Lina Ng (CFO) & Suzhang

Registration start here:

1. Ah Nee – Paid
2. Suzhang – Paid
3. Lina Ng – Paid
4. Molly Chua – Paid
5. Oi Cheng – Paid
6. CJ – Paid
7. Gingko – Paid
8. Eyvonne Chew – Paid
9. Ron Lee – Paid
10. Hong Jeng – Paid
11. John Howe – Paid
12. Charles Wee – Paid
13. Terence Seah – Paid
14. Dolly Lim – Paid
15. Caroline Gee – Paid
16. Lily Ho – Paid
17. Ann To – Paid
18. Cath Yeo – Paid
19. Janet Chan – Paid
20. Peng Peng – Paid
21. Joyce Kwok  Paul Kong – Paid
22. Dan Huang – Paid
23. Joy Chuang – Paid
24. Ann Lim – Paid
25. Susan Tan – Paid
26. James Tan – Paid
27. Alice Teo – Paid
28. Sunny Yeow – Paid
29. Helen Wong – Paid
30. Alice Seah – Paid
31. Bernie Chung – Paid
32. Maria Tan – Paid
33. Mary Tan  Jane Loh – Paid
34. Julie Guan Peggy Kong – Paid
35. Linda Chang – Paid
36. Clara Chay – Paid
37. Neo Sock Cheng – Paid
38. Dennis Wee – Paid
39. Veronique – Paid
40. Lee Patrick (Song Juan) – Paid
41. Rene Leong – Paid
42. Yew Kwong – Paid
43. Boon Liang – Paid
44. Myra Chia – Paid
45. Douglas Chan – Paid
46. Janet Heng – Paid
47. PH Liu – Paid
48. Arthur Yap – Paid
49. Peggy Yap – Paid
50. Steven Chan – Paid
51. Lee King Seng – Paid
52. Maureen Lee – Paid
53. Christina WH Chan – Paid
54. Lee Seok Cheng – Paid
55. Daisy Yeo – Paid
56. Grace Kok – Paid
57. Lilian Koh – Paid  Helen Kuek Bessie Lam – Paid
58. Koh Tong Seng – Paid Peggy Ho – Paid
59. Jade Phua – Paid
60. Chin Boon – Paid

 Those on the Waiting List
 1)  Ella Tan    2) KC Lau

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Dear SHC Mbr,

Re: Free Comedy "Who Push Humpty" at the Old Supreme House, DD: 14 th 15 Mar 2009 from 10.00 to 6.00pm.

Anyone interest to muse themself for a good laugh! I saw this in the Mrt train adv, believe some of us may saw it too!

For more details as how to get it free, Try the above, log into: thelivingcourthouse.gov.sg.

I suppose it will be over whelm since its F.O.C, so wait no longer if you’re keen.

Regards

Gibson Tan.

We finally drove 2009 past one major milestone in SHC history, the first Golf Tournament Open Invitation,
thanks to Janet Loo and Lin Chuah helping me to stir enough interest and also sponsoring the prizes.

The tournament was held at Sembawang Country Club on the 23rd Feb Monday afternoon.
Almost
90% of the known registered golfers in SHC turn up for this event and
though it rained and delayed play for one hour, we managed to complete
the game.

The day started off with the following flights:

1329 – Janet Loo,  Margaret, Minja, Dick Foo
1337 – Andrew Koh with Keppel group ( 4 balls) 
1345 – Ron Wi, Chin Boon, Thomas Ho (SCC member), Dr Jayaram ( Scc member)
1353 – ST Teow, Edward, Raymond , and Tian Soon (Home Team) 
1401 – Bessie , Siew Hoon , Ping Hock, Mak K T (Ping’s friend) 

Tournament results :

Best overall score (Mens) SHC Red cap (SHC version of the Augusta’s Masters Green Jacket) – Andrew Koh 96
(Prize sponsored by Janet Loo)

Best overall ladies , the SHC Red Cap – Janet Loo 99,

(Prize sponsored by Andrew Koh)

Par 3 prizes, sleeve of Titliest golf balls sponsored by Lin Chuah –
HOle no 13 – Andrew Koh
HOle no 18 (165m, 180m) – Siew Hoon, Ron Wie

Birdie prize
HOle no 12 – Dick Foo – sleeve of Titliest balls

The day ended with dinner and Karaoke and with hopes for more golf games and hole 19s in future.

The
next golf game will be on the 23rd Mar at SCC , Mon afternoon at $53
and I will try to make arrangements to accept all those who are keen to
play, even if it is more than 2 flights.

To all other golfers who are keen to join us, let us know you and your email.

For photos and further golf news visit our SHC’s coach Ping Hock’s website below:

http://www.ping88.net/gg/

Cheers

Hi All SHCians

This is an afterthought from an earlier post by Terence on Education centre as a source of income. Just wish to share my thoughts and welcome your views.

From what I read surfing the net, there appears  to be a need for babysitters for toddlers and even afterschool care. I wonder if so, can childminding or afterschool care as a SHC business activity, with the objective of conducting enrichment activities for the children, work? Do you think, among the SHCians, there are some with the experience and interest in getting together to form a parents/grandparents/uncles/aunts playgroup or education centre or and running activities eg teaching EL/CL through songs, rhymes,computer aided learning, guitar playing, dance and drama etc.

If the group is small, we can use our homes. I will volunteer my flat for this as I’m a grandma with a toddler grandson whom I would like to see in a playgroup. I don’t really see this as a moneymaking business, more perhaps as giving assistance to working mums and dads.

Regards

Joan

TO the Daring, Bold, Adventurous!

This morning, from my windows I see the grey sky and I said a prayer… now the sun is up and shining!  THIS is the Day that the L… has made! 
The last 2 days the weather has been clement!

GET SET, READY, GO!!!!!      
see you this afternoon at 4pm, Blk 259 Bt Panjang   
(Update: 14March09 11:16am)

Dear SHCians!We have come to our last PipeLine Ramble!  We have scaled up walls, cross fences, jumped across ‘canals’…… PLR4 might be the toughest of all because of certain challenges, yet to take on!This trail leads us through green pastures; give your legs a good workout as you climb from 1 slope to the next… each steeper than the 1 before.  At last, on top of a slope, standing on a small space enough for 2; to take a breather ….. turned, look back,,,,,,  a ‘gasp’; Wow! so steep!!   Reality dawns; a smile broke forth with glee……. I DID IT!!!?    

In PLR2 we walked on a pipeline, a small ‘section’.  Someone had asked: Can we walk the entire length?   Such a chance is HERE!

Challenge:  walk ON the entire length of a huge pipe!  No turning back as it is the only way to the opposite side. 
This pipe seems broader; definitely longer, approx 200m.

Next,   ever stepped on something soft?   I mean, really soft…..aargggghhh, a rare experience! 

This trail might be Challenging for some;  to others, definitely a Challenge not to be missed!!!!!  ADVENTURE!….Excitement!…. awaits!       

Start Time:  4pm SHARP.  (Route 8 – 9km.  Be punctual, due to the challenges, might take 3hrs).

Meeting Point:   Blk 259 coffeeshop, along Bt Panjang Road (same place where PLR3 ended).

How to Get there:  
(i)  Choa Chu Kang MRT transfer to Bt Panjang LRT – Bangkit station.
Exit LRT,  keep left – see Blk 255 /Bt Panjang Ring Rd, walk forward, look for
Blk 259.
(note:  from Choa Chu Kang MRT to Bangkit LRT – allow 15-20mins, waiting
& travel time).

OR
(ii)  Buses along Bukit Panjang Road alight at either Blk 223 or Blk 270
(depends which direction you are coming from)  –  bus nos. 171, 187, 190,
700A, 960, 963, 966.

Walk will End:  at Woodlands Town Garden @Woodlands Centre Road / Woodlands Centre Point.Take 950 or 911 to Marsiling MRT.  Other bus services available: 178; 856; 903; 911; 912; 913; 170.

NOTE:
1)  DO wear proper walking, covered shoes; use an old pair; ‘non-slip’.
2)  If mozzies are attracted to you, bring insect sprays.3)  There are no ‘toilet’ facilities & no shelter from raindrops.4)  Bring only the minimum, ‘light’ on the back is ideal!

An Exception:  due to the terrain of this trail, should the weather be inclement either on Friday night or Saturday morning, for the safety of all participants, the walk might be cancelled.       (ps: Trail heads Northwards).  

*****On Saturday, 14Mar 12noon: check this post …..        
We shall advise in case this walk has to be cancelled due to inclement weather!

REGISTER HERE.
If you need clarification, drop me an email…  chrischan5575@yahoo.com

REGISTERED,,, THE BOLD, DARING & ADVENTUROUS
1. Veronique 2. Susan Tan 3. Daisy Yeo 4. John Howe 5. Sarah Zahriah 6. Wee Chin 7. Feztus Lim 8. Ronald Lee 9. Thomas Goh 10. Kristin Leong 11. Richard Yee 12. Molly Chua 13. Alicia Soh 14. Mike Tan 15. Bobby Yee 16. Steven Chan 17. James TanCL 18. Charles Chua
19.KarenT
20.Pauline ….. Jeffrey Lim; ChristinaCL Chan

EOs of the Walk Team:   Charles Wee, Veronica Wong, Mary Tan, Jeffrey Lim, Joyce Tan; Charles Chua, Serene Low and me, ChristinaCL Chan….signing off…

Stay kool!  Be kool!         C ya! 

Background of this Trial:
What is this PipeLine Ramble – PLR? Most of you would know that a water
pipeline runs from Johor to Singapore but have anybody thought to trace the pipeline route"?

The entire trail is approx 30km! We had intended to introduce this trail in 3 separate segments but had decided to segment it into 4 parts.
Each part of the route has a different terrain and each opens up a part of
Singapore seldom seen.

PLR1: in Apr08 the 1st segment, from Pearl’s Hill to Farrer Road.
PLR2:  Aug08 Farrer Road to Turf City (the pixs are found in the same post
dd 23July08).
PLR3: Oct08 Turf City to Bukit Panjang Park (post dd 01Oct08, pixs are found
in the same post).

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