March 2015 – Share with us what you have been doing in the last 30 years

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Gatherings are a great way to make friends. We chat with one another, and sometimes we find our old schoolmates, members who had worked in similar industries and someone whom we may be interested to know further.

fun3    I like to introduce another way for all members to meet new and more friends. Each month, we will start a new Post titled “Share with us your last 30 years”. Under this Post, all members can share what you have been doing in the last 30 years. Approx 5-10 paragraphs. You can share your working history, your hobbies, your loves, your overseas postings, your school, college and university life, your promotions, etc.

I am sure other members may be able or want to link up with you.

Political, sexual, religious, racial and MLM content may be moderated.

Let start this activity with a posting for Mar 2015.

Terence Seah

Monthly Walk, Sat 7 Mar – Lower Pierce reservoir Board Walk

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MONTHLY WALK – LOWER PIERCE RESERVOIR BOARD WALK
Date: Saturday, 7 March 2015
Time: 3.30 pm sharp (be punctual as would be taking a bus to Bishan Park)
Meeting Point: Yio Chu Kang MRT station (Beside POSB ATM)
Duration: Approx. 2-1/2 hrs
ECs : Alice Seah and Serene Low

The hustle and buzzle of Chinese Lunar New Year will end on 5th March. After feasting on all the sumptuous goodies during this festive period, let us all get ready to burn off some excess calories by joining our next monthly nature walk.

The walk will cover the area of Lower Pierce Reservoir, the second oldest reservoir in Singapore. On the boardwalk, we will meander through the matured secondary rain forest where there are numerous rubber trees and oil palms. Apart from the flora and fauna, there are birds, wild boars, monkeys, squirrels, mini monitor lizards, spiders etc.

At the end of the walk, we will aim for the Casuarina Curry Restaurant for the famous crispy roti prata.

Note: Bring water bottle, caps, umbrella and insect repellent. Do wear comfortable walking shoes.

Our Walk Team ECs: Christina CL Chan, Charles Wee, Mary Tan, Veronica Wong,
Serene Low, Alice Seah, Jeffrey Lim, Azhari Cuttilan.

Please register.

Attendees:
1) Alice Seah
2) Serene Low
3) Gabriella Chua
4) Alice Tan
5) Loong Say Meng
6) Sharon Loong
7) Danny Lye
8) Charles Wee
9) Christina A Chan
10) Susan Tan
11) James Tan
12) Azhari Cuttilan
13) Peng Peng Lee
14) Theresa Seow
15) Vincent Lim
16) Shirley Tan
17) Pauline Chew
18) Lilian Teo
19) Catherine Yeo
20) Lily Lim
21) Jimmy Tsin
22) Richard Wong
23) Moon Wong
24) Tony Ang
25) Vincent Lim
26) Andrew Koh
27) Lawrence Khan

Susan Tan CH takes over the role of Calendar manager

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We have a Calendar which EOs and ECs can use to link their events to.  However, few members use it.  Once in a while, we have members asking where and when are the coming events.

I have asked Susan CH Tan to man the calendar, so that we can keep it updated for use by members.  On your own, EOs and ECs can put in their activities in the Calendar, and link it to the Post;.

Susan has kindly agreed, and she will man the Calendar.  EOs and ECs who do not know, unable to or forgot how to use the calendar can contact Susan for help. As a guide, if your event is NOT LINKED to the calendar within 24 hours, Susan will come in to help, and place the link for the Event organiser EO or Event Cordinator EC.  Ask her, if you want to know more about the Calendar.

Here is our Calendar.  https://silverhairsclub.com/?page_id=12691

Thank you Susan for helping up in the club.

Terence Seah

 

Cancer incidence with ageing population . 50% will get cancer.

Our Prime Minister has recently gone for his prostate cancer surgery. He is another example of how the elderly is more easily inflicted with cancer.
If he can get cancer twice in his life time what are our chance ??

I have reviewed and heavily edited a very thorough research paper done in UK to be of interest, relevance and wake up call for us SHC members

One in two people will develop cancer at some point in their lives , according to the latest forecast.

There will “never be one single magic bullet” to cure all cancers and age is the biggest risk factor for most forms of the disease.

The new figure, which replaces the previous of one in three, is the most accurate forecast to date from Cancer Research UK .

Prevention must also play a role in the effort required to reduce the impact of the disease in coming decades, the charity said.

But as more people benefit from improved healthcare and longer life expectancy, the number of cancer cases is expected to rise.

This new research estimating lifetime risk replaces the previous figure, calculated using a different method, which predicted that more than one in three people would develop cancer at some point in their lives.

The charity said age is the biggest risk factor for most cancers, and the increase in lifetime risk is primarily because more people are surviving into old age, when cancer is more common.

The lifetime cancer risk for women (47.55%) is lower than that of men (53.5%), while the combined lifetime risk is 50.5%.

According to the previous method of calculation, i n 1980 the combined risk was 27.2%, in 1990 it was 32.7%, in 2000 it was 37.1% and in 2010 it was 41.8%. The charity believes that the old method of calculation underestimated the risk.

Lifetime cancer risk is also expected to increase further in the future.

While the biggest risk factor is age, other lifestyle factors include smoking, obesity, diet, tanning and sunburn, overdiagnosis, lack of exercise and child-bearing patterns.

Just over a quarter of all deaths are caused by cancer, so while one in two people will develop cancer at some point, it is still believed that around one in four people will die from cancer.

We’re living longer and that means we’re more likely to develop a range of age-related health issues.

How near a cure for cancer is ?, The research said: “There will never be one single magic bullet that treats … cures all cancers. I just don’t … I cannot foresee a time when that’s going to be the case. But already we’re able to cure a number of cancers now.”

There are more than 200 different types of cancers and they are all quite different.

The single biggest thing that affects whether a patient is cured is whether their disease is caught early enough..

Too many cancers are diagnosed very late and once they’re more advanced it becomes much harder to cure. We can treat them, we can extend life but it becomes much harder to cure if we’re catching the cancers very late,”

“Cancer is primarily a disease of old age, with more than 60% of all cases diagnosed in people aged over 65. If people live long enough then most will get cancer at some point.”

Breast cancer is the most common form in women, prostate cancer is the most common form in men, and bowel cancer and lung cancer are common in both sexes.

Cases of cancer are likely to rise with an ageing population – so the focus is on earlier diagnosis, improving care and tackling preventable cancer.

Another separate study said 30% of cancer happen to the most fit and healthy person. This sadly is term “biological badluck” due to healthy cell mutation

Still we should be in control of the 70%. Hope you find this article useful.

Leon

Coffee Chat on Thursday, 12 March

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Hello friends

How time flies!  Time to arrange for our next coffee chat.  Details are as follows:

  • Date:          Thursday, 12 March
  • Time:          2 – 4 pm
  • Venue:        Paya Lebar Singpost Building, Food court located at B1 of building (next to the Paya Lebar mrt station)
  • Cuisine:      Just order your own food/coffee/dessert from the Kopitiam (discount given with a Kopitiam card)
  • Agenda:       Nil…. can talk, joke and have fun

This is a monthly gathering and has been going on for more than a year.  Come and wild away the time… fellowship and camaderie among active agers will keep dementia/depression and loneliness at bay ~

I would appreciate if you could reply ASAP.

Cheers and hope to see as many of you as possible.

Gabriella Chua, EO

Registration List:

  1. Gabriella Chua (bringing some signature pineapple bak kwa from the famous shop ~ Kim Peng Hiang)
  2. Kenneth Tan 
  3. Veronique Lee
  4. Joe Choo
  5. Alice Tan
  6. Charles Cher (bringing his signature goreng pisang rajah)
  7. Amy Ko
  8. Charles Wee
  9. Jazz Soh
  10. Jennifer Wu
  11. John Chua S C
  12. Loong Say Meng
  13. Grace Ng
  14. Alice Seah
  15. Catherine Yeo
  16. Peng Peng
  17. Peter Loo
  18. SS James
  19. A Koh
  20. Robert Ong
  21. Roland Tong
  22. Steven Chan
  23. Mega
  24. Gingko
  25. Pat Oei
  26. Richard Kwok
  27. William Wee
  28. Steven Low
  29. Ooi Chong Hock
  30. Tony Ang
  31. Richard Lean
  32. + 1 or 2 non-members  who will be applying for membership soon (One of them, Daniel Wong is now a member of SHC)
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Cruise N Fly Holidays 22nd March to 29th ( or shorter) March 2015

The Iternery is as follow :

A. Take a cruise from Singapore on 22nd March 2015 at ard 5.00 pm

B. The cruise will land at Langkawi 23rd 8.00 am / Penang 24th 4.00pm

C. If depart at Langkawi ( One cabin night charge ) – we shall arrange a coach to tour  langkawi , take a ferry across to tour Perlis and Kedah , and stay in Kedah for 1 night.

D. Following the morning breakfast, we head for Penang by the New Bridge. Stay in Penang for 2 to 3 nights. While in Peang , we shall coach south by OLD bridge to Ipoh morning and back to Penang to sleep.

E. We shall fly back to Singapore from Penang

OR

B1. Depart at Penang ( 2 carbin night charges ) . Stay 2 nights in Penang. Coach North to Perlis/Kedah in the morning and returning to Penang to sleep.

c1 : Coach south to Ipoh and Genting and fly back from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore ( Note : Fare from Penang/KL cost the same )

Estimate Cost Per person $ 450 to $ 500 +/- inclusive Cruise/Air ticket/Coaches , accommodation and all meals. Accounts of expenses will be transparent.

Details iterneries will be provide at a later date after viewing the response. Max 40 persons

Assure you will not be dull during this trip. Please express your interest ASAP.

Tony Ang

Sungei Rengit Revisit: 21/22 March 2015

Hi all.
We are going to revisit Sungei Rengit before it becomes and transformed into a Petroleum Hub.

Our journey begins from Changi Point Ferry Terminal to Tg Pengelih jetty. It is about 18km from jetty to Sungei Rengit town.

The area’s landscape is changing rapidly, the tranquility scenery is fast disappearing, very soon the town may also be demolished.

This is a 2D1N event (21-22 Mar 2015)

Meet : Changi Village hawker center
Date : 21 Mar 2015.
Time : 0800 hrs.
Cycling speed : leisure(10-15kph)
Rental bike cost : Sgd 11-12 per day.
Ferry : Sgd 13-15 one way.
Hotel :2 to a room @MYR 168.

closing date : 07 Mar 2015.

Going :
1. Douglas
2. Charles Chua
3. Lim TS

Posted in Activities outdoors, Cycling, Forum

Lim Yoon Chin manages our forum’s new members registration and passwords

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Wef this month, Yoon Chin (Ms) will be managing SilverHairsClub’s new members registration and passwords. I had been looking for volunteers, and finally we found Yoon Chin who has accepted this role. Thank you very much.

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A.  New Members:

To join as a new member, the applicant needs to read https://silverhairsclub.com/?page_id=1746, and email the applicantion to admin@silverhairsclub.com.

Upon successful application, admin will approve and send a welcome email to the applicant, copy Yoon Chin.

She uses the email address clubadmin@SilverHairsClub.com and will create a new user, based on the info in the application. You will get a temp password, by email to enter SilverHairsClub.com.

(Please note only admin@SilverHairsClub.com can approve the membership. Yoon Chin (Clubadmin@SilverHairsClub.com will help you with username and password).

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B. Existing members (with lost passwords):

On your own, members can get a temp password by clicking https://silverhairsclub.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword.

But, if you had tried numerous times, checked that your email address is correct and still cannot sign in with your username and password, you can contact Yoon Chin at clubadmin@silverhairsclub.com.

You may be required to register NEW again, if you have forgotten username, password and email address.

Thank you Yoon Chin.

Terence Seah

 

Kiasu and the Paper Rush

Last Friday there was news about parents’ anxiety over the PSLE and that was the reason MOE decided to have actual past PSLE Exam Papers (four subjects) printed to  give the anxious parents an idea of the PSLE standard. It also said the Papers would go on sale the next day (Saturday).

I mentally made a note to buy them on Tues (today). However, on Saturday, all the Papers sold out, island-wide! Why so kiasu, I thought. The PSLE is in October –no need to start practising the Papers so early.

This morning  I went to a big bookshop to ask about the Papers. They were out of stock! I asked about new stocks and the sales person said tomorrow coming. I quickly told him I wanted to reserve the 4 sets of Papers and to pre-pay for them. I was afraid they might all be snapped up before I arrived.  He said cannot reserve but can leave contact number so the staff could inform me when the new batch of the Papers arrived. I wrote my contact on a piece of paper and saw him pin it among numerous pieces on the board. Wah, so many people also wanted to be informed!

I went home,  planning how I could be ready to dash out to the bookshop the moment I got the alert.   Then I realized I had been acting kiasu myself. Lol!

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SHC wishes all members a Healthy and Happy New Year

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Many members have been with SilverHairsClub for many years; and, of course, some of us are younger and some of us are …..  Unlike many Clubs in Singapore, SHC is a club for SilverHairs, where the age of everybody is 45 and up.

Let’s take this festivity to wish one another a Happy and Healthy New year.  My best wishes to all members.

Terence Seah

 

2-Days Movie Making Course (11/3 & 12/3)

I am organizing another 2-sessions course on Movie Making using Microsoft Windows Movie Maker program. It will be on 11/3 & 12/3 (Wednesday & Thursday) from 2PM to 5PM. The course can only accept a maximum of six participants. I already have three registered and can take in another two or three more.

Those interested are requested to attend a briefing and also to confirm in writing that you are coming and would like to be registered. Details of the briefing session are as follows:

Date: 07-03-2015 (Saturday)
Time: 3PM to 5PM
Venue: City Hall Food Court (MRT – City Hall)
Meeting Place: Just outside ticket gates @ City Hall MRT
We will start walking to food court @ 3.05PM.

hewlee (EC)

Those registered coming:
1) registered
2) registered
3) registered
4) Doreen Tay
5) Priscilla Wee
Registration is now CLOSED.

 

Our CPF; not your CPF

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One of the most current affairs stories today is “Our CPF”.  It’s about letting Singaporeans decide how much we need during our retirement. I think it is good we have a discussion here. Perhaps you know everything; but some of us have questions and comments.

If you have questions, do ask; and anyone can respond.  If you have comments, great.  Keep your response short, so we enjoy and understand you better. Please keep short your response to 1-3 paragraphs.  I have questions too.

In the case or we turning 55 in 2016, and the options are:

  1. Basic retirement sum (with property):  A monthly payout of $650 – 700 for life, for basic needs.
  2. Full retirement sum (without property): A monthly payout of $1,200 – 1,300 for life, for basic needs.
  3. Enhanced retirement sum $241,500:  A monthly payout of $1,750 – 1,900 for life, if we choose to put more in the retirement account.

If you wish to rate your thoughts and share it with fellow members, use the scale of 1-10 (10 is excellent), avoid using I dont like it or it is a good idea.

Please share your thoughts.

Terence Seah

 

March 2015 monthly gathering – coming up

polaroid-110612  febmtg1  febmtg4 We are now looking at March 2015 monthly gathering.  Our favourite was Hans at Upper Pickering; but that was closed.  But, the thinking process goes on.  Jayleen Hotel is currently being explored but this will very much depend on the EO.

Victor Khor will likely be the EO for the March 2015 monthly gathering. Let’s keep in touch until Victor has it all planned up.

Please share your suggestions and thots here.

Terence Seah

 

Some news are better not known; can we as a club do something to help ourselves?

eating4   eating 3    Do you sometimes think that the SilverHairsClub is all about fun?  And that most of our activities center around eating, eating, dancing, keeping fit, travel and enjoying the world.  And that all these activities are part of getting old.

Then, there are times when among us, members pass away; some quietly, and some, we rather not know about it.  Then, there are others who suddenly suffer a stroke, diagnosed for cancer, or met with an accident;  all of which affect painfully our fellow members and their families.  For these unfortunate members, if they have many close fellow members as friends, they get to receive moral support and help.  For the quieter ones, we forget about them over time.

Sometimes, not knowing any bad news is better.  We already have a lot of our own personal problems.  Many of us are short of time, dont have all the money in the world and too many things to worry about.

What do you think? Perhaps we can do something small.  Just thinking aloud, share some of your thoughts.

Terence Seah