Sat, 2nd Dec – follow up to the 1st retirement village meeting

Ronald Wi is organising the follow-up meeting on Sat, 2nd Dec.  If you like to join in, please add your name in the comments so that Ronald is aware.  We will send you the address via email.  Terence Seah

"Just to update everyone on the upcoming meeting on the 2nd Dec. Will meet at 2.30pm at the same barbecue area. Holland area.   Jocelyne has volunteered her house for the meeting if we so prefer, depending on the number of people and the weather.

I have a friend who will be joining us for the meeting and he will be glad to share his experiences about owning and renting out your condo in Pattaya. He currently owns 2 units, one he bought earlier for his own travel use, as he has a business there in Thailand.  He later found  that is was vaible to buy another to rent out as an investment, bought at $45,000 (S$) for a studio unit.

He has plenty of advice to share, and can tell us more also about the foreigner home scheme and why it may not be right or what to watch for.  He also has advice on how to stay legal and to be protected when owning a property in Thailand, as he has been in and out of Thailand for almost 15 years.

Secondly, after the meeting, Jocelyne, has kindly also offered to conduct another preview of her art and hobby to share her joy and introduce others to this hobby of procelain painting.  I myself and Christina ahve enrolled in her class and must say , it is something i find interesting, unique and something that  opens up a new interest which is rewarding in many ways, to me. I have travel quite a bit, and find that maybe painting the pictures of beautiful places that i have been on procelian adds a new kind of dimension as a sort of documenting my past, my beautiful memories and hopefully leaving a loving legacy behind . 

I have painted 2 plates, one small and one large, maybe can show them to you all (provided Jocelyne agrees to it,pendings teacher’s review ). I have discovered i like painting scenery of Par 3 holes of famous golf courses , that i have played and will play hopefully in future. I find that it does give a totally different kind of satisfaction to other type of painting, as it is easier  to display your plates of keep it or even use it and there is no need to add frames unlike canvas paintings. 

3. Lastly , let us make it an enjoyable meeting , if not just for the sake of having a chat, maybe sharing some good tibbits if anyone wants to introduce any baking skills, or foodstuffs they have of their travel ? As i will be going down to Malyaysia, will get some tidbits to share also.  Terenece , now that i now of your Tiramisu skills , i am almost drooling about it, hopefully , dont have to die waiting for it.  About bread making ,i did it before using the bread machine when i was in   USA. I must say the joy of being awaken up by the smell of fresh bread makes you just want to jump out of bed , and the taste is defintely different from gardenia. Fresh bread, timed exactly to be eateh, is warm, moist ,fragrant and almost melts in your mouth, along with a cup of coffee , expresso also from a coffee making machine, brewed fresh.

Cheers, Ronald Wi"

Author: Terence Seah

Founder

18 thoughts on “Sat, 2nd Dec – follow up to the 1st retirement village meeting”

  1. Dear Ronald
    I never meet any of you but I am interested to know more.
    Please post details like time and address on how to go there. Preferably weekend as I am working
    Thanks for accomodating.

  2. Hi all, meeting is confirmed on 2nd Dec at 2.30pm at Jocelyne’s place,at Holland Rd. Will provide details to your email.

    Interesting website of an Eco-village in JB, just outside Senai airport. I will be making a visit next week to look at their concepts and get a feel of what it is like. They have organic farming,(quite the trend now right ?),cottage development, farm stay, fish farming, e-business ,etc. Check their website as it does give a good overview of the layout ,etc .

    http://www.myecovillage.com ( do check, so that we can discuss further on this )

    Currently i have the following names and will have to stop at about 15 ppl, as follows : LHJie, Lisa Ong, Rene, KT Wong, Oi Cheng, Sgyam, Kwan, Jocelyne(+2 friends),KC Lau,me & my friend, 2 left.

  3. Mike Koh Says:

    November 26 2006 at 06.35 am

    Hi Ronald Wi,

    Pls include me in your eco-village trip in JB I am very keen to go.

    Yes I would also like to attend the Retiree Village meeting at Holland and pls forward us the details on time adds and etc.

    This will be my first time meeting at such a outings.

    Oh by the way I met Loh Yew Kwong, Dolly and Jennifer Cheok at RSVP Senior Computer Day. Loh gave 2 very interesting talks on IT.

    Looking forward to meeting up with our friends @ Silverhairsclub.

    Ronald kind let us know more on these 2 activities.

    Mike Koh
    97504286

  4. Hi everyone.

    Ok, last few vacancies have been filled up by Daffydil, MIke Koh and Benson for the RV meeting. Date & Time : 2nd Dec , 1430hrs, at Allsworth Park, Barbecue Area.

    For the trip to the Eco Village in JB, it will be decided in this meeting. But as i am in Malaysia this week, i will be making a visit to the GNEV at JB to view the place and to get more details.

    Pls send me your email, if you need to know how to get to Jocylene’s place, to me at bswi@yahoo.com Thks, C u all.

  5. Dear All SHC Retirement Village members

    Have a great meeting!

    And don’t forget to make a concrete effort to realise the dream of really retiring to a paradise whether in Singapore, JB or Batam.

    I support the idea of initially investigating possible sites/countries for retirement living, making field trips to these places and eventually deciding on leasing properties/land for long-term stays.

    Just for example, in Thailand, you could rent a two or three-bedroom house for S$300 to S$400 per month. If we can get 10 members to commit S$500 each, we can rent the place and each participant can have use of the place for, say, 4 weeks a year. The other weeks/rooms can be let to other SHCs for a small sum to cover costs.

    This step would bring the group nearer to its objectives for Retirement Village and not remain just a talking point and pipe-dream.

    Ronald Wee: I’m not so hip about ecovillages. These usually turn out to be commercial ventures and cost too much in the long term.

  6. Dear Terence / Ronald,

    1. Kindly include me and my wife at your
    2nd Retirement Village discussions.

    2. Would appreciate to be included in the Blue
    Helmet group as well.

    Name: T C TEO
    Email: teofirst@yahoo.com

    Thank you and look forward to meeting up with you all.

    Regards
    T C TEO

  7. Hi Teo,

    For Blue Helmet, the best place is to put your interest comment under Blue Helmet, or it will be lost, and we may not be able to follow up with you.

    Terence Seah

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