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3 Days 2 Nights – National Day at Genting, 7 – 8 Aug 2011

Dear SHC members, 

 I have this special package to Genting on National Day.  The normal package is $198.  Due to overwhelming response,  this registration will  be closed on 30 May 11 (Mon).  Please email to me asap at cpohlian2@yahoo.com.sg if you are interested. I left with 10 seats only.

3 Days 2 Nights – National Day at Genting

Date:  7 – 8 August 2011
Departure Time: 6.30am
Charges : $158.00
Pickup    : Hougang (1st)  TBC (2nd)

Package includes:

  • 26 seater Malaysian SVIP aircon coach  (45seater Sin Coach transfer) 
  • RM180 Non-negotiable Slots Credit
  • 2 nights hotel accommodation  at  First World Hotel Deluxe Room
  • Gala Dinner at Genting Palace Theatre
  • Entertainments & Lucky Draw (Grand Prizes worth more than RM20,000)
  • 5 meals as per itinerary (2 breakfast /1 lunch /2 dinner)
  • Group Insurance $10,000 and $500 medical for age 3-70 yrs

Day 1 (7/8)

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Day 2 (8/8)

Genting Highland  (Breakfast / Gala Dinner)    ???????/ ????? Breakfast at hotel (from 7 am – 9.30am).  After breakfast free & easy for own activities.  6.30pm  Gala Dinner at Genting Hotel – Gentng Palace Theatre.
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Optional Tour: Cheng Chwee Temple, Strawberry Park, Chlorate Shop and Lunch at Gotong Jaya  (own expenses  RM 10/- per person) ?????????????????Gotong Jaya ????? 10 / – ???

Genting Highland  (Breakfast / Gala Dinner)    ???????/ ????? Breakfast at hotel (from 7 am – 9.30am).  After breakfast free & easy for own activities.  6.30pm  Gala Dinner at Genting Hotel – Gentng Palace Theatre.????????8?(???)? ??????? ???????, ?????????????Optional Tour: Cheng Chwee Temple, Strawberry Park, Chlorate Shop and Lunch at Gotong Jaya  (own expenses  RM 10/- per person) ?????????????????Gotong Jaya ????? 10 / – ???

Day 3 (9/8)

Genting – Sin   ???? –??? (Breakfast / Dinner) Breakfast at hotel (from 7 am – 9.30am).  Free & easy till time to check out hotel.  Assembly 1130hrs at First World Hotel bus terminal , coach leaving at 1145 hrs.  On the way stopover for local product shop. After dinner, continue journey back to Singapore, estimated arrival time at about  21:00hrs,  with fond memories of the tour.
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Booking and Tour Information
  Full payment upon registration.  Any cancellation will not be refunded
  Coach seating number will be on first-come-first served basis.
  Minimum 6 months passport validity at date of departure

June Choo (Event Coordinator)

SilverHairsClub moving on to the another level, by early 2012

Hi everybody,

Gee, I have been away from club activities for a number of months. This is because I have been busy with sorting out and reorganising the next phase of my life. I am glad we have Dolly Lim to take over the role of Club Manager, at least until early next year. Then, we have Yew Kwong who has stepped down as Web Admin Manager.  We now have Sock Cheng, the EOs.ECs and the activities convenors.

The SilverHairsClub has been in existence since Oct 2005, that’s a good 5-6 years.  Every EO had done a fantastic job, creating and organising some of the best activities in Singapore for SilverHairs. This is a great achievement by SHC members.

Besides the political changes going on in Singapore, SilverHairsClub needs to re-evolve too. I have always felt that SHC should move on to another level. It should not just carry on with me as founder, with Dolly as CM and a concept team of EOs and ECs.

Previous and earlier discussions on this topic

  1. In the last few years, we had invited ideas on how to take SilverHairsClub to the next level.  We had plenty of ideas on what activities we can organise and how we can structure a committee to manage these activities. However, no one has offered to take the lead of bringing SilverHairsClub to the next level.
  2. Let me summarise some of the key thoughts of members, on the issue of taking SHC to the next level.
  • The majority of members feels that we should remain status quo. With me as founder, a CM, EOs and ECs, a picture manager and a Web Admin manager. The reason being SHC has worked well, and if it works, why change the system.
  • While there were few objections, I read from the forum that generally members are acceptable to continue with the same objective, the same taboos, the membership terms and age criteria, and the way EOs and ECs function.

My current position and thoughts

  • I am definitely not in a position to take SHC to another level, not even within the next 5 years. You will be bored with the same way of running the club.  We would not have new ideas.  We are also not able to cater to the needs of the many other SilverHairsClub members who are watching on the sidelines to see if new activities cater to their needs, even though they may be shy, don’t speak and write so much English, not so internet savvy, not into dancing and singing, and not able to participate in gatherings because of geographical distances and peak times. For many, the costs of participation in our events are an issue. Even if members have the time, voluntary work can be prohibitive as travelling incurs costs.  Should we think about them? Should we consider them?
  • At the same time, I really do not have the time resources. One of the challenges of having a young family.  Unfortunately I don’t take Viagra, and have really none of the energy of a properly set up team.  Only a few small panadols once in a while, when the guys quarrel or when the other girls start looking prettier by the year. But, more importantly, as with the current political situation in Singapore, we need to cater to the other mass of SilverHairsClub members. I think there is more to it than the current activities we have within the club. There are other important issues pertaining to jobs, old age, retirement and 3 meals a day.

Next steps

  • I spoke with Dolly a week ago, shared my thoughts with some members, and would like to push ahead with "How to take SHC to another level?"
  • During the many forum discussions, there was some suggestions about SHC being registered as a club and society. The pros and cons were discussed, and this direction was dropped. Read them in the old Posts.
  • I think that some of the reasons why SilverHairsClub has been successful is the membership concept, the criteria, its objective, the supported activities, and the CM, EO and EC concept.  I personally agree that point 2 should remain, throughout the life of SilverHairsClub.
  • To enable this big change into taking SilverHairsClub to another level, I am prepared to give up total ownership, control and management of SilverHairsClub as an entity. SilverHairsClub, as it is now, will maintain the status quo position. To replace the founder/s, I would propose a corporate entity takes over ownership of SilverHairsClub.com as a club and forum. The new entity should take on a wider role, with SilverHairsClub.com under its fold, instead of a founder, which is an obsolete position, not forward looking and not recognised in Singapore.
  • The new corporate entity can be run like any business and company in Singapore. But it must allow SilverHairsClub to run status quo.  The business of the new corporate entity should extend outside SilverHairsClub and cover Singapore as a whole.  It should be forward looking and have a good recognition among those over 45 in Singapore.
  • SilverHairsClub activities can be extended to the wider Singapore base, differentiating members and non-SHC members. Likewise, the new entity would go into the business of projects which SilverHairsClub had failed to do, for reasons of costs and risks.

Basically, I am now opening the ground for a new discussion. I would like the discussion to be open and transparent, and only discussions made on this forum would be considered.  The decisions will then be left to the new entity.  Please do not email me your ideas.

Timeline, I hope we can have an acceptable idea before the end of 2011, and with the new entity formed in early 2012.

Terence Seah

Round Table – May

As mentioned in the first post of the Round Table, the main
purpose of this is to gather together like minded people in business
to network and to know who is who and who does what. As those in
business would already know, your network is the life blood of your
business. The old hands in business also know that very actual
business talk occurs during these sessions.

For this month, there is no particular agenda other that what is
stated above. Those aspiring to be in business are welcomed to join
in too.

Date : Tuesday, 31st May 2011

Time : 7.00 pm

Venue : Mouth Restaurant
#02-01 Chinatown Point
(Chinatown
MRT Station)

As usual, we’ll split the bill at the end of the evening and it
should be about $30/person.

Attendees :

1. Jeffrey Lim
2. Andrew Koh
3. Fred Heng
4. Lee Seok Cheng
5. Veronica Ong
6. Rosalind Lee
7. Audrey Wong
8. Sue Chan

Yew Kwong steps down as Web Admin manager wef 31 May 2011

Yew Kwong has been SHC Web Admin manager for more than two years.  He has done a great job managing the website, tracking forum membership and spotting irregular occurences.  His term was supposed to have ended  31 Dec 2010.

Unfortunately, I have not done a good job trying to keep him on this role.  He has been busy of late, and wont be able to spend the time servicing our needs.  As such, let’s thank him for all the work, effort and time (usually late in the night) he has given us.

Wef 1 June 2011, I shall resume all the tasks of the Web Admin manager.  I am likely to look for someone to take this role sometime next year. 

Thank you again Yew Kwong.

Terence Seah

Monthly Cycling – 21 May (Sat)

Dear Friends

At your request, we will try our best to keep this event ongoing.  As usual, the time, meeting & cycling venues remain unchanged until we are able to find new location.  (We welcome any new ideas and/or suggestions.)

  • Venue    :  East Coast Parkway
  • Meet-up :  4.00 pm inside ECP McDonald
  • Start-up :  4.30 pm proceed to bicycle rental kiosk ($5 for 2 hours)

If you are interested in joining us for some fresh air and exercise, please sign up here.

Cycling Team – Yew Kwong, Douglas, Lily & Ah Nee

Participants :

  1. Lily
  2. Andrew Yeung
  3. Ah Nee
  4. Janie Leong
  5. John Howe
  6. Dolly

No news updates? Means your membership has been deleted

Dears members,

We have recently done a cleanup of our membership database.  If you had not received any news updates from us in the last 3 weeks, it means your membership has been deleted.

To be a member again, you have to re-submit your membership application form.  Click here for membership application details.  Note:  Your joining date will start from the new approved date.

Terence Seah

Monthly Leisure Cycling – 16 April 2011 (Sat)

Venue :  East Coast Parkway

Meeting place : ECP McDonald (inside)

Programme :  

  • Meet @ 4.00 pm
  • Move to Bicycle Rental Kiosk @ 4.30 pm
  • 1st stop – Bedok Jetty
  • 2nd stop – NSRCC
  • Cycle back to Rental Kiosk hopefully via a different route – waterfront scenic route

Those who do not wish to cycle further to NSRCC, feel free to stop at Bedok Jetty and/or venture around but try to meet us back at the Rental Kiosk.  We should return the bike by 6.30 pm.

Cycling Team – Yew Kwong, Douglas, Ah Nee & Lily  emoticon

Those going this Sat :

  1. Lily
  2. Ah Nee
  3. Dolly
  4. John Howe
  5. Douglas
  6. Eileen Thean
  7. Veronique

Monthly Cycling to go on?

Hi Cycling Buddies

Our cycling leader, Yew Kwong is very preoccupied these days and Jade had MIA due to family obligations.  Our 2nd in command, Douglas cannot commit to a monthly schedule but he does not wish to see the monthly cycling die a natural death due to poor response. 

Hence, Ah Nee and I have been tasked with the duty to carry on.  However, sometime, some things might better off be done away with, rather than to continue.  We would like to seek your opinion or vote as to whether we should continue with this monthly cycling activity.  But first, here are some info / history for your consideration.  Cycling activity was first started in March 2006 led by Charles Wee.  There were only 4 of us : Charles, Yew Kwong, Jade & me.

No idea whether you can see the pictures or not.  Uhmmm……. Try clicking on the photo itself.?!

2nd cycling in April 2006 : There were still only 4 of us – Charles, Yew Kwong, Andrew Yeung and me.

3rd cycling in May 2006 : Yew Kwong took over the leading role from Charles.  There were 7 of us – Yew Kwong, Andrew, Jade, Pauline and me + 2 of my friends who were non SHCian.  Pauline was the one who shared with us her account no. with the rental bicycle kiosk which allow us to pay $4 for 1 hour and get 1 hour free and later, plus a bottle of mineral water.  (Today, the standard rate is $5 for 2 hrs – no water and no special privileges.)

4th cycling in June 2006 : There were – Yew Kwong, Andrew, Jade, Pauline and me + 2 of my friends (1 of whom became SHC member much later, guess who?)  Subsequent monthly cycling see changes in people combinations but the number grew.

The number of participants peak in Feb 2009 with 41 (all) SHC members and then the number starts to dwindle.  Reasons I can think of, for the decline :

1.       Non homogenous group – there are advance riders who branched off into “passion riders” doing long distance and in “rough / difficult” terrains including off-shore cycling.  They are into “challenging rides” as oppose to our leisure kind of cycling.

2.       Recent cycling events evolved from leisure cycling as a group, into 2 factions.  The long-distance cyclists and the mid-range cyclists.  This split encourages non-cohesion as a group as the 2 groups did not start nor end within the same time frame.  We didn’t even meet for a meal together at the end of the ride which used to be the norm.

3.       Since Jade no longer involved, beginners have no one to teach them.

4.       Constraint – we are restricted to limited localities due to rental bike facilities available.

5.       Location – as it is always the same locality, the novelty wears off and participants lose interest after a few tries.

6.       Venue – not easily accessible for non drivers.

Do you want us to continue with this Monthly Cycling Activity?  If yes, why?  And would you be willing to be one of our team mates?  Hope to hear from you.

Taboos within SHC club and forum

I like to remind everyone of the club taboos. They are “No discussions on politics, sex, race, religion”. Add to these, the club does not permit direct selling as well as MLM activities.

When a member joins SilverHairsClub, he:she agrees to abide by these taboos. From time to time, some members have chosen to flirt with these taboos on the club’s forum. Some members have even questioned why, using freedom of speech and democracy.

As founder, I had decided that these issues can be discussed on other platforms, many of them freely available on the internet and on other social media platforms too. SilverHairsClub was not created for discussion on politics, race and religion.

As the elections are coming, there are increased write-up on political issues. I take this breach very seriously.

As long as forum participants stay outside the taboos, you can be sure you have the club’s support. Members who persistently failed to abide by this rule will have their membership taken off.

I hope I don’t sound so harsh, but as you may know, fairy godmother can be temperamental too.

Have a nice day.

Terence Seah

Dolly Lim takes over the role of Club Manager wef 1 Apr 2011

Dolly has accepted the role of Club Manager, and will continue so until Jan 2012.

The key role is to manage the social activities of SHC; with a focus on the SHC monthly gatherings.  Members with an interest to run any monthly gathering, should discuss directly with Dolly.

As always, Event Organisers and Event Cordinators should continue to feel free to organise activities of their choice and interest.  All subject to club rules.

For issues regarding your userid and user password to the SilverHairsClub.com, please refer directly to Yew Kwong, SHC website administrator.  Club membership approval will continue to be handled by me.

SilverHairsClub does not have a management committee.  For any event, the person responsible for the activity will be the EO or the Event Cordinator.  This system has worked well, and we will continue so for the future.

Welcome Dolly.

Terence Seah

Round Table – April 2011

After having a few sessions of the SHC Round Table I noticed that many are interested in business but have no prior experience. Thus our own Francis Mangalam has come to the rescue. Francis has been in the corporate world for the past 20 years with his own company providing accounting, secretarial, corporate taxation, financial reports compilation filing with Government agencies and other related matters.

He is more than happy to share his experience of getting started in business e.g what kind of business structure, sole-proprietorship, partnership or limited company, the pros and cons of each, liablilities of partners and directors etc. In short, the nuts and bolts of business.

Do come to this session of Round Table to know more. It will not be a formal talk but a casual discussion in the manner of the previous Round Tables. Of course, SHCian already in business are welcomed too, to contribute and to network.

Date : Tuesday, 5th April 2011

Time : 7.00 pm

Venue : Paradise Inn
             #B3-39/40
             313 @ Somerset
             (Somerset MRT Station)

As usual, we’ll split the bill at the end of the evening and it should be about $30/person.

Attendees :

1. Jeffrey Lim
2. Sue Chan
3. Francis Mangalam
4. Fred Heng
5. Terence Seah
6. James Tan
7. Andrew Koh

8. Rosalind Lee
9. Frank Kaw
10. Helen Goh
11. Jeffrey Fong
12. Eleanor Chan
13. Patrick Oei

Attend a dating course

There is a WSQ course "Establishig and Managing a Dating business, coming up on 4 April 2011.  I had attended the course, a year ago, and I think it has been useful.  For Singapore, dating meets a national objective, especially for young people with busy work schedule and forgetting to start a family.  For singles SilverHairs, dating is the beginning of a new life.  If you are interested to develop dating as a service business, you may want to consider attending this course.

The course costs $321, and SilverHairsClub will subsidize 50%, if you complete 100% attendance, over 3 days.  The advertisement is published in Today’s STPage B18.

Interested parties, please email me before 20 March 2011.  There is an information session on 17 Mar 2010. A Blue Helmet project.

Terence Seah

Round Table Biz Dinner on 23-Feb-11 (Wed)

On behalf of Jeffrey Lim and Susan Chan, this month business dinner will be held at the
Grassroots Club @ Yio Chu Kang.

The details:

Date and time : 23-Feb-11 (Wed) from 7.30pm-10pm
Venue : Imperial Court Shark Fin Restaurant
             3rd floor, Grassroots Club
Food   : Chinese sit down ala carte BUFFET of 30+ dishes
             (will pre-select 10-12 dishes, rest order on the spot)
Price   : $34 – $36 / pax (after discount)
Landmark : Yio Chu Kang MRT station (NS line) (3 min walk)
http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_3239/travel_site_100243/
Parking : Grassroots Club, around YCK stadium/sports hall (URA), Nanyang Poly (foc till 9.30pm)

For this dinner, we have a special appearance by Feztus Lim, our permanent visitor to Yunnan,
China, who will introduce to us business opportunities in Yunnan:

– working with non-government organisation (NGO)
– retirement village
– eco farming
– educational (teaching) opportunities

Reference : https://silverhairsclub.com/?p=2683#comments

This is going to be an exciting dinner to welcome the Year of the Rabbit.
Come and let’s HOP together into more business opportunities.

Register here:

01)  Jeffrey Lim (EO)
02)  Susan Chan (co-EO)
03)  James Tan (Chairman)
04)  Feztus Lim (special guest and speaker)
05)  Paul Phua
06)  Terence Seah
07)  Cheng-pun
08)  Rosalind Lee
09)  Anna Seet
10) Mary Chan
11) Robert Ong
12) Dave Tan
13) Maria Tan
14) Marg Tian
:
20) close

Note: You can have a light lunch before you come as the buffet dinner is meant for you to
          EAT LIKE A HORSE AND HOP LIKE A RABBIT.

A new category “Test” has just be created

For new members who would like to write a new Post, on a new topic, you can use the category "Test".   Here you can put anything in the Title.  You can also write a one line text.  Then, save or publish it.  If it works, you will see it published immediately.  If the Post requires moderation, it will go to a queue.

Do make sure you have a category, before you save or publish.  Posts without a category are likely to disappear.  Sorry, I don’t know why.

All Posts under category "Test" will be deleted within a few hours after you have saved it or published it.  Once you are confident, go ahead and write a new Post under an appropriate category. 

Try it, it’s fun.  Feedback is always exciting.

Terence Seah

Taking SHC to the next level in 2011

SHC has grown significantly over the years; and I have to admit that I am not able to consistently keep the club excited or even maintain it at the current level.  A lot of feedback has been received in this forum over the years; but unfortunately, we have few volunteers to carry out the ideas and suggestions.

On this coming Sunday and Monday, I shall be gathering together a group of SHC for a meeting to consolidate the ideas, and see how we can take SHC to the next level.

One objective is to have lesser participation and direction from myself.  I am prepared for radical ideas; although I am not likely to lift the taboos on politics, race, religion and sex, direct selling and MLM.

Meantime, if you have an opinion, or suggestions or ideas, feel free to drop them here, on this Post.

Terence Seah

Inability to access the SHC website the last few days

Hi everybody,

I understand from Yew Kwong and a few members that they were not able to write comments in the last few days.  Apology, as I am not too sure why too.  However, I have asked our hosting company to look into it this morning, and I hope you should be able to access the site as usual.

Interesting to note is we have a number of people who have registered from Russia, AOL and UK sites.  We had knowingly permitted this so that members can register on their own.  If we suspect the registration is not genuine, Yew Kwong would normally give them a "No role" status.  We still keep them on the system, to avoid them using the same email address.

Sometimes, they sneaked into our system, and write Posts or comments which are usually advertising related.  This is where we have to be alert, and delete them before you read them.  Got to say we have been efficient, approx 99% of the time.

Even if someone registers as a member on this website, we will always send them a membership application form.  He/she must fill up the form.  IF approved, then that person becomes a SHC member.  He/she will also receive a welcome message from me.  Anyone who does not receive a welcome message is NOT a member.

Names which appear on our forum, especially for event registratioin, are checked continuously throughout the day.  If the person is not a member, it will be flagged to our attention; and usually we ask the person to contact admin@silverhairsclub.com.  The system has so far been pretty fool-proofed, and maybe unique in its own way.  That’s why we have a simple registration system.

Have fun guys and gals.

Terence Seah

Soon, the Rabbit year will arrive – Happy Lunar New Year

The Rabbit year promises lots of excitement and vibrance to all SilverHairs.  Whatever our age, I am sure we can all look forward to that something special.  Good health, reasonable wealth, and plenty of happiness.

This year, how about sharing with everybody what is your animal?  If you are an ox, we might try to pair you up with a chicken.  And, if you are a horse, we will try a goat.  If the pairing does not work, I am sure someone around us will be able to tell us so.  We can also know you a little bit better.  Are  you a rabbit?  How many of you are rabbits?

Share with us your predictions, what will the rabbit year be like?

Also, share your best wishes too.  Kong Xi Fa Chai.

Terence Seah

8 January 2011 Monthly Walk – Marina Bay Area

Date: 8 January 2011 (Saturday evening)
Meeting Place: Raffles Place MRT Control Room
Start Time: 6.30pm
Duration: about 1-2 hours
There are buses along Raffles Quay/Clifford Pier/Robinson Road
EOs for this walk: Serene Low and team members 
 

This would be the first night walk organised to start off the New Year and digest in the beauty of Marina Bay area with the city skyline fronting Raffles Place and Marina Boulevard. 
The walk will start promptly at 6.30 pm from Raffles Place MRT control room, walking through Marina Boulevard towards Marina Bay City Gallery.  From here onwards, you can take many breath-taking photo shoots of the city skyline and bay area.  We will continue the walk passing through Marina Bay Sands, crossing the Helix Bridge, towards Esplanade Waterfront, Esplanade Bridge and ending at Merlion Park.  From here, we may disperse here to have our late dinner or early supper along One Fullerton, Boat Quay or sumptuous food choices at Telok Ayer Lau Pa Sar.
Bring a water bottle, an umbrella, windbreaker or shawl in case it rains – it is still intriguing to walk in the rain and feel the raindrops on our cheeks.
We will do a roll call at the beginning of the walk and if you foresee you may disband from the group and take a longer time to feel the cool air and capture in the beauty of the night, do let me or any of the team members know beforehand so that the rest may proceed as scheduled.  The walk will take an hour or more depending on our speed.
Hope to see all of you.
Other Walk Team members: Joyce Tan, Andrew Thio, Charles Wee, Conrad Tang, Veronica Wong, Jeffrey Lim, Mary Tan, Christina Chan.

My Thought for the New Year

Today is 1/1/11. 10 days later it will be 11/1/11. 10 months
later it will be 1/11/11 and 10 days after that it will be 11/11/11.

The 1s’ looks like someone up there is wagging his finger at
us. We pollute the earth, fight each other, the wealthy live off the sufferings
of the poor, countries with more  weapons
are feared, there are more holy men and promises of wealth and heaven. Greed
seems to be the creed.

But if we stop to follow this wave we will be left behind
and be servant to the rich.

What to do eh?

Jokes – Good New Year Resolutions

Have you made your 2011 resolutions? Wish you have them fulfilled in the coming year, otherwise hope
at least some of them turn out to be light-hearted.

1. Spending more time with family:
Families are complicated enough, but things became even more confusing after my father decided to get married to my brother’s mother-in-law.
"Now I can’t make up my mind whether he’s my dad or my father-in- law," says my brother, "or if my mother-in-law is now my stepmother,
or whether my child is my daughter or my niece." — Oscar Reagan

2. Getting in shape:
A friend of mine had resisted efforts to get him to run with our jogging group until his doctor told him he had to exercise. Soon thereafter, he reluctantly joined us for our 5:30 a.m. jogs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

After a month of running, we decided that my friend might be hooked, especially when he said he had discovered what "runner’s euphoria" was.

"Runner’s euphoria," he explained, "is what I feel at 5:30 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays while I am still dozing in my bed" — Neil P. Budge

3. Starting that diet:
My friend Fresna Ess announced that she had started a diet to lose some pounds she had put on recently.

"Good!" I exclaimed. "I’m ready to start a diet too. We can be dieting buddies and help each other out.
When I feel the urge to drive out and get a burger and fries, I’ll call you first."

"Great!" she replied. "I’ll ride with you." — Katina Fisher

4. Quit smoking:
My buddy asks his friend for a cigarette. His friend says, "I thought you made a New Year resolution to quit smoking".
The man says, " I am in the process of quitting". Right now, I am in the middle of phase one.

What’s phase one?

I’ve quit buying.  – Jake Ess

5. Eating healthier:
The teacher in our Bible class asked a woman to read from the Book of Numbers about the Israelites wandering in the desert. "The Lord heard you when you wailed, ‘If only we had meat to eat!’ " she began. "Now the Lord will give you meat. You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, or ten or twenty days, but for a month—until you loathe it."

When the woman finished, she paused, looked up, and said, "Hey, isn’t that the Atkins diet?" 
— David Martino

6. Reducing your debt:
Neighbors of ours had a terrible disagreement over a patio they wanted for their backyard. The wife Susanne had rather grand ideas, while the husband wanted costs kept to a minimum.
The wife won out, and the construction bill climbed higher and higher.

I dropped by one day, when the patio was near completion, and was surprised to find the husband smiling from ear to ear as the workmen smoothed over the surface. I remarked how nice it was to see a grin replace the frown he had been wearing lately.

“You see where they’re smoothing that cement?” he replied. “Since Susanne wants a grand patio,
I just threw some of her jewelries in there.”
— R. Horn

7. Learning new things:
Being the talkative type, I was trying to decide what to do for a talent show I planned to enter.
Trusting my mother to help me out, I asked, "For the show, what do you think I should do, sing, play the harmonica or put on a comedy act?"

Glancing up from her paper, she said dryly, "Why not be quiet and try the mime?" — Kimmie Helk

8. Better teeth care:
Just because one owns a business doesn’t mean it has to be all business.
This sign in a dentist’s office proves that point:
"Be True to Your Teeth, or They Will Be False to You." — James Wertz

9. Becoming more organized:
My friend’s husband is always telling her that housekeeping would be a snap if only she would organize her time better.
Recently he had a chance to put his theory into practice while his wife was away.

When I popped in one evening to see how he was managing, he crowed:
"I made a cake, frosted it, washed the kitchen windows, cleaned all the cupboards, scrubbed the kitchen floor, walls and ceiling and even had a bath."

I was about to concede that perhaps he was a better manager than his wife, when he added sheepishly, "When I was making the chocolate frosting, I forgot to turn off the mixer before taking the beaters out of the bowl, so I had to do all the above." — Mary I. Costain

10 Drinking less
I was waiting tables in a noisy lobster restaurant in Maine when a vacationing Southerner stumped me with a drink order. I approached the bartender. "Have you ever heard of a drink called ‘Seven Young Blondes’?" I asked. He admitted he’d never heard of it, and grabbed a drink guidebook to look it up. Unable to find the recipe, he then asked me to go back and tell the patron that he’d be happy to make the drink if he could list the ingredients for him. "Sir," I asked the customer, "can you tell me what’s in that drink?"

He looked at me like I was crazy. "It’s wine," he said, pronouncing his words carefully,
"Sauvignon blanc." — Christie Eckels

Let’s celebrate. It’s after all A BRAND NEW 2011 in 2 days time.
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Acknowledgement :- Most of the above quotes taken from Reader’s Digest, with slight mod.
 

WARNING – SCAM

Hi all friends and members,                    

I just received an email, supposedly from myself, to say that I was robbed in Spain and appealed for a loan. A member of SHC, called me that she received a copy of this email.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Please ignore this email if you received it. It is a SCAM.  I am safe and sound in Singapore.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Richard

December is here; so is Christmas and New Year. Time to send in your best wishes.

This year, the mood is good because people feel good.  Maybe, the right word is Singaporeans are feeling "better".  Next year, our economists are reporting a drop in GDP to 5. something percent.  Hope that the days of the Asian financial crisis are behind us; and that SilverHairs can get jobs, and that inflation stays low.

For many SilverHairs, it is still a challenge in today’s world.  Perhaps, we should look at the positive side of our lives, and take this year-end occasion to celebrate the year-end, and also the incoming 2011.

Please take this Post to send your well wishes to your friends at SilverHairsClub.  Dont be shy; make it known that you remember certain friends you met this year.  The song dedication will be shifted to this post too.

So, to all fellow SHCians and EOs, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you.  Look forward to hear your best wishes too.

Terence Seah

Food For Thought

I have been reading up on how to avoid heart attack and have found the answer. It is to eat only plant based food. That means not eating anything that moves, including what comes out of them, like milk and eggs.  Doctors have found out that the muck we accumulate in our blood vessels and intestines can be clean up if we eat only plant based food. It will also reduce our excessive body weight, prevent diabetes and avoid cancer.  Your internal organs can actually become ‘younger’.  Mainstream doctors do not like this solution because it will reduce their income from selling you drugs and surgery. More and more retired Doctors are preaching this cure because they have already made their money and can become ‘real ‘ doctors.

But do what I tell you to, don’t do what I do.

This post is to follow up on Kenneth’s idea of sharing  good hawker foods which he posted on Rosalind’s thread which is on the subject of cooking. Please share on this thread of any good hawker stalls you have eaten yourself.

Food is like sex, they taste better if they are forbidden or unhealthy.

Those going for the Vegetarian lunch (Wed) 1-Dec. @ 12.15pm :

  1. Charles Chua
  2. Hou Chong
  3. Tian Soo
  4. Dan Huang
  5. Geraldine T
  6. Debbie O
  7. Yatsing
  8. Steven Chan

Those going for the "Fattening" lunch (Wed) 8-Dec. @ 12.15pm : (meet at the gelatin pork and shark meat stall. For those uneducated in this dish, that is on the first floor of Jalan Berseh Hawker Centre, in the middle, facing Desker and Rowell Rds)

  1. Charles Chua
  2. Tian Soo
  3. Dan Huang
  4. Ivan Lim
  5. Debbie Oh
  6. Kenneth Tan
  7. any more ??

SilverHairsClub Key holders

If you are active and a regular participant on this forum, or a regular organiser of events and activities for fellow SHCians, please have your name listed here.  You email address will be listed besides your name.  We will start a new Page entitled SHC Key holders.

If there is something that you like to be known for, do let us know too.  Regular contributors to this forum are encouraged to be listed here, so that fellow SHCians know you better.  Especially, when what you do or say can make a difference to the world of SilverHairs.

Terence Seah 

Monthly walk – Bedok Reservoir, Sat 11Sep

(This posting is on behalf of Serene as she is unable to get the post up).

Date: 11 September 2010 (Saturday)

Meeting Place: Bedok Reservoir Park – The Entrance (Opposite the condo “Aquarius by the Park)

Start Time: 4.30pm

Duration: about 1-2 hours

Bus #s: 5, 21, 22, 59, 65, 66, 228, 506

EO for this walk: Serene Low 
 
The walk will begin from the Entrance to the Park, covering the whole circumference of the reservoir and part of the Bedok Park Connector.  

From the entrance, the landscape garden has many species of flowers and plants and is a popular spot for exercise and strollers with children.

Walking from the entrance towards the water venture jetty, you will see the area here abuzz with teenagers and young adults getting ready for water canoeing.  Further down the pathway, the fixtures of Forest Adventure from tight rope tracks to planks hang across the trunks of trees.

Joggers, brisk walkers and cyclists cover the tracks round the reservoir.  Walking past the Jetty Walkway and back to the Entrance would have taken us around an hour.

Here we can take a short breather before continuing to walk along the Bedok Park Connector towards Bedok Road where all the good food is.  You can see the MRT track from here and walk towards this after your dinner.

Except for the unpredictable weather, it would be an enjoyable afternoon for the walk along trees, reservoir, canal and the clear sky.

Hope to see all of you.         emoticon

Other Walk Team EOs: Joyce Tan, Andrew Thio, Charles Wee, Conrad Tang, Veronica Wong, Jeffrey Lim, Mary Tan, ChristinaCL Chan.

Please Register ….

  1. Serene Low
  2. June Koh
  3. Gabriella Chua
  4. Christina Pan
  5. Yat Sing
  6. Ten Meng
  7. Bernie Chung
  8. Andrew Yeung (TBC)
  9. Stephen Low
  10. Lynn Ng
  11. Anna Seet
  12. Alice Seah
  13. Janis Han
  14. Margaret Soo
  15. Daniel Ong
  16. Ivan Lim
  17. Lina Tan

Monthly Walk 14 Aug’10 – Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

EO: Joyce Tan, Co-EO: Conrad Tang

Date: 14-Aug-2010      Time: 9am – 11.30am

Meeting: at the visitor Centre, 10mins before walk start at 9am sharp

How to get there: via bus service nos. 67, 170, 171, 173, 184, 852 and 961

Join us for a visit to Singapore’s oldest primary rainforest, you’ll be rewarded for spotting the most native plants and animals in this part of the world.

We’ll begin with a 20-25mins warming up walk at the Hindhede Nature Park where you get to view the quarry pool before we confront the steep slope. But fret not, we’ll reach Kruing Hut in about 4-5mins and followed by a gentle slope all the way up to summit hut, 163.63 metres above sea level.

The trail on way down will take you much closer to the nature, come with your most powerful torch to find out what’s hiding in the cave….

End of walk, pamper yourself at Beauty World Plaza for some foods & refreshments, or, go to the row of restaurants along Cheong Chin Nam Rd. Some of you may prefer the famous kopi-o at B.Timah food centre a stone throw away. 

Who’s coming: 1)James Tan; 2)Susan Tan; 3)Grace Wong; 4)Amy Soon; 5)Lynn Chan; 6)Daisy Phua; 7)Ivan Lim; 8)Feztus Lim; 9)Richard Wong; 10)Thomas Lau; 11)Daniel Ong; 12)Han Fong Chin; 13)Leah Tan; 14)Wee Chin; 15)Rosalind Soh; 16)Alice Seah; 17)Mollie Tan; 18)Kristin Leong; 19)Alan Bok & Ann Bok; 20)Lawrence Khan; 21)Janis Han; 22)Margaret Soo; 23)lee Ah Nee; 24)Michael Tan; 25)Yatsing; 26)Charles Chua; 27)SK Chua; 28)Bobby & Tracy Bok; 29)SereneL; 30)Stephen Low; 31)Daisy Neo; 32)Lilian Teo; 33)Lina; 34)Lisa Leong; 35)Hou Chong; 36)Yvonne; 37)Conrad

EOs of the Walk Team:   Charles Wee, Veronica Wong, Mary Tan, Jeffrey Lim, 
ChristinaCL Chan, Andrew Thio, Serene Low, ConradT and me,….C ya!

Photos by Richard Wong

What the …. happened to Ben Foo?

My dear friends,

I have gone MIA for the last 3 months and have not continued with the "investment"  gatherings. I am sorry I did not update earlier.

I am now living in Ho Chi Minh City for the last 2months plus. Yes, I have relocated and have resigned from Phillip Securities, and some fellow SHCians already knew. Sad to say, I will not be able to arrange our "Investment" meetings anymore and participate in all the exciting events that I used to attend, like getting drunk at Ah Nee’s party at MAS.

My old friend has invited me to join him and help expand his biz in Vietnam, and I took the plunge. I now hold a 3-year residency visa in Vietnam, hopefully can find a affordable ‘paradise’ to retire in the longer term.

I am the Singapore director of a 5-year old Korean investment advisory and real eastate company based in HCMC. We provide consultancy to corporate customers to help start their business and quickly secure the appropriate business licenses (not easy and can take forever) in Vietnam.

We also provide real estate agency, investment and management services to help foreign companies and individuals (facing language, cultural and legal issues) to lease or buy land (for building factories, resorts, etc), buildings, offices, retail outlets, apartments (condo) and villas (landed) in Vietnam.

I am still learning anything and everything Vietnamese. It has been quite an experience so far (some of you may know what I mean), and busy settling down (no time for alot of things). 

I shall be most happy to catch up with SHCians living in HCMC, or meet anybody coming over for holidays. I shall pick you up in my company car at the airport. I shall be happy to enlighten those who may be keen to invest and retire in Vietnam, I think it is a very attractive idea. Drop me a post and I shall try to reply asap (sorry in advance if few days late). I am not advertising or asking anybody to do this, but if you ask I shall reply.

Meanwhile, I shall keep my dear friends posted here. So now you want to know what the …. he does at night?

Cheers, Ben Foo

Silver Platter Event

Dear SHC Members

I am organsing an event on June 11, 2010 (Friday) at SpaBoutique (www.spaboutique.com.sg) from 6.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m.  I would like to invite fellow SHC members to come grace our inaugural Silver Platter event where you will be treated to an evening of food, knowledge & entertainment.  Also a place to network and meet other Silver friends.  Entertainment includes a "Silver" fashion show by Mother and Child Project, trial head & shoulder massages, yoga as well as taijigong demos.  Cocktails & light refreshments will be served.  I am offering 10 of our exclusive entry passes, complimentary to fellow SHC members, so if you are interested, please email me at diana_loo@hotmail.com.  First come first served!

Diano Loo

Just a suggestion – a SHC travel club

Hi All

I wonder if there are SHCians interested in joining a sort of travel club within SHC – targetting those who are not keen to travel in package tours but may be travelling solo or perhaps in small groups.

I know  there had been several trips organised by some of you to places around. Maybe I’m thinking of something more structured instead of adhoc. This will allow better planning – eg a 6-12 mth programme schedule based on feedback from interested members. Can someone take this up as an interest area. It requires coordination and info gathering etc.

Eg outback tour to Uluru, Alice Springs and who may be interested as I am – in 2011 autumn/winter time (Apr- Aug).

Joan

Strictly for singles only

Over the last few years, some of you may have noticed that I have been increasing interested in the Dating industry. I attended courses conducted by SDU and the now SDN; and read tons of materials on dating services in Singapore and other countries. After having attended various courses, I note there were opportunities to develop dating as a service business. However, I have decided not to seek SDN funding, but instead to go along as time and space permit.

SilverHairsClub has been an interesting phenomenon. It was unplanned and definitely unchartered. However, SilverHairsClub has done well, simply as a platform for SilverHairs to meet new and more friends. It was intended as a venue for SilverHairs to meet, and work their way through our golden years.

Obviously, there were pressures to focus on helping single SHCians find soulmates. As this was not its objective, I have resisted this all along, and let natural human forces work its way into our lives.

After almost 5 years, since the start of SilverHairsClub, I think I can work an extra mile to help single SHCian meet its longer life objective. Well, we may not be focusing on the “under 40” group. These are the people who can get married and have babies, and meet the nation’s objective. Finding a soulmate can be a natural process, but a little help would do no harm, if not, to speed up the process.

As dating is not a SilverHairsClub objective, I won’t dwell further on this subject on this forum. However, if you are single, I mean truly single, write to me. I would likely ask you for a lot of details, and find someone meeting your preferences. If and I mean if we find someone meeting your preferences, I would invite the parties to meet. Some details will be informed to you at a later date.

Some SHCians have expressed interested to work with me on this service. I am hoping to move along as we progress in this area. Simply email me, not on this forum.

Meantime, I would be launching something similar for Singaporeans and foreigners working in the Robinson Road and Shenton way areas. Social events will be organised. Single SHCians would be invited too.

So, go easy, and we move on slowly. Email me first at seahks@singnet.com.sg. Confidentially assured.

Terence Seah