No politics, religion, sex, race, direct selling & MLM. For Singaporeans & PRs, over 45.
From SHC admin to all members
When you write a POST, please add it to a Category. This helps other SilverHairs find your POST when searching for an activity.
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Terence Seah
Do you know your tea?
In the western world, generally speaking, the folks know their wine. In the east, we should know our tea. This is especially so among the early Chinese scholars and the elite, they really know their tea. How about you, do you want to know?
There are six types of teas consumed by the Chinese :
Green unfermented green leaves that produce a pale and slightly astrigent infusion.
Red fermented, producing a strong infusion but much less popular than green tea.
Black fermented black leaves that produce a reddish infusion with a strong flavour.
Oolong semi-fermented with flavour of green tea and the strength of red.
Brick mixed teas pressed into a block and popular with Russians,Tibetans and nomadic tribes in the north of China
Flower scented good quality green tea mixed with dried fragrant flowers, such as jasmine, rose and chrysanthemum.
In a traditional tea house, “Yum Cha” is not just about having your “char siew pau” and tea. In real terms it is having tea in the traditional Chinese way. A number of factors are involved in making a good cup of Chinese tea. The blend,freshness,quality of the leaf,hardness and the temperature of the water comes into play. The initial temperature of the little tea pot, time permitted for the infusion etc. A good cup of tea should not have milk or sugar added to it. It is almost as taboo as putting ice cubes into your mug of beer!
I would like to organise a talk in a tea house if there is enough SHC members who are interested. May I have your response, please.?
Edwin Chen
Hi Guys
Some members here including myself are please to volunteer to conduct I.T. workshops (maybe max 3 hrs per session) at 2 prearranged venues, Chong Pang CC n Henderson CC. Chong Pang CC is located at Yishun, a 10 min walk from Yishun mrt station n Henderson CC at Bukit Merah View, a 10 min walk from Tiong Bahru mrt station. Both are charging $5 per user per session n monies collected go directly to the CC. Both have broadband internet access; Chong Pang has 11 PCs n Henderson 17 PCs. Workshops may be conducted on weekdays or Sat.
Topics covered vary from internet banking, auction to emailing, photo editing. We seek your suggestions on the types of workshops that you wish to have to enable us to compile the list. Once the list is compiled, we can plan n schedule the time slots n venues for the various workshops.
U dont have to be computer savvy but arming yourself with the IT knowledge learned from the workshops, we believe U are on your way 2 become IT savvy. Please come forward n share your thoughts with us. Members who wish 2 guide or train, pls come n join our Team.
We are here not 4 ourselves but 4 U.
SHC I.T. volunteers n Team
Suggested Topics – Keep them coming
Nothing has been firmed up. We wish 2 do topics that interest U thus need your suggestions. Once we got them from U, we can then work on them.
We will work on the above 8 suggested topics if no other suggestions are received by end of Aug 07.
Workshops can be held at : Chong Pang CC, Henderson CC, your homes (in small groups) or any place where we dont hv 2 pay a hefty price 4 its use.
Interested members :
Sometimes, there are more than 20 comments a day. This means earlier comments cannot be easily seen, by scrolling down.
Well, our web designer has increased this feature to read the last 100 comments. There may be some hiccups. If yes, please share with us. A comment here will do.
Terence Seah
The July SilverHairsClub gathering is confirmed as follows:
The discussion topics will centre around "Small Business by SilverHairs". Ideal for SilverHairs with the entrepreneur spirit. Also, an opportunity to pool together resources as a group. Focus on continued income for retirees or would-be retirees. If you have a topic, please raise your hands now. We shall allocate you 5 minutes. Write your idea on a piece of paper. It helps when you come up to speak during the evening.
This session is NOT for discussions on financial investments, retirement savings, online trading on stocks, commodities or forex, retirement village, travel or short-term living overseas, insurance, MLM and jobs.
Get to meet other SilverHairs. Come share your ideas. What can the SilverHairsClub do together as a group; to keep our minds active, body fit and ATM working?
Please observe strictly the rules on popolitics, religion, race, sex, direct selling or MLM.
Registered to come:
Shirley Wong/Terence Seah
We have seen keen interests in SilverHairs participating in the SilverHairsClub website forum. At the same time, the SilverHairsClub membership is expanding. To participate in discussion on this website, SHC members need to register separately on the website.
We are looking for 2 SHC Website Membership Administrators, with the following loves.
The tasks:
Task excluded:
If you love to to volunteer for these two positions, please raise your hand.
** Update: Both Oi Cheng and LH Jie are now SHC website membership administrators. Register now, and they will be there to welcome you via your registered email.
Terence Seah
Two months ago, Christina Chan suggested the issue of a diary of SilverHairsClub activities. As more posts come up, events are pushed lower the forum listing. This makes it difficult to find the events.
Dolly Lim and Yew Kwong have both volunteered to be SHC Calendar of Events managers. If you are organising an activity for SilverHairsClub members, you may inform Dolly or Yew Kwong. They will insert your activity into the Calendar of Events. Thank you both for volunteering.
Note: Non-SHC members, external organisations, external events, advertising or promotions not allowed.
Terence Seah
Here are some statistics. Most members start to visit the SHC website at 0800 hrs and 2300 hrs each day. Usually, the lowest peak period is 1700 hrs. Maybe, this is because many SilverHairs are still working. See the trends here.
You are encouraged to share your interests with other SilverHairs. We want to hear from you. I see there are interests to discuss investments, health and business issues. These topics are encouraged. If your Posts or Comments are not published or deleted, you may email the administrator to enquire. We will get you a reply within 48 hours.
Here are some reasons why your Posts or Comments may not be published.
As a new feature, we have added "Latest Posts" and "Latest Comments" for your convenience. This is at the very top of the website.
Have fun.
Currently, the SHC website is moderated. We get approx 5 spams a week, and usually, they are killed before you see it. The spams are usually about viagra and online medical purchase. With this change, spams will appear; but we will kill them, once we spot them.
"Comments" are moderated. They make take between 1 minute to 24 hours, before they are approved to appear on this website. Considering the type of comments we are getting so far, I am thinking of allowing Comments" to be approved in real time. We skip the moderation process. In other words, if you write a "Comment", and submit it, the "Comment" is automatically approved. This will make the SilverHairsClub website fast and more exciting.
As for "Post", everybody can write a "Post". If you have a record of keeping within the rules of the club on this website, your "Post" will appear automatically too. If not, you can still write, but your "Post" will be moderated.
This means that username "Guest" will have to be deleted. This also means that a published "Comment" or "Post" can be deleted by the administrator whenver it is found to be unacceptable.
For SilverHairs who have long stories to tell or share with other members, please use Pages "Non-SHC stories, jokes, info". Do not write as a Post or a Comment. This is space optimisation.
Effective immediately. This feature may be withdrawn, if widely abused. I hope not, as we are all SilverHairs.
(And, if this feature does not work today, I am sure I can get it to work by Monday. I see a little snag.)
Terence Seah
Hi fellow members
Appreciate your help to :
1) disseminate info of this project to our members (especially those who dont have PCs or surf the SHC’s homepage)
2) encourage those who need the PCs to come forward
3) provide storage space of 5 sq feet (at least for min 6 mths) to store the donated PCs (top priority)
Every little effort of yours counts. With your help, we hope to narrow the digital divide and bring up the level of IT literacy among our members and also the less fortunates in our community.
I and my project members thank you very much.
Before your membership is approved, you wouid need to introduce yourself to other Club members. To read about other members, click on category "Members’ profile".
When you first try to Post, the Post will be saved as a Draft. When writing a new Post, choose a cetegory and esure the text is left Indent. You can also use "Notepad" to write the intro, and then paste the text into the Post.
Once your introduction is up, we will process your membership application. Approval will be done during the 1st 7 days of each month.
Terence Seah
We encourage SilverHairsClub members to use this website. Please do observe some rules.
Time to work on the next monthly activity. For April, we shall have an outdoor gathering and activity, at the Botanic Gardens. We have not had a Sunday gathering before, so this will be the first time. And, for SilverHairs who love music, here it is. This SHC gathering is a good opportunity and platform to meet other SilverHairs. So, come along.
If you are coming, simply add a comment here, saying you are comiing.
Details:
Event organiser: Oi Cheng.
Terence Seah
This is one of my favourite past times. I have been doing this since late 90’s on both personal and corporate basis.
I had personally encountered many elders like myself who have been deprived of owning a decent PC (at times even none) or rights to use one. They would also not foot out the money to get for themselves. Many a reason being that they afraid that they might offend or receive severe criticism from their children or friends.
I m just fortunate to have own not only one but three (a lappy and 2 PCs) numbers solely. My other family members have their own.
I believe its high time that I should push for such cause. Together with interested members here, we can help bring our non-IT savvy (dont know) members to the minimum level and not left behind in the digital divide. Many may still not choose to pursuit but decisions are theirs.
Since all information about what’s happening in SHC is web-based, it would be good if members keep themselves updated by surfing the SHC’s homepage. Being IT-savvy, it will give you an edge over getting information faster and better than those who are not. On the other hand, people cant take you as "handicapped".
So much for the blah blah blah. Let me take lead in what we can do with your help. We can go on a 2-prone direction by providing 1) hardware (PCs) and 2) software (home guided learning).
The Task –
1. Get members to donate their unwanted PCs.
2 Match and identify members (those who are not doing well or receiving no income and dont own any) who want to own the PCs.
3. Get members who wish or would like to provide home guided learning.
4. Match and identify members who need home guided learning.
5. Get members to form core group to refurbish the donated PCs at donors’ premises or otherwise.
Nothing is called achievement until the time you bring back the life of a machine that has reached its "EOL" (end of life).
Should we do not not to do, your responses are very important.
1st Meeting –
Date : Sat, 14 Apr 07
Venue : McDonald Restaurant at Toa Payoh HDB Hub (just outside bus interchange/above mrt)
Time : 4pm (commence) to 6pm (end)
Why Here : Free Internet Access and Convenience of coming by bus or mrt
Agenda :
1) Form the group and delegate tasks
2) Coordinate & receive donated hardware
3) Coordinate & despatch donated hardware
4) Guided learning (centralised and home)
5) Repair / maintenance services
6) Delivery and installation services
7) Stockup spare parts
8) Other related issues
All suggestions are welcome. If you have the time, please come along to join the 1st meeting otherwise, you can email your thoughts to me at lohyks@hotmail.com
We have received a number of suggestions and ideas on how to improve the SHC website.
Some of the complaints include difficult to register, the password never come, the text colours are too light, very difficult to find a posting, and not beautiful.
Some of the latest recommendations include taking out the "Guest" user and closing this website, password control to only registered members.
Tell us the type of changes you would like to see on this website, give us your recommendations. We are taking orders now, on this website. Give us a whack. Order close 30 June 2007.
Some of us have been thinking how to write and share with other SilverHairs their interests. Many SilverHairs would like to meet other SilverHairs with the same interests. But, some of us are just shy, and not so sure where to start. Well, we shall make it easy for some of you.
Send an email to Vishal at Vishal@SilverHairsClub.com with your mobile telephone number. Tell him you have some thoughts and ideas, and would like to share with others your ideas and interests. We will call and talk with you, do a short write up for you on this website, and invite similar like-minded SilverHairs to share their thoughts with you. Strictly for SilverHairsClub members only.
Your interests and thoughts can be on retirement plans, hobbies, going concerts, starting a small bread shop, joining travel, etc, etc, etc.
If you can do so yourself, do share with us and write your interests and ideas on this website. Don’t be shy. You can do so anytime.
We did a summary of SHC membership. Thought it is good to share with you. Due to difficulty of collecting response, I would give an accuracy of +/- 5%.
Membership composition:
– Total registered – close to 3,000 with a mix of Chinese, Indian and Malay.
– to the best of our knowledge, 100% are over 45 years.
– 85% are still actively employed or engaged in own business.
– 15% are retired or not working.
– 60% are females and 40% are males.
Language:
– English is commonly used.
– 10% speaks mainly Mandarin, and not comfortable to join SHC activities because English is our common medium.
PC and internet fluency:
– 40% have no access to a PC at home, or their kids occupy most of the computer time.
– 60% have access to internet at home/office.
– at least 50% are not comfortable with PC and internet.
– about 80% prefer phone and SMS communication.
Reasons for joining SilverHairsClub:
– a high 85% join with the aim of finding new friends, although we are not clear about the remaining 15%.
– common reasons for joining include friendship, finding travel partners, find healthy activities and sharing retirement issues.
Interesting perceptions about the SilverHairsClub:
– each month, we encounter about 5-10 queries if SHC is linked to any government agencies, in particular RC groups. We try to stay as an informal social club.
– prior to joining SHC, common queries include "whether SHC is a dating club?" However, after going through the SHC website, and when told SHC is not a dating club, these group still decide to join SHC.
Feedback:
– More than 80% of members prefer SHC to remain independent, simple and free and easy.
– some 5% prefer an organised structure, with a management structure or committee. SHC operates by events. Each event is led by an Event organiser, with a small adhoc committee. All are volunteers.
– there are suggestions for a membership subscription of $1-2 per month to help with expenses. SHC has taken the decision, no subscriptions will be collected.
– SHC receives strong support from members for its one single objective of providing a platform for SilverHairs, over 45, to meet new and more friends.
– Many members have accepted our taboos on politics, sex, race, religion, direct selling and MLM during club’s events.
We would like to your feedback to this summary.
Terence Seah
Hi everybody, this is a reminder. The SilverHairsClub is strictly for members. Over 45s, and no discussion on politics, sex, race, religion, direct selling or MLM.
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You are advised not to leave your telephone number, email address or contact address on this website.
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Terence Seah
SilverHairsClub’s key objective is to provide a platform for SilverHairs to meet new friends. Our group is diversed and growing. Having participate in some of our events, please share with us your thoughts on how can further meet this objective.
If, so far, you have not participated in our activities, I am eagerly looking forward to hearing from you too.
Terence Seah
There many many SHC members whom we have not met. Some are shy, while others find our gathering timings not suitable. Some live in Jurong, while others live in Chua Choa Kang. Many SilverHairs are wondering how to meet other SilverHairs, and yet unable to benefit from the convenience of MRT and buses. Dont give up, we are looking for places in North, East and West of Singapore island. You can help out.
Early last year, we tried web-chat, and we were partially sucessful. For all SHC members, who are unable to join the physical gatherings, let’s meet online.
For how to, please click here. Please contact Vishal at vishal@silverhairsclub.com, if you wish to have a practice/trial.
The date: Sat, Mar 17, 1400 – 1600 hrs. . To register, simply add your name here.
We have made LOGIN/REGISTER easier. This website is for SilverHairsClub members.
Go into http://www.SilverHairsClub.com. At the top of the homepage, there is LOGIN/REGISTER. When you register, the password is emailed to you. You should put in your first name, family name and realname. You can change your password anytime.
Yes, if you like to remain unknown, you may use username: Guest, and password: guest. Access is limited. Events registration is not allowed for Guests.
You are most welcome to write your comments, and write a new POST, especially if you have an idea, a hobby to share, a travel group to gather, a bread making session to share, a line dancing groutp to start, a business idea to kick off or a mahjong game looking for kakis.
For commercial news, something to sell, external seminars, non-SHC activities, please use http://www.2GreenDots.com.
Suggestions welcome. Changes possible, but it will take some time, for the webmaster to make changes.
Some SilverHairs have suggested the use of nicknames (not related to the real names). As this is a members’ website, we encourage the use of real names.
However, for the benefit of new members, and to encourage confidence, I have been convinced that we could have "Guest" participation. Let’s give this a try. Guests are allowed to write new Posts and Comments. Guests cannot register to participate in events.
Have fun!.
Terence Seah
The number of members is increasing. We have many Susans, Mr Tan, Joe and Lilys. To participate in this forum, we require your web user registration. To register, go to the right column and look for META – Register.
Please choose an username, which is related to your name. Names with words eg success, rich, health, wealth, sea monster, callme, smiling tiger, funny, sky, ice, etc will be rejected. Those whose usernames are not related to their ID/passport names will be removed by 31 Jan 2007.
Accepted usernames eg Susan Lee, S Lee, Lee Gim Seng will be accepted. We need the first and last names during registration. This is a required field.
Terence Seah
On Oct 25, 2006, we initiate the topic "Should we register SilverHairsClub?" You can follow up the comments here: https://silverhairsclub.com/2006/10/402
I have given this some thought and discussion to the feedback. In short, I prefer to to keep the SHC as it is now.
As observed by members, there are advantages and benefits in having SilverHairsClub as a registered club in Singapore. A registered club enhances recognition with other organisations, meets some of the concerns of public gatherings and enables SHC to collect funds to support membership and activities.
The SilverHairsClub is intended to be platform for over 45s to meet new and more friends. This is its objective. As a result, many SilverHairs have met new SilverHairs, and have their own new-found activities. SilverHairs initiate their own sub-groups eg in cycling, nature walks, travelling, games, karaoke, IT training and online selling.
SHC is intended to prepare SilverHairs into the many years ahead. Finding good friends is important. We must find the environment to meet our social needs. SilverHairs have many needs. As such, we support healthy and active activities, hobbies, discussion groups on retirement living, small business groups and continued work to supplement our SilverHairs expenses. SilverHairs’ interests can be pretty varied.
My concern is the massive time, administrative and financial resources required to manage these activities under the umbrella of the club. Unfortunately, I cannot manage all these new needs, as I travel 3/4 of the month. But, I am prepared for changes, if someone volunteers to take the lead. You just need to raise your hand.
As you have seen in 2006, we have the monthly gatherings. All SilverHairs are informed on this website or a simple email. All other activities and groups are formed on members’ initatives. There is flexibility and creativeness.
SilverHairsClub is small. We will stay within the limits of the law. As you know, our rules are pretty well observed by members; and these include no discussions on religion, sex, race, politics, direct selling and MLM. We will not collect membership fees. Only costs incurred will be shared among participants.
In summary, I prefer to stay and run the way we are now. You probably have not heard this view from me before. Stay with the law, maintain the club taboos, no membership fees, support SilverHairs activities and keep the club simple and manageable.
I am sure there is agreement and disagreements. Your views are most welcome. Please share it.
Terence Seah
We have the first SilverHairsClub jingle, by Composer and song-writer: Ronald Wi. Thank you very much.
If you have Media Player or Real Player, click here to hear jingle.
Yes we are SilverHaired (Jingle version).
Yes we are Silver Haired,
With golden years ahead,
Friends we will like to make,
Sharing our warmth and light
So if you want some cheer,
Like the breeze from the sea,
You are always welcome her,
Come join our SHC
(Complete Song Version)
Sure as the sun will set,
As our youth starts to fade,
Friends start to drift afar,
The future seems cold and dark.
Everyday we seem to lose,
Whatever we done so far,
Nothing seems like before,
Values change each passing day.
Chorus:
What do we do from here,
Where can we find comfort for our cold,
Where can we find friends that will hear,
Of silver hairs and of growing old
Where can we find something free,
Just like the breeze from the sea,
Refreshing our tired souls,
Only from here in SHC.
So if you feel like me,
And need that cheer that is free,
A chat, a smile or just a pat,
To get you back on track.
Lots of friends like you and me,
Young and old in SHC,
Find silver, gold and is free,
Join us here for our company.
The SilverHairsClub will keep growing. Our numbers are small, and to keep our activities vibrant, we shall launch a year-end "SilverHairs get SilverHairs" program.
We have prepared enough SilverHairsClub T-shirts to give SHC members who invite other SilverHairs to join the club. Until 31 Dec 2006, introduce 5 SilverHairs to join the club by sending us an email with fullname, mobile tel (optional) and your name. Note: Husband and wife, using one email address, considered as one member.
The SilverHairsClub T-shirts are high quality, with collar, and come in Dark Blue, Red and White. There is a lady’s size too. and for men, the sizes are L, M and S. The words "SilverHairsClub" is embroidered nicely on the left. The T-shirt will come to you via post.
SilverHairs who have introduced 5 new members:
Terence Seah
Hi, I am looking for a musician or a composer in our group. Some who can compose a short jingle or music for the SilverHairsClub. Something catchy, easy to remember lyrics and able to inspire us forward to the many SilverHairs years ahead.
Terence Seah
From requests to organise groups overseas for patient care, we are looking at organising a few interesting talks for SilverHairs, who are interested in knowing what are the advantages and costs in considering surgery and patient care overseas. At the moment, we are looking out for reputable overseas international hospitals which are prepared to give us a presentation on this topic.
Obviously, there are pros and cons. For those who are keen to listen, please drop your name here.
If you know of such a hospital, please share your contact. I would assume the talks would be conducted next year, or sooner when more information is available.
If you are a member or ex-member of the medical profession, please let us know, so that you can help moderate or lead these talks.
Terence Seah
A number of members have asked if SilverHairsClub is registered under the Registra of Societies. Some see the registration as compliance with Singapore society laws, while others see the advantage of being recognised as an official group by corporations and government organisations. Some members also feel SilverHairsClub should be a company, in view of its potential business opportunities.
When the idea was first mooted to find a platform for SilverHairs to meet new friends, I had not had any thought of registering the SilverHairsClub. Considering retirement as an important issue in our region, I had thought we could just meet up at some cafes, and chat, share about our future plans so that we would not be lonely and that we can live meaningful SilverHairs years.
Those who feel strongly about having SilverHairsClub registered have requested that we should have a forum on this issue. so, I am opening this topic for discussion. Please share your thoughts. We shall close and review the feedback on 31 Dec 2006.
Some info on registering as a club/society: http://www.mha.gov.sg/ecitizen/roses/images/docs/guide-newReg.pdf
Terence Seah
Discussions before the first meeting https://silverhairsclub.com/2006/10/380
First meeting was held at Jocelyne Soh’s place. A follow-up meeting expected. Feedback on the meeting in the comments.