Author: Jassmine Teo

I came to know about the SHC from eNN (Seng Kang). My interests are varied. I write on the forum regularly to improve my writing. In my autumn years, my priority is voluntary service. Hope to meet like-minded people and help initiate a programme/project for the disabled like the hearing impaired.

Language Tips: Frequently misused words

  • By chance i saw this *article about the English language in the S.T. Monday (28th) paper and i thought seeing it was better than seeing a $5 note on the ground. (lol!). Because of it’s educational value, i thought i should alert members who had missed it to check it out.
  • The frequently misused words in the article include revert, whereby, everyday/every day, less/lesser, mature/matured and welcome/welcomed. The writer explains how the words should be used and gives good examples.
  • Language Tips  series appears on every Monday and it’s a pity to miss these free ‘lessons’.

*S.T.Monday 28/5/2012, CATS section pg C6

Retirement living: Looking to studio apartments for seniors for inspiration

  • Today i visited a block of studio apartments for seniors near Toa Payoh Central and was glad to see how PLEASANT the environment is. The common areas are SPACIOUS and CLEAN. The common corridors outside the individual units are WIDE and UNCLUTTERED. The units are small bed-sitters, bright with windows on one wall. In the bathroom is an emergency alert cord.
  • The two lifts are BIG and stop at EVERY floor. On the third level are two cozy GARDENS.  Seats are PLENTIFUL and INVITING!
  • Nearby are other blocks of flats, shops, a hawker centre, a market….
  • Could HDB adapt this concept of studio apartment living for seniors with smaller nest-eggs to cater to seniors with bigger nest-eggs by building bigger studio apartments and providing more facilities? But however HDB modifies/adapts, it must keep to the 30-year lease and the non- marketability of the studio apartments for the ‘richer’ seniors. These two conditions will keep out the sharks and the profit-driven entrepreneurs.

N.B. Comments no. 1 -5  are pre-post comments.

ONLINE FLEA MART – MAY 2012

  • The online flea mart for May is now
    open for advertisements. Please familiarize yourselves with the rules
    (refer to MARCH post) before placing an advertisement.
  • I would like to reiterate the
    rationale for setting up this online flea mart: It is to provide an
    opportunity for members     to sell (or give away) THEIR OWN THINGS.

  • An advertisement where the advertiser
    is acting the role of ‘middleman’ is NOT ALLOWED. NO COMPANIES may benefit, directly or indirectly, from this flea mart advertisement site.

Thinking outside the box

  • Bhutan, one of the poorest nations in the world, gave the world the revolutionary Gross National Happiness (GNH) index to determine the country’s growth instead of using the conventional GDP like all the other countries in the world. Now, almost everyone i know wants to visit Bhutan! LOL!
  • The ability to think outside the box can lead to breakthroughs in mindsets, business ideas, ideological beliefs etc. but because most people are steeped in conventional thinking, it is not easy to think differently from the majority and anyway, life goes on with conventional thinking…..hence, my interest in thinking outside the box is only a personal challenge and Bhutan’s GNH creation is profound (to me).
  • This question is just for academic discussion: Can thinking outside the box be nurtured? If yes, how can it be nurtured?

Constructive comments and feedback are welcome :)

ONLINE FLEA MART – April 2012

  • The online flea mart for April is now open for advertisements. Please familiarize yourselves with the rules (refer to MARCH post) before placing an advertisement.
  • I would like to reiterate the rationale for setting up this online flea mart: It is to provide an opportunity for members to sell (or give away) THEIR OWN THINGS.
  • An advertisement where the advertiser is acting the role of ‘middleman’ is NOT ALLOWED. Another advertisement that is NOT ALLOWED is an ‘advertisement’ that informs members of special offers a company is giving…please WRITE A POST to disseminate this type of information.

Old Age – The Last Lap

  • How does one want to spend the last lap of one’s life? with angst? with upset when one’s pride/ego is bruised? gripe? …
  • The ‘king’ in *Eccl. thought he was a superior being as he was very clever and good at acquiring power and wealth. Then he realised Death would come for him and LEVEL  him with the poor and the foolish he despised. Defeated, he lamented in agony "all is vanity and a striving after wind" 
  • I would like to have serenity in my old age. Question is – how to acquire/have this state of mind  (serenity) in old age? What personal qualities/character traits would be an advantage in this quest?

* a non-secular book

Constructive comments and feedback are welcome. :)

ONLINE FLEA MART – MARCH 2012

  •  The online flea mart for March is now open for advertisements. Advertisements of self-led trips or tours are acceptable. If you have things to give away, do advertise here. For first-time advertisers, here are the rules to abide by:
  1. Two advertisements per registered member per month.
  2. 5 line limit per advertisement. For trip/tour advertisements, the limit is 10 lines per ad.
  3. "For sale" , "Looking for" ,
    "giveaway" advertisements and the status of the advertised items eg.
    "sold" or "withdrawn" are welcome.
  4. Not permitted: (i)advertisements of
    corporate goods/items, (ii) telephone numbers of advertisers, (iii)
    queries and comments on advertised items.
  5. Advertisers must include their e-mail addresses for contact.

ONLINE FLEA MART – FEBRUARY 2012

The online flea mart for February 2012 is now open for advertisements. Please familiarise yourselves with the rules before posting your advertisements. For the rules, please refer to the January  online flea mart post. Please note: Each advertisement should consist of max. 5 lines. Since an advertiser is allowed two advertisements per month, he can have a 10-line advertisement by forfeiting his second advertisement.

ONLINE FLEA MART – JANUARY 2012

  • Beginning from this month, the online flea mart will accept advertisements of trips or tours personally conducted/led/organised by ACTIVE SHC members. Please promote your trips/tours within 10 lines and include your e-mail addresses for enquiries.
  • The rules for advertising on this site remain basically the same:
  1. Two advertisements per registered member per month.
  2. 5 line limit per advertisement. For trip/tour advertisements, the limit is 10 lines per ad.
  3. "For sale" , "Looking for" , "giveaway" advertisements and the status of the advertised items eg. "sold" or "withdrawn" are welcome.
  4. Not permitted: (i)advertisements of corporate goods/items, (ii) telephone numbers of advertisers, (iii) queries and comments on advertised items.
  5. Advertisers must include their e-mail addresses for contact.

You can start placing your advertisements NOW!

Online Flea Mart – Information Board

  • This site is created to cater to the need for updates, information, comments, feedback, ideas, proposals, etc. pertaining to the monthly Online Flea Mart.  All constructive input from members are welcome. However, chatter and additional information pertaining to an advertisement will be deleted.
  • It is hoped that with your input, the monthly Online Flea Mart will evolve and develop into an interesting place to visit for club members and members of the public.  emoticon

ONLINE FLEAMART – DECEMBER 2011

The online fleamart for December is now open for advertisements. For the rules regarding the posting of advertisements, refer to the online fleamart post for NOVEMBER.  Please direct your queries/comments about a product/service advertised to the advertiser via his/her e-mail address. Queries/comments are NOT ALLOWED on this thread. 

ONLINE FLEAMART – NOVEMBER 2011

The online Fleamart for November is now open for advertisements.Please familiarize yourselves with the rules governing the fleamart before posting.

  • Rules
  • Only buy and sell items by "individual" registered SHC members permitted. Price can be listed.
  • Email addresses can be published. No telephone numbers or contact addresses allowed.
  • As this is advertising, replies will not be permitted. Replies will be deleted. Interested buyers will have to contact the seller via email. 
  • Individual membership cannot advertise "corporate" items. MLM items are not allowed.
  • Members will have to publish the fleamart/sale items personally, not through another member.
  • Maximum of 5 lines per advertisement in the comment box. Maximum of two advertisements per member.

Tea Time Potluck Picnic, Thursday 17 Nov 2011

Calling all "new faces" – members who are APPREHENSIVE about joining club activities and end up not joining AND members who had attended one, two, three club activities but STILL feel apprehensive – this  tea time potluck picnic is specially organised for you.  COME and MEET other apprehensive "new faces", make friends and rid your apprehension!  emoticon                                                                                                                                                                                         
Details:     

  • Date: Thurs 17 Nov, 3p.m – 6p.m.
  • Place: Botanic Gardens – gazebo near Eco lake
  • Meet: Botanic Gardens MRT station,  passenger service, 3p.m.

Programme outline:

  • introduction – makan + chat – ice-breakers – singing -makan & chat lagi  or sightsee Botanic Gardens – sing our way home

Please register your interest 

  • EO Frisna Tan ***Assisting: Jassmine Teo and the befrienders

Life’s Little Mysteries

He ‘lived his life on his own terms’ *
So brilliant was his mind – a latter-day genius,
So successful, so rich, the world’s adulation received he,
But he could not control his pancreas,
Neither could the best doctors in the world.
He died young – in his fifties.
Why? Why? When the poor and the needy sick
are still alive at eighties and nineties?


*S.T. A12. 8/10/2011. RIP Steve Jobs

comments welcome

ONLINE FLEAMART – OCTOBER 2011

 The online fleamart for October is now open for advertisements. From October onwards, you may place TWO advertisements per month. The other rules remain unchanged. The rules are reproduced here for the benefit of first timers.

 RULES 

1. Only buy and sell items by “individual” registered SHC members permitted. Price can be listed.

2. Email address can be published. No tel numbers or contact addresses
allowed.  As this is advertising, replies will not be permitted. 
Replies will be deleted.  Interested buyers will have to contact the
seller via email.
3. Individual membership cannot advertise “corporate” items.  MLM items are not allowed.
4.
Members will have to publish the fleamart/sale items personally, not
through another member.  You have to use an AVATAR image, so that we
know who the seller is.
5. Simple, it’s free.
6. Maximum of 5 lines in the comment box.  TWO fleamart advert per month.emoticon

ONLINE FLEAMART – September 2011

The online fleamart for September is now open for advertisements. Besides ‘for sale’ advertisements, you may also post ‘looking for’ advertisements. Advertisers, please familiarize yourselves with the rules governing the online fleamart, especially the rule that says an advertisement must not exceed five lines. For the rules and regulations, please refer to the online fleamart posts for August or July.

ONLINE FLEAMART – AUGUST 2011

 The original content was inadvertently deleted when I wanted to edit it. For the benefit of members who are unfamiliar with the rules governing the fleamart, i’ve included them. Hope advertisers would take note. Thanks.Do continue to list your items for sale.

 Rules and Regulations

 1. Only buy and sell items by “individual” registered SHC members permitted. Price can be listed.2.
Email address can be published. No tel numbers or contact addresses
allowed.  As this is advertising, replies will not be permitted. 
Replies will be deleted.  Interested buyers will have to contact the
seller via email.
3. Individual membership cannot advertise “corporate” items.  MLM items are not allowed.
4.
Members will have to publish the fleamart/sale items personally, not
through another member.  You have to use an AVATAR image, so that we
know who the seller is.
5. Simple, it’s free.
6. Maximum of 5 lines in the comment box.  One fleamart advert per month.

Special Interest: Civic activities

Hi all,
In the spirit of breaking new ground, SHC is reaching out to members who have a civic bent and are interested in doing civic work. We would like to form a civic group with the goal of helping to improve our society/environment etc

Members in this group will have roles and responsibilities thus making involvement in civic activities challenging and a learning experience for the individual.

If you are interested in civic work, please indicate in the comments box. Include your e-mail contact and I will contact you with regard to a meeting.  Alternatively you could inform me through my e-mail: kdaae2005@hotmail.com

Thank you.

Comments and feedback are welcome. :)

Reflection: The Cyber Highway

"Seven in 10 here are victims of cyber crime" – ST 10/9/2010*


How unreservedly they surf cyberspace:
Wonder if they know –
How unsafe the cyber highway;
Lurking there cyber criminals: cheats,
Thieves, terrorists and social misfits!

A theatre of germ warfare, cyberspace;
Netizens must battle with virus and vicious worms –
Expensive engagements – why bother,
When victories are hollow and nought to rejoice?
Is it a no brainer or Hopson’s choice?

Wonder if they know –
Seven in ten of them will
Victims become of cyber crime*-
A figure so high, yet nonchalant seem they
To the dangers on the super cyber highway! 

opinion piece – copyright 

Poser: Has the Information (Technology) Age a better society made?

Your views are welcome.  emoticon

Reflection: Ending The Pain

 

When life gets too painful to live on,
There is death to end the pain,
And none can stop your death act,
But oh, have you not lived in vain?

Her grief was hurting night and day,
Though no one knew; none could read her mind.
One early morn, she ended her pain,
And oh, her mother’s sorrow she left behind.

If life depends on one’s fate,
Hers must be among the saddest,
And Fate being blind, the living can only hope
Their lot will not be among the worst.

-copyright-

 Comments/opinions regarding the tragic incident are welcome.

Barter, Swop, Hire, FOC…

Members interested in the idea of learning or receiving through an exchange scheme may be wondering how the idea can be implemented without fuss. Here I suggest two main ways:

1. Direct approach – state/explain your interest(s) e.g. to learn the cha2. Then state/ explain the skill(s) or service(s) you are offering  for the exchange/swop.

2. KIV approach – (a)state/describe your interest(s) e.g. learn to bake pineapple tarts and indicate your willingness to barter or to make payment. Then wait for interested parties to approach you.

(b)state/describe your skill area(s) or the service(s) you are able to provide, e.g. teaching craftwork, language, etc and indicate your interest to barter or to be ‘hired’.  Then wait for interested parties to make their offers.

If there is a ‘match’ of mutual interest, the two parties carry out their negotiation, etc. in private and they will be solely responsible for any agreements reached or decisions made.

Of course you can offer your service(s) for FREE. That’ll be the icing on the cake. I’m sure the recipient will be very grateful.

Feel free to offer your suggestions, feedback, etc, as these will help to shape the exchange scheme. Because it’s a win-win situation, I hope ‘barter trading’ will become a feature of the SHC.

Teaching positions in Bandung

Attention: Former or retired MOE teachers,

A school in Bandung (2 hours from Jakarta) is looking for teachers who can teach subjects in the upper primary and are willing to be posted to Bandung for two years. Interviews will be held in Singapore at the end of April. If you are interested, please contact me for details at: kdaae2005@hotmail.com

Jassmine Teo

2nd SHC Flea Mart – Thur 1st May 2008

Hi everybody,

The last Flea mart attracted about 20 tables, along Bali Lane.  A few of the earlier vendors will be taking part in the 2nd Flea mart.  The date is Thur 1st May, from 3p.m to 8p.m. 

SHC Flea Mart coordinator is Jasmmine Teo.  All SHC coordinations will be done via Jassmine, in collaboration with KT Wong.  There is also a large Flea mart event going on during the same period, and Bali Lane is expecting to attract huge crowds.

The cost per table is $10; and KT will look at how to lower the cost for SHC members.  There is massive publicity over this holiday and weekend.

If you would like to take part, please raise your hand.  Registration on this forum is strictly for SHC members only.   Any question, please pose it here; and JassmineT and/or KT Wong will answer you here.

Have fun, guys and gals.

Terence Seah/Jassmine Teo/KT Wong

 

Tables have been reserved for the following: Please make your payment to Scorebot Pte Ltd UOB 383-300-7376.   I shall reflect the payment status on this post on Sat. 26th.

THANK YOU ALL, FOR YOUR PATIENCE.


 1st & 2nd table ———- Catherine Chong  ($20) paid

 3rd table ——————Steven Chan ($10) paid

 4th table —————–Capt Sri ($10)

 5th table —————– Tim Liu  ($10)

 6th table —————— Anna Seet ($10)

 7th table —————— Ann Lim ($10) Transferred on 27/4. Ref. 392

 8th table —————— Dan Huang ($10)

 9th table ——————- JassmineT ($10) paid

10th table …………………. Amy Kor ($10)

11th table ………………….. Karen Thio ($10) Transferred on 29/4

 

 

Looking for a good home for a husky

 Hi all,

A relative is looking for a good home for his beloved 5-year old Siberian husky as his flat is getting too small for this big dog. Details of the dog:

His name is Ash, a dominant male. He is beige in colour and is sterilised. His weight is 34 kg and he was imported from Melbourne.

If you are interested to care for this beautiful animal, I’ll put you in touch with my relative. 

 Regards,

Jassmine