SilverHairsClub

We have recently done a clean-up of our membership database.  I have
been very pleased with the returns in the last two weeks, especially with
verifying membership details.  Many duplicated membership have been
removed.

The latest count is 5,250 live individual members.  Out of this total,
about 2,300 members read the club’s forum regularly.   So, we
can see there is a difference between those who read the club
forum, those who are inactive members and those who are regular
participants.

One of our weakness is our inability to chat and interact with those who are
members, but are inactive, for different reasons.  Very few active
members volunteer or raise their hands to befriend this silent group.  I
do not know why.

However, I am glad to see members like Jassmine Teo, Frisna Tan and YatSing
put in effort to voice out for this silent group.  Joy Chuang is also
looking after a group.  Some of us may think there is not much we can do,
for those who are busy, shy and afraid to join the more senior and active
ones.  But, if you can do a little, this will be go a long way to
welcome the quieter ones.

Our EOs for different activities have done a good job maintaining their
activities.

So, again, if you are a member, have been participating in SHC
activities, and have not been an EO, please consider doing your part to be a
Befriender.  You only need to take care of 10 – 20 members.   I
hope to see you raise your hand.

Terence Seah

November 2011 Monthly Walk – Botanic Garden
Serene Low / Chris Chan in SHC main bulletin, Walking

Date: 12 November 2011 (Saturday)
Meeting Place: Botanic Garden MRT, Control Station (Circle Line, CC19)
Start Time: 4.30pm
Duration: approx 2 hours
EOs for this walk: Serene Low and ChristinaCL Chan
 
From the entrance of the Botanic Garden at Bt Timah/Cluny; we will walk towards the Eco Lake skirting along the edge to Jocab Ballas Children’s Garden.   This is a specialized garden constructed for children to learn about plants through play.  It will stimulate even adults to the wonder of plants and nature!  Let’s spend 20 minutes in this area.

Passing the Eco Lake from another side, we head towards a paved slope upwards to the Healing Garden.  This 2.5 hectare garden, took 3 years to set up, and was launched recently in October by President Tony Tan.  It is the largest in Singapore, showcasing a collection of 500 species of SE Asian medicinal plants.  The Healing Garden is designed in the shape of a human body — thematically relating to parts or systems of the body, such as "Head, Neck, Ears, Nose and Throat" and "Digestive and Related Systems".   It will be enriching to browse around and don’t be surprised to find some plants that have medicinal values are actually common plants.

After that we will continue to stroll through this green sanctuary via a different route back to the entrance towards Adam Food Centre for our dinner.

The rainy season seems to be here early.  Do bring your umbrella or rain coat, your camera, drinking bottle, sun block, a hat and walking sneakers.

This is an educational “green walk” you would not want to miss!

Other Walk Team members: Joyce Tan, Charles Wee, Conrad Tang, Veronica Wong, Jeffrey Lim, Mary Tan, Lydia Soh.

Those registered:

1. Eddy Lee
2. Margaret Chua
3. KC Wong
4. Grace Gan
5. Hamidah Ishak
6. Danny Lye
7. June Tan
8. Judy Lim (delete)
9. Goh Ah Lam
10. Lee King Seng
11. Wendy Koh
12. Lydia Soh
13. Terry Tang
14. Maureen Lee
15. Ng Lye Hock
16. Stephen Jayaram
17. Melody Tan
18. Bernie Chung
19. Tricia Har
20. Ann Lim
21. Grace Wong
22. Josephine Yap
23. S K Chua
24. Alice Seah
25. Priscilla Wee
26. Philip Wee
27. Hew Lee
28. Peng Peng
29. Dorothy Lee
30. Louis Siah
31. Mrs Louis Siah (require maiden name) 
32. Kelly Ho
33. Janet Ng
34. Cheryl Ho
35. Seok Cheng
36. Linda Chan M K
37. Winnie Lim
38. Peter Lim
39. Mrs Peter Lim (require maiden name)
40. Stephen Low
41. Tan Chor Suan & 2 sisters
42. Leong Kum Hong
43. Leong Mai Yoke
44. Daisy Phua
45. Angie Ng
46. Andrew Koh
47. Thomas Lau
48. Lucy Tan
49. Christina Pan
50. Ivan Lim

Photos by Danny Lye

Dear Cycling Kakis

EOs for Monthly Cycling have decided that this will be our last cycling event for Year 2011.  Our next cycling event will be 18 February 2012.

We need 12 participants to confirm our ferry bookings to Pengerang, otherwise it may be cancelled. 

Registration close: 15 Nov 2011.  Will advise payment on later date. 

Please register ASAP if you are interested.

Itinerary:

1. 0630 – Meet at CV hawker centre, be early if you need to have breakfast or you can ‘tapao’ and have your ‘makan’ on the ferry.  (Ferry journey is about 1.15 mins.)
2. 0645 – Briefings and collection of rental bikes.
3. 0700* – Depart Singapore.
4. 0830 – Arrival at Tg. Pengilih Ferry Terminal and cycle to Sugei Rengit, distance about 18 km.

5. 1200 – Seafood lunch – optional.

6. 1345*- Depart Sugei Rengit for ferry to Changi Point.
7. 1600 – Board ferry for Singapore. 

Costs: 

• Return ferry : SGD 24
• Bike rental at SG : $10-12   (no collection of bike at Pengarang due to time constraint).

Important:  

• Valid passport for 6 months
• Some MYR for shopping / food
• Gloves, hats or helmets
• Sun block lotion and poncho  (must have)
• Water bottles filled with water.
• Sweets/energy bar
• Small face towel

EOs: Lily, Ah Nee, Dolly & Douglas

Those coming:

1. Douglas
2. Dolly Lim
3. Peggy Tan
4. Audrey Wong

Photos by Douglas

This month’s monthly update was written by Jassmine Teo, also our Online Fleamart Coordinator.  If you had received it, it means your email address is correct.  If you have not received it, it is likely you are not a registered member.

If you have been a member for more than one year, and would like to address fellow SilverHairsClub members, please write to me.

Terence Seah

November’s editorial by Jassmine:

"Dear fellow SilverHairsClub members,

The Silverhairs Club just crossed its 6th year and is still going strong!  There is, however, a concern about the silent majority. Why are they not active in the club’s activities? A few had written to say work kept them away. A few others had written about feeling apprehensive and nervous arising from their perception of existing cliques in the club.  To address this concern, the club has introduced the role of Befrienders and also organized an event catering to apprehensive members.

The Botanic Gardens seems to be a very popular venue for SHC activities in November. Three scheduled activities are taking place at the Botanic Gardens, namely:

1)  November walk on Sat. 12th.        https://silverhairsclub.com/?p=3921
2)  Potluck picnic on Thur 17th.         https://silverhairsclub.com/?p=3915 and
3)  Photography outing on Sat 19th.  https://silverhairsclub.com/?p=3928.

On Sun. 27th, members can look forward to a drama performance cum Canto karaoke at SAFRA Tampines. https://silverhairsclub.com/index.php?s=canto.  However, the one day trip to Kulai town has been cancelled due to concern over possible flooding in JB.

May all members have an active time in November.

Jassmine Teo
on behalf of SilverHairsClub
Online Fleamart Coordinator
www.SilverHairsClub.com

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.

Hi everbody,

Very often, email addresses are exchanged during social get-togethers.  Sometimes, invitations are sent out from one member to another member or group.  Sometimes, members display their email addresses on the forum.  As a result, a big list of emails can be collected over time.

Members who wish to send unsolicited emails, please do ask for permission from the members first.  It is not nice to send unsolicited emails.  For complaints, please respect the receiver’s request.

If you have a joke or story to tell, you may do so over this forum, thus reducing the number of complaints from members, especially when there are multiple responses.

Thank you.

Terence Seah

Hi All,
It would be quite a while that I am able to update the Event Web Calendar as my laptop ‘kaput’ liao.. Currently at the Service Centre and hopefully, they are able to salvage as much as they can.  If not, will hv to re-format the hard disk.

Your patience would be much appreciated.  Hopefully, I can do these updates soonest possible.

Cheers.. Dolly 

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!                                                                                                                                                                                          
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

SilverHairsClub started in Oct 2005.  With some friends, we conceived the idea of a social group for Singaporeans, over 45.  The idea was to develop a small group of friends whom we could enjoy our time through the years.  However, being novices in this area, the original group of founders were not sure of its success; but we decided to build it on a small scale, step by step.  To keep it as a platform for SilverHairs to meet other SilverHairs, we adopted a few taboos, more because we did not know how to manage these discussions.

While SilverHairsClub is seen as a blog or forum, it is now very much a Club for members to meet and interact with one another.  SilverHairsClub is both virtual and online; and yet it functions as a Club where members meet.  SilverHairsClub.com serves as a focal point for sharing and interaction.  A place where members get together to organise events, chat about this and that, and knowing other members with similar likes and dislikes.

SHC has undergone some small changes over the years.  In the coming months, I hope to see a bigger platform where members can get to meet new and more members.  On the ownership of SilverHairsClub and SilverHairsClub.com, I have made the  move to transit it from an individual ownership (myself) to SilverHairs Enterprise Pte Ltd.  Hopefully, this will receive better recognition and acceptance within the Singapore community.

So, this month is our 6th anniversary, or our 6th birthday.  I hope you will celebrate this birthday occasion with other fellow SHCians.  Happy Birthday to SilverHairsClub.

Terence Seah

halo bro & sister ,

dolly & me we are EO for this 3rd msia charity cum makan ,shopping & massage.

dated 26 oct 2011 wednesday.

it maybe a day or 2days 1 nite trip…i am still sorting out.

we shall hit there with our own hong chia ( personnal car )

gather your own kakai & driver..but ve to register here hor….

just let me see your show of finger (no middle finger  1 hor )

who n who in each car..as for the cost..it very simple 1 lah…

toll charges, petrol watever $$$$ each car owner handles yr own $$$$$ lah…

i will only collect RM$100 for de 3 makan…any balance of it either with split or buy 4d lor….

okay ..now a serious note …i ve just get to know a new & pitiful orphange home in johore..

the other 2 orphanges home i am still helping out..we will only visit de new 1 which i ve encounter lor.

which ve about 50 over kids…it run & de founder it a husband & wife team.. over de 8 yrs of his homes ..he ve shifted 4 times… still pending ..kiv 1st lah……

The SHC regular golfer can support the beginner by paying $5 for 80 balls (outsider price $.06 cts) with no coaching.

Please register your interest in the comments here.    

Since Oct 2005, the SilverHairsClub has only accepted individual membership. This means that only individuals or couples over the age of 45 can join in an individual capacity.  Although they may be working for a company, they cannot represent the company or participate in SHC activities on a corporate level.

WEF 15 Oct 2011, we will accept corporate memberships.

1. Members joining SHC as a corporate member will have their name displayed with their company name displayed beside their name.
2. Corporate memberships can only be respresented by a person or any number of persons who is 45 years and above.
3. The rules specifying no discussion on politics, sex, race, religion, direct selling and MLM will apply.
4. Advertising is not automatically permitted on the SilverHairsClub forum.  However, if the corporate member wishes to advertise, they may write to admin@SilverHairsClub.com.
5. Until end Dec 2011, corporate memberships are free. So, if you would also like to represent your company, it is best to do so now.  A joining fee will be implemented on/from 1 Jan 2012.
6. All corporate members must write an introduction of the company they represent.  As long as it clearly tells what the company is doing, the introduction will be accepted. It is important you state your position in the company.
7. Corporate members are allowed to invite members to their functions, participate in promotional and marketing events.  However, advertising or promotions on the forum is not permitted.

To join, please write to admin@silverhairsclub.com.

I hope that corporate memberships will improve and enhance the objective of providing a platform for SilverHairs, over 45 to meet new and more friends.  Hopefully, other advantages and benefits will follow.  It is all up to us as members, as we develop the club’s culture along the way.

Terence Seah

SilverHairsClub is your club; for members who are 45 years and over.  You can share your thoughts with other members to find better value for your money.

For example, you can pool buying.  And assuming, you are looking to buy, say, an IPAD3.  And, you have discussed with Apple that if you can get 20 buyers, you would be able to get a 15% discount.  Please feel free to write a new Post, find out who’s interested, and when you reach 20, you can get these interested buyers to buy an IPAD3 together.  Obviously, the discount has to be good to attract fellow members.  This is only an example.  But, do not use this as an advertising platform.

Another example, you want to join a SPA but you need 4 people to get an "out of this world" discount.  Sure, go ahead and share with other ladies your idea.  Do remember there are  cheats around.  Again, this must not be an advertising for the company.  You can discuss with fellow members via email too.

Feel free to discuss comparative prices of NTUC, Tops, Cold Storage and Seng Shiong stores for products like chicken, milk, bread, plums, eggs, etc.  If you start this comparison, please remember to keep track of the Post and not leave it dangling.  This will encourage other members to regularly give their feedback, even monthly.

It’s ok to compare insurances which are essential to us, especially as we get older.  Only thing is to avoid getting into direct selling.

Feel free to get into this if you are comfortable doing so.

Terence Seah

Does anyone know if I travel to Perth in November, will I be able to view the Monkey Mia dolphins, is this available all year round? and do some whale watching.  I read whale watching is available between Sept – Dec but on one website it says just October.  Appreciate all replies..tks

          Maximum Travellers  –  Twelve including Two EOs

          Minimum  Travellers  –  Seven including Two EOs

          Closing date:………….11th November 12noon as by 2pm train tickets will be booked and payable

                                              in Ringgit on Departure day.

          Depart……………….9/9.05am JBahru

          Arrive ………………..10/10.05am Kulai

             Depart:  Kulai  3pm to Senai Airport half-an-hour away

             Depart:  Senai 4pm to Larkin twenty mins away

             Depart:  Larkin 6pm of earlier, members have the option to drop off at JBaru for shopping &

                             dining and afterwards proceed home by yourselves(advisable not later than TENpm)

          Regards

        Lorraine Chia

        Abel Tan

Hi guys!

It’s time to look at travelling for next year: And this post is inspired by the new Expedia.com.sg site in today’s newspaper. Yes, there are dozens of offers to all destinations with Air Asia… including my favourite: Thailand!

Please log in to the site within the next five days (till 9th October) and get special packages with hotel and flight.

I’m looking at going to Chiang Mai in February 2012 for the Flower Festival (Feb 3 – 5) which will feature dazzling flower displays, parades and beauty contests: a great photo/video opportunity! Besides, there’s all the food, craft shopping, sightseeing, etc, etc.

On checking the website, the offers for a five night stay (Feb 3 – 8) can be as low as S$280 per person twin-sharing. This includes flight, hotel and breakfast at a good tourist-class hotel.

So, if any of you are keen please register your interest and I’ll come back with details and recommendations. This is not a guided tour package and I will only help co-ordinate the trip if there are enough SHC members wanting to go.

Hi Cycling Friends

Keeping this event alive as ordered.!    

Although Changi Beach Park had received good reviews during last month’s cycling cum pot-luck gathering, most veterans requested to go back to ECP – Siglap Park Connector. 

First time venture into this connector was led by Douglas in Aug.  So, we are going to re-visit it again this month.  Most likely, the mid-rangers will stop at Kembagan MRT for a cuppa while waiting for the long-rangers to come back from their Bedok circuit.

• As usual, we meet @ 4pm : ECP Marina Cove MacDonald (inside)
• Proceed to bike rental kiosk @ 4.30pm

If you are going to join us, kindly register in the comments section here.

Those confirmed going :

1. Ah Nee
2. Lily
3. Dolly
4. Janie
5. Carly
6. John Howe
7. Andrew Yeung
8. Charles Chua
9. Kum Hong

Cycling Team – Douglas, Ah Nee & Lily

PS :  Douglas will be out of town @ the OCBC KL cycling event. 

        Goodluck to you Douglas.!    

Dear friends………..

I would like to invite all of you to join me at the Paya Lebar Kovan
CC for a night of FUN dancing…….