Third SHC Dinner & Dance 2009- Update 3

 INVITATION FOR MEMBERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS AND TALENTS

Most of our members have some skills or talents. SHC TALENT SHOW 2009 aims to showcase their less known skills and talents to the club in third SHC Dinner and Dance 2009 on 4th April 2009. The show will encourage the participants to improve and master their skills and talents to their best.

The show will be in 4 segments

  1. Dance Performance.  In addition to Social, Latin, Ballroom and Line dances, the show encourages our members to show their skill in 1. Indian (Bollywood) dance 2. Malay dance 3. Chinese dance 4. Perankan dance 5. Folk dance 6. Others. The dances may be solo , couple  or group dances.
  2. Song Rendition (to Disc music): Members, wanting to sing, have to bring their songs in disc. Normally singers sing to Cha Cha beat. In order to have variety of music beats and also to encourage the members to groove the music, we request members to sing to O/B cha cha, Disco, Rock&Roll, Jive, Square Rumba, Rhythm, Latin Rumba, Samba, Waltz, Tango etc beats. The songs may be solo, duet or group songs.
  3. Games: The members can organise games of their own choice or they can choose the games, our committee is having.
  4. Talent Show:  Playing any musical instruments, mimicry, stand-up comedy, magic, juggling, play, story-telling, demonstration of Yoga etc.

If there are more responses from members in one or more segments, the decision of the committee is final.

Only members who had registered and paid the D&D cost in full will be eligible for selection to participate in the segment when there is overwhelming response to participate in that segment.

In order to encourage more members to participate, preference will be given to group (three or more members) participation for example group dance, group singing.

LIST OF PERFORMERS:

1.Francis Rajaratnan Mangalam – Dance Performance

2.Catherine Koh – Dance Performance

3. James Tan – Dance Performance

4. Edwin Tan – Talent

5. Bernadette Chung – Song Rendition

SHC 3RD Dinner and Dance – Registration and Payment

Registration for the 3rd Dinner & Dance Mega Event is now open.

To avoid disappointment, please register now. Please indicate your preference of food menu, either Vegetarian or Halal at the time of registration.

Payments are to be made either through ATM Transfer or Internet Banking to Chung  Sine Ying Bernadette’s POSB Savings account 005-05093-6.  After you have remitted the payment, please indicate the name of the payee and any identification note via comment under this post.  I will then acknowledge all payments received and mark ‘Paid’ against the name of the registrants.Please note that once payment is made, it is non-refundable. However, under special circumstances, a request for transfer of registration to another person may be considered on a case by case basis. Thanks for your kind co-operation and understanding.

It will be free seating for all attendees on the D & D night. Limited Tables are open for Booking.  Any member is welcomed to book a whole table for his/her SHC friends so that they can be seated together.

Please note that the closing date for payment of fees for the D & D event  is  on  19 March 2009.  Your early payments are much appreciated.  

 

Persons Registered to attend the event :-

  1. Terence Seah                                     –         Vegetarian                        Paid
  2. Francis Rajaratnan Mangalam            –          Vegetarian                        Paid
  3. Catherine Koh                                   –          Vegetarian                       Paid 
  4. James Tan                                         –          Halal                                Paid
  5. Bernadette Chung                             –           Halal                                Paid
  6. Dan Huang                                       –           Halal                                Paid
  7. Joy Chuang                                      –           Halal                                Paid
  8. Diana Loo                                        –           Halal                                Paid
  9. James Kong                                     –           Halal                                Paid
  10. Edwin Tan                                        –           Halal                                Paid
  11. Jeffrey Ang                                       –           Halal                                Paid
  12. Catherine Lee                                   –           Halal                                Paid    
  13. Helen Kuek                                      –           Halal                                Paid
  14. Helen T Wong                                  –           Halal                                Paid
  15. Rose White                                      –           Halal                                Paid
  16. Chew Soh Hong                               –           Halal                                Paid
  17. Steven Chan                                     –           Halal                                Paid
  18. Ann Lim                                           –           Halal                                Paid
  19. Anna Seet                                        –           Halal                                Paid
  20. Gea Ban Peng                                   –          Halal                                Paid      
  21. Chua S K                                         –           Halal                               Paid
  22. Pearl Kwan                                       –           Halal                               Paid 
  23. Susan Tan                                         –           Halal                               Paid
  24. Irene Tan                                           –          Halal                               Paid
  25. Jane Wong                                        –          Halal                                Paid
  26. Andrew  S P                                     –           Halal                               Paid
  27. Bessie Lam                                       –           Halal                               Paid
  28. Susan Chang                                    –            Halal                               Paid
  29. Norlinda                                           –           Halal                                Paid                         
  30. Ah Nee                                            –           Halal                                Paid
  31. Oi Cheng                                          –           Halal                               Paid
  32. Rooy Restan                                     –           Halal                               Paid
  33. Cecilia Restan                                   –           Halal                               Paid
  34. John Howe                                       –            Halal                               Paid
  35. Charles Wee                                     –           Halal                               Paid
  36. Lina Ng                                            –            Halal                               Paid
  37. Sarah Zahriah                                    –           Halal                               Paid
  38. Irene Lim                                          –           Halal                               Paid
  39. Goh Siew Giok                                 –           Halal                               Paid
  40. Rena Wong                                      –            Halal                               Paid
  41. Judy Tan                                           –           Halal                               Paid
  42. Doris Ng                                           –          Halal                                Paid
  43. Loo Choe Leong                               –          Halal                                Paid
  44. Joseph Seah                                     –           Halal                                Paid
  45. Julia Ong                                          –           Halal                                Paid
  46. Patrick Chan                                    –           Halal                                Paid
  47. Lina Tan                                           –           Halal                                Paid
  48. Elisa Chua                                        –           Halal                                Paid
  49. Eyvonne Chew                                 –           Halal                                Paid
  50. Richard Yee                                     –           Halal                                Paid                              
  51. June Chin                                         –           Halal
  52. Alice Teo                                         –           Halal                                Paid
  53. Annto                                               –           Halal                               Paid
  54. Boon Liang                                       –           Halal                               Paid
  55. Catherine Yeo                                  –           Halal                                Paid
  56. Janet Chan                                       –          Halal                                 Paid
  57. Lee Peng Peng                                 –          Halal                                 Paid 
  58. Sunny Yeow                                    –           Halal                                Paid
  59. Margaret Tian                                  –           Halal                                Paid
  60. Christina CL Chan                           –           Halal                                Paid
  61. Lawrence Khan                               –           Halal                                Paid
  62. Chin Boon                                       –           Halal                                Paid
  63. Jonathan Ong                                   –           Halal                                Paid
  64. Eileen Ong                                       –           Halal                                Paid
  65. June Lim                                          –           Halal                                Paid
  66. Teresa Lee                                       –           Halal                                Paid
  67. Margaret Lim Poh Thiam                  –           Vegetarian                        Paid
  68. Lum Fook                                        –           Halal                                Paid
  69. Janet Low                                        –           Halal                                Paid
  70. Jessie Teo                                        –           Halal                                Paid
  71. Sue Chan                                         –           Halal                                Paid
  72. Alicia Lim                                        –            Halal                                Paid
  73. Ben Foo                                          –            Halal                                Paid
  74. Martin Lee                                      –             Halal                                Paid
  75. Bernard Chan                                  –            Halal                                Paid
  76. Dolly Peh Siew Choo                      –             Vegetarian                       Paid
  77. Hamidah Ishak                                –             Halal                               Paid              
  78. Goh Soh Sim                                   –            Halal                                Paid
  79. Karen Wong                                   –             Halal                               Paid
  80. Pharis Saleem                                  –            Halal                                Paid
  81. Joanne Ang                                     –             Halal                               Paid
  82. Angela Straatan                               –             Halal                               Paid
  83. Doreen Ng                                      –             Halal                               Paid
  84. Ronald Wie                                      –            Halal                               Paid  
  85. R. Leong                                          –            Halal                               Paid
  86. Thomas Loh                                     –            Halal                               Paid
  87. Shirley Wee                                     –             Halal                               Paid
  88. Vivien Ler                                        –             Halal                               Paid
  89. Michelle Khoo                                 –             Halal                               Paid  
  90. Ben  Desouza                                   –            Halal                                Paid
  91. Patsy Chen                                       –            Halal                                Paid
  92. Peter  Chen                                      –            Halal                                Paid
  93. Gingko Tay                                      –            Halal                                 Paid
  94. Linda Chong                                    –             Halal                                Paid
  95. Xiang Xiang                                     –             Halal                                Paid           
  96. James Chan                                     –             Halal                                 Paid
  97. Katrina Chua                                   –             Halal                                 Paid
  98. Jennifer Lim                                     –             Halal                                 Paid
  99. Bira Lupolo                                     –              Halal                                Paid
  100. Roger Lim                                       –              Halal   
  101. Shirleen Kao                                   –              Halal                                 Paid
  102. Lydia Chin                                      –              Halal                                  Paid
  103. Jeffrey Gan                                     –               Halal                                 Paid
  104. Sekaran Sandirasekaran                  –              Vegetarian                         Paid
  105. Gengha Dhevi                                  –              Vegetarian                         Paid
  106. Ronnie Sow                                     –              Halal                                 Paid
  107. Wong Hong Jeng                             –              Halal                                 Paid
  108. Dolly Lim                                        –              Halal                                  Paid
  109. Lily                                                 –              Halal                                  Paid
  110. Annie Lim/Goh                                –             Vegetarian                          Paid
  111. Lim Geok Suan                               –             Vegetarian                          Paid
  112. Agnes Seow                                   –              Halal                                  Paid
  113. Jane Tan                                         –              Halal                                  Paid
  114. Karen Thio                                     –              Halal                                  Paid
  115. Tommy Pua                                    –              Halal                                  Paid
  116. Pauline Khoo                                  –              Halal                                  Paid
  117. Hyacinth D’silva                              –              Halal                                  Paid
  118.                                                       –              Halal                                 
  119. Irene Yeoh                                     –              Halal                                  Paid
  120. Madeline Seet                                –              Halal                                  Paid
  121. Janet Loo                                       –              Halal                                  Paid
  122. Tan Ji Liat Jonson                           –              Halal                                 Paid
  123. Tan York Choo                              –              Vegetarian                         Paid  
  124. Neo Sock Cheng                            –              Halal                                 Paid
  125. Richard Kee                                   –              Halal                                 Paid
  126. Jane Kee                                        –              Halal                                 Paid
  127. Marilyn Tang                                  –              Halal                                 Paid 
  128. Maideen Pillay bin SS Osman         –              Halal                                 Paid
  129. Lim Kok Eng                                  –              Halal                                 Paid
  130. Tan Whye Hoon                             –              Halal                                 Paid
  131. Hong Cher                                      –              Halal                                 Paid
  132. Gibson Tan                                     –              Halal                                 Paid 
  133. Abdul Hanan Khalil                         –              Halal                                 Paid
  134. Hasimah binte Hasim                       –              Halal                                 Paid
  135. Sam Goh                                        –              Halal                                  Paid
  136. Ivy Soh                                           –              Halal                                 Paid
  137. Christine Chong                              –               Halal                                 Paid
  138. Shawn Seet                                    –               Halal                                 Paid
  139. Lydia Ee                                        –               Halal                                  Paid
  140. Johnny Lee                                    –               Halal                                  Paid 
  141. Margaret Ong                                –               Halal                                  Paid  
  142. Peter Phua                                     –               Halal                                   Paid
  143. Dennis Wee                                   –               Halal                                   Paid   
  144. Caroline Gee                                 –               Halal                                   Paid
  145. Genet Leong                                  –              Vegetarian                           Paid
  146. Lee Song Juan Patrick                   –               Vegetarian                           Paid 
  147. Mary Ann                                      –               Halal                                   Paid 

Third SHC Dinner and Dance 2009- menu

VEGETARIAN MENU

  1.  Cold Dish Combination
  2.  Braised Superior Shark’s Fin Soup with Golden Mushroom
  3.  Stir Fried Prawns with Asparagus
  4.  Fried Monkey Head Mushroom with Sweet Sauce
  5.  Deep Fried Banana Wrapped with Yam
  6.  Green Vegetables with Bamboo Fungus

HALAL MENU

  1.  Kintamani Combination consisting of Prawn Salad, Spring Roll, Deep Fried Baby Squid, Sotong Goreng Tepung and Quail Eggs
  2.  Soto Ayam Madura (Shredded Chicken Soup served with egg, vermicelli topped with fried shallots)
  3.  Udang Goreng Mentega (Deep fried prawn with butter & curry leaf)
  4.  Sayur Brokoli Campur Skalop (Stir Fried Broccoli with Scallops)
  5.  Ikan Garupa Kukus Kintamani (Steamed Garoupa topped with home made chilli sauce)
  6.  Kintamani Sunset (Fresh coconut milk, black jelly, attap seed, red bean, green jelly & palm sugar)

Please note that white rice will be served for both menus

‘Soo Kee’ Clan is back!

Since our last lunch together in November 2008, some of you are wondering if we will make a comeback. Well, here it is, our next gathering to meet and indulge in some Hainanese cuisines is here.

  • Date:   February 28, 2009 (Saturday)
  • Time:   12.00pm
  • Venue:   Chin Chin Hainanese Restaurant, 19 Purvis Street. (Five minutes walk from City Hall MRT)

The menu as follows:

  1. Hainanese Mutton Soup
  2. Curry Fish Head
  3. Hainanese Pork Chop or Roast Pork
  4. Hainanese Prawn Roll
  5. Egg plant with salted fish
  6. Fish Maw Mix Vegetable
  7. Fish Maw Stew
  8. Yee Buah (dessert)

Rice and Chinese Tea included at $15.00 nett!

Payment to Joy’s POSB Saving Account: 159-131645 by February 21, 2009. 

Non-Hainanese entry requirements: Must be able to speak a smattering of Hainanese dialect!

EOs,

 LiangShun,Dan & Boon Liang, Alan

Those coming:

  1. Dan Huang          (Paid)
  2. Joy Chuang         (Paid)
  3. Caroline Gee       (Paid)
  4. Boon Liang          (Paid)
  5. Andrew Koh        (Paid)
  6. Mary Chan          (Paid)
  7. Veronique          (Paid)
  8. Patrick Chan       (Paid)       emoticon
  9. Gwyneth Lee      (Paid)
  10. Lim Geok Suan
  11. Annie Goh
  12. Alan Bok            (Paid)
  13. Ann Bok             (Paid)
  14. Charles Wee     (Paid)
  15. Wong Hong Jeng (Paid)
  16. Helen Wong
  17. Lina Ng               (Paid)
  18. Wee Chin             (Paid)emoticon
  19. Jonson Tan          (Paid)
  20. Ivan Lim               (Paid)
  21. Frank Kaw
  22. Helen Kuek
  23. Suzhang             (Paid)
  24. Gingko Tay          (Paid)
  25. Dennis Wee         (Paid)
  26. Anna Seet
  27. Ronald Lee          (Paid)
  28. Molly Chua          (Paid)
  29. Douglas Chan     (Paid)
  30. Douglas’s friend  (Paid)
  31. John Howe          (Paid)
  32. Nelly Soh
  33. Lee Patrick
  34. Ah Nee                (Paid)
  35. Karen Wong          (Paid)
  36. Pharis Saleem       (Paid)
  37. Chris Chiew           (Paid)
  38. Elizabeth Tan        (Paid)
  39. Agnes Seow          (Paid)
  40. Andrew Lim
  41. Agnes Lim
  42. Dolly Lim                (Paid)
  43. Oi Cheng               (Paid)

  44. CJ                          (Paid)

  45. Chin Boon

    Click here for photos

SHC monthly gathering – Sun, 15 Mar 2009

For planning purposes, the March monthly gathering will likely be held as follows:

  • Venue:  Somewhere in Little India Civil Sports club @ Tessensohn Road  Likely to be changed again.
  • Date:  Likely Sun 15 Mar 2009.
  • Time:  1500  – 1900 hrs.
  • Entrance:  Free, except if buffet and drinks needed.
  • Dress code:  As you would wear on a Sunday.
  • Event Organiser:  Will be announced at a later date.

We have not had a Sunday monthly gathering for many moons.  To cater to those who have been missing during the weekday gatherings, this event will be held on a Sunday.  It will revolve around getting to know one another, activities with a pool view and plenty of fresh air.  If organised properly, there will be a sound system, with DVD player, music and amplifier.  Enough seating for everbody, to chat.  Focus will be new and old members.  For those who have no lunch, the thinking is to have a little buffet or a BBQ.  And, if you love to sing, I think there are opportunities too.  Now, all these thinking is still at thinking stage.

For new members, and old members, please keep this date.  Details will be available after the Feb monthly gathering.

Meantime, I like to start to look out for a number of SHCians to help make this event fun.  If you are fun, not very serious, always with a smile, colourful and helpful.  One of my philosophies is "A little disorganisation" is fun.  It’s fun to be a SHCian.  Please raise your hand. 

Terence Seah

Check this out – Laughter Exercise

Hi Folks – Gong Xi Fa Cai! May all your wishes come true!

I meant to post this notice in Dec last year. But anticipating that SHC folks would be busy with preparing for the festivity of Christmas, I decided to wait a while. Then, came January, and again, I did not post this notice thinking that SHC folks would be busy preparing and celebrating CNY.
Then, in Feb, there will be the Yunnan trip led by Feztus, and come March/April there are other trips led by other SHC folks. If I don’t post the notice now, I guessed I never will.  I was aiming to have the maximum impact with this notice. That is – to reach as many SHC folks as possible.
Here is what I would like to share with you:

Subject: Laughter Exercise

  • Venue: Horticultural Park (Hort Park), 33 Hyderabad Road, Off Alexandra Road.  Go to the “Circle of Bamboo”.
  • (Buses to Alexandra Road: 51, 57, 93, 97, 100, 166, 175)
  • Date and Time: Every Tues 6.30p.m.
  • Dress code: comfortable footwear, casual ‘cool’ clothes.

Reminder: Those of you who are mosquito magnets, please remember to use insect repellant.
More info: Hort Park is a beautiful and peaceful garden. You may wish to take a stroll before or after the exercise. It starts promptly at 6.30p.m. If you are 15 minutes late, you’ve missed half the exercise.
This exercise is suitable for whom?

Any one – young or old, male or female, fat or thin. It is a light and fun exercise. There were families who came in three generations: grandparents, parents and their children. There was an elderly gentleman in a wheelchair pushed by his elderly loving wife. There were old retirees, and there were young adults coming in after work hours.

Because it is free and easy, (no registration required), sometimes the crowd was quite big. More than 30 people. Some Tuesdays, only a handful turned up – about 10 people.

Other info: We all know that “laughter is the best medicine”.
This laughter exercise originated in India, and has spread to the rest of the world.  Some business corporation paid big bucks to hire the trained laughter exercise facilitators, to teach their employees to laugh away their stress, and thereby, be more productive.

And guess what?
This lady, a trained laughter exercise facilitator, is conducting the exercises for FREE! Yes – FREE! FREE! FREE! She is in her sixties, very zesty, warm and friendly. I later learned that she started this free laughter exercise program in Sep 2008. Make time to check this out. You have “nothing to lose, all to gain”.

If you’d like me to show you where is the “Circle of Bamboo”, I can meet you at the lobby to lead you there. Email me jacqhan@gmail.com

Giving To Charity

It is nice to know that there are many charitable people in SHC. I hope the spirit of giving will continue because it is fun and you get a sense of peace. Singaporeans in general are alway quick to give money to international disaster relieves and whenever there is a hard-luck storey in our local newspapers. Many people are happy to give to baggers and monks in our streets, even when street bagging is illigal here.

But very often I observe major confusion with giving for charity and trading for better returns. When we give to charity, by definition, it should be a one way traffic with no personal returns other than…feel good.

Many years ago, my wife literally picked up a dirty old man living in Pulau Ubin. The man was about 80 years old with totally no income. He lives in an abandoned and delapidated school building. The village people give him free food regularly but he has no toilet facilities and walking is difficult for him, so he does not clean himself and defecate near where he sleeps. With the help of a few volunteers, the man was cleaned and eventually put in an old folks home. He had $800 ‘coffin money’ which he carefully guarded. The money was passed over for safekeeping to the Old folks Home Administrator. We visited him regularly, but as he gets older and becomes senile, he starts scolding us and accuse us of stealing his money each time we visited. The adminterator always laugh it off but I was young and felt indignant. Eventually we stop visiting the man.

Now, that I am older and becoming senile myself I come to realize that I was not really  charible because I had actually expected gratitude in return. If I was really giving for charity,  I should not have been affected by his scolding and continue to give……like the Administrator do.

When we give and hope to go to be honoured or go to heaven or gain merit points for better rebirth, is it charity or trading?

I recently made a tedious detour from my trip in Northern Thailand to see if I can help an orphanage started by a Singaporean. About 100 meters before the village there was eracted a huge religious icon announceing the village and its orphanage. When I reached the village there were even more religious icons everywhere but I see no children in the orphanage. We ask the few people people around and they say ‘sometimes there are children’. It is obvious that the Singaporean has been very successful in propagating his religion but I did not see the same level of emphasis in looking after disadvantaged children.   

Again, is this charity or has charity been used to spread religion?

It is always a big concern now whenever we give, whether we had made the sacrific to the correct cause and whether the money has gone to the correct people. But we must also ask ourself if we have done the  sacrifice in good faith or just trading. 

Let’s hear you views.

Postings on Monthly Walks…

INFORMATION only —

Another kind friend has told me that some members has asked Where they can register for the up & coming Walk in Feb2009??      emoticon

Apparently, we have hung up our walking shoes too long.  

FYI, it is the norm or had been 3 years now that DETAILS of each scheduled walk will be posted at a nearer date ie., approx 2 weeks before the happening date, lest it is forgotten…  heehee

I want to keep the "Fire of Love"  burning for this HOT date…. emoticon
 trust this clarifies:  Postings are INFORMATION only on these 2 dates —  

5Jan2009   Monthly walk to resume 14Feb2009
&  again on   
21Jan  Monthly walk to resume…. (an update due to some reshuffle, see below)   

Next week, Details will be up…. Look forward to your registrations then.  …. Watch this space!  …. "Walks"       emoticon

(Repeat) Posted on 21Jan Monthly walk to resume……

Further to the post on 5JAN2009, please note changes (**) as follows: emoticon

10Jan                no walk.
14Feb               Marina Barrage, "a walk that is different"        
14Mar               **Pipe Line Ramble 4 (PLR 4)
25Apr              **(4th Sat)  Keppel Island

Other details remains status quo.  For more details, please check the post dated 5Jan2009 "Monthly walk to resume…."

Let the joy of doing a pleasant activity be there always…….

WISH ONE & ALL  "GONG XI FA CAI"  wishing good fortune & prospertiy and good health!

EOs of the Walk Team:   Charles Wee, Veronica Wong, Mary Tan, Jeffrey Lim, Joyce Tan; Charles Chua, Serene Low and me, ChristinaCL Chan..signing off…   

see u soon!  emoticon    Till then…..     emoticon 

Lunar year Gathering @ valentine day

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all

Good News….The above Halal buffet dinner cost only $4/- per person (adult or child) . I already grab one table for my family, I think this is a good way to save cost at this bad time, yet you can spend a night with your family or friends…oh there’s lucky draw, games & prizes too…

  • Date : 14 February 2009 Saturday
  • Time: 8pm – 10pm
  • Venue: Geylang Serai CC (Air-con) 99 Haig Road
  • Nearest MRT Station : Paya Lebar (15 mins walk to CC)
  • Bus Number: 16 , 33 (alight at Tg Katong Sec School) 5mins walk to CC
  • Bus Number: 2, 7, 13, 21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 51, 67, 154, 155 and many more (alight at Tg katong complex or City Plaza or CDAC building)10 mins walk to CC

Interested? you may get the tickets from me ASAP ! Cheers  

Not the best news after CNY; but can SHC come up with some ideas in place?

A few of us have shared the concerns of losing jobs, recession, declining retirement investments and further bad news.  I think the really bad news is that recovery will take a long time.  This morning in today’s Straits Times, smacked right on the front page is the heading "Over 90,000 jobs lost" over the last two days in Europe and the US.  Some of our fellow members have already lost their jobs; while others saw no bonuses or pay increases.  The positive side may be the $20b, budgetted to save jobs and increase public spending.

I am always of the view that some SHCians have good ideas, and can put some of these ideas in place, if there is consolidated effort.  If you have an idea or a plan that would help other fellow SHCians financially, please share your thoughts here.  I dont mean putting monies in angpows and giving them out.  Ideas can include some form of income generation eg small businesses, group buying, organising training sessions, flea markets, online selling, starting F&B outlets, etc.

If you have an idea that is genuinely yours, and are determined to get it started, to earn some good income, I am sure some of us will pool in together to join you.  And, if you have some job offers, yeah, that can also be good news, for some of us.

The forum is open, and you are invited to share your thoughts.  Please respect the opinion of fellow SHians.  And, stay positive in your thoughts, solutions are possible and available.

Terence Seah 

Happenings in Perth

Hi SHCians

Thought I will post some happenings that that you can join in when you are here in Perth. These include:

Mar – fishing again at Cervantes, maybe with Mary joining in. Buying of lobsters if still in season.
Ongoing fishing at various places and golfing.
Self-drives.
Aug/Sep – My Self-drive across Nullabor Plain to Adelaide, Great Ocean Rd to Geelong, Victoria, etc and back to Perth.

There are 4 of us here – self, Mary, Linda and Hou Chong. So you can join up and also meet some of our friends here. Quite a number came from S’pore, Malaysia etc. So far, Mary and I are into fishing and I have  yet to do other things eg golfing, visiting markets etc with Mary and the rest.

I’m very certain the Apr group led by Terence and Mary will have lots to do and see here.

Joan

Third SHC Dinner & Dance 2009, The One and Only SHC MEGA Event of 2009

Dear SHCians,

Your have been eagerly waiting for the announcement of Mega Event of the year 2009. Now the long wait is over.

  • Date: 4th April 2009 (Saturday)
  • Time: 4pm to 12 am
  • Theme: ‘ROARING SIXTIES NITE”
  • Price: S$45 per pax nett (same price, charged by Hotel per pax nett)
  • Venue: Mercury Ballroom, 5th level
  • http://www.furama.com/riverfront/meetings.php?s=mercury
  • Hotel Furama Riverfront, 405, Havelock Road, Singapore 169633.
  • http://www.furama.com/riverfront/hoteloverview.php
  • http://streetdb.com/singapore-street-directory-BUILDING-p169633-FURAMA-RIVERFRONT-SINGAPORE.htm
  • Nearest MRT Station: Tiong Bahru. From the station, take bus no: 123 and get down at River View Hotel Bus-stop.
  • Bus numbers: 51, 64, 123, 186, 608 and more.

    • Some Highlights of the Mega Event 2009

  • Sit-in Dinner (round table setting for 10 pax each)
  • Your choice of 2 menus – Halal/Vegetarian. Free flow of soft drinks from 4.00 pm to 12.00 pm. Free serving of peanuts during pre-dinner activities from 5.00 pm to 7.30 pm. Beer only from the hotel, chargeable. For duty-paid wine, corkage waived.
  • Live Band: Live band with a vocalist. You can groove your bodies to the music of live band alone, with your partner or with a group.
  • Professional photo-shoot sessions, for members willing to pay. Arrangement is being made to bring a professional photographer from a prominent photo-studio (subject to good response from members). He will be stationed only at the counter in the venue to take pictures. Mercury Ballroom commands sweeping views of a lush tropical forest on one side and a resort-style swimming pool on the other side. Please see the map above in venue. Hence please do not lose the wonderful opportunity to take good pictures of you with your friends with nice scenery as prop for everlasting memory by using your own cameras.
  • Informal chit-chat during the intervals:  Hotel has agreed to allow our members to use the chairs near the swimming pool on the side of the Mercury Ballroom for informal chit-chat. Hence, members need not be sitting  inside the ballroom in their chairs during the entire duration of the event in a formal way. There will be intervals during the Mega Event of 8 hours. During the intervals, members can go out, get fresh air, and take lovely pictures with their friends and chit-chat with their friends
  • SHC TALENT SHOW 2009. A rare opportunity for the members to showcase their talents in this mega event. Talent Show will be in 4 segments. 1. Dance Performance 2.  Song rendition (to CD music) 3. Organising Game shows 4. Other Talents like playing any musical instruments, mimicry, stand-up comedy, magic, juggling, demo of yoga, play, etc. Another post will come shortly inviting members to participate and showcase their talents.
  • Make-over for members participating in the mega event. A beautiful and cheerful SHC member has kindly agreed to do the make-over.
  • Dance Workshop: Members having dancing experience or not, will be taught simple dance steps of popular dances.
  • Free parking at hotel car park (limited coupons only. First come , first serve policy)
  • BEST DANCING COUPLES:
  • BEST DRESSSED GUY AND BEST DRESSED LADY:  The dresses should suit the theme of the Nite.
  • Others: Dancing floor to dance away.

    • Luck draw, games and prizes etc.

    We are appealing to the generosity of fellow SHCians to sponsor as much as possible to meet the incidental expenses like prizes, decoration, display expenses, etc. We also welcome sponsors for corporate gifts as well. They can be in the form of :

  • Gift/Spa/Movies/Book vouchers
  • Lucky draw prizes, won at other events
  • Electric appliances
  • Stationery
  • Bought and forgotten items.
  • Cash/ cash vouchers
  • Any other good items which you do not mind disposing of  like Handbags, wallets, perfumes, cosmetics, lady/men products etc.

    • Registration is open. Limited Tables. To avoid disappointment, please register now. If any member wants to have vegetarian food, please indicate your preference at the time of registration.  Thanks for your kind cooperation and understanding.

Committee Members:

  • James Tan: Marketing
  • Norhayati:  Venue, Menu and SHC TALENT SHOW 2009
  • Ann Lim :  Registration and administration
  • Catherine Koh: Dance workshop, decoration and live band
  • Bernatte Chung: Treasurer, Song rendition
  • Dans Huang: Photography
  • Gea Ban Peng: Game

In the Mood for Love?

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all SHC Members!

My bi-monthly lifestyle magazine "Silver Lining" finally went to press in December and we have just finished our 2nd issue due to hit the news-stand on Feb 1st. 

February issue will carry a "Love" theme and while I was commissioning the stories to our pool of writers, we ask a married friend to write a story about LOVE and ROMANCE for the Feb issue.  Her immediate response was "when you’ve been married as long as I have, you are more likely to bash your partner over the head with a saucepan than woo him with a candlelight dinner"!!  

It will be interesting to hear your perspective on this topic – whether you are married, divorced, single or widowed.  An appropriate topic since we will soon be approaching Valentine’s in a fortnight’s time :)  So what does Valentine mean to us, the Silver Hairs?

BTW, I would be happy to give out complimentary copies of our Feb "Love" issue to all SHC members.  Interested, please drop me your contact.  

Diana

Viewpoint on prostitution

Now that some of us are going to visit a brothel in Karimon, it is good time to get your views on Prostitution.

We are all brought up to shant prostitues. They are  the scorn of almost all societies. They are evil people with no morale. They break up families, spread deceases and are shameless. Many religions forbids protitution as a profession or using this service.

To prostitute oneself is to sell your body in exchange for money or other  benefits. When a parent arranges for a daughter to merry a rich man or when a girl chooses a man for financial security we call them ‘clever girls’.

I can only think of 2 reasons why a women would want to bcome a prostitute. First, There are women who required to sell their bodies because that is the only way they or their family can survive. Secondly there are those who choses it simply because it is a better option than doing ‘proper’ work.

The women in the first category must be honurable. They work is hard for their money. They not only endure dirty old man but also the social disgrace and scorn they receive from proper ladies and men.  They do not resort to stealing or cheating.

The group of people that chooses to be prostitutes, they do it after assessing their own assets and weight their options. This is a same as what we all do when we choose a job or career. You do what you are interested and/or can give you maximum returns in wealth and happiness. It is a job, perfectly legal in Singapore. It is legal because it does not infringe on the rights of other citizens.

If we consider morals, the bankers at Lehman Brothers and corrupt politicians, they are by far much worst. A prostitute can show as much as she/he can to the buyer and the buyer gets what he pays for. A prostitute may transmit a desease to the customer but the customer can avail himself with protections. A banker and politician would deliberately take advantage of people by lies and deceits and yet we regard them with high esteem.

Does prostitution provide a service to the community? I think they must do, otherwise we would not see it florishing in all countries even in those that make it illegal.

I have difficulty figuring out what is so wrong with protitution, but I would not want my children, if I have any to be protitutes because they will pay a high price being marginalize by society. But why?

Feel free to share with us what you are doing or have done today

It’s nice that Chinese New Year has arrived.  The weather is holding, warm and dry.  When you get a chance to peep into the SHC website, do write a few lines and tell us what you are doing.  Keep writing and share your traditional excitements with us.  And, refresh your browser.

Terence Seah

Charity Lunch – 24/1/09 Updates…..

After a long wait, today, 24/1/09, the first SHC Charity Lunch finally closed its chapter liao..

I would like to take opportunity to thank all volunteers who turned up today to help out.  It really had been a very chaotic day for all of us there.  But am glad that all obstacles were overcame by all of you, 3 cheers to all of you… :)

Oi Cheng and me had met up with the representative of the adoptive home for numerous discussions and the headcount had been kept changing.  You knew, everytime, they told us abt headcount getting lesser and lesser, our hearts really dropped but we still intend to keep the spirit ongoing hence we kept mum on this.  Even till Friday nite, they still called us on headcount change but in the end, we were told that there will be 180paxs attending this lunch.  Poor OiCheng as she had to take charge of logistics, she had to liaise with the supplier on these changes numerous times and just last nite, she had to go NTUC to get more goodies to ensure that all these folks will definitely get their goodies bag as promised.

I was hoping that we can hv more interactions with these folks for this event but were unable to do as the Centre was really short handed.  I supposed it was too close to CNY and their regular volunteers had to do their chores at home instead.  So today, SHCians were seen helping out in laying out tables, packing of goodies bags, dish washers, waiters and waitresses, singing nightingales, sweepers and music controller, photographer.  But I believed that all of us enjoyed our day very much right??

I knew that some of you had doubts on the needy but I did make a check with representative and confirmed that they were indeed under their adoptive care.  So I hope these confirmation can cleared those in doubt.  

As this is first time that SHC had such event, so one would expect abit disorganized lor, tio bo?  But most important, I am sure that we do had a frutiful day, right???

The balance of these goodies bags, Thomas, Lily, Oi Cheng, Helen and me had helped to transport them to be donated to Ju Eng Snr Citzens Home (Jln Kayu) as requested.  Maybe hor, Thomas can be the next EO for this home lor.. hehehehe… ai mai, Thomas?

Be it chaotic, fun or tiring, my sincere thanks to all volunteers, contributors and supporters cos I am sure without you, folks, this event will not be able to materialise at all… Cheers and Chinese New Year… Dolly

Click part 1 and part 2 for photos

2 Days & 2 Nights Karimun Island

Batam-sized Karimun Island is 1 hour 45/50minutes by ferry south-west of Singapore.

March 26 Thursday

  • 1.30pm  Depart Harbourfront
  • 2.15/20pm (Indon time)  Arrive Tanjung Balai (Two main-street town)
  • 2.30pm   Check-in  Hotel Maxi or Hotel Palapa
  • 3.00pm   Visit The Vila (brothels)-15mins duration for Look-see with courteousy
  • 4.00-5.30pm  Leisurely walk(approximate distance from CK Tang to Centrepoint) from seafront through 1st main-street to hotel
  • 5.30-6.30pm    rest period
  • 6.30-8.00pm    Seafood dinner
  • 8.00pm   Onwards – Karaoke in hotel lounge(with or without hostesses, tips payable 10,000 rupiah-$1.35, Minimum per hostess)

                                                  PLEASE DO NOT VENTURE FROM HOTEL’S FRONTSTEPS

March 27 Friday

  • 6.30-9.00am(Indon time)   Breakfast in hotel (FOC)
  • 9.30-12noon  Visit Gunung Karimun waterfall (halfway up 300metre high mountain)
  • 12.30-1.30pm   Nasi padang lunch
  • 1.30-4.00pm     leisurely walk(approximate distance from CK Tang to Centrepoint) through 2nd main-street(parallel with 1st street) to seafront
  • 4.00-5.30pm     rest period(optional High-tea) at Hotel Holiday Karimun
  • 5.30-7.00pm     open-air seafront seafood-dinner.  After dinner is OPTIONAL to walk back or motor-cycle pillion-ride (cost-5,000rupiah) to hotel
  • 8.00pm  Onwards – Karaoke in hotel lounge or watch TV in rooms

                                                  PLEASE DO NOT VENTURE FROM HOTEL’S FRONTSTEPS

March 28 Saturday

  • 6.30-9.00am    Breakfast in hotel (FOC), Optional choice of 4 kopitiams of not more than 10 customers’-capacity within 20metres walking distance of hotel
  • 9.00-11.30am    Free & Easy/Shopping plus Rest period
  • 11.30am            Check out from Hotel
  • 11.30-1.30pm     Nasi padang lunch OR a-la-carte lunch at Hotel Holiday Karimun
  • 2.00pm (Indon time)    Depart Tanjung Balai
  1. Please credit Twenty Dollars to POSB Savings a/c-510-03720-0 (being hotel deposit Deluxe room, with longbath & mini-bar, at not more than 250,000rupiah
  2. MAXIMUM PAX of Twenty-one (including myself, Abel Tan) on a first-come-first-serve basis.
  3. CLOSING DATE – 9th March Monday.
  4. An expense of $120, varying exchange-rate of between equivalent of 720,000-760,000 per One Hundred dollars is sufficient but EXCLUDES two-way ferry fare of $55 (inclusive of Singapore’s seaport tax but excluding Indonesian 25,000rupiah, payable upon departure from Tanjung Balai).
  5. 100,000 rupiah approximates between $13.20 to $13.90 on prevailing day’s exchange rate 

G O N G     X I     F A     CAI

Abel Tan

CNY Lunch on Sat 31st Jan’2009 (Update 2)

Dear SCHians,

Saying "Gong Hei Fatt Choy".  May All members be blessed with good health, fortune and prosperity in the year of OX.  A gentle reminder on our CNY Lunch.  We have total 61 pax attending the CNY lunch.

Venue:  Tian Jin (United) Restaurant

             22 Cavenagh Road #02-01

             Hotel Grand Cntral

             Time: 11:00am-2:00pm

Mandarin Oranges are considered auspicious fruits and importnt symbols for the Chinese New Year.  Please bring Mandarin oranges to exchange with your friends on that day.  We are going to have lots of fun. 

Terence … You have found your Red Chinese Jacket.  Bring it on.  The pigtail hat will go well with your red chinese jacket.  It will defiately cheer up the CNY festive mood.

Looking forward to meet all of you soon.

With Warmest Regards,

EOs for this Event,

Lin Chuah

Shirleen Kao

Loh Yew Kwong

Click here to view photos

Monthly Walk to resume….

Dear SHCians,

Further to the post on 5JAN2009, please note changes to schedule(**) as follows:

10Jan                no walk.
14Feb               Marina Barrage, "a walk that is different"       
14Mar               **Pipe Line Ramble 4 (PLR 4)
25Apr               **(4th Sat)  Keppel Island

Other details remains status quo.  For more details, please check the post dated 5Jan2009 "Monthly walk to resume…."

Let the joy of doing a pleasant activity be there always!  emoticon

WISH ONE & ALL  "GONG XI FA CAI"  wishing good fortune & prosperty and good health!

EOs of the Walk Team:   Charles Wee, Veronica Wong, Mary Tan, Jeffrey Lim, Joyce Tan; Charles Chua, Serene Low and me, ChristinaCL Chan………..signing off…   

see u soon!      Till then…..   emoticon  

SHC monthly gathering – Wed, 25 Feb 2009

The next monthly gathering will be held at the SMU Admiin building.  We had the Paranakan Fashion show last year.

  • Venue:  SMU Admin building
  • Date:  Wed, 25 Feb 2009
  • Time: 5pm to 9pm

  Focus on this month gathering will be Board Games.

If you love Board Games, likes to share the knowledge of your game with others, likes playing with fellow SHCians and can sustain this on the longer term, please raise your hands as a leader.  Interested players will meet you during this gathering.

The following games leaders are inviting more members to come forward. If you have any new games and are keen to share please indicate here!

Those who are coming, please let us know what games you want to learn or participate in. If you want to come just to attend the meeting you are most welcome!

Dan Huang

Registration List:

  1. Dan Huang – Event Organiser
  2. Joy Chuang – Registrar
  3. Terence Seah
  4. Ronald Wie   ‘Word Racer’ Online Scrabble – leader
  5. Maggie Teo   ‘Chor Tai Tee’ – leader 
  6. Andrew Thio   ‘French Tarot’ similar to ‘Bridge’ leader
  7. Grace Wong   ‘Rummy O’ leader
  8. Lydia Chin      ‘Scrabble’ leader
  9. Caroline Sit
  10. Norlinda
  11. Kenneth Tan
  12. Tim Liu 
  13. Albert Tan
  14. Norlinda
  15. James Tan
  16. Boon Liang
  17. Roger Lim –
  18. Susan Chan
  19. Martin Lee
  20. Ben Foo
  21. Cat Yeo
  22. Christina CL Chan
  23. Sekaran
  24. Paul Kong
  25. Peggy Kong
  26. Gingko Tay
  27. Jonathan Ong
  28. Helen Wong
  29. Gibson Tan
  30. Ronald Lee – ‘Chor Tai Tee’ or ‘Big two’
  31. Lum Fook – ‘Chor Tai Tee’
  32. Johnson Tan
  33. Please indicate if you would be coming; and if you like to meet a Board leader.

Dengue fever advisory

Subject: FW: *TRAVEL ADVISORY* – MALAYSIA : INCREASE DENGUE FEVER CASES 

ISOS has issued a medical alert on the increase of dengue fever in Malaysia. Four deaths and more than 1,630 cases were recorded nationwide from January 4 to January 10. The state of Perlis showed a 150% increase followed by Sabah, Kelantan and Penang. Kuala Lumpur showed a 50% increase in the number of cases.

The Disease

Dengue or "break-bone" fever is a viral disease found in tropical and sub-tropical areas. There are four strains, DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4. It is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. This insect bites during the day and is often found in and around human habitation.

Symptoms of dengue include high fever, severe headache, cough, and joint and muscle pain. A rash often follows these symptoms. The acute illness can last up to ten days, and complete recovery can take two to four weeks.

               Occasionally, a potentially fatal form of dengue called dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) occurs. DHF  usually occurs in patients who have previously been infected  with one strain of dengue fever, then contract a different strain of the disease.

There is no vaccine against dengue fever. Preventing mosquito bites is the only way to prevent the disease.

Prevent bites while outdoors:

      ·         Wear light-colored clothing that covers most of the body (long sleeves and long pants).

 Use insect repellent that contains DEET. Adults and children more than two months of age can use preparations containing up to 35% DEET – the higher the concentration, the longer it repels. Longer acting preparations are also available. Re-apply after swimming or excessive sweating.

Prevent bites while indoors or asleep:

·         Check that there is fly-wire on the windows.

·         Use "knock-down" insect spray to kill mosquitoes in your room.

·         Use mosquito coils or electric insecticide vaporizers if mosquitoes can get into your room.  

·         Note that air conditioning also repels mosquitoes.

·         Consider using a bed net impregnated with pyrethrin.

Seek medical attention if you develop a high fever, especially if you suffer "rigors" (shaking) or a rash.

If need read about Dengue fever cure posted by Maggie Teo about ‘Papaya Juice (from the leaf)  as a cure’.  .

Cheers

Lunar New Year greetings to fellow SHCians

The Lunar New Year festivities and traditions have been celebrated by Chinese for many centuries. It is an important occasion, bringing children, grand-children, parents and grand-parents together.

As has been practised many years in our life time, Chinese New Year brings to us memories of spring cleaning our houses, giving ang-pows to children, exchanging oranges, wearing everything red, getting together the families for the grand re-union dinner, visiting friends and relatives and remembering our loved ones.

Here we share our thoughts and exchange our greetings. Feel free to tell us what you have been doing in your house, whether you make or lose, how much ang pow you have given or collected and what you doing during the Lunar New Year, the year of the hard-working Ox.

And if you are an Ox, come tell us what the new year will mean for you. No limit on the number of words or times you want to share your thoughts. A Happy prosperous New Year to everybody.

From and to every SHCian.

Valentine Day Dinner n Dance 14 Feb

Posted on behalf of Michelle Khoo as she has forgotten her password.

Inviting all dancers in SHC to have fun and meet other dancers. 

Valentine Day D7D at Marine Parade CC on 14 February( Saturday), buffet
dinner and dance.

Tickets at $16.00 inclusive of dinner and one
surprize.
Social dance like rock and roll, disco rock, rhumba, cha cha cha,
samba, waltz tango, foxtrot, whatever dance you can think of we have.
You may want get your tickets from Marine Parade CC also, anytime from
0930hrs to 2130 hrs daily.

If you all want to form a table or two ot
three tables will be great. Let me know, and hope to see all of you.
"Gong Xi Fa Cai", May all be well and Happy.

Michelle Khoo

Anyone interested to go on a photagraphic trip to Indonesia in Feb 09?

My photography instructor is organsiing a photograpy trip to Indonesia from 14th to 24 Feb. Places covered are Bandung, Borodudur,Mt Bruno and Bali and many stops in between. There are currently 8 of us with air tickets all booked with Jetstar. The land tour is about S$1000 (+/-) depending on the actual no. of pax. This is a special itinerary arranged for tour and photo taking so there will be limited shopping involved..we will be armed with cameras, SD and CF cards but  not credit cards emoticon

Those who are keen to join us pls e-mail me at sockie_sg@hotmail.com for more details.

Sockie

Patrick Lee SJ – Profile

 Hello everyone at SHC, I am Patrick, 63 years old, retired.

Extrovert, volunteer at CC events, do volunteer work with SAGE.  I meditate, travelled, read and write on the net, and walking with nature.

Gracious ageing is another journey in our Silver years.  As we reminisce  our youthful days of joy and happenings, we know we will never rewind back the march of time.

And time is of the essence.  I will live my silver years with bountiful energy.  With time at our disposal, I am fortunate to come across SHC. I hope I can make more friends and acquire more knowledge and experience from the vast personalities in SHC.

Regards

Patrick

Room within Condo – for rent

Hi Folks! I have a spare room in the house, to be rented out. If you have friends or relatives interested, please email me. Here are the details:

For rent: master bedroom in Gillman Heights Condo, junction of

Depot Rd/Alexandra Rd.

 

Walk to bus-stops, recreational park, shops, eateries, Ikea, Queensway Shopping Center. SP Jain, Hort Park.

Buses to Alexandra rd – 51, 57, 93, 97, 100, 166, 175

Buses to Depot rd – 57, 175, 195

Tenant can use condo facilities such as swimming pool, bbq pits, function room, gym, playground.

Room is bright and breezy. Simply furnished –

Queen size bed, dressing table, writing desk, full length mirror wardrobe. Aircon.

Working couple or students sharing room, welcome.

$1200 per month, includes utilities and wash your clothes!

Owner is a small Chinese family. Owner prefer tenant not to cook. If tenant requires, owner is willing to provide simple breakfast and dinner at nominal cost. Negotiable.

Email any queries to owner Jacqueline Han: jacqhan@gmail.com

CNY shopping trip /cookies baking workshop

Hi folks,

Anyone interested the above may ctc me ASAP. Details as below:

1) 18/01/2009 Sunday 9am to 3pm : CNY shopping trip cost $6. To places for Taiwan snacks, Bak Kwa, frozen seafood. Assembly at 8.45am @ Geylang Serai CC.

2) 11/01/2009 Sunday  2pm to 6pm : @ Geylang Serai CC , Cookies baking – kuen makmur & marie cookies, share and pay for the ingredients only.

Happy New Year & Gong Xi Fa Cai

Cheers

Vivian Lai