{"id":1206,"date":"2007-10-15T12:06:13","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T04:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/2007\/10\/1206"},"modified":"2007-10-15T15:23:38","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T07:23:38","slug":"who-am-i-by-loh-yew-kwong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=1206","title":{"rendered":"Loh Yew Kwong &#8211; Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Guys<\/p>\n<p><strong>MYSELF<\/strong>. I m 52 years n joined in Feb 2005. Its seems like I hd only joined SHC ydy as I still hvnt got enuf of funs n laughters in all the activities tat I hd participated.&nbsp;Happily married 4 26 yrs, I hv 2 sons who are&nbsp;in yr 5 n&nbsp;sec 2. I graduated&nbsp;in 1967 at ACS Primary after completing the compulsory PSLE.&nbsp; My wife, Josephine is a social n friendly&nbsp;person but she prefers home 2 outdoors. <\/p>\n<p><strong>MY INTEREST<\/strong>. Computers is my hobby n helping n guiding ppl in Computer\/IT related stuf is my passion. &nbsp;Y? Its becos I dun want 2 c ppl in our age gp depriveD of continued learning. Learning is lifelong n we shd nvr stop learning. <\/p>\n<p><strong>MY VOLUNTEER WORK, PAST N PRESENT.<\/strong> (1) <em><strong>Mendaki&#8217;s Home Reading program<\/strong><\/em>. I went 2 e home of a Malay family wif 7 kids 2 read 2 one of them n his cousin 4&nbsp;2 yrs. (2) <em>Sinda&#8217;s Lifestyle program<\/em>. I was assigned 2 3 different homes n give lessons between 6 to 8 wks 2 guide the students n their families&nbsp;on how 2 use the&nbsp;PC n its application programs.&nbsp;(3) <strong><em>Central SGCDC&#8217;s IT Befriender program<\/em><\/strong>. Help2 re-train people in&nbsp;some basic IT program. (4) <strong><em>Central SG CDC&#8217;s E-Ambassador program<\/em><\/strong>. Guidedppl who attend IT program. (5) <strong><em>Enabled 2000 Recycled PC Ce<\/em><\/strong>ntre. Helped refurbished used PCs which were eventually given out 2 needy families. (6) <strong><em>RSVP<\/em><\/strong> (Retired Senior Voluntary Program), an organisation tat caters activities 2 seniors. Helped 2 conduct IT courses n gave talks. (7) <strong>ACMI&#8217;s migrant program<\/strong>. Assist in running IT course 4 migrant wkrs n man its Computer Service Centre. ACMI is part of a Catholic church tats run training programs 4&nbsp;migrant wkrs 2 equip them wif skills so tat they can be employed on returning home when their contracts in SG end. (8) <em><strong>Pertapis<\/strong><\/em>, a Muslim welfare home 4 girls n women. Conduct IT courses 4 their residents (who came from troubled families). (9) <strong><em>PRIME Magazine<\/em><\/strong>. Wrote 2 articles, <strong>Internet Banking<\/strong> n <strong>Online Auctions<\/strong> 4 its &quot;IT Know How&quot; column wif one more <strong>Internet Security<\/strong> in the pipeline. <\/p>\n<p><strong>CYCLING GROUP<\/strong>. Taking ovr&nbsp;the reins fr Charles Wee, who initiated the Cycling group, from Mar 06, I lead this activity wif Lily Ho n Jade Phua n activity is scheduled 4 every 3rd Sat of each mth. Over the past 1 ovr yrs, we hd seen the size of 4 grew into 20 plus, a very healthy sign tat cycling hd became a popular fun activity. <\/p>\n<p><strong>USED PC PROJECT<\/strong>. Besides this activity, I also lead the Used PC Project wif a team of 9 to 10 members although it is now on low profile 4 some reasons best known&nbsp;2 ourselves.&nbsp;Anyway, it is still ongoing. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MY WISHES HERE<\/strong>. I wish everyone here will continue 2 be in gd health, support all SHC&#8217;s activities, true 2 n support each others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Guys MYSELF. I m 52 years n joined in Feb 2005. Its seems like I hd only joined SHC ydy as I still hvnt got enuf of funs n laughters in all the activities tat I hd participated.&nbsp;Happily married 4 26 yrs, I hv 2 sons who are&nbsp;in yr 5 n&nbsp;sec 2. I graduated&nbsp;in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=1206\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Loh Yew Kwong &#8211; Profile&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}