by Eleanor Yap | Oct 28, 2019 | Health
New for this years’ National Steps Challenge is the Silver Challenge, which promotes healthy ageing among seniors. The Silver Challenge, a physical activity initiative by the Health Promotion Board (HPB), officially kicked off on October 26. The Challenge, a new...
by Eleanor Yap | Feb 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The Necessary Stage’s Theatre For Seniors is conducting a script-centred workshop in February. The Necessary Stage’s Theatre For Seniors is conducting a script-centred workshop, mostly conducted in English, which will focus on a script from renowned...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 28, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Sandsation 2017, part of the festival, will feature more than 30 intricately-carved and larger-than-life sand sculptures of some five metres in height. Bring your family or grandchildren down to the three-week festival “Sandsational Fun at Sentosa” come...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 8, 2014 | Products
A fast activity to improve your focus and reaction time. Improve your hand-eye coordination, ambidexterity, focus and reaction time with Speed Stackers (left), specially-designed high-tech sport stacking cups endorsed by the US’ World Sport Stacking Association...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 8, 2013 | Inspiring Figures
Lee Poh Leng loved his volunteering experience at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) so much that he decided to join as a part-time staff. BY: Joanne Tok Lee Poh Leng, 58, started out as a volunteer at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). During his stint...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 28, 2013 | Inspiring Figures
Lam Chun See shares memories of what it was like growing up in a kampung in the 1950s and 1960s though his nostalgia blog. BY: Joanne Tok Lam Chun See (left) felt a disconnect between the young and the old. As a result, he started a nostalgia blog called...
by Eleanor Yap | Dec 10, 2012 | Reflections
Age is only a barrier if you let it! BY: Sunie Levin Big deal, I hear you saying. Of course you’re never too old to write a book. Nowadays, everybody writes a book. It’s so easy with publishing-on-demand and publishing on the Internet, anybody can get a...
by Eleanor Yap | Dec 4, 2012 | Health
Reading Clubs are enabling seniors to keep their minds sharp through book readings and discussions. And, they get to make new friends too. BY: Tan Boon Leng It is a quiet weekday afternoon at the Bishan Community Club. Inside one of its multi-purpose...
by Eleanor Yap | Nov 8, 2012 | Inspiring Figures
Seventy-seven-year-old Lee Chik has been volunteering at the hospital for 16 years and is not planning to stop any time soon. BY: Joanne Tok At 77 years old, Lee Chik is considered the oldest volunteer at Ren Ci Hospital. She has been volunteering for 16...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 22, 2012 | Inspiring Figures
A jovial granny on-stage and off-stage, Beatrice Chien shares how she pursued her passion of acting at the age of 62. BY: Joanne Tok This 71-year-old grandmother of three had the acting bug at an early age. But due to her a number of reasons, Beatrice...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 20, 2012 | Inspiring Figures
A group of seniors are turning back the clock and fulfilling their lifelong dreams by dressing up as characters from Japanese anime. BY: Tan Boon Leng Decked in the robes of a Japanese samurai (warrior), he swings his ‘sword’ with a flourish....
by Eleanor Yap | May 7, 2012 | Inspiring Figures
A US theatre and concert group of seniors aged 73 to 89 takes to the stage during Singapore Arts Festival, supported by a founder who has been with them for 30 years. BY: Eleanor Yap At this year’s Singapore Arts Festival, stereotypes will be broken. A...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 9, 2012 | Reflections
Keeping active and finding love in a sport. BY: Sui Chin Han-McKeand At 58, I am probably the world’s oldest female freestyle slalom skater … or at least the oldest in Hyde Park, London. I train with the British team, a small vibrant band of obsessive...
by Eleanor Yap | Dec 13, 2011 | Finance
Seniors are starting co-operatives to help other seniors in different ways. However, is a co-op the right way to go? BY: Eleanor Yap A number of seniors have been leaning towards starting a co-operative to help their own cohort. For instance, this year, 65-year-old...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 2, 2011 | Products
Believer Music offers its Believer Gold Program for those aged 60 and above where participants can choose the guitar or keyboard programme. The guitar programme is a seven-week module, one-hour per class each week, while the keyboard programme is an 11-week module,...
