/articles/seniors-who-strength-train-struggling-bag-groceries-deadlifting-50kg
SINGAPORE – Madam Samantha Thio used to struggle to carry a bag of groceries, but now she can deadlift 50kg.
In the past 20 years, the 67-year-old retiree has undergone multiple surgical…
/articles/best-friends-work-lost-touch-about-45-years-ago-until-one-them-was-asked-befriend-lonely
SINGAPORE - When she was in her teens, Madam Alijah Baji, 64, had a close workplace buddy called Santha. But they lost contact about 45 years ago after Santha had an accident at work and resigned…
/articles/old-and-bold-85-year-old-dynamo-role-model-living-longer-fuller-life
Go-getter Ratnam Periowsamy, a tech-savvy, friend-making public speaker, is inspiring this director of a longevity centre to rewrite the next chapter of her life.
Susana Concordo Harding…
/articles/retiree-77-turns-heads-community-work-art-using-80000-bottle-caps-bedok
SINGAPORE - Crouching down, a man in a batik shirt gingerly hammered another bottle cap into cement for a mosaic work of art in the middle of an open neighbourhood square in Bedok.
The artist…
/articles/healthy-festive-feasting-fill-plate-healthier-choices-watch-portion-eat-slowly
SINGAPORE – The year-end festive season is here and social gatherings are in full swing.
For some, it could be the first time in three years meeting friends and family and feasting together in…
/articles/picking-new-skills-and-making-friends-how-hes-living-purposeful-life-60
Apart from participating in volunteer-led activities for seniors at Lions Befrienders, he also gives back to the community by sharing his life experiences with students
/articles/sporean-year-two-dementia-help-others-caregivers-manage-condition
SINGAPORE – The phrase “person with dementia”, or PWD, often leads to a mental image of someone who is helpless and needs care.
But Singaporeans Alison Lim and Anjang Rosli are changing that…
/articles/when-retirement-means-celebrating-days-jubilation
How we see seniors in our midst shapes how we think of ourselves. Words matter, and that’s why I’m ‘le ling’ and ‘warga emas’.
Chung Yin Wah
“We are LKKs. You know, lau kok kok,” said…
/inspiration/pursuing-fulfilling-life-after-retirement
“I’ve never imagined that one day, I would be able to publish a book. I can’t wait for it to be launched at the National Library in March next year.” - Ang Siew Mui, 74
/articles/former-engineer-70-can-edit-videos-better-her-grandchildren
SINGAPORE – Retiree Ho Soo Pong has 2,000 subscribers on YouTube; but it bothers her not if she has 20 or 200,000.
For the 70-year-old, uploading YouTube videos is more about teaching others,…
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/articles/retired-odd-job-worker-now-helps-seniors-his-estate
While the pioneer leaders were the original architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story about such people in the series The Lives They Live.
For more…
/articles/putting-their-expertise-working-kids-use
Although both Mr George Chan and his wife, Madam Anne Lau, spend their careers and personal lives working with children, they felt they could do more.
Mr Chan, 61, is an education support…
/articles/it-changed-my-life-he-battled-against-cancer-four-times
Inflight manager, who wrote a book about his struggles, does not fear death anymore
There are five scars, a couple of them overlapping, on Mr Richard Ng's body.
"One's from the bladder, one's…
/articles/seniors-do-catwalk-manhunt-finalists
SINGAPORE - With their arms interlocked, Manhunt finalist Zane Lee, 27, and senior citizen Carol Goh Lay Khon strutted their stuff on stage as they did a catwalk together at an open space in Marine…
/articles/lives-they-live-octogenarian-goes-knock-knock-knock-good-cause
While the pioneer leaders were the original architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story about such people in the series The Lives They Live.
Every…
/articles/brothers-greatest-gift-his-kidney
T'ang Quartet brothers talk about arduous journey to donate kidney to younger sibling
Brothers Leslie and Lionel Tan have been known for beguiling audiences across the world as part of renowned local…
/articles/self-study-research-understand-mums-dementia
When Ms Jasmine Chua's mother, Madam Tan Mui Im, returned from a holiday at the end of 2005, she suffered a mild stroke.
Soon after, Ms Chua, 46, noticed drastic changes in her mother.
…
/articles/mums-volunteer-despite-hardships
In fast-paced Singapore, there are those in need - and those who go out of their way to meet those needs. This is part of a series on noteworthy causes The Straits Times is spotlighting.
It is a lazy…
/articles/ah-ma-takes-plunge-flippa-good-time
Some women in their 60s and 70s are making a splash playing a game similar to water polo
On Thursday mornings, at a time when students are having their first classes of the day, much splish-…
/articles/pork-and-pineapple-curry-pot-pie
A rich and buttery homemade chicken pie that Ms Sarah Lee tried when she was 11 years old at a friend's birthday party got her hooked on baking pies.
Now 57, the full-time volunteer at a home…
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