tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post3167836264219871519..comments2024-03-26T13:52:37.542+08:00Comments on Blog To Express: Ageless RetirementThimbuktuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-68868208950664705592010-08-03T09:39:39.266+08:002010-08-03T09:39:39.266+08:00Hi Andy,
“Be not afraid of greatness; some are bo...Hi Andy,<br /><br />“Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”<br />- William Shakespeare<br /><br />Re-adapted:<br /><br />"Be not afraid of retirement; some are born affordable to retire with a comfortable retirement nest egg, and others keep themselves active to each his own ways, not "chia pah tan si". Enjoy the lucky ones on a enjoyable and deserved retirement..."<br /><br />Cheers!Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-17747144965260908552010-08-02T07:02:47.658+08:002010-08-02T07:02:47.658+08:00Andy, you reminded me of the song
'Enjoy your...Andy, you reminded me of the song<br />'Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think'. <br /><br /> You work and work for years<br /> You don't know how to laugh<br /> Imagine all the time you have<br /> In your old rocking chairPChewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246226278619934355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-10915983451715585362010-07-31T22:58:06.553+08:002010-07-31T22:58:06.553+08:00Not many more years to live. Just enjoy. Travel, e...Not many more years to live. Just enjoy. Travel, eat, read, exercise, meet friends, assist in a charity and spend time with the grandchildren. <br /><br />"The years go by as quickly as a wink / Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think..."ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-49883997455458519512010-07-31T13:52:37.671+08:002010-07-31T13:52:37.671+08:00Haha...no need to over react over MM's "R...Haha...no need to over react over MM's "Retirement means Death" headline-catching news. MM is the Master when he wants to capture an entire audience and I don't mean those inside the hall. He wants to ensure that people everywhere at the least talk,think, debate and discuss about it...just like what James and all of you are doing here (me too).<br /> Obviously, simple retirement does not mean early death...no way! If that is indeed TRUE then the converse must also be TRUE (although left unsaid)...that as long as you work on and on and on...you WILL live to a ripe old age, maybe to the 90,s.<br /> No need to do deep research here. We all KNOW that can't be true at all.<br />So many of my really good friends in different fields of work have DIED while still at work and they were not even 60 yet!!! Not accidents by the way. Mostly poor health generated by TREMENDOUS WORK STRESS that exacerbated their once super-fit physical shape.<br /> On the other hand, I know of so many who have retired in very good health age between 55 to 60 BUT WENT ON THE DECLINE MENTALLY and PHYSICALLY soon after retirement. They developed all sorts of medical problems and some died before their time...2,3 years after retiring. <br /> What's the answer and solution to this? No,not MM"s extreme view.<br />You have all got it right...Phillip,YG, C See, James.<br />The answer is you must know yourself first.<br />What do you want out of life?<br />Then create a Life Plan to help yourself along. That may include retiring at 55,60, or whatever...and followed by your Chapter on post-retirement Plan. SEE?<br />In Life we need to have a good BALANCE to achieve the things we want, to ENJOY life to it's fullest. That requires some planning not simply working till we drop dead in the office,shop, street corner...<br /> So MM's 3 word term should be elongated to perhaps " People who retire WITHOUT anything else to do, to occupy themselves...might die prematurely."Unk Dickohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050766265321887439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-37185587164780882812010-07-31T08:57:05.102+08:002010-07-31T08:57:05.102+08:00Thanks to Philip and Chun See for sharing your per...Thanks to Philip and Chun See for sharing your personal views and inputs.<br /><br />The personal decision of each elderly individual's circumstances for monetary reasons, to help charity organisations for volunteerism, to contribute community services and to be helpful in any ways to society without the needs as a salaried work. <br /><br />Philip contributes actively to various organisations which would otherwise be a loss to these benefactors if he is unable to serve the community beyond the official retirement age? <br /><br />Not by legislation. In fact, that is the reason why an age could be set for retirement. Is the correct age is 55, 65 or until death? For that matter, the age to die is never legislated by anybody in anywhere in the world.<br /><br />On the contrary, the German nation of Hitler had been subjected for many years to the ‘God-is-dead’ atheism of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900). <br /><br />Nietzsche believed that Darwinian evolution would eventually produce the Übermensch, ‘a superman whose distance from the ordinary man is greater than the distance between man and ape’.Then a ‘super-race’ of such beings would impose its will on the weak and the worthless. <br /><br />Obviously, those who prefer to retire which an ex-colleague mentioned: "For so many years to be working for people under the official retirement age, they want to do things for themselves, not for others".<br /><br />My elderly neighbour who works as a hawker cleaner told me: "I need to earn some pocket money by working no matter how little money she earns as a dignified work ...who else to just as a "paiseh" handout or for begging". Elderly people are encouraged to work with dignity and not to think that a hawker cleaner or even those who collect discarded cardboards or a " karang guni" as a form of recycle business in a legal way. <br /><br />As Chun See mentioned: "spend time with family and serve in the church and try to do work which I enjoy". The choice is the right of the individual.<br /><br />Thanks to yg whom I share his sentiments in many ways: "i will say to each his own. if you are happy working beyond your retirement, carry on. however, there are those who know how to make good use of their retirement. let them be".<br /><br />The active age is at any age, not to be determined by anyone. My 73 year friend is an active line-dancer and enjoy himself. Should he be stopped to be happy as "retired"?Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-75839662183776478402010-07-30T20:51:16.451+08:002010-07-30T20:51:16.451+08:00james, i will say to each his own. if you are happ...james, i will say to each his own. if you are happy working beyond your retirement, carry on. however, there are those who know how to make good use of their retirement. let them be.<br />some people seem to think that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. we are all different. some are 'lost' when they retire but some find retirement a wonderful phase in their life.yghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-59860425681988132822010-07-29T22:28:53.118+08:002010-07-29T22:28:53.118+08:00I totally agree with Philip. How meaningless to &q...I totally agree with Philip. How meaningless to "Live to work, and work to live".<br /><br />Who knows when our time on this earth is up, and there are many things left undone. <br /><br />How sad that many people who can afford to retire don't want to, but others who want to (retire) cannot afford to.<br /><br />For me, I have made a conscious effort to slow down; spend time with family and serve in the church and try to do work which I enjoy.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-7844176133311484912010-07-29T18:45:46.068+08:002010-07-29T18:45:46.068+08:00Haha, we know why the government comes out with th...Haha, we know why the government comes out with those Singapore memory projects - to make the oldies recall and recall, to prevent Alzheimer.<br /><br />MM is probably not the best person to lecture us on ageless retirement. I thought he is still drawing a paycheck? A considerable one too, try telling that to the old cleaning lady in the kopitiam who is also working.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-34562309364817820162010-07-29T12:45:13.793+08:002010-07-29T12:45:13.793+08:00I definitely disagree with MM Lee Kuan Yew that &q...I definitely disagree with MM Lee Kuan Yew that "Retirement means death". He assumed that people after retirement have nothing to do. He is right if you 'chia pah tan si'. I retired about 3 years before my retiring age of 60. I chose to be free from employment and stress. I spent time doing my own works and travelling. I also volunteer my services with 3 organisations. I have retired for 18 years already and is still kicking.Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.com