It was 5 April 2008, an exciting Saturday morning for me. I went to the Jurong Spring
Community Club to attend the Lifelong Learning for senior citizens course.
I incidentally read a brochure of the course at Taman Jurong Community Club.
The original fee for the course was $1,170. As there was a 75% subsidy,
we need to pay only $300 with a registration fee of $20.
I was too happy to see the affordable course fee. I called up the registration office.
The staff Boon Heng was very helpful. His helpfulness gave me the driving force to go for
registration on the next day.
Mr Lim Boon Heng, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, was the guest-of-honour
for the opening ceremony of our course.
As the Minister in charge of ageing issues, Mr Lim noticed that we the senior citizens
are more modern than those old people many years ago.
He encouraged us to make friends with each other, to manage our finance and to
keep learning, so that we could plan well for our lives for the next 40 to 50 years.
After the opening ceremony, the Principal Mr Huang Mingde gave us the first lecture.
He and a few friends were discussing about the life of senior citizens after retirement in 1999.
They later came out of the idea of lifelong learning.
The first batch of students started their Certificate in Lifelong Learning course on 2 July 2005.
Never too old to learn
As we have worked hard for our family and our children for years, we have to plan for
our life of golden age when the children are independent.
We should enjoy our golden age and be young at heart. We have to go for lifelong
learning and let our knowledge bring us better future.
The Principal encouraged us to learn. We have to make use of our brain.
When there is an opportunity for us, grasp it.
We have to use our hands to learn. Pick up a hobby and make our life more interesting.
We have to have an open mind to learn. Set ourselves free and start to learn.
Our class started from 9.15 am to 5 pm.
We have our class in group study in the morning. After lunch, we will choose
to attend either Towel and Chair Workout or Magic Introduction.
I am interest in white magic and have chosen to attend Magic Introduction class.
It was held at the nearby venue Wellness @ Jurong Central.
