/short-course/sharing-selected-life-stories
The course aims to empower participants with an easier way to write memoirs. Topics will include How and Why, how to write memoirs in any language, writing activities for memoir vignettes, editing…
/online-learning/thai-level-5-conducted-online
This 10-week course is designed to provide an insight to the targeted language and understanding of its culture. This Level 5 course is designed to help participants deepen their knowledge and…
/online-learning/chinese-level-4-conducted-online
This 10-week course is designed to provide an insight to the targeted language and understanding of its culture. This Level 4 course is designed to introduce new phrases and idioms to strengthen…
/online-learning/creative-writing-screenwriting-level-1-conducted-online
This is an introductory writing workshop for people who are new to this genre and are interested writing for film and television. Participants would be encouraged to tell stories using screening…
/volunteerism/my-story
Introducing My Story, a senior volunteer programme centred on preserving the rich narratives of seniors through interviews, articles, and short video clips. Senior volunteer journalists engage with…
/volunteerism/silver-friend-befrienders
Through the creative use of simple make-up sessions, photo-taking, story-telling, scrapbooking and electronic scrapbooking, volunteers will befriend residents of nursing homes by listening to their…
/articles/epigram-books-founder-edmund-wee-not-letting-cancer-stop-him-helping-spore-write-its
Edmund Wee, the founder of Epigram Books, is not letting cancer slow him down as he does all he can to promote Singapore literature.
Edmund Wee sees his career in 20-year cycles.
From…
/articles/goodlife-studio-broadens-active-ageing-appeal-carpentry-digital-media-tea-bar
SINGAPORE – Arts and crafts, bingo sessions and exercise classes are common offerings at active ageing centres, but social service agency Montfort Care hopes to attract seniors with more diverse…
/articles/redevelopment-necessary-lets-rethink-how-we-do-it
Let’s consider what aspects of neighbourhoods should be preserved, bearing in mind the needs of an ageing population.
Every time someone expresses sadness over any redevelopment plans, or…
/articles/network-launched-boost-volunteerism-among-seniors
SINGAPORE – Mr Stanley Peh, 74, who is retired, has been volunteering for over 10 years, with some of his time spent at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) helping out at its community events.
“…
/short-course/sharing-selected-life-stories
The course aims to empower participants with an easier way to write memoirs. Topics will include How and Why, how to write memoirs in any language, writing activities for memoir vignettes, editing…
/online-learning/thai-level-5-conducted-online
This 10-week course is designed to provide an insight to the targeted language and understanding of its culture. This Level 5 course is designed to help participants deepen their knowledge and…
/online-learning/chinese-level-4-conducted-online
This 10-week course is designed to provide an insight to the targeted language and understanding of its culture. This Level 4 course is designed to introduce new phrases and idioms to strengthen…
/online-learning/creative-writing-screenwriting-level-1-conducted-online
This is an introductory writing workshop for people who are new to this genre and are interested writing for film and television. Participants would be encouraged to tell stories using screening…
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/articles/pen-pal-initiative-helps-young-people-bond-seniors
Whenever her family brings in the mail, 16-year-old Clarisse Ng eagerly hopes there will be a letter from Madam Chan, a person she has never met.
If she spies a familiar envelope on the dining table…
/articles/covid-19-getting-you-down-7-popular-mental-wellness-apps-check-out
SINGAPORE - As Singaporeans are advised to stay home in view of the spike in Covid-19 community cases, here are some wellness apps to keep you stay calm and composed.
1. Calm
Be greeted by…
/articles/grand-time-bonding
Music, exercise and science experiments are some of the cool ways in which grandparents connect with their grandkids.
Grandparents today are more than just trusted and convenient childcare providers…
/articles/parkinsons-patients-band-together-spread-positivity
They write book to share their stories with others struggling with the disease.
When Ms Margaret Mary Wan, 70, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2015, she was desperate and felt her "world…
/inspiration/learning-stay-healthy
When we were younger, we were busy with work and struggled to find time to attend classes. Now that we have retired, this is the best time to learn something new and expand our knowledge. Just go for…
/inspiration/never-retire-learning
People usually think that I am very free after retiring… but they will be surprised to learn that I am actually very busy!
/inspiration/active-learning-ambitious-plans
The world is constantly changing; there’s plenty of new knowledge we can acquire even at our age.
/inspiration/bonding-through-art
I gravitate towards therapeutic activities. While I’ve never been good at art, I want to learn and improve so that I can create art with my grandchildren… especially my eldest grandson, who likes to…
/inspiration/overcoming-challenges-times-uncertainty
Many of us may be busy with everyday life, but it is still important to spend some time to enrich ourselves with knowledge.
/articles/10-checks-expose-investment-fraud
You have to be alert because the art of deception is getting sophisticated.
While many are reeling from the worst recession ever, crooks and scammers appear to be thriving as never before by taking…
/whats-on/activities/certainty-among-uncertainty-night-library-21-0
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Learn the importance of end-of-life care and how palliative care can help patients live and leave well.
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/whats-on/activities/archives-invites-toh-hun-ping-bobbed-hair-assassin-kuala-lumpur-0
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
The Bobbed-Hair Assassin in Kuala Lumpur (1925) and the Singapore Connection.
About this event
On 23 Jan 1925, Wong So Ying, a young Chinese woman with anarchist…
/whats-on/activities/communities-travel-culture-explorers-libraryorchard-0
Time: 07:30 PM – 09:00 PM
library@orchard presents Communities, an organic learning environment to share and learn from one another.
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/whats-on/activities/guided-autobiography-toyl-celebration
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Writing down your life stories has many benefits: recalling your past stories, for example, can help to delay the onset of memory loss.
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/whats-on/activities/my-life-stories-my-time-ecuador-toyl-celebration
Time: 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Listen to some travel stories and share some of your own!
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NOTE: Registration is only approved if your myLibrary ID is verified.
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/whats-on/activities/create-movies-microsoft-powerpoint-part-2-toyl-celebration
Time: 09:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Present your photos as a digital story (Part 2)!
About the Programme
This programme is suitable for those aged 50 and above, and is organised as part of the Time of…
/whats-on/activities/telling-your-life-stories-librarians-world
Time: 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM
Discover the importance of telling our stories even as we age.
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NOTE: Registration is only approved if your myLibrary ID is verified.
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/whats-on/activities/archives-unlocked-90s-tv-ads-we-grew
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
About this event
What were your favourite TV commercials from the 90s? Join Assistant Audiovisual Archivist June Pok as she revisits memorable advertisements from the…
/whats-on/activities/histories-empire-experiments-and-reports-fisheries-department
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Join Choo Ruizhi as he shares some of his encounters and experiences trawling through the annual reports of the Fisheries Department.
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Fish was one of…
/whats-on/activities/my-life-stories-learning-comes-full-circle-time-your-life
Time: 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM
Celebrate your life stories at this cosy session.
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