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Since I drive and there are escalators and lifts all over SG, the problem of knee pain from too much walking really affects me when on vacation.

The wild boar have all been culled. I haven't seen one at BT nature reserve in almost 2 years.

Since I stay along Dunearn Rd, the rail corridor is nearest to my home and a convenient place to exercise besides my condo's gym. It gets doubly difficult as the day gets hotter while it is unsafe to walk along the corridor at night since there are no street lamps.

I prefer to spend on my loved ones such as funding my children through their tertiary education; 2 of them are already working. I do intend to drive as long as I am able to maintain my car after retirement as my knees hurt.

This is why the elites are so good at reproducing themselves; they can afford private tuition for every subject for their offspring.

Hyperinflation in SG, probable poor health and a myriad of other reasons.

Her younger principal at that time didn't give her that option. She was put out to pasture in her early 50s.

I met my secondary school teacher many years ago at Orchard Rd. She retired in her early 50s because she could no longer keep up with the changes in technology. It was a real pity because this woman really cared for her students; change has come too fast for many dedicated older workers...

More women are seeing marriage as their meal ticket to a better life. Those with the looks (even though it will fade with age) will choose only the richest hubby.

The only constant is change, but modern life shows changes at their absolute worse. With AI taking over more jobs, unemployment will be a worldwide problem. With so many people out of work, the masses will rise up against govts. Wealth and power will be concentrated in the hands of just a few...

With 6 million people competing for limited private residences and COEs, only a select few are able to have these prized possessions.

Even walking under the hot sun and humidity of SG is strenuous indeed. I walked with my adult kids yesterday at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve at around 4 pm, and found the going tough even though I wasn't going at a fast pace.

CECAs are lazy but many are actually quite intelligent.

On the contrary, NUS offers significantly more places in Medicine than in Dentistry for freshmen. NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine offers 280 places annually. The NUS Faculty of Dentistry offers a mere 80 places annually; it used to be no more than 50.

With guitar in hand.

Sadly, I have come across homes of seniors where rodents have taken over because of leftover food and unwashed crockery.

The pressure is far worse these days, with teacher burnout a real problem.

Overdosing on sleeping pills is the most painless way to leave this world, which is full of pain and suffering.

After a certain age, and especially after the spouse has passed on, such people stop caring as they lack the mental and physical will to carry out most tasks.

I know of many retired senior SAF officers who are ill-equipped for any form of brainwork after leaving the uniformed services.