STREET RALLY GUIDE FOR BERSIH 3.0

For those of you planning to participate in Bersih 3.0 this Saturday, you and your friends can gather at any of these meeting points and from there proceed to Dataran Merdeka. Best to leave your car parked outside the city, and take the train or bus to the nearest meeting place.

IMPORTANT: Please read the Street Rally Guide below.

PUBLIC FORUM ON "HOW CLEAN WILL THE 13TH GENERAL ELECTIONS BE?"

Venue: PJ Civic Centre, MBPJ
Date: Tues 24th Apr 2012,
Time: 8:30pm - 10:30pm

Invited Presenters: 
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, Chairman Election Commission,
Dr. Wong Chin Huat, BERSIH 2.0 Steerirng Committee (confirmed)
Dr. Ong Kian Ming, Academcian (confirmed)
Moderator: Syahredzan Johan, Chairperson of the Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee.

Programme: 
8:00pm: Registration
8:30pm: Welcome by PY Wong, Tindak Malaysia
8:33pm - 8:50pm: Overview on Electoral System, by PY Wong
8:50pm: Introduction by Syahredzan, Moderator
9:00pm: Problems with the Electoral Roll, by Dr. Ong Kian Ming,
9:20pm: Unconstitutional Redelineation by the EC, by Dr. Wong Chin Huat,
9:40pm: Tan Sri Dato' Seri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof - ( To be Confirmed)
(Standby topic: Impact of amendments to the Election Offences Act, DR.042012, of 19th Apr 2012, by PY Wong)
10:00pm: Roundtable discussion, Q&A from the floor
10:25pm: Round-up by Moderator.
10:30pm: Good Night

Silver Retirement and Aged Care Financial Workshop

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Slides from the speakers' power-point presentation will be made available to you soon. In the meantime, if you have any questions or problems regarding social media, email us at seniorsaloud@gmail.com. If we can't answer your questions, we will forward them to Aswin of Malaysia Social Media Chambers.

If you want to know the benefits of using social media or find out how Malaysia Social Media Chambers can help you, you can get the information on MSMC website at http://socialmediachambers.org/index.html or just click here.

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SENIORS

(Scroll down for map and directions to Wisma WIM.)

Whether you are new to the internet, or a regular on social media, there is always something you can learn from the experts. At this seminar, participants will learn how to use social media to:

~ connect with family and friends 

~ share files, photos and videos

~ upload your videos online

~ create your own blogs

~ promote your business

~ expand your professional network

~ send and receive instant short messages

~ and many more fun stuff (also some serious ones too!)

With SOCIAL MEDIA,

life will never be the same again!

Programme:

09.00am ~ 09.20am: Registration and Networking

09.20am ~ 09.30am: Welcome by Dr Sharon Tong 

09.30am ~ 10.45am: Social media: "What is the buzz all about?" by Shahul Dawood

10.45am ~ 11.15am: Break for refreshments

11.15am ~ 12.00pm: Social media: "Do's and Don'ts of Using Social Media" by MSMC 

12.00pm ~ 01.00pm: Videography - "Capturing Unforgettable Experiences" by Lim Teik Leong

The seminar venue at WIM has free wifi facilities. If you have a laptop or an iPad, you may bring it along. But it is not a requirement for participants. Just bring yourself and be prepared for some fun interactive learning.

(Note: Net proceeds from all SeniorsAloud events will go to charity.)

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Speaker Profile:

Shahul Dawood - Group CEO of Dawood Holdings Sdn Bhd, founder and President of Malaysia Social Media Chambers (MSMC).

These are just two of many hats that Shahul wears. He started MSMC, a non-profit organization with the aim of promoting the use of social media to empower Malaysians and enrich their lives.

Shahul is the prime mover behind the annual World Bloggers and Social Media Summit held in conjunction with Social Media Week. For more information, click on the link to visit the website.

Shahul is often invited to speak at seminars, conferences and global summits. He is generous in sharing his experience and knowledge. He remains steadfast to the motto of “There is never a time we should say it is enough. One has to explore, learn, gain and move on.”

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Speaker Profile

Lim Teik Leong - 67, has been teaching English for 45 years till he retired as a lecturer at Universiti Malaya. He was also a scriptwriter and actor for TV Pendidikan in the 1980s. Since 1998, Lim has been busy giving workshops on public speaking, drama, speech training and teaching techniques.

During his university days he developed a fascination for videography. Today with the availability of free Internet video editing tools, Lim enjoys making videos and sharing them with others. He is willing to teach our Seniorsaloud community how to edit and upload videos for educational purposes. “It is really easy and a cost-effective way of teaching,” says Lim.

"Photography is a visual essay without sounds," explains Lim, who took it up in the late 80s. But he prefers videography as it can capture movements and sounds. This is a great opportunity for seniors to learn from another senior how to improve on our videography skills.

Click here to read more about Lim.

UNIVERSITY OF THIRD AGE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING

Attended the Orientation Day of University of Third Age (U3A) at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) today. U3A is a program under the "Lifelong Learning for Older Malaysians" project led by Professor Dr. Tengku Aizan Hamid, Director, Institute of Gerontology, UPM. The project is jointly supported by the Government of Malaysia and the United Nations Population Fund.

If you missed the orientation, don't worry. You can still register as a U3A member and sign up for the courses for this semester which starts on 23 April 2012.

Signing up for the courses.

Membership is open to anyone aged 50 and above. Registration is only RM25 a year. Life membership is RM150. Members pay RM80 a semester for up to 3 courses of their choice. Any additional course is an extra RM30 each.

I enrolled for two semesters last year, and thoroughly enjoyed every one of the courses, among them digital photography, vocal training, bakery, swimming, traditional Chinese medicine and a lot more.

Below is a list of the courses offered this semester. The medium of instruction is mostly English as the 50plus generation were schooled in English. For more information, please visit U3A website or email seniorsaloud@gmail.com

IMPORTANT:  The course schedule above has been updated. Please visit http://u3amalaysia.wordpress.com/ for the latest schedule. Registration closes on 20 APRIL. Interested applicants must apply for U3A membership before they can sign up for courses. Forms can be downloaded at the U3A website.

For more pictures and a personal account of U3A classes, please read:

Rediscovering the joy of learning

50PLUS EXPO 2012

50 plus Expo is back again - bigger and better this year, and it will be held at Singapore Expo for the first time. Admission is free. Plenty of activities as well as talks by health and medical experts plus exihibition booths to browse for the latest health and lifestyle products.

Register online at the website for a chance to win the lucky draw. For more information, click here.

1ST WORLD CONGRESS ON HEALTHY AGEING

As part of their community service program and in line with their objectives to educate the public on issues regarding healthy ageing, the Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society is now offering a generous 75% discount only to the FIRST 100 NON-MEDICAL PEOPLE to call in. Normal registration fee is RM1,900.

Check out http://www.healthyageingcongress.com for more information.

Benefits:

~ More than 100 hours of interactive lectures, workshops.
~ More than 120 speakers from more than 20 countries.
~ For the first time, mainstream and complementary & alternative (CAM) medicines will share the same stage!
~ Health issues will be addressed holistically in the areas of Body, Mind Spirit, Socio-Community and Future Medicine.

Check out the 16-page programme schedule on the website. Not only does the congress feature some of the world's top experts in their area of specialty, it boasts an incredible range of topics from the economic implications of healthy ageing to genetics and longevity.

A world-class event right here in our capital city and at a special rate that is hard to resist.

1ST WORLD CONGRESS ON HEALTHY AGEING

19-22 MARCH 2012

KUALA LUMPUR CONVENTION CENTRE

CALL NOW AND BOOK YOUR SEAT (Limited to first 100 only.)

Tel: 03-2162 0566 / 03-2072 2600 / 03-20705600
Mobile: 012-364 6109 Fax: 03-2161 6560
Email: marcus@console.com.my

See you at the Congress :-)

TALK ON UMAMI AND ITS NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS ON HEALTHY LIVING

In case you need to know, "umami" is popularly known here as ajinomoto. One of the talks will focus on the nutritional effects umami has on the elderly.

The above event is free and open to the public. You can fax the registration form to bnisak@medic.upm.edu.my or contact Dr Loh Su Peng at 03-89472432.

USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO GENERATE PASSIVE INCOME

If you have never attended one of these 3-day events before, give it a go. It's FREE, so there's really nothing to lose except your precious time. For retirees with plenty of time on their hands, I would recommend registering for the SMART CONGRESS. You will definitely learn something from it.

One word of caution though. If this event is like those that I have attended before, there is a lot of hard-sell. You will be tempted to purchase some of the products that are on offer at fantastic discounts. Sure, the speakers will generously share some tips on how you can use social media to promote your business or make money through affiliate marketing. They will demonstrate how you too can be rich just by applying these tips. They will impress you with the big bucks that you can make. But remember, internet marketing is not for everyone. There is also the hard work and other factors involved. Some may succeed, many will not. Some may make thousands in a matter of days. Others will struggle for years, and still not see any significant change in their earnings from online marketing.

As one of my friends put it rather cynically, "There is no such thing as PASSIVE income. You have to work for the money." But the speakers at this and other similar seminars will beg to differ. They will try to convince you that you can generate MASSIVE income even when you are sleeping or relaxing on the beach at a holiday resort.

So by all means, attend the SMART CONGRESS. But do so with your eyes wide open.

The event is scheduled for 2-4 March 2012 at Swiss-Garden Hotel, Jalan Pudu, KL. For more details and map of the location, here's the link to the website. You can register online.

http://www.smart-congress.com/kl/