After your final handshake with bosses and coworkers of God-only-knows-how-many years, saying goodbye to your work table that had been your strength, hope and courage for all those trials, late-nights and tears, you are now entering a new phase in your life. It should be an exciting one, something to look forward to—and you are, at the beginning, at the very least! Months later, when your business clothes are now [...]

There have been left and right lay-offs and job termination these days. Unfortunately, seniors are no stranger in this situation as survey would show if there’s one group who gets the first blow of axe, it would be the seniors’ group. There are many reasons why companies would rather see their seniors go than take advantage of their expertise, one of them is the higher fees the company has to [...]

I’m not really certain if it’s my forgetful nature that compelled me to keep a notebook in the first place but what I do know is that one has to be within reach AT ALL TIMES! According to my estimate, I am using 3-4 small notepads in a year, tucked neatly inside my handbag when I go out and right in front of me when I’m working. For me, a [...]

While the root cause of cancer remains unknown, due to its aggressive nature and its ability to take lives, experts in the field have been working round the clock to somehow find a cure, if not, a way to prevent breast cancer. Women are clearly rooting for them to succeed since statistics have shown that the rate of fatalities of the said disease just keep getting higher and higher every [...]

Alongside visual impairment comes hearing loss. I would like to think that it comes in package—like a bad, annoying gift you receive when you reach a certain age. Some say that it can be delayed or denied, I say, they are just plain lucky, they don’t get it earlier! I must admit, there are some aspects of aging which you can really delay. For me, as long as the problem [...]

As much as possible, I go for natural remedies and methods for pain management. Take note of the words “as much as possible”, since there are situations which will really call for medical assistance whether we like it or not. We all know that as we age, we become more and more dependent on medications and other medical methods which most of the time, considered by the body as foreign—and [...]

It seems like now people are given a lot of options but lack in much needed education. Yes, we’ve heard their marketing pitches, usually from people who would earn something in return if they’re able to get us on the bandwagon. What these people fail—or intentionally fail—to tell us is the downside of using these plastic cards. However, they tend to exaggerate its “greatness”, sometimes bordering to lies, which sadly, [...]

As a senior myself, I would like to think that I’m a master of multitasking—or someone that is trained enough to fall for it! During my younger years when my brain could still process 101 tasks at a time, I had no qualms about it as I know I will remember each and everything I must do—and do them fast to make room for a little time for myself. I [...]

Is the word “cougar” new to you? Or are you still referring to the slender and agile cats roaming our mountains, always on the look out for a prey, gullible enough to fall into a cougar’s trap? Well, you must be living under a rock for quite sometime now since cougar dating must be the hottest, most liberating hype that hit the senior women’s generation! The idea of “Older-women-dating-younger-studs” has [...]

If you want to stay connected with people who matter most in your life, you need to keep up with the times. It may feel awkward at first threading unfamiliar territories, but believe me, once you get used to it, it’s hard not to get hooked on it! I remember the first time I experimented with social networking sites, it was with MySpace. My second was Facebook which I find [...]