On being a cool senior:
When you run into friends, they say, “Let’s catch up” … But I say, “No, we don’t just say, we must make an effort to catch up.” We go out, sit down and talk loudly at the top of our voices.
We used to be ladies who lunch. Now we are ladies who lurch – you know, lurching from grabbing handrails, tables and armchairs in case we fall forward. So, all things being equal, there is the road ahead, although it may look kind of crooked because of the way we are with our knees and hips.
But you know what? You mustn’t be sloppy. Even when I get into a cab, the driver says, “Where do you want to go, Auntie?”, I’ll immediately get out the cab, go up and change my baju (dress). Once in a while they’ll say, “where do you want to go Miss”? That makes your day.
