--- title: St. John's Home Blog | May Swee description: May Swee is a volunteer writer for St John's Home for Elderly Persons. She is an experienced teacher and HR practitioner who enjoys reading, brisk walking, practising Taichi, playing the ukelele and travelling. In her free time, she solves Sudoku puzzles, makes gift boxes from old greeting cards, doodles and creates zentangle designs. --- # Telling Our Story ## May Swee ![May Swee](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e) May Swee is a volunteer writer for St John's Home for Elderly Persons. She is an experienced teacher and HR practitioner who enjoys reading, brisk walking, practising Taichi, playing the ukelele and travelling. In her free time, she solves Sudoku puzzles, makes gift boxes from old greeting cards, doodles and creates zentangle designs. ### Recent Posts ### [Makan Treats (Clone)](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/makan-treats-1) As seniors, we still enjoy good meals. What is even better is when we can have good meals without having to pay through the nose. I don’t claim to be a foodie but I would like to share with you some good and value-for-money eats which make me go back for more time and again. 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(Clone)](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/ageing-graciously-and-not-disgracefully-1) I hope that I will age gracefully. Ageing gracefully, to me, is to be able to live my golden years in good health and with dignity, being financially independent, and without being a burden to anyone. 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What is even better is when we can have good meals without having to pay through the nose. I don’t claim to be a foodie but I would like to share with you some good and value-for-money eats which make me go back for more time and again. 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(Clone)](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/ageing-graciously-and-not-disgracefully-0) I hope that I will age gracefully. Ageing gracefully, to me, is to be able to live my golden years in good health and with dignity, being financially independent, and without being a burden to anyone. 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What is even better is when we can have good meals without having to pay through the nose. I don’t claim to be a foodie but I would like to share with you some good and value-for-money eats which make me go back for more time and again. Share: [** ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/makan-treats&url=https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/makan-treats&source=tweetbutton&text=Makan%20Treats) [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/makan-treats) [** ](https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/makan-treats) [** ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/makan-treats&title=&summary=&source=) [Read More](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/makan-treats) Posted by [May Swee](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/author/may-swee) on Jan 18, 2019 12:38:07 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/makan-treats#comments-listing) ### [Ageing graciously , and not disgracefully.](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/st-blog/ageing-graciously-and-not-disgracefully) I hope that I will age gracefully. Ageing gracefully, to me, is to be able to live my golden years in good health and with dignity, being financially independent, and without being a burden to anyone. 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