Centenarian

I was assigned to cover a story on Centenarian with xl 2 days ago. We met 110 year old Teresa Hsu, founder of a non-profit charity organisation and possibly the oldest person in Singapore (We heard that there is a 114 yr old lady who has gone back to China). Mdm Hsu appeared stern at first, but she turned out to be a humorous centenarian who loves to read and has perfect eye sight. Some words from her struck a chord in me. She said someting like this: "people choose to see bad things and miss the beatiful scenes like the birds singing and the leaves on the tree". When asked how she manage to live longer than most people, she whispered: "Try not to have in-laws". I made some portraits of her in her living room which is filled with books (a perfect background which shows her thirst for knowledge), and left her house with much admiration for the oldest person I have met.


Mdm Teresa Hsu

Next, I was assigned (as another colleague couldn't make it back in time) to interview another 2 centenarians with xl for her feature story. I was pretty excited to be able to meet more of these amazing people who was either born in the 19th century, or been through 2 world wars.



Mdm Liow Hup (105 yrs old). Her feet was binded when she was 12, in China.



Mdm Heng Siak Chye (101 yrs old).