I happened to watch a short film clip of a Chinese Ahma who is too old enough for her household chores. She is afflicted with alzheimers and you know what it means when old is OLD and the normal function of such individual should be restrained or stop ready for the Old Age Retirement Program that it's best for the younger people to do the work. But what can you expect with the younger generation nowadays who are more than UNcapable of the tasks at home and at work? Would they be able to replace our generation of studious dependable workers? What they know about? That's the question.

Just look at the Parliament  in Canada and the Congress In USA, mostly the politicians are too old to even know who they really are, the kind of work they need to do and who are the people they meet everyday. Are they sure that those people are the same co-workers they used to talk to? I've been an observer of American politics and it seemed to me that some of them were alive since Abraham Lincoln was a President. Okay, okay that is a joke. Actually some of them cannot retire because they are afraid that if they stop working they wont receive any pension. they are too afraid that once they retire their investments would plummet or fall or somebody will replace them with unskilled politicians and would lead to the downfall of their State or country they worked for to restore democracy. Too many insecurities... old people getting insecured instead of being optimistic.

How can old people retire? In the Philippines, early retirement is almost mandatory and or if you worked for 20 years in the government you can have an early retirement. If you are still young and able to work you can apply for another work in another company. My Father worked at a very young age and retired early before reaching the age of 50 (years old), he found another job in another private company. Then retired at age 65 and still able to work outside his home in his garden, a small garden that he tends to cultivate raising jackfruits, banana trees, and veggies. If you're out of work make sure your hands and body are busy functioning normally so that the blood can circulate. Choice of hobbies can also help maintain the balance to a healthy living.

My sister retired from work as a Textile Specialist at a very young age too. She worked for too many companies before from Rustan's shopping center to PRC as a surveyor, then to Hospital Laboratory as a Laboratory technician, then lastly to that PTRI , retirement is too good to be true until she arrived here in Canada for a different kind of work. I myself have that kind of landing different kind of work. Not really what it says for my college course or diploma. You wont really get the job that is perfectly suited to what you have studied in school or university. There is no truth in having the kind of employment that perfectly fits everyone of us. General skills or knowledge is sometimes the best solution to adapt or adopt in the process.

Skill-building technology is what matter at this precious time. What the kids really want. What the students need to learn in school and university. Having them practice the basic skills and let them choose their specialization right away in High School so that time and money is not wasted. Make every learning institution similar to Olympic Games Org. were athletes are subjected to their special skills testing , being re-enforced or what makes them a better skilled student worker. You know OJT or On The Job training helps them to master the basic skills required for them to be the next replacement in the workforce.

I myself is getting old. I know. We all are going to that same place "Home for the Aged." Hopefully by that time I can still remember each one of you, especially my family, relatives and friends.