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Sumiko Tan

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As seen in: The Straits Times, Flipboard, The Star (Malaysia), The Hindu Business Line, AsiaOne, China Daily Asia Weekly
Executive Editor, The Straits Times @straits_times. I write a Lunch with Sumiko series. Read it here www.straitstimes.com/tags/lunch-with-sumiko
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Sumiko at 62: What to do when your ageing parents expect you to be their tech support

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By Sumiko Tan Verified
| The Straits Times Verified
Many seniors struggle not because they are incapable of learning, but because they no longer have to. ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO One of the most challenging aspects of caring for my 90-year-old mother is being her tech support. The irony is that I’m hardly a tech expert myself. Navigating the advanced formatting in a Word document still defeats me. Setting up a new printer is sure to ruin my day. But compared with her, I’m the expert.
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‘I’m sure I am not the complete vehicle yet’: Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow

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By Sumiko Tan Verified
| The Straits Times Verified
The first time Jeffrey Siow stepped onto a plane, he was 19 and headed for Cornell University in New York on a Singapore government scholarship. Before the trip, he and his mother went to a shop in their Potong Pasir neighbourhood to buy a suitcase. “We had never really bought a big suitcase before,” he recalls. During a transit stop at Los Angeles International Airport, he heard an announcement calling his name. “When I went to the counter, they told me my suitcase had split in two.
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Sumiko at 62: The anxiety of health screenings and why I fear my mammogram every year

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By Sumiko Tan Verified
| The Straits Times Verified
May, for me, is the cruellest month. It is the time of year I schedule my mammogram. Whenever I am anxious, I become short-tempered, so in the weeks leading up to the breast screening, I am irritable. My mind is filled with worst-case scenarios and an endless loop of “what if they find something?” If I get a clear result, I allow myself a few months of relief and happiness. But before long, a stray thought will remind me that next May is not all that far away.
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