Evolution of Dance

This is funny - but most baby boomers relate to this with some nostalgia. Have fun going down memory lane with this very interesting video on the evolution of dance.

Staying Young

All baby boomers are getting on in years and one of our main concerns is how to prolong our health and wellbeing. Gyms and spas are common places frequented by the boomer generation for doing just that. Staying in shape in body, mind and spiritshould be taken seriously for our own good.

We are in November and winter is creaping in gradually. Just to liven up any dismal feelings I found a lively presentation on how to stay young in a nutshell. It does make a lot of sense inspite of its funky treatment. Enjoy!

How 2 Stay Young

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Heart Beats

It's summer time and do you believe that back in 1967a particular song was all the rage even here in Malta? Here's Scott MacKenzie's San Francisco to let you enjoy the nostalgia with all the mixed emotions that this song generates.



Way back then, it was the flower power, drugs, free love and all that comes with it. We may have been silly back then, even if only in our thoughts, but baby boomers have come a long way today. We are conscious of following a healthy life and doing our best to squeeze out of life whatever is left of it.

Here I came across some interesting and useful tips that our generation should take note. In later years strokes and heart attacks are quite common and being prepared may save you your own life. (Scroll the slides by hitting at the right edge of each slide to move forward - or click on Scribd at the top of the slides.)

Self Help for a Heart Attack

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Memory

Memory is certainly an issue with us baby boomers.

Do you relate with this......just relax and smile!!

Baby Boomers and old age

Baby boomers are by now getting on in years and one of the preoccupations on their minds is certainly that of aging. What are the seven deadliest causes of ageing? How are baby-boomers redefining old age? Can I extend my lifespan organically? These questions and more are answered in this interesting video where Dr. Aubrey de Grey sheds some light on the issue of aging.


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Elvis Tribute

Thirty years ago today Elvis Presleydied on August 16th, 1977. He is a kind of 'landmark' in every baby boomer's heart and the mention of his name alone opens a can of worms. What memories of the 50s and 60s especially, are brought to mind when one hears Are you Lonesome Tonight, Don't be Cruel and Love Me Tender, to name but a few...

This video depicts Elvis at the start of his carreer showing his innocent, youthful features. Love me Tender was his first film.



Here is a video where he is featured just two months before he died. Very touching and sad at the same time.

Change of Mindsets

The new year 2007 is just a few hours away. I like to make a last post for this year and end with an observation.

I hate resolutions which many feel obliged to do at such a time. I am rather spontaneous in my actions and along the years I learnt to appreciate and make the most of every moment. Such a strategy does not always make one popular for the simple reason that society needs to be structured so that everything will move through life smoothly (or so it is thought). However, nature has its own designs and too much of a structured existence can be stifling.

Most baby boomers - not only in Malta, but in most countries too - has gone through a disciplinary phase during their upbringing and have grown to either hate it and go to the other extreme where they learn to be more relaxed with themselves or else get too absorbed with discipline that it becomes a psychological handicap to one's growth and well being.

Lately, I happened to come across a poem by Jorge Luis Borge, an Argentinian writer, who at 85 realises that his past 'proper' life had robbed him of many of the simple joys of life. The poem called Instants expresses my very thoughts about the necessity to venture forward in life and not be too preoccupied with all its ups and downs. Too many safety nets create another problem - the regret that we have not really lived.

I often smile when I remember an incident that happened to a friend of mine. His grandpa was one who always thought of himself as being wise and sensible. He exercised thrift and prepared himself to all eventualities such as carrying an umbrella when going out, etc. One of his habits was that every empty glass jar he comes across he would store it on a shelf he had above his toilet seat for possible future use. One day the shelf gave way and all the jars fell on the toilet seat and cracking it all over....

In the past I don't know how many times I heard the phrase ingrained on me 'to save for a rainy day'. The thing about this philosophy is that who ever exercises it tends not to know how to recognise the rainy day. He keeps waiting for that day and never improves his lot even if he can.

I would rather change that philosophy to 'saving for a sunny day' as giving a break to ourselves is more healthy in the long run - than waiting for disasters that are most often being manifested by our very selves when caught in this kind of thinking.

Cherish Every Moment - "I who am blind can give one hint to those who see: use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. Make the most of every sense, glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means of contact which nature provides."~ Helen Keller

May I wish everyone the best of health - both mentally and physically - for the coming new year.

Moon Hoax?

The American moon landingin the late 60s was another important phase on us baby boomers. I remember clearly how here in Malta everyone was consumed by this great event in 1969 which had a great impact on all of us. We all felt very grateful and lucky to experience such a great human achievement.

But what if later in life we discover that we might have all been taken for a ride? How funny! Was it all a cock-and-bull story?

Earlier this year we read news that NASA has lost all the moon landing tapes. Oh dear. A historical event like that! See this seven-odd-minutes video with the claimed evidence of the flaws in the whole event.

I leave it to you to munch this for yourselves.

Dedication to all baby boomers (1946-64)

At Last!

It had to be a postcard about old Malta that I came across lately that helped me in my decision on the setting up of my blog.

You see, I have two interests and I kept wondering what type of blog could blend these two interests.

One of the interests is Maltese landscape and the other is photography.

Talking of Maltese landscape I am always intrigued at how much changes took place across the years and therefore I want to make this blog as a portal of old Maltese scenery and with my photography reveal present day changes of the same views.

I will be posting on this site various interesting pictures, videos, presentations and even sounds as I come across them for those baby boomers like myself that are old enough to appreciate the kaleidoscope of changes that took place in our Maltese culture.

I hope that this would fill a special nook for all those who are nostalgic at heart.

As a fitting start to my blog may I present you with a nostalgic video of a 1972 Eurovision entry from Malta entitled L-Imhabba that surely takes us back to when things were charming in their simplicity.