TWOS Has Closed

Wow! One year has passed since my last post here. Reason being TWOS was officially closed since last year Sep when I left for overseas posting. It's sad to see TWOS go, and I hope that one day, a woman of substance will rise up again to revive TWOS.

Till then, see you again soon. God bless you!

TWOS Meeting Temporal Suspension

Dear Ladies and visitors,

It's been a long time since anyone of us post anything here. You might be wondering what has happened.

TWOS meeting has been temporarily suspended as there is no one to lead the group when sister Del stepped down in early 2009, and sister Betty is now based in Australia (till year 2011 or 2012). If there are any sisters who would like to continue to lead in this ministry, kindly contact TWOS Admin at .

For now, this website would still serves as a platform for ladies to contribute and share their experiences in life for the benefit of others who might be going through similar experiences. Some suggested topics/tags might include the followings:

- christian dating
- marriage
- in-laws
- parenting (infant, young children, teens, young adults)
- grandparenting
- menopause
- PMS
- other interesting topics

I believe the above topics are very relevant to all of us at one time or the other. Some of us might find it hard to cope with them while others might have found successful means to cope well. Your sharing could either help someone or allow someone to help you out.

If you would like to share them at this blog, kindly contact TWOS Admin to add you as a "contributor". Alternatively, you may email your post to one of our "contributors/authors" below to help you post your sharing here. Kindly tag your sharing according to the relevant tags.

• TWOS Admin
• Living Cells Admin
• vyn
• Jyanthi
• SallyLim
• BT
• Steph
• Eclauds
• May

Wishing all of you a Merry & Blessed Christmas!

Cheers!

BT

Women Helping Women

On 1st Mar 2009, Sunday, the PA's WIN Council launched mentoring programme to help girls from needy families. I was privileged to be selected as their Mentoring Programme Consultant and Trainer to help train WIN Council design its programme and to train their volunteers become effective Mentors. My workshops with them started in November 2008 to February 2009.

"The People's Association Women's Integration Network or WIN Council launched today its first mentorship initiative aimed at reaching out to selected primary school girls from needy families in Singapore.

The Groom a Child to Excel or GRACE Mentorship Programme will allow grassroots leaders from the Women Executive Committees to nurture the girls and allow them to reach their fullest potential."

Not only the young under-privileged girls will get help, but Here’s help, single mums too.

"Unwed mums in tougher spot

Mdm Halimah said the :“WeCare for U” project is open to all single mothers, including unwed ones. Such mums often find themselves in even tougher situations, as they are not entitled to Government-funded maternity leave or tax relief because of their unwed status.

Calling this a “controversial issue”, Mdm Halimah said certain policies would be difficult to change as they were intended to encourage procreation within a family unit. For now, she feels the core focus should be on helping all single mums attain independence by helping them find jobs and providing social support"

It's indeed "controversial", not only in terms of national policies for single mums, but also their moral implications.

Recession-proofing for Ladies

How does recession affect us ladies?

To find out how to recession-proof yourself, join me in the special talk for ladies. Please see the attached brochure below. If you like to attend, do drop me a message so I could register you for free admission.




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Online Pre-Counselling For Ladies

Sometimes various issues control our lives and we find it hard to cope. Online counselling can give us the opportunity to share with someone who can listen and help us stay positive to find a way to deal with such issues in the best possible way in the privacy of our home.

From my own experiences as an Online Pre-counsellor, there seems to be a rise in the number of cases. As such TWOS will start an free Online Pre-Counselling Chatline at this TWOS blog soon. Hopefully it will be ready by end of this month.

We are recruiting volunteers who have the followings attributes:

• Matured female
  
• Min. age 21 years old (those below 21 will be considered for befriending service only)
  
• Have a heart to help other girls or women
• Patient and empathetic
  
• Good listening skill
• Able to stay online at least 4 hours a week
• Able to attend monthly volunteers meeting
• Know how to use MSN chat or other chat application
  

For those who are keen to volunteer in this service, please let me know. Briefing and training will be provided.

Update on TWOS Family Hi-Tea Relaxing Treat

Thank God for the enjoyable and relaxing treat for ourselves and our families at Comfort Place (Paragon) on 8 Dec 08. It was a good time of catching up with old friends and members we don't have much time to fellowship with (though we do see each other in church on Sundays).

With the downturn of the economy and a strong comment by someone that it wasn't sensible to have such 'enjoyment' I was somewhat discouraged at first. But I was glad that there were 14 of us on that day.

I really hope that more ladies will come forward to help us plan and organize events like this (once or twice a year) for 2009. Kindly contact me if you are keen to help.


Wishing everybody here a blessed and bright 2009.

Special Sponsored TWOS Treat on 8 December 2008

Dear Ladies,

Time flies and Christmas is just around the corner. However, in my busyness, maybe not just me, I was not able to feel the atmosphere of Christmas. What a pity... I need to de-stress.

TWOS sisters have been thinking of what to do for the month of December, and a proposal came along from one of our TWOS members as follow.

A very special invitation to all TWOS Fellowship ladies and their family members (above 18 years old) for a time of relaxation at a very special sponsored price.

Date: 8 December 08, Mon (Public Holiday)
Location: Helioasia, Orchard Paragon

Lunch Time: 2 pm to 5 pm

Rate:
Hi Tea: $8 per person

Optional Relaxing Massage* or Foot Reflexologhy*: $38^ for 45 minutes or $25^^ for 30 minutes each (usually above $100 per session)

*Massage guests can enjoy complimentary use of the spa facilities (hot therapy pool, steam and sauna baths)

^ Choice of Aromatic, Swedish, Royal Thai, Tui na, foot reflexology

^^ Back massage, neck and shoulder

Those of you who are interested, please contact Betty or email to jointwos@gmail.com asap by 6 December 08 (Sat) to confirm your booking.

See you there! :)