An interview

Miss Eleanor Yap interview me on Feb 17 and  have it published this articles on South West Community Development Council magazines  for the month March to April page 20 Elder Bridge column. I am glad they are concerned about lives of the seniors citizen.
For 58-year-old housewife Julia Lim, she got interested in photography purely by accident. Her daughter passed her an old digital camera in 2007 and asked her to take pictures since she had time on her hands and it was after the sudden death of her husband. “I started playing around with it but made many errors. No one was able to help me.” Fuelled by her desire to learn more, she took a photo-editing course at RSVP Singapore – The Organisation of Senior Volunteers but felt that wasn't sufficient. “If you take the photo wrongly, you can correct the error through editing but I felt that was not good. I wanted to at least take the photo correctly without the need to edit,” said the mother of two , who enjoys capturing people and flowers. She then went on to take a basic photography course through RSVP's SeniorsView initiative and earlier this year, joined the Photography Interest Group, where they meet monthly to discuss their photos and organise photo-taking sessions.

Lim explained that it is usually during certain festivities when she “goes crazy” snapping her passed-down camera, such as the Singapore Garden Festival or the annual Sentosa Flowers. “When you take nice photos, you feel very satisfied. By doing this, I feel I can leave behind good memories.”