Singapore’s Most Colourful Retiree Shares Her 30 years After the Rat Race [Chills 237 ft Yan Ong]
Chills with TFC8 Okt 2025

Singapore’s Most Colourful Retiree Shares Her 30 years After the Rat Race [Chills 237 ft Yan Ong]

What does retirement really look like? For many, it’s slowing down. But for today’s guest, life only started getting more vibrant after she retired.


👉 From leaving a high-pressure corporate career in her 40s...

👉 To experimenting with side hustles and running her own café...

👉 To becoming a senior model and launching a fashion movement with a cause...


She’s proving that retirement doesn’t mean the end of your story – it can be the boldest chapter yet.


✨ Meet Yan Ong, founder of Fashion for Cancer SG, a senior model, entrepreneur, and self-proclaimed “grey influencer” redefining what it means to stay relevant, purposeful, and full of colour in later life.


If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s possible to reinvent yourself, find joy in unexpected places, or just break out of the retirement stereotype — this episode is one you don’t want to miss.



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9 Sep 58min

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