You're never too old to enjoy life to the fullest

Mr Artin Elmayan practises with a tennis ball in Buenos Aires on Sept 13, 2012. Mr Elmayan, who emigrated to Argentina from Europe when it was on the verge of war in 1938 at the age of 21, said he took up tennis as a hobby and has never looked back. Now, aged 95, he is the world's oldest-ranked player. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

People exercise with wooden dumbbells during a health promotion event to mark Japan's Respect for the Aged Day at a temple in Tokyo on Sept 17, 2012. The population of Japan is expected to fall by 30 per cent to less than 90 million by 2060, with two out of every five people being 65 or older, a government agency survey showed in January. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A contestant dances next to relatives and friends during a beauty contest for elderly women, in honour of Mother's Day, in Sao Paulo on May 10, 2012. The event was held to promote greater self-esteem among senior citizens, according to organiser Nilton Guedes. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Buranovskiye Babushki of Russia perform their song Party For Everybody during a rehearsal for the finals of the Eurovison Song Contest in Baku, on May 21, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

British DJ Ruth Flowers, 69, mixes music at a recording studio in Paris on March 3, 2010. Ms Flowers, a British grandmother turned disc jockey, is conquering French night clubs and festivals with her mix of old-school hits, electro beats and bling-bling style, and she is working on a single, due to be released this spring. -- PHOTO: REUTERS 

DJ Wika Szmyt plays music at a club in Warsaw on Jan 4, 2012. Ms Szmyt, 73, spends her retirement days behind a DJ console watching people dance to her rhythms. She plays disco, rumba or samba for a mostly elderly audience because she feels she is giving them a new take at life. DJ Wika plays in a Warsaw club three days a week but has also been involved in other musical projects, including parties where she plays for a younger and more demanding audience. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Mr Octavio Orduno, 103, goes for his daily cycle in Long Beach, California on March 23, 2011. Mr Orduno has been riding for 96 years. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Pensioners kiss as they take part in El beso mas largo contest (the longest kiss) during Expo Jubliados International Senior in Torremolinos, southern Spain on Feb 24, 2011. Fourteen couples competed for a prize of 1,000 euros (S$1,600). The contestants have to be a minimum of 60 years old and retired. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A man stretches himself during a morning exercise session at a park in Beijing on June 18, 2009. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Pornographic movie actor Shigeo Tokuda poses during the shooting of his latest film in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, on April 13, 2009. Tokuda is Japan's oldest pornographic movie star and is shooting his latest film in which he portrays a master of sex. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Participants prepare backstage during the 2007 Your Highness Grandmother pageant in Brooklyn, NY, on Oct 20, 2007. Some 15 grandmothers, virtually all drawn from Brooklyn's close-knit Russian immigrant community of Brighton Beach, sang, danced and even vamped across the stage at a local nightspot as they competed for the pageant's top honors of Ms Grandmother and Ms Queen Grandmother 2007. -- PHOTO: REUTERS  

Participants receive flowers during a performance during the 2007 Your Highness Grandmother pageant in Brooklyn, NY, on Oct 20, 2007. Some 15 grandmothers, virtually all drawn from Brooklyn's close-knit Russian immigrant community of Brighton Beach, sang, danced and even vamped across the stage at a local nightspot as they competed for the pageant's top honours of Ms Grandmother and Ms Queen Grandmother 2007. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Ms Mary McCarthy gets her hair done by her godson Elio Garcia at their home in Havana on Aug 10, 2007. At the age of 107, Ms McCarthy is wheelchair-bound, but still dresses up in a satin dress, silk blouse and chiffon scarf, red lipstick colouring her wrinkled face. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Pensioner Paul Lienin aged 100, waits with his rifle before taking part in a shooting competition during the 23rd Swiss town guards festival for veterans (Eidgenoessisches Schuetzenfest fuer Veteranen) in Reidbach near Berne on July 24, 2007. The five-day festival is held every three years for ex-Swiss Army members. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Mr Kimani Maruge attends class at Kapkenduiywo Primary School in Langas, Eldoret, 300km west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, on Oct 6, 2006. The classmates ten times his junior would be hard-pressed to match the enthusiasm of Mr Maruge, 86, a peasant farmer and veteran of Kenyas 1950s anti-colonial Mau Mau revolt who now has the distinction of being the oldest pupil on the planet according to the Guinness Book of World Records. -- PHOTO: REUTERS  

Bodybuilder Ray Moon (centre), who is turning 80 this year, competes in the Victorian Bodybuilding Championships in Melbourne on Sept 14, 2008. Aged almost 80, Mr Moon has overcome polio, open-heart surgery, prostate problems and financial ruin to become an Australian body building champion. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

One-hundred-year old Peggy McAlpine paraglides off a 762m mountain peak in Kyrenia, northern Cyprus on Oct 31, 2007. The self confessed 'daredevil' leaped into record books on Wednesday by paragliding off the mountain peak. The jump was to mark Ms McAlpine's hundredth birthday, which she had celebrated the day before when she received a congratulatory telegram from the Queen. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch goes through yoga poses at her yoga class in Hartsdale, NY on May 14, 2012. At 93 years old, Ms Porchon-Lynch was named the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records. -- PHOTO: REUTERS