QUOTING calypsonian Mighty Sparrow’s lyrics, “Age is Just a Number,” Curtis Thomas, 84, of Dow Village in South Oropouche on Sunday collected his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from COSTAATT’s Ken Gordon School of Journalism and Mass Communication. “I feel great, having achieved one of my milestones,” Thomas told reporters at the graduation ceremony at the National Academy of the Performing Arts in Port of Spain. “I’m a positive thinker. Age is just a number. I don’t see it as a stumbling block, once you have good health. I look forward to what is possible.” He advised that senior citizens should be persistent, constructive and confident and know what they want in life. “I pray quite a lot.”Thomas said it is important to eat a balanced diet, adding that up to five years ago he used to regularly exercise, having once done athletics at a national level. “I never drank,” he added.(Trinidad Newsday)…[+]