I want to thank the person (whom I previously scold Stupid Dumbass). Why I want to thank him? Because he come and apologise to me, I appreciate that alot. At that point of time, I was very angry with him, hence I scold him Stupid Dumbass. Now, I deeply regret for what I have said. So, I also want to apologise to that person. No hard feeling!!!

Today was the Student Council General Election Rally Day. All the nine EXCO nominees gave their speech and Im quite impressed with all of them. Keep it up. Tomorrow will be a very big day. Tomorrow is the Student Council General Election Polling Day. Wish the EXCO nominees all the best for tomorrow.

Oh yar, today Dr. William Tan came to our school. He is a very inspiring speaker. He is very famous in Singapore and in the world. Recently, he just broke a world record by wheel-chairing of a marathon. Lol. He gave us a very motivatiting speech and I also learned about his background. He has a very suffering ife when he was young. However, now, he is a very successful person. He gave us a advice, which is "NEVER GIVE UP!" I will remember that. By the way, here is a little background of him

The man is truly awesome: NUS graduate, neuroscientist, medical doctor, Olympic wheelchair athlete and world records holder. For the last 18 years, Dr William Tan has raised $16 million through his 60 ultra marathons, which included pushing himself in his racing wheelchair through gravel and snow from the North to the South Poles. He was the first man to complete ten marathons in seven continents over 65 days in a wheelchair. On 6 April 2007, he did it again by becoming the first person in the world to accomplish a marathon in the North Pole in a wheelchair over 21 hours and 10 minutes in extreme conditions, including wind chill temperature of minus 25 degrees Celsius. Only six to twelve feet of ice separated him from the 12,000 feet of Arctic Ocean below.

Dr Tan’s life is synonymous with challenges. Polio at the age of two left him paralysed from the waist down. Before the age of 15 when he was introduced to the wheelchair by a paralysed policeman, he had to be carried around, and then learned to walk on crutches and leg braces. Despite his disability and a humble family background, he went on to become a neuroscientist and a medical doctor, winning scholarships to Harvard and Oxford.

Over the years, amongst the many beneficiaries of his grit and guts have been kidney patients (1987), the Universities Endowment Fund (1993), the Professorship in Geriatrics (2000), the Children’s Hospital in Boston (2002), Children with Leukemia, London (2003), the Professorship in Paediatric Oncology at NUS (2005), the “Global Flying Hospital” (2007), Free Wheelchair Mission, California (2007) and Saint George Hospital, Sydney (2007), to name just a few.

Despite winning many awards like the Readers’ Digest Inspiring Asians Award, the Commonwealth Youth Award, the Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award and the Distinguished Alumni Award, Dr Tan remains a humble person, always acknowledging the contributions of his parents, teachers, and alma mater to making him who he is today. Not only does he gives back to the community through his fundraising efforts, he travels all over the world sharing his life story to inspire others to overcome adversity and live life to the fullest. Indeed, as Dr Tan aptly puts it, “There are no dreams that are unattainable for anyone who has the will and determination to redefine what is humanly possible!”


signin off :)