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Friday, March 16, 2007

I M POSSIBLE

my life has been eventful and happening
and although i wanted to share my life with you
i'm bit lazy to do so
but i told myself that i'll share with you what happened today
=p

today's da event day for da company i'm working part-time at
truly honoured to be invited and would really like to thank Eric for getting 2 tickets for me and melly to attend

overall
i've enjoyed almost every single moment of da event
except for da fact that my stomach is damn pain because my auntie that visits me monthly chose to visit me today
haa

i had fun
simply because you could feel da energy in everyone
da passion in all of them

and da MC's really funny and cute
heex

i'm just glad that i get da chance to attend this event

impossible
is spelt as I M POSSIBLE
this is what i learnt today
agree

but da one person that touched me most is Dr William Tan
he's truly an inspiring person

contracted polio virus at da age of 2
and he found himself disabled and has to be wheelchaired-bound for da rest of his life
but his family couldn't afford a wheelchair at that time
no clutches
no stretches
he could only spent his childhood days crawling on da floor

however
even in times of difficulties
even when they have countless reasons to complain
they chose to smile
his family believed that da only way to Dr William's success is education
and so they sent him to a kindergarden school

but it wasn't easy for him
da other kids noticed that he's different from them
he couldn't walk
he couldn't run
he needs someone else to carry him in and he would sit on da chair for da rest of da day
so they started bullying him
some more daring ones even went up to pull his ear and hair and then run away
just because he couldn't chase after them
doesn't mean he would not retaliate
he was furious
and so he decided to "fight back"
he became very alert
whenever he sense a hand coming
he would bite them off
eventually
he became a kindergarden drop-out

his family didn't gave up
they continued to enrol him into Selegie Primary School despite of Dr William's bad record
(well Dr William, i have much more bad record than you =p)
and this time
he promised himself he would bite anyone anymore
because he knew this is his only chance

so he decided to proof to others he could do it through academic means
and sure enough he topped his primary school

but being disabled
it means there will be no PE lessons for him
and his teacher told him
"William, you have a very heavy responsibility that is to look after all da bags"
and if you think all disabled couldn't do sport
YOU'RE WRONG

one day
he saw a man on da newspaper that runs compete in his wheelchair
(something lidat i couldn't remember properly)
he immediately took a cab and rushed down to find that man
Dr William borrowed dat man's wheelchair and started to "run" (in it)
and that man saw da raw talent in him

that is how he started his marathon career
now known as da marathon man
and his most recent accomplishment
"raced 10 marathons in 7 continents within 70 days"
truly remarkable!

he may have met with countless obstacles
he may have felt like giving up
but he didn't
he persevered
because he has da right mindset
and he believed I M POSSIBLE

during his speech
i teared several times
i was so touched that i can't contain my tears and i had to use my blotter to wipe it away
(cos i dun have tissue and i dare not ask for one)

and after his speech
da whole hall was touched
(i think.. or almost da whole hall)
and everyone stood up and clapped
for a really long time

i'm not a good story-teller
thus you might not understand da reason why we were touched
well
i only wrote some important things and things that i could remember
if you guys wanna know more
you can purchase his book
if i'm not wrong
da title is "no journey too tough"
i'm going to buy one and i'll share his story again with you

=D

flew into your heart at [9:27:00 PM]

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