About Me

I am born in the year 1980, in what the Chinese believes is the year of the Monkey. Just like the animal itself, I am very mischievous. What makes it worse is that I'm also an Arien, people who are generally cheeky and naughty, but with a good heart. Generally, I am all of that. I am also very bold and sometimes too daring.

Whenever possible, I try to offer help. However I strongly disagree with monetary help. I've seen people without hands who can earn a decent living, the blind who can support themselves. Even old grannies working away to make a living. That is why I hardly (alright, sometimes the softer side of me kicks in and I donate, only a little) donate any money to beggars.

That said, I am very generous in many other ways. I am a regular blood donor. I believe that you could never buy such things even if you had all the money in the world. Blood is so vital to a dying person. Did you know that one person's donation may be able to save two lives? Yeah, that's if you donate 450cc of blood.

My Mum died when I was only 8. She succumbed to cancer of the stomach when she was only 39. Since then, I have always hated cancer. It is my number one enemy. Many years later, my grandmother too died of cancer – of the lungs. It's weird how she has never smoked a cigarette in her life!

I have always been around people with cancer therefore I would say that I am “experience” in the sense that I am no stranger to what it is. How someone actually feels with cancer, that – I will never know. However, I would do and help all I can to overcome and hopefully wipe out this darned disease.

There's an organization in Singapore called the Children's Cancer Foundation. They are here to help children with cancer and their families cope with the burden of the damned disease. They are an independent non-profit organization. As I had mentioned earlier, I would not donate money. I would, however – sacrifice my hair.

The Children's Cancer Foundation holds an annual Hair For Hope program. Through this program, members of the public are invited to shave their heads. Through this symbolic gesture, they aim to:

• Tell every child with cancer and their their families that they are not alone in the fight

• To lend moral support to all children with cancer, and to let them know that there is nothing wrong with being bald

• Help raise funds for Children’s Cancer Foundation through monetary pledges, to aid the Foundation in improving the quality of lives of our children and their families.

• Create awareness of childhood cancer in SingaporeI want to do it.

I want to help these children. I don't know if my actions will mean much to them but if it does, it is worth the sacrifice. After all, my hair will grow back in due time, wouldn't it?