No Journey too tough

This week had been one with mixed feelings.

To begin with, I spent the National Day holidays with the my mum. Although it was just a "under void deck" sort of thing, it was interesting as I sat there with my mum who was deeply engrossed in her ice cream that I treated. We spent many hours reminiscing the past, from her childhood memories, to her dream, to the present.

It's only moments like this that can actually changes my Life.

Then, the O' level MT examination results were released. I'm actually really proud of myself for attaining a C5. I know,C5 still happy ah?

But I guess from an F9-er to a C5 is a really big thing to me. And it would not have been possible without my Chinese teacher. For the first time in my Life, I came across someone so passionate about MT, despite attaining good results for her Mathematics. She told us that the reason why she chose Chinese instead of Maths was because she realized how little MT teachers there were, and how the present generation took little of their second language.

This Chinese Teacher is so special because she never gave up on us, and used different methods, like her "bo liao questions", "Sorry I sabo-ed you", "Guess the word" and her picture animations that she finds online.

She even go to an extend of translating the Chinese words for us in English, and she always has something up her sleeve to entertain us whenever she sees us almost half-dead just from the first period of Chinese.

THANK YOU MISS TOH!

Lastly, this event came as a shocker. I was one of the lucky 11 from the cohort to receive "No Journey Too Tough" (with a personalized message and autograph by the author itself, Dr.William Tan) from my Principal. She mentioned something about "not doing well in term one, but teachers have nominated these people (the 11 of us) because they've seen changes in you".

It was really surprising because everyone, including me, thought it would be Yi Qian.

Anyway, I've not yet started on the book, because I'm afraid it'll be too shiok to put down. I've been wanting to read books badly, and have recently run out of books. I'm afraid that if I finish this book, I'll have nothing to read. And I can't borrow from the Library because my card got stolen and the idiot who found it, used it and never returned the books, now I'm stuck with a $60 fine. So yeah..

Anyway, here's the sypnosis or rather review of the book taken from Youth.sg.

You've read about his amazing feat of finishing 10 marathons in seven continents in 65 days. You've seen him embarking on ultramarathons to raise funds for various charities. You've heard his inspirational talks about achieving peak performance and maximum achievement.

Scientist, medical doctor, accomplished sportsman, world record holder, fund raiser, inspirational speaker and now, author. Dr. William Tan has achieved it all, putting most of us to shame.

With a new book, No Journey Too Tough, the NUS Alumnus hopes to inspire individuals to chase their dreams with courage and persistence.

Documenting his world record attempt of ten marathons across seven continents in 65 days, the 208-page book will also feature his story in overcoming life's challenges resulting from his childhood poliomyelitis and living life to the fullest beyond the wheelchair.

Despite breaking several world records, the Olympic wheelchair athlete another world record in the later part of the year. is not resting on his laurels. The 50-year-old wheelchair marathon champion told this reporter that he will be attempting to shatter

No Journey Too Tough is also accompanied by many high resolution colour photographs and illustrations capturing his journey in life. To order, you can visit www.willpower.com.sg.

Good Night!