9:47 PM

Inspired, touched, motivated... Dr. William Tan is superb, one of the grestest being ever lived i must say.


Imagine a man, half-paralysed from age 2, and because he was poor, he had no money to get himself a wheelchair or a pair of clutches until the age of 16 when the Society for Aid to the Paralysed lent him one. Despite the fact that he was a "kindergarden dropout" and he was an handicapped, Dr William Tan did not give up on life like what most ppl will do. What he did instead was to treat every problem as a challenge to overcome. This mindset eventually help our society groom this "super being", one which almost everyone, but his parents, look down on. After he graduated from RI as one of the top students there, Dr William Tan spent 21 years proving his capability to the world before medical schools finally accepted him, and here he is today, a Harvard, Oxford & NUS grad. In addition to what he had done, perservering thru his life and succeed eventually, Dr William Tan felt that he had not achieve true success yet. He went on to help inspire other ppl and improving their lives thru various mediums. Completing the "Grand Slam" ( Marathon on 7 continents and the North Pole USING A WHEELCHAIR!!!) and raising millions of funds for the needy all over the world, were some of the charitable aid he gave to the society.


How many of u can say u can do what he had done given the same situation? To me, i cannot. I feel that his will-power is astonishing, truly amazing. His ability to accept his disabilities and work on what he has ( his brains and arms are not disabled) is not what many can do. To the many out there, usually they just give up on what they think is difficult. Once met with an obstacle, ppl just stop and find an easy way out. If u guys think the 2.4km run for NAPFA is hard, think about marathon around the world, let alone say on wheelchairs.



Things are not turning out well. But i shall adopt this thinking - treat every problem as a challenge and try to overcome them. "No Journey Too Tough", as Dr William Tan has claimed. =)

sun set or sun rise; up to us to decide

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