(Attn : Ms Gordon)
Today, on this hour, on this minute, on this particular second, I will be blogging about an article.
"Scaling one peak after another
She has cerebral palsy but has climbed Mt Kinabalu and written a book."
I will be sharing with you about this article. It can be founded in last Friday's(27th February 2009) The Straits Times, although this might be a little "outdated". I was moved and motivated by Miss Oh Siew May, aged 38, and how she overcomes her plight and succeeded in scaling the summit of Mount Kinabalu, East Malaysia, which is the tallest peak of Southeast Asia at 4,095 metres above sea level. Furthermore, she also published a book titled "Scaling Walls" to immense success, , with over 3,000 out of 5,000 copies sold when it was released.
Today, on this hour, on this minute, on this particular second, I will be blogging about an article.
"Scaling one peak after another
She has cerebral palsy but has climbed Mt Kinabalu and written a book."
I will be sharing with you about this article. It can be founded in last Friday's(27th February 2009) The Straits Times, although this might be a little "outdated". I was moved and motivated by Miss Oh Siew May, aged 38, and how she overcomes her plight and succeeded in scaling the summit of Mount Kinabalu, East Malaysia, which is the tallest peak of Southeast Asia at 4,095 metres above sea level. Furthermore, she also published a book titled "Scaling Walls" to immense success, , with over 3,000 out of 5,000 copies sold when it was released.
This is a character-driven narrative as the story mainly relates about Miss Oh. She walks with an awkwardly and have problems with speaking. She was a born victim of cerebral palsy. As a result, she was an easy target for taunts, discrimination, etc. However, Miss Oh makes the decision not to wallow in self-pity, but live and chase dreams instead.
Most unfortunately for her, she is not the only one in her family to suffer from diseases. Various diseases have robbed her of her families and friends. One of her siblings once had a high fever causing the sibling to be mentally impaired. Her father and one of her friends, Lui Ming, who had a great impact on her life, succumbed to colon cancer.
Miss Oh became a victim of recession when she had to be let go as business of her company where she has been working as a clerk has suffered. In order to cope up, she had to have her own pushcart business in a shopping mall, selling knick-knacks. According to her, convincing employees and she is able and to take her in.
But she was not totally drained of luck, she met Lui Ming, who greatly inspired her greatly, died in 2005 at the age of 44. She and her daughter, Aurora encouraged Miss Oh in many different aspects. They even persuaded her to climb Mt Kinabalu and to write the book. Luckily for her, she has other friends who are willing to assist her. They include a motley group who rallied around her when the fate of her book was undecided last year. They pooled a total of $10,000 and formed a publishing company. Scaling Walls was published, thanks to their help.
Miss Oh's objectives of writing this book is to tell everyone that the disabled can be successful and the disabled must never-say-die and continue fighting to achieve their dreams. As a generous person in nature, She had donated some of the money earned by the selling of the books to the needy.
Ms.Oh has been a great inspiration to me. Most of us, I believe, will be motivated by just looking at what she has done. She has overcome more barriers and setbacks compare to others. Besides that, she also has some moral values like resilience and generosity that we should emulate.
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