A true Champion----Joan Chan

Perfect World

In a perfect world,
there will be peace and harmony amongst all.
In a perfect world,
there will be no lies and deceit between all.
In a perfect world,
there will be no more mortal pain and sufferings experienced by all.
In a perfect world,
there will be no tearful farewells but only happy memories as remembered by all.


Sometimes life deals one so many trials and tribulations that just forces one to just throw in the towel and give up....giving in to pain, fear or even temptations. Yet amidst all these chaos...there lies a glimmering beam of white light amidst the sheer bleakness descended upon us...a champion amidst the laymen to inspire and display the true spirit of courage and hard as nails grit. Whenever one weakens and are on the verge of giving up...one only need to look up to these champions of life to remind us that all is not lost... no matter how impossible or how uphill the fight may seem. The war is not lost by losing a battle...rather it is lost only if one chooses to.

The article that featured a former RJC girl, Joan Chan, on her brave battle with tongue cancer truly touched me deeply. Despite the pain and the harrowing thought of having only months at most to live, her will to live never did flickered. She refused to succrumb to her condition and though it had weakened her quite considerably, she continued to press on and challenged it head on, never did wavering from her firm beliefs. Though I had never met her, I firmly admired her courage and undying will to live...
May God bless her as well as to those around her...may their pains be eased and fears allayed.


Though we may be strangers...I sincerely hope she will get well again.