Newspaper Article

LA class: Reflection on a newspaper article.
Date:27/2/2009 (Friday-as on newspaper)
I think that Miss Oh, a victim of cerebral palsy, is very resilient in whatever she does, and since cerebral palsy is a brain disorder, can scale Mount Kinabalu. But after she scaled the second highest mountain in South East Asia, she even wrote a book about her life experiences! Wonderful, isn't it? Well, her book is called Scaling Walls which in my opinion means to climb out of your difficulties and into the sunshine at the top of it, where you feel your triumphant from there. The many difficulties Miss Oh had to overcome are: her parents are not well off, and her impaired sister. She had to live under bad conditions of her home, and had to take care of her sister. The good thing is she is resilient and has the determination to do her 'chores'. She has motely friends, which means that they look like they are not supposed or unlikely to be together, but there they are for her. That shows and tells us that we must always stand up for our friends and not dump them one side if they have any disorder. And we must also have the determination and have the correct mindset in doing anything, so that not only can we complete the task, but also benefit from it. Perserverance is another key point that we can learn from Miss Oh. She perserveres in her taking care of her sister and parents and not grumble about it. That show she is a filial child. She perserveres in climbing Mount Kinabalu, despite the many odds she had to face, such as her own disorder. She is a charitable person, and not stingy, as she donates some of her money earned from writing her book to a charity with children with cerebral palsy or any other kinds of disorder.
You can read her book in Jurong Regional Library, and it will be available there, since Saturday,28/2/2009. Her book is truly an inspiring one, as commented by a student in The Straits Times.
*Article extracted from The Straits Times