08.08.06
A Chance Meeting : A Life Changing Experience
I know I have not had much time to write much recently ..
Added here is my post to The Star Citizen Blog today:
I had a very life changing experience eversince I get to know a 20-year-old girl who has a rare disease called Neurofibromatosis Type 2. This rare and incurable genetic disorder causes tumors to grow in her brain, spine and along peripheral nerves. Three major surgeries have passed since the diagnosis four years ago, but many tumors in her body still needs to be removed. The tumors damage randoms nerves as they grow.
I decided to meet up with her in person last Saturday. And my perception of life has never been the same eversince! Despite the fact that some of the tumors have made her deaf on both ears, she has no self-pity. She is humble, but yet confident. She made me realise that life could be so difficult for some of us, but she won’t spend her days complaining about what she is missing out as a 20-year old girl.
Having just spent about 30 minutes with her, communicated with her by typing on her laptop as she couldn’t hear my voice, I was truly inspired. That day, I never look at my life the same way as I used to be. I stopped complaining about all the trivial things about my life. I am so lucky compared to her, but I am so much weaker than her! I am much older than her, but she is much more matured that me.
My new-found friend, Yvonne Foong, with the help of her friends and family members, is organizing a fundraising rock concert for her surgery to remove a tumor in her brain. The concert, dubbed ROCK4HOPE, will see rock bands “A Day at The Zoo” and the acclaimed “Deja Voodoo Spells” performs songs from their respective albums at the multi-purpose hall of Sunway University College on 9th September 2006, 7.30pm onwards. More information is available at www.yvonnefoong.com/rock4hope.
Quoting Yvonne, “The more people supporting the concert, the sooner I can go for the surgery”.
Thank you, Yvonne for being such an inspiration to me. And I sincerely hope that you will be able to hear again soon!
08.07.06
ROCK4HOPE : Come enjoy the ROCK music and give her HOPE for a better life!
ROCK4HOPE is a charity concert organized to raise funds for the surgery of 20-year-old 2005 Dream Malaysia Awards winner, Yvonne Foong, to remove a tumor in the brain.
The Mass Communication student of Life College was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis Type 2, a rare and incurable genetic disorder which causes tumors to grow in her brain, spine and along peripheral nerves. Three major surgeries have passed since the diagnosis four years ago, but many tumors in Yvonne’s body still needs to be removed. The tumors damage randoms nerves as they grow.
Yvonne, who spends her time studying and writing freelance articles for local dailies, is currently in need of funds to remove a brain tumor called Acoustic Neuroma that had made her deaf in both ears. The avid classical singer and pianist she was once, is now living in a world of silence.
You can make a difference to the life of this plucky young adult, by giving her the hope of hearing again. Besides removing the tumor, the amount raised will be used to purchase an Auditory Brainstem Implant, the only hearing aid in the world suitable for her condition due to the adsence of hearing nerves to the brain.
Yvonne invites you to the concert that helps provide her a better quality of life.
Theme: ROCK4HOPE
DATE: 9th September 2006
Performing Artists: Deja Voodoo Spells and A Day At The Zoo
Venue: Sunway University College, Multi-Purpose Hall
Time: 7:30pm onwards
Ticket Price: RM20 only
For more info, please visit www.yvonnefoong.com/rock4hope
Tickets are now on sale at the following locations:
- Fantasia Music Studio 32-B, Jln 20/16A, Paramount Garden, Section 20, 46300 PJ. Tel: 03-78738991
- Jaq’s and Jan’s (next to Victoria Station or Jake’s Charbroil steak house) very near Bangsar Shopping Center.
- Attributes No. 8 Jln SS 13/6, 47500 Subang Jaya.
- Canaanland (PJ Branch) F14, (First Floor), Centrepoint,Lebuh Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya. Tel : 03 – 77260461
- Canaanland (KL Branch) 8th Floor, Menara TA One, 22, Jalan P. Ramlee, 50250 Kuala Lumpur (Opposite Petronas Twin Towers/KLCC). Tel :03 21662601/2
- Canaanland (Damansara Perdana branch) Unit 2-15, Perdana The Place, No. 1,Jln PJU 8/5D, Bandar Damasara Perdana, 47820 Petaling Jaya. Tel: 03-77264233
- AYA Cafe No. 34B, Jalan SS 15/8, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor (Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9.30am – 5.30pm). Tel: 03-56378737, 603-5637 473
