i should have posted this a long time ago :(

RGS is raising funds to help a cancer-stricken ex-student Joan Chan Shu Fang (RGS 2002/RJC 2004) who was a Peer Support Leader and 1st sergeant in NCC and captain of the RJC softball team.

In 2005, Shu Fang was diagnosed with tongue cancer Stage 4 and as a result, gave up her place to study Architecture in NUS. She underwent surgery, after which she was treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. During a second operation on her shoulder, it was discovered that Shu Fang was suffering from skin cancer as well. Unfortunately, chemotherapy has not worked and her situation has deteriorated. She has less than a year to live if treatment with a trial drug Iressa, fails. Iressa has shown to kill off some of the cancer cells but results are still inconclusive. The cost of Iressa is S$110.30 per tablet and she requires 2 tablets a day due to her worsening condition, bringing the total medical bill to a hefty S$6000 a month. This is a great financial burden to her family as her mother has had to quit her job to look after Shu Fang. Her father, a taxi driver, too has had to limit his working hours per day to watch over her in case of an emergency. RGS hopes to raise an amount of $36,000 to cover Shu Fang's medical bills & treatment for 6 months.

If you feel moved to help give Shu Fang a shot at life, please issue your cheque to "RGS" and write "Chan Shu Fang Fund" at the back of the cheque, together with your name & contact address/e-mail. You can mail the cheque to RGS at 20 Anderson Road, Singapore 259978, by 17 April 2006. Thank you.

(it's past the deadline but i'm sure you can still send in donations!)
my sister in oxford got this email and some of her friends thought it might be a hoax. IT"S NOT!

anyway it's been good catching up with a ton of people the past week: 403 (i don't like it when we call ourselves funkyfishes. it just sounds.... weird :D) sarah lee (finally) sunxing! unfortunately i won't be able to meet her when i go to canada cos toronto is too far from montreal :(

yesterday i got immensely stressed out when i was waiting for my dad to go home. was working on my personal statement and it just wasn't flowing! i really got super annoyed and angry at myself :( the worst part was i ended up spending abt 4hours alone in my cold office thinking about how i'm so stupid that i can't even put my thoughts and feelings into coherent sentences. also got a bit overwhelmed by the fact that most doctors i meet think medicine is a shitty career choice. it is highly highly discouraging. but i still think it's the way to go. anyway guess what time i left the hospital??? NINE! at first my dad told me 7pm can go home already. then i paged him and the nurse called back to say he was still in OT :( anyway at 9pm i was tired, hungry (i finished my week's supply of food. partly cos erin ate some) and upset. but i couldn't be mad at my dad cos he just spent his entire day helping ppl. and he was very happy cos the cases went well. sigh.
so i finished my essay last night. it looks terrible but i don't want to have to edit it anymore. working on the resume now. i think i can just fit it into a page. argh and i still have to pack!