The man you see above is Dr. Tan Lai Yong - a notable, respectable and famous Singaporean doctor best known for his work for the villagers in Yunnan. It is he who inspired me to want to be a doctor (still inspires), and having a personal talk with him today just fulfilled one of them "meet-and-greet sessions with your hero" thingamajigums. Despite having done so much, the man remains ever so humble and down-to-earth, and that is one of the many reasons why i look up to him as someone i'd like to follow.
Other than discussing with him some of the post-IB plans that i have in mind, i spent some four hours in Geylang eating with foreign labourers (some of whom got injured in accidents and are currently jobless), walking around the Red-light districts and observing the lives of the people who live there. From the illegal cigarettes, the small (illegal) dormitories (one room flats housing ten or more workers), the fake Viagra, the transvestite man chicks to the neon lights, the experience was more than a little humbling.
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