I’ve just been shortlisted for the AYA Dream Malaysia Awards 2007 in the Most Outstanding Youth category. Check out my profile, which includes a short interview with myself and my mother. I thought they played up the depression/anxiety angle a bit too much, but oh well - it is about overcoming adversity, after all.
To vote, send AYA Y 14 as a text message to 36828. Each text message costs 80 sen and I think you can vote more than once.
The other people shortlisted are:
- Gopinath Nadaraju, who gives free tuition to underprivileged students
- Jasvinder Kaur, who motivates young people to excel in life
- Jessica Mak, who serves the Malaysian deaf community through leadership programs and sign language books
- Kenny Lee Kian Yee, a doctor who mainly serves in rural areas
- Martin Majod Richard, another dedicated doctor that battled mediocrity growing up
- Muhtar bin Suhaili, who was born in poverty but is now an inspiring engineer
- Ruth Yeo Pei Cheen, who coedited a book on business and climate change
- S. Sivam, who battled a death in the family and being the breadwinner at such a young age
- Suzanna Saw San San, organizer of various youth choirs
- Tan Chui Mui, active in the independent film scene
- Teng Poh Si, cofounder and coeditor of Malaysian youth webmag theCICAK
- Tina Yap Li Yan, who had a rough adolescence but found peace through faith
- Vinod Laxmikanth, who survived his parents’ tough divorce and went on to be a doctor
Hmm…looks like a lot of doctors!
Check out their profiles and if you like, vote for them too! You may even win tickets to the Awards Ceremony if you’re lucky!
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