Personal Challenge

Su Goes Bald

  • 07/05/2016 - 15/06/2016

Cheah Su Ming is participating in Jom Botak 2016
and is fundraising for Taylor's University

Join me by supporting Jom Botak 2016!

My Story

About 5 years back, my siblings and I went home for a routine “balik kampong” holiday. Little did I know when I started the trip, how there was nothing routine about the journey this time round. My mom and dad broke the news to us very calmly one morning that he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Something that we dreaded had come true. It  was why he had progressively lost so much weight since my brother’s wedding the year before. 

This  diagnosis changed the life my mom and dad knew forever.  It was as if this public announcement of cancer had drawn a line in the sands of time: the time “before” and “after” making the  diagnosis known to us. The peace and joy that came from doing the everyday things with the one you love was now a thing of the past. My dad had always been an “outdoorsy” kind of guy. He could be counted on to clock in the hours starting with his morning daily walks with my mom at the Taiping Lake Gardens and working on his beloved orchids, flowers and starfruit tree in his garden in the afternoon. 

Needless to say, the “ after” involved uprooting from their comfy home in Taiping to my place in PJ and going for chemo for about a year at UH, followed by dialysis the year after. Those were tough times for my dad and all of us, especially my mom who was the main caregiver. To this day, I salute my dad for his fighting spirit and still keeping as cheerful and smiley  as he could despite how horrible and miserable the “chemo” cocktail made him feel.  My dad taught me, by example, the value of gratitude to those who surround you when times are bad and to be graceful and appreciate life even when the chips are down.

It has been 3 plus years since his passing, we all miss him every day. So, shaving my head is a tribute to my dad. We love you!

So please support this great cause and help me raise funds and give some cheer to cancer patients like my dad! Thank you for your support!
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Recent Donors

  • Kong Beng Yeoh

    MYR 200 06/14/2016 03:29:34 PM UTC

  • Oi chun Chiew

    MYR 50 06/14/2016 03:26:35 PM UTC

  • Kai Sung Foo

    MYR 50 06/14/2016 03:23:37 PM UTC

  • Khoo Boo Taik

    MYR 100 06/07/2016 12:35:54 PM UTC

  • Choong Kwee Kim

    MYR 200 06/07/2016 12:27:28 PM UTC

  • TAN JOO LEE

    A small contribution in honour of your dear father, Su Ming.

    MYR 100 06/06/2016 04:19:34 AM UTC

  • Liew Tien How

    MYR 500 06/04/2016 07:50:34 AM UTC

  • Lim Kah Yee

    MYR 100 06/04/2016 07:40:18 AM UTC

  • LAW HUEY ING

    MYR 100 06/02/2016 10:38:37 AM UTC

  • Uncle Sin Khoon & family

    Gambate, Su ming!

    MYR 100 05/31/2016 03:58:07 PM UTC

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