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Don’t DIS My ABILITY

“WE NEED YOU TO HELP US. WE CANNOT HELP OURSELVES.” Christina Lau is a woman who used to work as a Prison Guard. After a car accident which left her paralysed from the chest down, Christina has been faced with many challenges in life, including negative approaches towards her because of her disabilities. To her,…

Writer’s Fortnight – Christina Lau

Christina Lau is a woman full of dignity, and proud of how her life has shaped who she has become today. She had gone through many hardships in life, and ongoing ones too. Not being one to give up, she pursued to carry on with normal life. She took up mouth painting, the art of…

Writer’s Fortnight – Mukul Deva

Mukul Deva is a very charismatic man who knows how to conduct an audience well. He talked about how one should structure and plan to write a book, and it was very good. This session has definitely clarified to know what it is like to think like a writer – you have to be extremely…

Writer’s Fortnight – Danny Tan

Danny Tan is a very driven man who believes in living in the moment, and not putting a single moment of one’s life to waste.Going through many nightmares, including his mother’s dementia and his pancreatic cancer, this greater inspires him to treasure everything one has. He believes himself to be rather selfless, about not letting…

Writer’s Fortnight – Marc Nair

This session has broadened my perspective on artists and how difficult their working life is for them, and how they find inspiration and so on. It allowed me to empathise with artists. This session also deepened my thinking as I got to know how the speaker went through what he did to become successful,…

Writer’s Fortnight – Steve Dawson

STEVE DAWSON I just assumed that this session was mainly about the life of the speaker – in this case, Steve Dawson. I was quite mildly surprised when I realised that he was giving us a talk about how to host a proper interview. He is a very charismatic man, but also critical of other…