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WatchFor young adults with cancer, battling an ‘old person’s disease’ is a lonely journey
Ms Faridah Ahmad was barely 18 when her world fell apart after being diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects the body’s germ-fighting immune system, in 2014. Devastated, she actively sought help from counsellors, psychiatrists, social workers, and support groups to guide her through a particularly difficult time, but found that no one could truly understand what she was going through. Read more here. Video: Nuria Ling/TODAY
Alex Albon trains for the Singapore Grand Prix
How does Formula One driver Alex Albon prepare for the Singapore Grand Prix? We speak with the 27-year-old Williams Racing driver and his performance coach to learn how Albon readies himself for the heat in the Singapore GP circuit. Video: Lim Li Ting/TODAY
Doing right by left-handers, stroke by stroke
August 13 is International Left-Handers Day, which celebrates the uniqueness of being a left-handed person in a predominantly right-handed world, and to raise awareness on issues concerning this community. In learning Chinese calligraphy, for instance, it’s tough for left-handers to find a teacher skilled in this approach. Video: Ooi Boon Keong/TODAY
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Little musician with big dreams
She may be one of Singapore’s youngest buskers, but Lyla Ng has big aspirations when it comes to music. The 10-year-old, who plays piano, guitar and drums, recently shared the stage with popular Taiwanese Singer Wakin Chau and has also jammed with Guns N’ Roses drummer Frank Ferrer. She started playing the piano when she was just five years old and recently produced her own song, ‘Dreams Can Come True’. Video: Ili Nadhirah Mansor/TODAY
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