SINGAPORE –
At the age of seven, gymnast Eileen Chai was the youngest athlete of the 1985 Southeast Asian Games.
At the age of 13, she won the bronze medal in the Southeast Asian Games after years of training. But the constant travel and training competition for her influence.
She seldom is in school, and although she wins medals, she feels uneasy about herself.
“I have been in my own, training, eating and doing my homework, I do not have any friends,” Miss Chai, who feels like a “useless man” said.
When she joined the National University of Singapore, she decided to pick up the violin, and she stopped as a child and focused on gymnastics. She thought it was a way of bringing music back to her life and getting to know more friends.
Now 38, Miss Chai, violin teacher, performer, writer and lecturer, has restored her confidence and used her experience to deal with her insecurity and help other children overcome them.
In 2012 she founded the “Life for Life” company, encouraging people to share their stories and lessons learned through music.
In her second episode of The Heroes Union, she tells her story, an eight-part video series that explores the lives of ordinary Singaporeans who have overcome personal struggles to achieve greater things.
