Touched
Recently watched Project Superstar, and I was touched by Kelvin's voice in his singing. Every time he sings on TV screen, very often, my eyes well with tears. Not because I am a soft-hearted person, but I think it is he full heartedly singing and his feeling that injected into his songs that move me.
There were many discussions and criticisms on the press as well as on radio, for question him as a visually disabled, the suitability to a Superstar. I did not bother about all this. To me, he is a stranger to me, up till today, I have not met him nor do I have the intention to know him personally. But inside me, he is really great. For everything I listen to his songs again, I am still moved as if the first time I heard him.
I started to think about his young life, and able to imagine how he had struggled through darkness and formed up his own world of our sighted reality. He openly mentioned that he accept his condition, and bravely face his life with pride. For this, I salute him with my highest respect.
Life is all about dignity, about pride, about dreams, about passion, about love, about....
Kelvin Tan we Lian has all these with him. One of his dream is to have his own concert, he had it on 1st September 2005. He would like to have his own album, he has it too. All his achievement are related to his focused strategy, his determination and his persistence. These days, how many of us still process these qualities? He is only 24! He really set a very good example for our youngsters to look up to.
Kelvin we Lian is not only a visually disabled singer, he is also a unique Singapore moral icon!
