Amanda won first prize in a writing competition

Amanda won the first prize in a writing competition organised by SAVH, under the junior category. Her prize was $500 worth of Fairprice shopping vouchers. Before the judges announced the winners, we had a chance to hear the audio clip of the stories. They were all very good. I think Amanda did expect to win the competition at all. In fact, she didn't know what story to write about and manage to submit her entry just in time before the closing date.

Amanda's story was called "My Grandpa", based on grandpa's true story. I guess the judges were touched by the story of how grandpa almost died in the war but survived, and went on to save other people's lives by being a blood donor.

I was filled with so much pride when Amanda went up to receive her prize.

The family is very proud of Amanda, especially grandpa.