"𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧?"
"𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧?" I often get asked this question, and though my answer may vary depending on the context, considerations, conditions, consequences, and circumstance, most of the time, my answer revolves around this thinking: 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯? This is particularly so in the context of the Singapore Management University Pegasus Overseas Grant which I'm fundraising for. The target was $50,000. With $50,000, the endowment grant will be able to generate $2,666 each year, every year, to enable one financially challenged SMU student to benefit from an overseas exchange programme in the region. Thanks to so many big-hearted family, friends and associates, we've reached $50,000 on 27 January 2025, 10 days from the launch. But I soon learnt that wit...