"SINGER Sun Ho's own youthful struggles with depression and self-mutilation is no secret.
But she has never revealed what triggered them.
It was a secret she kept even from her own mother.
Finally, two days ago, at a Taipei press event, she revealed the truth.
Sun (left) said that she was sexually abusety as a child by a man whom she knew. She was only 6.
'I don't remember what he was like...' she told The New Paper from Taipei.
The molest happened at his house when she was there playing with her siblings.
The man asked her to sit on her lap. Afterwards, she felt a 'pain'.Whao liao, uncle pinch Ho for being naughti also cannot meh? Ppl says, spare the rod, spoilts the child..oppsss.. no pun intended.
'I couldn't fully comprehend what had happened, but I knew something was wrong,' she said. U cannot fully comprehend what happened, so what makes u think it happened?
She tried telling her mother it hurt, but had no way to express fully her predicament.
So she kept it in her heart.
But that experience left Sun, now 36, with scars. what? she;s onli 5 years older than me? looks like 45 leh.
As she grew older, and began to understand what happened, she grew angry.
'How could someone I trusted do something like this to me?' she said.
Worse, she started blaming herself. i sense sympathy vote here!!!
Why did she not resist the man, she asked herself.
The teenage Sun spiralled into depression, which worsened into self-mutilation. She would use a razor to cut her own hands, and even lock herself in her room. i also locked myself in the room.to masturbate....... hahahahaha
As a 16-year-old, the only people she confided in were her close group of friends, who were all Christians.
They told her to forgive herself. what else can they say? it;s a textbook phrase for them. And finding religion helped her see the light.
'How could a 6-year-old have protected herself?' she asked.
It was her experience that led her to start a welfare centre at City Harvest Church later and become a counsellor, to help other victims.
She has even forgiven the man. She said she lost touch with him since her family moved when she was 9. excuses!!! if she said that man is still around, i am sure the reporters will dig out the identity of the man. Am sure if that is the case, the man will not exist, cos it;s just all fiction to gain sympathy. CRY WOLF
And her husband, City Harvest Church founder, Kong Hee, was a source of strength. Sooo politically correct. They have a 2-year-old son, Dayan.
'He always tells me, look, what you have gone through has given you the strength to help many people,' she said.
But one fear remained - her mother did not know.
Then, she revealed her story to the Taiwanese press while promoting her new album Embrace. She was hoping her story would help fellow victims.
'My first reaction was, I hope this doesn't go back to Singapore,' she said. if u scared, then dun say. Say already then say scared. what is the logic. It;s like u eat a box of chocolates and then worried that they will become a tub of lard in your body, and yet u continues to eat.
She hadn't kept her mum in the dark because she thought her mum would be ashamed of her.
Then she found out a local Chinese paper was breaking the news yesterday. The paper quoted an inaccurate Taiwanese report that said she had been molested for five years.
As she was unable to get her mum, she called her husband to tell her mum before the news broke. Luckily, he managed to do so. But she was still crushed. i wonder what is she crushed with, maybe it;s her daughter resorting to a publicity stunt like this to promote her new album?
'I never told her because I knew she would have a meltdown - which she did tonight,' she said. Is MELTDOWN the correct word to use to describe such a reaction/feelin? i dunno about u, but i have never heard of MELTDOWN being used in such circumstances.. it;s onli used when a bloody nuclear reactor blows.
She said her mum called her, crying and admonishing herself for being a terrible mother. Sun's voice cracked several times on the phone. She was crying too.
'I want to tell her, it had nothing to do with her. There was nothing she could do. I am a mother now too. I know there is no way you can spend 24/7 with a child,' she said.Why Sun Ho never says, "u are a bad mother, but i forgive u." (textbook phrase)
But she has never revealed what triggered them.
It was a secret she kept even from her own mother.
Finally, two days ago, at a Taipei press event, she revealed the truth.
Sun (left) said that she was sexually abusety as a child by a man whom she knew. She was only 6.
'I don't remember what he was like...' she told The New Paper from Taipei.
The molest happened at his house when she was there playing with her siblings.
The man asked her to sit on her lap. Afterwards, she felt a 'pain'.Whao liao, uncle pinch Ho for being naughti also cannot meh? Ppl says, spare the rod, spoilts the child..oppsss.. no pun intended.
'I couldn't fully comprehend what had happened, but I knew something was wrong,' she said. U cannot fully comprehend what happened, so what makes u think it happened?
She tried telling her mother it hurt, but had no way to express fully her predicament.
So she kept it in her heart.
But that experience left Sun, now 36, with scars. what? she;s onli 5 years older than me? looks like 45 leh.
As she grew older, and began to understand what happened, she grew angry.
'How could someone I trusted do something like this to me?' she said.
Worse, she started blaming herself. i sense sympathy vote here!!!
Why did she not resist the man, she asked herself.
The teenage Sun spiralled into depression, which worsened into self-mutilation. She would use a razor to cut her own hands, and even lock herself in her room. i also locked myself in the room.to masturbate....... hahahahaha
As a 16-year-old, the only people she confided in were her close group of friends, who were all Christians.
They told her to forgive herself. what else can they say? it;s a textbook phrase for them. And finding religion helped her see the light.
'How could a 6-year-old have protected herself?' she asked.
It was her experience that led her to start a welfare centre at City Harvest Church later and become a counsellor, to help other victims.
She has even forgiven the man. She said she lost touch with him since her family moved when she was 9. excuses!!! if she said that man is still around, i am sure the reporters will dig out the identity of the man. Am sure if that is the case, the man will not exist, cos it;s just all fiction to gain sympathy. CRY WOLF
And her husband, City Harvest Church founder, Kong Hee, was a source of strength. Sooo politically correct. They have a 2-year-old son, Dayan.
'He always tells me, look, what you have gone through has given you the strength to help many people,' she said.
But one fear remained - her mother did not know.
Then, she revealed her story to the Taiwanese press while promoting her new album Embrace. She was hoping her story would help fellow victims.
'My first reaction was, I hope this doesn't go back to Singapore,' she said. if u scared, then dun say. Say already then say scared. what is the logic. It;s like u eat a box of chocolates and then worried that they will become a tub of lard in your body, and yet u continues to eat.
She hadn't kept her mum in the dark because she thought her mum would be ashamed of her.
Then she found out a local Chinese paper was breaking the news yesterday. The paper quoted an inaccurate Taiwanese report that said she had been molested for five years.
As she was unable to get her mum, she called her husband to tell her mum before the news broke. Luckily, he managed to do so. But she was still crushed. i wonder what is she crushed with, maybe it;s her daughter resorting to a publicity stunt like this to promote her new album?
'I never told her because I knew she would have a meltdown - which she did tonight,' she said. Is MELTDOWN the correct word to use to describe such a reaction/feelin? i dunno about u, but i have never heard of MELTDOWN being used in such circumstances.. it;s onli used when a bloody nuclear reactor blows.
She said her mum called her, crying and admonishing herself for being a terrible mother. Sun's voice cracked several times on the phone. She was crying too.
'I want to tell her, it had nothing to do with her. There was nothing she could do. I am a mother now too. I know there is no way you can spend 24/7 with a child,' she said.Why Sun Ho never says, "u are a bad mother, but i forgive u." (textbook phrase)
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