‘Stupid’ boy on his way to be a doc

BUTTERWORTH: He was only 13 when he went to work with a noodle seller here to help his family make ends meet.

But the boy who was once called “stupid” never for a moment lost track of his ambition to be a doctor.

Today, seven years after Chin Chi Sheuan started working at Tong Kok Hwa’s noodle stall at Chai Leng Park, he will be flying to Taiwan to enrol at the Chung Shan Medical Uni­versity to fulfil his long-cherished dream.

However, it has not been smooth sailing for Chi Sheuan, who had to deal with the death of a beloved grandfather, a broken home, dividing time between his school and the stall, handling cranky customers and, above all, saving enough money to go to medical school.