Elizabeth Choy, a war heroine of Singapore, has been remembered as one of the heroes who had aided Singapore during the Japanese occupation and is a war heroine who I respect and idolise the most. Born in malaysia, she came to Singapore in search of a higher education and enrolled into a school with her aunt. There, she excelled in her studies and recieved a prize for being the most outstanding in studies as well as character. After a few years, she graduated, and instead of pursuing further education, she decided to provide for her younger siblings by teaching. after teaching in St Magarets for years, she was invited to St Andrews to teach aand she accepted. Later on, she married Mr Choy. They were living in bliss but when the japanese occupation arrived, Mr and Mrs Choy found themselves unemployed. However, they were encouraged by friends to work in a hospital as canteen stall owners to provide essentials to citizens but as the hospital slowly turned into a trading ground for the anti-japanese, the couple were suspected of aiding the anti-japanese and were thus detained. There Mr and Mrs Choy were seperated: Mr Choy was detained and later on Mrs Choy was also detained and loked up in a prison four to three metres large with twenty other men and was provided with very little food and water. At the prison she was totured horribly, the worse being electrocuted in front of her husband but she perserveared through all ordeals and after the japanese occupation, she was treated as a war heroine but due to her torture, she developed a phobia of electricty and avoided using it at all costs. After the japanese occupation, she became a politician and after retiring from politics, she became the principal of the School for the blind and eventually retired. Unfortunately, she was later on diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. However, before passing away she said that she only wanted to be remembered as a lover of peace, no more. This is the summary of Elizibeth Choy's meaningful life and thus I idolise her.
