Her name is Zhang Xiaoou. She serves her fellow students and community with love and passion. However, on 4th March, 2009, her life took a fatal turn. She was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), a life-threatening disease that will post a staggering SGD 400,000 medical bill to her middle-income family (Xiaoou's mother is unemployed. Her father is a normal worker with average income of SGD 400 per month). Her current insurance can only help her pay SGD 30,000.

To everyone who is reading this article, SHE NEEDS YOUR HELP! She might be your friend, your friend's friend, or even someone you have never heard of or met, but your generosity and kindness could save a girl's life and her dream!

Xiaoou is a smart and diligent final year student from National University of Singapore with excellent academic results. During her four years of study, she has been placed several times on the Dean's List which is awarded to the top 5% students only. Last year, she won the NUS Student Exchange Award and became an NUS Ambassador to the University of California, United States, and obtained an impressive result (GPA 3.94 out of 4) during her half-a-year stay there.  Xiaoou is also an active leader and participant in various school and social activities. She was the Vice Chairperson of NUS Student Union Welfare Committee and volunteered as a teaching assistant for community service project -“GIVE”.   

In less than 2 months' time, she will be graduating from the university with a First Class Honor Degree. A brilliant girl with a bright future, she is about to embark on a brand new journey of her life. However, the chance for a bright future was denied 3 days ago, bitterly, with a diagnosis result from National University Hospital that confirmed she is suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia is a disease that causes the bone marrow to malfunction and rapidly spreads cancerous white blood cells throughout the body, potentially causing cancer where they settle. The patient is extremely vulnerable to the slightest illness, leading to an excruciating and agonizing death.

To her family, she is a filial daughter whose achievements have made her parents proud. She struggled so much to inform them this tragic news. To her friends, she is a lively and amiable person who always willing to offer her kind help whenever there is a need. To us who have been accompanying her in the past several days, she is probably the bravest and most positive girl we have ever seen.

To YOU, the readers of this article, please help us to save her life and dream! Your every bit of kindness will help this young lady go a long way. We greatly appreciate your help. Thank you very much!

她叫张晓鸥。她是中国留学生中最出色的同学之一。她是新加坡国立大学四年级的学生。她聪明，勤奋，成绩优异。在四年的大学生涯中，她是Dean's List (国立大学每个系最优秀的5％的学生名单)上面的常客。在她去年作为交换生在美国加州大学读书期间，她不仅再一次取得了优异的成绩（学期平均分3.94，满分4.0），还被授予新加坡国立大学交换生奖学金以及国立大学学生大使的殊荣。在学习之外，小鸥同学积极参加各项学校活动和社会活动。国立大学学生联盟后勤部副主席还有志愿者社区服务项目“GIVE”中助教的职务将她培养成为一名优秀的具有团队合作精神的学生领袖。

    仅在两个月之后，她就将以全四年平均分4.7，满分5.0的优异成绩，取得国立大学一等荣誉学士学位。她是我们身边唯一进入波士顿第一咨询公司终面的人。她是多么渴望快些踏上征程而去追逐自己梦想。可是谁又能想到就在这梦想愈发清晰的边缘，这一切都在国立大学附属医院一纸急性淋巴性白血病确诊通知书前面，瞬间崩塌了。40万新币的医药费对于她工薪阶层的家庭来说，是个天文数字（她妈妈下岗多年，爸爸是月收入约2000元人民币的普通职工）。

    急性淋巴性白血病是一种恶性血液疾病。特征为原始和幼稚淋巴细胞明显增生，比例增高，失去正常的增殖、分化及成熟能力，无控制的持续增殖，形成大量非成熟白细胞，逐步取代骨髓并经血液侵润至全身组织及器官。其最显著特点是病情进展迅速。而小鸥也在病情恶化的同时饱受病痛的折磨。

    对家人而言，小鸥是一个孝顺，懂事，让她的父母引以为傲的好孩子，甚至在得知自己罹患重症的那瞬间，她更是宁愿选择独自面对也不想让父母为她揪心焦虑。对认识她的人来说，她热心，体贴，总是愿意为朋友提供一切可能的帮助。对于我们这些几天来一直在她身边与她承受一切的朋友来说，她的坚强与勇敢时时刻刻鼓励的我们要积极乐观的面对生命面对病痛面对接下来即将发生的一切。

    所有正在阅读这篇文章的朋友们，小鸥需要您的帮助！虽然小鸥不幸的被白血病折磨着，可是她很幸运的有我们，有你们，有大家，有千千万万善良而热心的人们愿意帮助她和支持她。请伸出你们的援助之手来一起挽救她的生命，和她一起与病魔抗争，与她顽强的意志一起创造她美丽的未来！ 

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