In 2009, Singaporean Adeline Tok survived a Bangkok nightclub fire but it left her with severe burns across 40% of her body. Since then, she has rebuilt her life.
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00:51 It was just shortly after midnight
00:55 that we entered the new year.
00:58 So everyone was very happy.
01:01 And suddenly, we noticed that on top of the stage,
01:04 there's a small fire.
01:05 And in a very short time, the fire just
01:09 get bigger and bigger.
01:11 And the fire is getting really close to us.
01:14 When I saw the fire for that few seconds,
01:17 I was really lost and frightened and not sure what to do.
01:27 So one of my friends, Zijiong, actually pulled me and ran.
01:33 The one thing that was on my mind was my five-year-old son.
01:36 I prayed to God that I need to be alive,
01:38 because he's too young to lose me.
01:42 When I woke up in the Bangkok hospital,
01:45 I did not feel any pain.
01:47 In fact, I was very happy, because I
01:50 know God has granted my wish.
01:54 I am alive.
01:56 It was later on that I found out that actually my burns are
01:59 very deep and the nerve dead.
02:03 That's why I don't feel the pain.
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02:08 So the first pain that I experienced in Singapore
02:14 is when the nurses tried to remove the dressing
02:18 from all my open wounds.
02:21 One of the most painful experiences
02:23 that I had to go through is doing skin grafts.
02:26 They have to harvest skin from the good donor's side
02:29 to the recipient's side.
02:31 So you will actually feel pain on both sides of your body.
02:36 The most difficult part of this journey is, I would say,
02:40 the emotional portion.
02:43 Because physical wounds can heal,
02:47 but the emotional side is something
02:49 that you have to handle yourself.
02:53 As you might want certain things to be back like normal,
02:57 and yet you know it's impossible,
03:00 it's going to be a very long journey.
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03:05 I would say that there's two things that actually keep me
03:11 going through this whole journey.
03:15 Firstly, of course, is my son.
03:17 It really motivates me to be normal again for him.
03:22 And also, I think it's my character
03:26 that I wouldn't allow myself to be in--
03:30 to delve in that state.
03:32 I know that I can be better, but just
03:35 that I need to persist on.
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03:45 What made me join the Burn Support Group is, initially,
03:50 I was just receiving the help.
03:53 Find that it's time that I contribute my part as well.
04:00 By joining the support group, I hope
04:02 that by sharing with them my experience,
04:05 their journey can be less uncertainty
04:08 and know what to expect in each state of their treatment.
04:15 There's one question that I keep asking myself in this journey
04:19 is, when can I stop all the treatments
04:22 and be normal again?
04:25 I told myself that I would definitely be there one day.
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