About the author Million is an educator with two decades of experience, having managed educational program at more than 400 kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in Singapore and China, with close to a million students who have benefited from program she has created or implemented. Million graduated from the National University of Singapore. She has two music diplomas from the Trinity College of London and a second Dan black belt in Karate. She was the only female Singaporean karate representative at the 1987 South East Asian games. She was awarded a silver for the Shankar International art competition in 1983 and was also an ESSO University scholar in 1988. She was the only person in Singapore to be double promoted at school in 1977. Million is the elder of 2 daughters by primary school teachers, Hood Inn and Siok Cheng. Million has a daughter and two sons. Tansy is a lawyer in Singapore, Tiernan is studying psychology at James Cook University and Tierney at the University of Cambridge. All three are strong swimmers, proficient in music and have black belts in Taekwondo.
