Khairy, JinnyBoy, Lisa Surihani And Other Malaysians Do The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has hit Malaysian shores.
By Darian Goh — 21 Aug 2014, 12:18 PM — Updated over 9 years ago
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a challenge done to raise funds and awareness about the disease. Many have taken up the challenge including celebrities across the globe
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is so "hangat" that it has made its way to Malaysian shores
The ALS ice bucket challenge has truly caught on in Malaysia with Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz the latest to take it up.
thestar.com.mySo much so that Youth and Sports Minister took up the challenge, and nominated his colleagues, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, Datuk Rahman Dahlan and Malaysian squash queen Nicol David
Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz showed that he was a sport, and took the challenge just as a true Malaysian by wearing a sarong
Even radio personalities got in the act. JJ from Red.FM posted the video on Instagram and challenged actresses Lisa Surihani and Daphne Iking
Lisa completed the challenge and encouraged her fans to read up on the disease. She also made a contribution to the organisation.
Daphne Iking got her partner and her family to douse her and challenged a few of her friends while her husband challenged Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife
Supermodel Amber Chia nominated her friends in the industry to further raise awareness about the disease
Malaysian YouTubers such as JinnyBoy were also completing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in a local park
Joseph Germani did the challenge in his house beside his shoe collection and challenged other YouTubers and also DJ Leng Yein
DJ Leng Yein did indeed complete the challenge, and upped the challenge by using three buckets of ice water instead of one
The Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease is a disease that affects the ability to control muscles, causing them to degenerate over time. Notable people suffering from ALS includes Steven Hawking.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.
alsa.orgSo, what exactly is ALS? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a rapidly progressive, fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles. In basic terms, the brain stops sending signals to the muscles, which causes them to waste away.
In Malaysia, ALS has claimed Mokhtar Dahari, a footballer who was widely regarded as one of the best players in Asia in the 1970s.
In Malaysia, ALS has claimed Mokhtar Dahari, a footballer who was widely regarded as one of the best players in Asia in the 1970s.
Image via blogspot.comHe was one of the best players in Asia in the 1970s and is known as the best Malaysian footballer during that time, a legend in Malaysian football. During the 1970s, Mokhtar played for Malaysia and Malaysia became a powerful team and defeated Asian giants such as South Korea and Japan.
After his retirement, he became a player and mainly a coach for Kwong Yik Bank.after his career. Mokhtar began having throat problems and went to the hospital to find out what the problem was. Doctors diagnosed him as having motor neurone disease (MND). His condition was told only to Mokhtar and his wife. Mohktar went to London with his wife in an attempt to cure his condition. After 3 years battling the disease, Mokhtar died at Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) on 11 July 1991. The press reported Mokhtar's suffering from muscular dystrophy and his subsequent death.