Bright thinker spreads her light

You might think Roslyn Cheong, New Zealand's young designer of the year, would be totally focused on the subject.
Well think again.
The Whangarei Girls' High Year 12 student is also studying art, music, English, maths, biology, chemistry and physics.
She's conscious of how hard students work in her native Singapore - she moved here in 2001 - and finds "stress" just keeps her going.
When she leaves school it'll be a toss up between studying medicine or architecture.
The 16-year-old has just returned from the New Zealand Young Designer Awards in Christchurch where she won top prize for her design of a sleek lighting system.
"I used inspiration from a car and portable items like cellphones and iPods so the youth market would be more attracted to it," she said yesterday, back home near Hukerenui.
She designed the oval-shaped plastic and recycled aluminium light to sit on a table and be suitable for reading or studying by.
Roslyn also won awards for senior lighting, product design, most innovative use of plastic, and an Otago University scholarship. She also received cheques valued at $1600.
Her teachers couldn't be prouder.
WGHS graphics department head Motu Samaeli said Roslyn's win was just reward for an exceptionally talented student.
"This was a truly superlative effort that put her top in the country."
Co-principal Lyn Sneddon said the school was "very, very proud" of Roslyn, an all-round student who excelled in art as much as in maths.
"It shows what you can achieve through hard work and dedication ... A lot of people would be happy to have her marks in just one subject, let alone all of them."
The Young Designer Awards are open to school students from Years 7 to 13.
This year there were 120 finalists from all around New Zealand.