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Denise, who often 'nags' her friends not to drink and drive, gets her passion for this cause from her older sister, 'the guardian angel of (her) family'.
Describing how her sister would not drink so that she could drive everyone home after a party, Denise said: 'She gets so angry when she hears of accidents in which drink drivers were involved.'
Denise has also seen some friends get into accidents because of drink driving, 'and it is not pretty'.
One friend was in a near-fatal accident.
That is why, till 19 Dec, Denise and the angels will be ambushing patrons at clubs and passing them T-shirts, baseball caps and leaflets with tips and numbers of taxi companies to remind them not to drink and drive.
Besides using this arsenal of freebies, student Patience Seow, 21, hopes to win people over with her patience.
She said: 'We have to be patient and explain the message, as some clubbers may tease us.'
Fellow angel Gary Teh, 26, added: 'We will win them over with our personality, charm and sincerity.'
Mr Teh, a computer programmer, believes so much in the cause that he does not mind running into friends in clubs who might make fun of him.
He said: 'I feel it is more important for my friends to get home in one piece.'
This article was first published in The New Paper on Nov 8, 2008.

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