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Friday, October 29, 2004

Unwind

Been studying too much lately, feel like want to 'just get through with it'.

Quite funny, today, our Financial Management tutor asked if anyone of us have been following the stocks news.

Well, I don't even know what in the wide world stock market is! Eventhough I study it in the text, still its very abstact to me. How you expect me to follow the news?

So, have anyone of you been watching the stocks? she asked.

Where got time...watch text book got la. The guy next to me mumbbled to himself.

HAHAHA! That was a good one.

Found this short video clip. Very funny. Just to destress myself, I'm amusing myself with all this. Its a wonder what I can find online.

http://www.StupidVideos.com/?VideoID=635
http://www.StupidVideos.com/?VideoID=464

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

20

Wonder what's the difference being twenty...besides adding a year to 19, i guess there a lot of change going on in my life. Anyway, who says 1 + 1 = 2? We accountants will answer - what number do you want and we'll count it for you. That's what I learn in my accounting class!!! Talk about ethics.

Yeah, things are pretty uncertain now. Exams are next week and it'll be my first exams in a whole new system and environment. Hopefully my results will reflect what I've put in so far. Will remember that grades aren't the end irself. Though it is highly, very highly yearned for here.

Besides celebrating alone, I'll have to learn to deal with the fact that me and my half will no longer be going into the same field. One talk business the other medicine. Clash of frequency! Bo gam liao... Anyway, thank God for the love we share together.

Besides that, I'll have another 5 1/2 years here to go in Singapore. After that, the future is so uncertain. Will I stay on or what? People say, never say never to staying put here. Yikes! Here? For long? Can't imagine me being Singaporean. But never say never. My desire is to serve God in whatever He calls me to do.

And soon, my parents will be leaving overseas. Sigh...home is totally empty. Thought we 3 kids leave hoe sudah cukup teruk...but now parents also going...the place where I so fondly call home is now...sad to say....dunno what to say.

God is certain...one thing I can be sure in the midst of uncertainty is...
For I know the plans I have for you. Jeremiah 29:11

Man!!! Exams are nearing and all I can think of is going back to Melaka.
Yeah, just said goodbye to my parents. They came down to visit me for a few hours and to give me a birthday meal. What more can I ask? At least we still keep our family tradition of having a nice meal on birthdays even tough there were only 3 of us.

Also thank God for my church friends who celebrated my birthday the day earlier. Sang me the birthday song in public where we were having lunch. Can you imagine? A bunch of working adults singging with actions too! Well it brigthened my day.

Monday, October 18, 2004

Change

Studies is kinda taking its toll on me. No joke trying to cover what I've learnt this semester. What more trying out past year questions and extra work. One senior even told me that there's no time to really go thru everything at this last minute. Well, hello! Should have told me earlier...

Anyway, gotta change when there's a change. No more like Form 6 where we study over and over again before D Day. Here is totally different. Each semester is like a whisk. Now you start, then by the time you know it its exams!

Glad my whole family came down for the weekend. Really had a good time together. Away from books and with those whom I love. Its really nice to be united as a family...All the kerenah...nagging from parents. Kinda miss it.

When people all studying, I went shopping. And since there's sales, I think I did quite a huge damage to my wallet. Hehehe...

Ok...study......

Thursday, October 07, 2004

A Visitation

My mum came down to Singapore for a visit...to see me...yeah!
She's trying to spend as much time as possible together with all her children before our family is really seperating. My parents will not be in Malaysia, my bro and sis in KL and me in the south here. Wow! God is really strecthing our family. But no matter the distance, He knows we can take it. Our relationship, has stand the test of time and distance, and hopefully it will continue. My telephone bill is soaring up the sky, man! Every night without fail must call home. If not, feel not complete. Good thing Starhub is having promotion of free IDD calls til end of the year.

Followed mum to a hospital in town to visit a 7 year old boy who is down with brain tumour. It is really an eye opening to see how parents have to go through with a sick child and how much pain they bear. Words can never describe their anguish. Thank God, He carried us through when my brother had the same thing. He is now using my mum to encourage other mothers facing the same situation.

Thank God also for good health everyday.

Well, gotta go. Study....exam less than a month away and I'm still slacking....sigh...

Monday, October 04, 2004

Test! Test and Fashion

Hai...so sad. Today got accounting test. Sigh... so sad lah. Accounts tak balance by a few thousand. Wat the heck man!

Been wasting a lot of my time on the internet now that I have this blogging thing. Since there's connection in my room, getting hooked online is so easy. Better have some self discipline....but on the other hand, its a good place to unwind. Can't be studying all the time right?

Ahhh...one interesting thing, quite funny... My room mate is having an interview tommorow for her IA at Philips. And she's asking me what she should wear. Goodness! All her clothes are...what can I say? And she was having a fashion parade in the room, me being the audience.

Yeah, the fashion here is one of a kind. The engineering students dress very casually, some with just T shirts and bermudas and even slippers. The business student on the other hand dress fashionably. Especially the girls. Tight fitting blouses, short skirts, open here...open there.... I wonder what the guys look at some times. Don't they get distracted? Or are they so used to this kind of dressing? Skimpy I would describe some.

Me leh, just a pair of baggy pants (can't find proper size ;P )and blouse. All the formal blouses I brought here are apparently of no use as I don't wear it. I'll look like a sore thumb. Sticking out quite obviously as nobody, or hardly anybody wears that except for presentation.

So, I'll have to adapt...change my style of dressing. Yes! A new wardwobe!
Yalah tu...

Saturday, October 02, 2004

Material World

Here's some conversation I had with some people here

#1
Hey Sueanne... I'm so happy today!
Why?
Getting my laptop today! Been thinking about it day and night for the past few days. Now I'm gonna get it!

Walau weh! Honestly I've never seen anyone soooo happy about getting something... yeah, may be it's precious to them... This girl, whom I accompanied to collect her laptop gave me a hug because she felt soooo happy, she needed to express it! My gosh, you can imagine how I 'froze'...

#2
Eh.... I can wait for this Saturday!
Why leh?
My uncle coming down.
Oooo... I was thinking that she looked forward to seeing a family (since we are away from home).
And he's bringing my laptop! Cannot wait... finally after all this waiting!

My goodness another case of being overjoyed with a laptop.
What can you expect, we're living in a material world....
Being away from home really taught me how precious a family is. Now I trully value the close relationship I have with my parents and bro and twin... love you guys!
Really, not beats having strong relationships.

#3
We were in our Bible Study and the leader asked us to introduce ourselves since there were some new faces...
So he began... I'm Wai, and besides Jesus, this is my joy (while holding up a picture of his baby boy. So cute!)
The next guy... Hello, I'm Calvin and this is my Bible.... it's my joy.

Everyone burst into laughter man!

"Seriously!"

Yeah, I could see the sincerity when he said it. What a stark contras.
Some times I have to remind myself "What do I delight in?". Its hard to keep our eyes focused on unseen things, those that are eternal.... when we are surrounded by material things, those that can never last nor bring real and lasting joy.