.. New Hair Cut ..

Spot my new hair cut!  Do I look younger?  LOL.....

Hair's been getting a little messy... even when I tied it up, which I usually do, messy strands still hang around everywhere. Which really irritates me! Ha...

So.... wanted to tidy my hair a little, get it nicer for my graduation! Decided to ask my hostel mate Vivian if she is free to help me do some trimming. Vivian learnt hairdressing before when she was in Malaysia, and she is really talented! She trimmed my hair once last year and I liked it!

So last night we had the second hair-trimming session again in my room. And as usual, what I always do when I sat on the chair waiting for the hair-stylist, I will say a prayer! Haha. Ask God to anoint the hands of the hair-stylist and give me a nice hair-do.

But it was really funny last night.  Maybe we chatted too much.  And then Vivian kept cutting and cutting and cutting.  Then suddenly! She realized she might have cut in the wrong way. By the time she stopped, and I looked at the mirror. WOW. So......... SHORT! HAHA. Need a bit of time to adjust and accept the new hair-do. She was so apologetic! Even though I kept telling her it's ok it's ok, I think it's really ok!

This morning when I got out of bed, went to brush my teeth. Looked at the mirror, WAH!!! My hair "POM" 起来！！！ HAHAHA... It's really funny! I laughed at myself. Wet my hair and pressed it down. Make sure the POM is gone!!!

I think the hair-do is really ok lah....  HAHA. At least makes it really obvious that I had a hair-cut! I had been keeping the same hair style for the last many years, and even when I did some trimming, no one really knows I had a hair cut, unless they are really observant, or when I tell them!

Whoever saw me today, they first thing they say is, YOU CUT HAIR AH! LOL....

Good lah.  I think this hair-do is really ok! Haha. Praying that by the time 20th Dec came, it will grow and be in the best condition for photo-taking! Hee hee....

Time flies!!!  It's 1st DEC! :D  Counting down to the arrival of my family!! :) :) :)

.. 好开心！..

开心！！！ 真的好开心！！！哈哈哈。。。

EXAMS' finally over!!!

Praying by the grace of God, indeed I will clear all 3 papers and graduate on 20th Dec! :)

Today's paper was good! Yeah. It's on ethics. Quite an interesting course actually... Can ethics be taught? Yes definitely it can be... Does anyone need to learn ethics? DEFINITELY!!! I actually learnt so much from this course too.

Wow... Last paper! How do I feel?? Really great!!! Exams' really torturing for me... Haha. Nothing has depressed me as much as exams have?? So I am really so glad that they are over for me, for now. :)

Results will be out on 11th Dec.  Praying that it shall be....... GOOD! :)

.. Last Paper to GO! ..

Finally, for the first time in my Uni life, I have a hostel mate who is doing a same course as me. So we are course mates, and through her I get to know 3 other friends doing this same Ethics course. And we have been meeting a couple of times to prepare for our exam paper tomorrow.

This is a picture taken today in the library.

These gals aged between 20-23. And YES I am so much older than them. HAHA. That's why, see, they asked me to sit in the middle and they stood around me and gave thumbs-up!

It is indeed so good to have friends to study with?? Haha.. Though sometimes we ended up getting distracted and chatting away... Yea, I think it's still a very good support to have. :)

Finally I am not such a loner in this last semester. HAHA... GOD IS GOOD!

Last paper tomorrow at 2pm! WOOHOO! Can't wait for everything to be over!!! :) :) :)

.. Feels so GOOOOOD! ..

Today's paper was............... OK!

Praise the Lord!!!!!

Can't exactly say that I answer all correctly.... But at least I kept track of the time & avoided what I went through last semester for Strategic Mgmt... I left one 20marks question blank! And only left 8 mins to write 3 short paragraphs in another 20marks question. It was indeed His grace that I passed that course!!!

At least now I have a good feeling..... that I should be able to graduate indeed this December. :) :) :)

All by His grace indeed. How will my life indeed be, without Him? I really cannot imagine.......

Last paper to go! Thanks to all who had prayed with me and for me all these while. Your prayers and support really gave me such strength!

Thanks to my family for their support indeed! They are my most beloved!!! :) :) :)

.. He is the Strength of my heart ..

Just got back from church service and it was indeed refreshing. Ready to take on the new week ahead.

He is indeed the Strength of our heart.

Just a day more to go... Will just do the best whatever I can today. Have a good night rest and get up early for tomorrow's paper.

Praying that indeed things will be fine, everything will be alright. Just got to let go.... and let God take control.

Appreciate all the support & encouraging posts on my FB wall. Thank you all! :)

Been checking my Uni mailbox and the forum that I had posted. Till now, no reply from that Basil lecturer. It is really such an irony. While he was teaching us, he made comments & promises that if we have any issues, we can always approach him for help. He said that even after we graduated, we can still look for him should we need advice in anything.

Something that really convicted me after this incident. Don't talk big if you are not going to do it.  It really disgusts me.

When we say and commit something, let's do it. Don't just be talkers, but really doers.

I thank God that He never fails to His words and promises. He is indeed the One we can depend on all the days of our lives.

It has indeed been such a journey here in Adelaide. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. 4 seasons in the natural. 4 seasons also in the spiritual sense. May this Winter passes soon and let Spring comes. I am really looking forward to it.

Thank God He is always good and He never fails.  Sometimes I wish I don't always have to rely on a miracle in my studies. Ha........

Jesus. Just one more paper. I ask that You will indeed bring me through once again.

Amen.

.. Immerse Stress ..

Was in the library at 10am this morning, was doing revision all the way till about 4pm where I cannot take it anymore.  Need a break.  Need to pray.  Need to come before God to have a good release.

Am really concerned for the paper on Monday.  It is not a difficult course.  Management Control Systems.  After going through all the seminars, I can relate to what I had seen in Citibank, and come to understand why certain processes and practices are put in place.  It shouldn't be hard at all.

The lecturer told us that the exam is not a matter of memory, but understanding the concepts and applying them. And not any direction is given at all to the areas we should focus on.  Everything is examinable.  EVERYTHING.

I really hate lecturers like that.  We are in Uni.  Everything is so broad.  There is so much covered in a semester of work.  And he expects us to study EVERYTHING?

It is really such a irony.  When I failed my first assignment, all my fears were driven at failing Global Issues for Accounting.  I took the exam on Wed, the paper was ok.  Thank God the lecturer really gave us some very good directions to focus on.  So we can eliminate and concentrate on what we should revise.  I met a friend in the library just now.  Asked her about the figures for the foreign currency translation question and the journal entries.  Was so relieved to hear that we got the same figures!  Means that I should have got it right!  18 marks guaranteed.  I think I should be able to pass the Global Issues course.  Thank God for His grace indeed.

Except for the 1st seminar which I missed because I came back to Adelaide 1 week after school had started, I had attended all 12 seminars for this Mgmt Control Systems course.  And I have scored a credit average for both the assignments combined.  So I really cannot accept it if I fail this course because I fail the exam.  I looked at the 2007 exam sample that was provided.  I cannot seem to answer any of the questions at all. And no answer was provided for us as a reference guide.

I emailed both the lecturers in some sort of desperation for some advice & guidance.  And you know what?  Both are away from the office and will only be back on 22 Nov.  The day where I will have the paper.  Maybe I am expecting too much.  But I think, the lecturers shouldn't be away just before our exams?  Shouldn't they be around to help us?  I can accept it if one lecturer is away.  BOTH are away.  Who can I find now?

So at 4pm, I can't take it anymore.  I need to release my stress to God.  I came back.  Took my guitar.  Worshiped for a while.  Prayed.  Tears streamed down.

It is not that I cannot accept failure.  If I fail, surely I can do it again.  I can go back to Singapore & take this course externally.  At the most I come back to Adelaide again next year for graduation.

But tickets have been bought.  My family is coming over.  The thought of them coming and I can't graduate. I don't want to let them down.

Every semester I seem to go through the same cycle.  First semester it was Macroeconomics.  Then it was E-Business.  Just last semester it was Strategic Mgmt.  And now, this. Why can't I just have and enjoy a peaceful semester for once?

All thanks to His grace, I cleared all 3 courses.  Strategic Mgmt was indeed a miracle.  I pray, indeed if He has done it before, He can do it again.

But indeed God is good.  Was comforted and encouraged by Him just now when I prayed.  He brought to my remembrance of the 3 courses and I was really encouraged.  Indeed be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let my requests be made known to Him.  And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard my heart and mind through Christ Jesus.

I am so much more at peace now.

2 more days.  Was contemplating should I work tomorrow, but I think a break from the books is good for me.

As the saying goes, do my best and let Him do the rest.  I just got to do that right now.

Praying for a miracle again.  Lord, please help me.

.. Exam finally starts TMR! ..

FINALLY! My first paper is going to start tomorrow!!!

Not that I am fully prepared, I mean, who can be?!! At least it starts, means one by one will get over. :)

Can't wait for everything to be OVER!! Wheeeeee!

.. Bad Sore Throat ..

Down with a bad bad sore throat... :(

It is so bad that it is so painful....  Throat really hurts and disrupted my sleep for the last 2-3 nights.  :(

Lord, I pray that you will heal my throat....  Take away the pain!  In Jesus' name I pray...  Amen!

First paper in 4 days' time.  FINALLY...  Not that I am fully prepared yet.  But I just want everything to be over soon.....

But for now, I hope my throat gets better so that I will feel much better to take on the exams too!

YEP!  AMEN!

.. 爱心晚餐..

This saying is really true.

People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Our LG leaders did something that is really nice for all of us today....  Ern Chee cooked and prepared a dinner box for every one of us, and David drove & sent it all the way to where we stay.

YES! They did that for us!!!

We are so blessed.  Northrington LG is blessed.  :)

I felt so inspired and stirred.  It just brought me back to the good old days when we were under Lorrain's leadership. Her personal touch that really ministers and touches everyone of our hearts.

We need people like them.  We need leaders like them.  Who makes a difference not only by the words that they say, but by the works that they do.  :)

This dinner may just be a simple gesture, but to the international students who are preparing for exams, and where mum is not here to do the cooking, and where food is not as cheap & nice comparing to what we have back home, it meant a lot.  I am really really touched, and truly appreciate it.

Thank you Ern Chee.  Thank you David.  

Thanks for being such loving and awesome shepherds over our lives. :)

I thank God for the things that I had seen and learnt through you. :)

.. Revision Revision Revision ..

First paper is in 8 days' time!

Really wish exams can just get done & over with quickly!!  Ahhhhh....

Uni Adelaide people already started their exams today!  And most of them will finish by the end of this week.  Means by the time I take my first paper, my Uni Adelaide hostel mates can go and celebrate already. -_-

My revision is picking up momentum... though still need to be more focused and disciplined...  See, I am blogging now.  Means I am distracted at this moment. Hee hee...

Okkkkk... Will continue now...  Gambatte ok ELAINE CHUAAAAAA!

.. The Final Lap ..

This is really the final lap.

Finally after 3 semesters and now in the 4th, the pursue after my bachelor's degree dream will end after this semester.

3 more papers to go. That's all. :)

I shall save the time to blog a long one after my exams. Too many things to thank God for. This is really a dream that came true.

If you are reading this post, please say a prayer for me because I truly believe in the power of prayer. :)

Our God answers prayers. :)

Pray that I will indeed clear the 3 papers and graduate this December. They are the final 3 modules. :)

Pray that even though I will still be working throughout the exam period, my capacity will be enlarged.

Pray that I will be really diligent & be focused in doing revision with whatever time remaining I have.

Pray that my revisions will be fruitful! MOST IMPORTANT!

My 3 papers are:

17th Nov, 9am: Global Issues for Accounting

22nd Nov, 9am: Management Control Systems

26th Nov, 2pm: International Management Ethics and Values

Going to start my revision again soon...  Thank you for praying! :)