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When ITB was caught by the education ministry for offering illegal programmes, i was happy. I knew GOD was going to bring me to a new land. However, things didnt seem to work the way i planned. At first i thought i could get out of my house, and go to another place to study. But my dad has said before… if u still wanna study… u must stay in this house. That leaves me no choice.. but penang. Aaarrggghhh !!!

So, the only place left to go was PSDC. At tat time, i was still hoping to go to IPOH. So i sent an email to Linton College, Ipoh. At the same time i went to PSDC and asked bout my course. Sad to say, i couldnt get full exemptions for the course i hav studied. At tat time PSDC only offers Mechatronics. They dun offer mechanical engineering. I’ll get my exemptions for the subjects ive studied, but then, as i calculated, i can only graduate in 5 years time with a degree in engineering.

It was new years eve. I called my best fren Chong Wee tat night to wish him happy new year. We ended up talking about my study route. Chong Wee suggested to me… hey… y dun u consider accounting as a career? Since u have to start all from afresh, 5 more years of study in engineering, might as well… consider changing course. Immediately i rebuked him and said… NO WAY.. me and accounting… dont clique. But he tempted me further… he said.. if u do well.. u can finish it in 3 years time… and end up with a professional qualification which is higher than a degree. Hmm.. at tat time… i didnt hav any thing in mind.. except.. i wanted to leave home as fast as possible. I dun wan to stay at home anymore. I hated my enviroment at home.

It was a big decision i had to make… to switch from science to commerce. Many ppl was quite sad about it when i asked their opinion. Cos all of them knew… i loved science to my bones. Some kind of dream i had.. keke.. It was never meant to be mine. Freedom was more important to me at tat time.

I prayed tat night… asking GOD for guidance. Is this where i shud go? that day was the last day of registration. I told GOD… if it is ur plan, then, i will register it b4 the registration ends. If its not ur plan… then stop me from registering the programme. My dad was pissed with me that very day. He almost stopped me from registering. Yet.. he allowed me to register. So finally, i landed in IPG studying CAT ( the pre-U programme for ACCA). At the first day of my class, Linton college finally gave me a call. I turned them the offer. If they had called earlier, i would have gone there. Looks like GOD wants me to remain in Penang.

WAS IT THE RIGHT DECISION?
I was very childish back then. All this happened at the end of 2002. I never had a direction in my life. Ive always wanted to start life all over again. Yet, it never happened. The struggles and hard times… kept coming one after another. Going to IPG… didnt make my life better. It got worse. I never had peace in me. There was always insecurity in me. I suffered a lot of mental torture during this period. My hatred towards my father increased exponentially. Ill tell u more in my next episode.This was my wilderness period.

However, if ppl ask me now, are u sure u made the right decision? I can assure u… YES I DID. I may not hav chosen the right career for myself… but ive made the right step. Im not looking for a career. Im looking for a platform to impact lifes.

Many ppl say tat i dun look like an accountant. Yea… i dun look like one. But i know, this is the qualification tat suits me the most. I dun think ill end up as an accountant, yet… the qualification will open a big world of oppurtunities ahead of me. I will use it in the future to impact more lifes for JESUS when the time comes.

Looking back at where i am now, i can only thank GOD for guiding me this far. It has been prophecised to me that watever im studying now will be used to serve GOD. Although i cant see how it can happen… yet i have the faith, that GOD will guide me thru it all. Im begining to see the signs of all this happening. Praise GOD for everything.

to be continued…