// Why can't you just let me let God be God?

Judging by that phone call you just made, I'd like to ask you a question: Who's the one going to university, you or me?

Yeah, I know Melbourne's expensive and everything and I'd be a bigger strain on your expenses. But don't make it sound as if I'm desperate to study in SMU; don't make it sound as if I'm not making any (extra?) effort to study locally; don't make it sound as if I selfishly want to just get my ass overseas so I can run away from the vice-like grip Singapore's education is contorting the youths of today.

Feeding them with copies of extra resumes, appeal letters, additional documents that may deem fit for mere recycled paper isn't the way things should work. And saying it may be God's call when a certain someone calls you to send in all these papers... Don't make me laugh.

But because you are my mother and God says to honour my parents... I'd do up the letter. No matter how much I know that it isn't up to your friend nor how persuasive and convincing I can write. It's really all in God's hands. And I pray your prayer for me will change from "God, please let her get into SMU" to "God, I leave her life into Your hands. Please help both our hearts be ready and open to the good things You have in store for us."

Zelanie has not been a very happy girl of late. But she will press on with life's challenges cos God's on her side. Unless there are no two banks of my river and everything's just one big messed up Tsunami.

Oh well. God-willing, I could do with a re-enactment of "Moses and The Red Sea" right about now.

// Why can't you just let me let God be God?

Judging by that phone call you just made, I'd like to ask you a question: Who's the one going to university, you or me?

Yeah, I know Melbourne's expensive and everything and I'd be a bigger strain on your expenses. But don't make it sound as if I'm desperate to study in SMU; don't make it sound as if I'm not making any (extra?) effort to study locally; don't make it sound as if I selfishly want to just get my ass overseas so I can run away from the vice-like grip Singapore's education is contorting the youths of today.

Feeding them with copies of extra resumes, appeal letters, additional documents that may deem fit for mere recycled paper isn't the way things should work. And saying it may be God's call when a certain someone calls you to send in all these papers... Don't make me laugh.

But because you are my mother and God says to honour my parents... I'd do up the letter. No matter how much I know that it isn't up to your friend nor how persuasive and convincing I can write. It's really all in God's hands. And I pray your prayer for me will change from "God, please let her get into SMU" to "God, I leave her life into Your hands. Please help both our hearts be ready and open to the good things You have in store for us."

Zelanie has not been a very happy girl of late. But she will press on with life's challenges cos God's on her side. Unless there are no two banks of my river and everything's just one big messed up Tsunami.

Oh well. God-willing, I could do with a re-enactment of "Moses and The Red Sea" right about now.