Hi there. My name is Laura Wong. In case you're wondering, yes I am a Chinese. I may or may not have a slight obsession with green tea and daisies. A follower of Christ and a shopaholic.

When it reaches the 31st of December every year, often I would have a lot of reflection to do; whether it is on the new experiences I've made or the things I've learned or even the mistakes I've done. This year had been particularly tragical for our country with the amount of unusual things happening. It was even 'till the last 48 hours of 2014 that major incidents took place. However, I do believe that the dark times have come to an end and today is a new beginning.

Here are the few things I would like to emphasize on:

1. Entering a new phase of life: college

2014 was a huge step for me because I've finally entered college. I am was taking Foundation In Business and IT but majoring in Business at INTI International College Subang. To be honest, I wasn't looking forward to go to college at first. To think I'll be going back to studying, meeting new people, walking around in a new environment- I didn't even know how to feel. Neither was I feeling very excited nor was I feeling nervous. Yes, I have been exposed to socializing and making new friends in church all the time but then again, the people from college and the people from church aren't the same. Despite it all, I tried to face college with a positive mind knowing that God is walking this journey with me.

College life turned out to be pretty interesting. It was a complete new experience compared with life in high school. Be it the timetable, the super long breaks in between, the ability to not wear school uniforms (YAAAS) (I hated my school uniform btw), the studying method, the lifestyle; almost everything was different. I do enjoy the contrast environment we have in college and having air-conditioner installed in the classrooms was a plus point (which was also a disadvantage at times because they made classrooms feel like north pole). It is true what most of my seniors said about college life- it is that you have to be independent. Back in high school, we were given the mandatory textbooks (which didn't prove to be as useful), a fixed timetable for all the subjects, opportunities to join co-curricular activities which was supposed to improve one's skills other than studies and guidelines for basically everything in terms of academics. College on the other hand requires you to acquire reference books by yourself, to register for subjects of your choices by yourself, to look up for the examination dates by yourself, to decide whether or not to attend a particular talk, to come and leave the school as you desire (but must attend class lah of course). All these experiences are precious to me because they have taught me so much and I believe they have shaped me to be a more independent individual.

It wasn't only the lessons I have learned from college that I appreciate, but it was also the new bunch of friends I have made. Starting in a new school meant that I had to deal with many new faces. It was sorta intimidating at the beginning but I am happy to be able to meet people whom I can call friends.








All in all, I wouldn't say that choosing this course was the best decision but it was a decent one. And I am ready to move on to uni life!

2. Being a worship leader

It had been years since I started serving in the music team in church but I had never took the step of faith to be a worship leader. I had these little negative thoughts crawling up to my mind each time the word "Worship Leader" crosses through my mind, thinking that I am not good enough, I can't read chords, I don't have the skill of playing musical instruments- basically, I came up with tons of excuses to not take up this challenge. A few of the leaders popped up the question saying "Why isn't Laura a worship leader yet?" or "When is Laura going to be a worship leader?" and in my mind I was just saying never.

Clearly, God wasn't going to let things go my way. One fine morning as I got up from bed, I received a text message from John saying that I had to lead the worship practice on the coming Saturday due to some complications. As far as I recalled, it was a last minute notice and I kept telling myself I was not ready. I kept reminding John that I can't do this just so I don't have to do it but he insisted. It turned out to be pretty alright after all! I wouldn't say that it wasn't stressful (because John got the chords covered for me) but it wasn't difficult either especially the fact that I have a bunch of talented people in the team as well. All this while, I have been piling up excuses like mountains just so to find out that I was over thinking. I am grateful that I have these bunch of friends who support me all the way especially in the music industry.




3. Changed my hairstyle

I do not mean by minor changes. I am talking about visible changes.

Last year, I went all out on changing my hairstyles. Don't know where I've gotten the courage to, but somehow I just did. In the first quarter of the year, I've decided to cut my hair shorter.

Someone told me after I showed up with my shorter hair "Wah, there is a visible difference in your hair cut for the first time!" Wa got or not!

Somewhere in the middle of the year, I've gotten more bold. I made a decision which I've regretted: to cut bangs. Ok lah, I was pretty excited for it at first until the hairdresser cut my fringe shorter than the length I requested for. This is what I hate about getting your hair cut in a saloon; these hairdressers just don't understand the meaning of one inch! I asked for the length of my fringe to reach my eyebrows but they were above my brows and I looked like a mushroom. Was it that hard to notice my half-shaved brows? T_T



I would like to express my gratitude to the creators of beanies because beanies surely did help to push my fringe down, giving the illusion of a longer fringe. Hence, my life was revolved around beanies for the first month after my haircut. I still remembered praying that my fringe will grow longer at a quicker rate and luckily, it is at the best length now phew. No more bangs I tell you. No more.


A few months after, I got the bottom half of my hair permed. I've always wanted to have curly hair since forever and when Eve asked me to get my hair permed together with her, I instantly said yes. My hair was done using cold perm and for those who are interested, cold perm is a process that makes use of individual plastic curlers of various sizes depending on preference. It uses a solution which is applied to the hair when sections of hair are curled in plastic rods to set the curls. However, cold perm waves tend to be a lot smaller, and they are most definitely define when the hair is wet.