R Jay Shrie S Ragubathi14 March 2022“When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up.”― Roy T. Bennett… [Read More]
Renee Fong28 February 2022Hi, my name is Renee Fong, and I am a fresh graduate from BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance. I come from a single-parent background, as my father passed away due to a heart attack when I was young. Life was a challenge without the family’s breadwinner, which impacted our family tremendously, both financially and emotionally. Hence,...[Read More]
Lien Qiao Yi20 December 2021I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and thus, growing up in a family with high expectations, there’s always been a “somebody” that I’m expected to become. Sometimes it’s the all-rounder cousin that I have; other times it’s the extroverted friend of mine. Living in a life full of comparisons was not easy... [Read More]
Marcus Wong Ke Lun6 December 2021I come from a small family of three in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, living with my father and younger brother. During my childhood days, I spent a lot of time with my family and enjoyed various hobbies. Those memorable days were short-lived, as my mother was no longer around when I was still in primary school. Since then, my father has single-handedly raised me and my younger brother. It was also during this period when I first started exploring the world of computer games, which… [Read More]
Than Yuan Ling22 November 2021Hi everyone! I am Yuan Ling, currently 20 years old, and pursuing Contemporary Music (Audio Technology) in Sunway University. I was born in a family with musical backgrounds as both my parents and brother acquired musical skills. My parents played instruments such as piano and Yamaha Electone and met each other in a music school which sparked a relationship. My older brother also plays the piano, violin, and drums and is an alumnus of the Malaysia Philharmonic Youth Orchestra… [Read More]
Lim Kah Meng8 November 2021Time flies, it has been 4 years and 4 months since I graduated from Sunway TES. My name is Lim Kah Meng. In 2017, I completed my last professional paper in the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in June. In July, I received an email from ACCA that I had passed all my professional papers and was officially an ACCA Affiliate. Finally, I put on my graduate cap to mark an essential milestone in my life in October. Now, in February 2021, after a few years of pro… [Read More]
Chai Kai Li25 October 2021My friend once asked me: “What advice would you give to your 18-year-old self?” I cried before answering the question as I remembered the time when there were so many doubts and uncertainties. Nevertheless, I made it through and I am now sitting somewhere at Sunway University chatting with my friends.I come from an ordinary family in a small town where no one speaks English as their first language but Hakka as a native language. Since young, I was not a straight As student… [Read More]
Catherine Lim Wen Huey11 October 2021In the year 2013, under the pressure of a series of financial hardships, my family of six made the hard decision to move out from our hometown, Penang, to Kuala Lumpur, in hopes to seek better working opportunities for my parents. With the rather heavy living expenses and academic cost coming from four children, my parents were not confident in providing tertiary education for us. Since the move, I started working part time after schooling hours for daily allowance, and at th… [Read More]
Danial Nurhaqiem27 September 2021“Parents are always known to be the best backbone for most of us. The value of parents in our lives can never be ignored. Growing up being the son of a lecturer in the Architectural line of industry, I grasped my mother’s traits at its finest between trying to strike a balance, compromising on the number of hours I can realistically exert to every aspect of living. The spark of my journey as a squash player began at the age of 11 when my uncle, who was an ex-state player, intr… “ [Read More]
Foo Jun Chow13 September 2021“I come from a poor family background where I live from hand to mouth. At the age of 12, I had to work as a waiter in a restaurant in order to lighten my parents’ burden. Due to this, I started secondary school with the plan to drop out after PMR in order to find a job. I was already planning to leave for Singapore where I could get a job as education was not my main priority while my family was suffering to make ends meet. However, my parents forced me to finish my SPM and to… “ [Read More]
