I'm nowFive years as a Christian. Looking back at my life, before
I get to know God life is a mess for me. Not knowing my direction in
life and like everyone else I chase after success and satisfaction in
life. To achieve that, I will do whatever possible to make sure that I
excel in my studiesand the things that I do.Ibecame competitive,
insensitive,and find it hard when I know another person is doing
better than me, this became worse when myparent started to compare me
with my siblings.
(Written by Caroline Lai on June 2007. Thanks for Chong Siew Fong who has helped to edit this life-story thoroughly.) Hi, my name is Caroline Lai. I was raised in a middle class family. I have one elder brother and a pair of twin sisters and I am the second child in the family. Before my father's retirement, he worked at the Ministry of Health as an officer where he conducted courses and gave special talks. My mother worked as an Account clerk at Malaysia Airline System (MAS).
My name is Corrinne, I had a nickname called "Chilli Padi", seldom used in my family. I got this nickname because I used to be a very quick-tempered person. I got angry easily, and I was like a volcano in other people's eyes, especially my family members.Sometimes they will feel uneasy to talk to me when they see the changes in my emotion because they are scared of being scolded by me.
I grew up at middle class family. My father worked at construction industry; he is responsible and a workaholic person. He makes sure our financial stable and able to support daily provision. My mother is a housewife, take care of our needs and household chore. I got four siblings, my eldest brother, eldest sister, younger sister and I am the third.
I'm born into a typical middle-class family. I'm the eldest, with one brother and one sister. Both my parents are working professionals and from young, we were taught to always strive for the best in life. I have friends, lots of them but even though we were close, I still felt there's a barrier between us. My parents emphasized academic excellence and enhancing skills but never really taught us how to overcome anger, resolve conflicts, cope with disappointments and all the other emotions that we humans being faced. Their favourite motto is, "Sleep on it and it will be better tomorrow". The fact is, we went through life by sweeping things under the carpet and not addressing the real issue.
I'm nowFive years as a Christian. Looking back at my life, before
I get to know God life is a mess for me. Not knowing my direction in
life and like everyone else I chase after success and satisfaction in
life. To achieve that, I will do whatever possible to make sure that I
excel in my studiesand the things that I do.Ibecame competitive,
insensitive,and find it hard when I know another person is doing
better than me, this became worse when myparent started to compare me
with my siblings.
My name is Corrinne, I had a nickname called "Chilli Padi", seldom used in my family. I got this nickname because I used to be a very quick-tempered person. I got angry easily, and I was like a volcano in other people's eyes, especially my family members.Sometimes they will feel uneasy to talk to me when they see the changes in my emotion because they are scared of being scolded by me. 
I grew up at middle class family. My father worked at construction industry; he is responsible and a workaholic person. He makes sure our financial stable and able to support daily provision. My mother is a housewife, take care of our needs and household chore. I got four siblings, my eldest brother, eldest sister, younger sister and I am the third.
I'm born into a typical middle-class family. I'm the eldest, with one brother and one sister. Both my parents are working professionals and from young, we were taught to always strive for the best in life. I have friends, lots of them but even though we were close, I still felt there's a barrier between us. My parents emphasized academic excellence and enhancing skills but never really taught us how to overcome anger, resolve conflicts, cope with disappointments and all the other emotions that we humans being faced. Their favourite motto is, "Sleep on it and it will be better tomorrow". The fact is, we went through life by sweeping things under the carpet and not addressing the real issue.
