Sue's Multiply Site

Sue's Multiply Site http://suetanhy.multiply.com/ <A href="http://tickers.families.com/"><IMG src="http://tac.families.com/ezb/930786.png" border=0></A> Sun, 11 May 2008 23:48:02 -0000 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:08:04 -0000 Sue's Multiply Site http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/logo http://suetanhy.multiply.com 100 100 CHOICES Easter Concert - 22nd Mar 2008 BE THERE! Here's our WEB Youth Ministry Easter Concert trailer - it's going to be a good time with Sonic Edge and Pastor Glen Lim. Be there - or if you know young people who'd love to be there, do invite them to http://suetanhy.multiply.com/video/item/7/CHOICES_Easter_Concert_-_22nd_Mar_2008_BE_THERE Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:08:04 -0000 Mark & Sue - Wedding Photos, Dec 29 2007 Finally our wedding photos are out! Thanks again to Jared. Enjoy viewing his beautiful pictures which capture the so very precious memories of our special http://suetanhy.multiply.com/links/item/4/Mark_Sue_-_Wedding_Photos_Dec_29_2007 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:52:03 -0000 Honeymoon@Ye Olde Smokehouse, Fraser's Hill, 31st Dec 07 to 5th Jan 08 http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/95/HoneymoonYe_Olde_Smokehouse_Frasers_Hill_31st_Dec_07_to_5th_Jan_08 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:25:52 -0000 Wedding Highlights This video captures the key moments of our wedding on 29 Dec 07. It was created by Jared, a dear friend and an excellent photographer. http://suetanhy.multiply.com/links/item/3/Wedding_Highlights Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:46:57 -0000 Wedding Blues? No, Pinks? Or Purples? <a rel="nofollow" href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R3PlDwoKCD0AACD1X0A1"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R3PlDwoKCD0AACD1X0A1/CIMG5598.JPG?et=ACS3NF5yosZc8dVmeb%2BBxw&nmid=" border="0"></a>In about exactly one and a half days' time, I will be married. People keep asking how I feel, whether I am excited or not. Frankly, not really. Mark and I have been tired and busy with so many things to wrap up, it seems. Right now I think my poor dear is still working out the logistics list at home, while I am preparing some of the things we need to bring. I am 10% excited, 10% happy, 50% tired, 10% nervous and 20% sad. About there. Sad because I will have to leave my family, but right now trying not to think about that. Besides, I think I have been crying enough the past few months and weeks over the issue that now I feel it is time to stop crying and be brave. The little girl in Yinny Finny (my family's nickname for me) has to grow up, as all girls do. Besides, as Feng says, I am hardly leaving them. After all, our new flat is only 10 minutes' drive away and a half hour walk down the canal. The happiness comes in short waves, especially having ALL my family members reunited here for... http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/50/Wedding_Blues_No_Pinks_Or_Purples Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:55:45 -0000 A Tribute to Mama - On Her First Death Anniversary <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R1ao@AoKCrgAAA0GVc81"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R1ao@AoKCrgAAA0GVc81/CIMG2343.JPG?et=NQpiZz749AFJ0aoJdCrUdg" border="0"></a>We spent a few hours at Mama's niche in the Garden of Remembrance last Sunday, 2nd December 2007, Mama's first death anniversary. The afternoon light gently fell, casting Mama's niche in a heavenly glow, her beautiful picture reminding us of all that she was. My godma Jee Ee read a passage from Thessalonians encouraging us not to lose heart, as we will soon all be together with the Lord. Then my mother read her tribute to Mama, and we all wept at the section when she said she wished Mama had been there to know that Chen my youngest sister had gotten into Medicine, and that my sister Shen and I were married. We ended the memorial service with a rousing rendition of "Be Thou My Vision". Time has flown, but the memories of Mama remain clearly etched in our hearts and minds. And grief, though not as piercing as when it was still new, remains just as real. All the more so for me as I often imagine Mama being there as I prepare to get married, her smile lighting up the room as she hears of a... http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/49/A_Tribute_to_Mama_-_On_Her_First_Death_Anniversary Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:36:35 -0000 Home Sweet Home! <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R0xAJQoKCrgAABz-WwM1"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R0xAJQoKCrgAABz-WwM1/CIMG4430.JPG?et=Dc11nY1TE6Xsw09lA3Z6Sg" border="0"></a>Mark and I were overjoyed last night to receive notification that we will be collecting the keys to our flat on 3 Dec Mon, less than a weeks' time! Praise God as we had actually expected the date to be a little later, perhaps in the second week of Dec. My best friend Feng said she is so excited for me, that I will have a home of my own... and it is true, it does feel like a real adventure knowing that this house will be all yours, a place you bought with hard-earned money and a place to call your home. Mark and I want to start off well, this new place we will call home will prayerfully be one in which we build with love and in which God's presence will dwell, and we want to open it to be a place in which many will be blessed just by being in it, sharing fellowship, food and prayer. It's been a really exciting though tiring journey, deciding on tiles, wallpaper, toilet bowls, mirrors, you name it... almost like playing Sims on the computer, except that from Monday onwards we will get to... http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/48/Home_Sweet_Home Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:09:45 -0000 Wedding Preparations Here are our wonderful youth, hard at work - helping us prepare for our wedding. We're so blessed and grateful to them :) without them the invite cards would never have gotten out... all 800 of them http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/94/Wedding_Preparations Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:21:09 -0000 The Culinary Adventures of Mark-and-Sue-Tra We have been busy planning for our wedding, but in the midst of it all we have managed to eat... a lot! We'll never lose weight for our big day... but it is these little breaks and exciting gastronomic adventures that we embark on that have been keeping us sane (and fat) haha... We've travelled to Joo Chiat to sample the dumplings and yong tao foo, Hong Leong Gardens to eat authentic Jap food, and Little India to eat chaat at Gangotree. Looking forward to many more eating expeditions in our life ahead together! http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/90/The_Culinary_Adventures_of_Mark-and-Sue-Tra Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:40:19 -0000 Our Wedding Website :) http://www.mark-n-sue.worshipsingapore.com/ <A style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,204,204)" href="/photos/hi-res/upload/Rx90tAoKCrgAAFmLVNY1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rx90tAoKCrgAAFmLVNY1/Mark%20%26%20Sue%20Wedding%20Photos-Chris%20Ling%20026.jpg?et=%2BbdPBBtn0wf9lTtrtCz%2C6w" border=0></A>We've gone global! Yup welcome to mark-n-sue.com... courtesy of our dear brother Galvin who has really gone out of his way to make a beautiful website for our friends and family to enjoy. Check it out for yourselves... some of our wedding photos are there, for your preview... will show all of them only on the wedding day itself :) those who are invited can also RSVP via the website. (If you're interested in asking Galvin to do your website, he's going to market his packages soon - email galvin.sng@gmail.com for more details :)) http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/47/Our_Wedding_Website_httpwww.mark-n-sue.worshipsingapore.com Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:02:02 -0000 Mummy's Birthday We had a special night out the other day when Mark treated Mummy and our family to yummy Jap food at the Esplanade. Really had a good time just walking along the riverfront afterwards, enjoying precious family moments together. And the food at Ichiban Boshi was http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/84/Mummys_Birthday Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:38:41 -0000 Anyone know of a good contractor??? <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RwzIfQoKCrgAAEPohfY1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RwzIfQoKCrgAAEPohfY1/CIMG4454.JPG?et=wN89JmBU%2Bqw2nLDFfomU1g" border="0"></a>Haha. Can't believe I've come to this but Mark and I are looking for a renovation contractor and so I thought I'd ask the online community if there are any recommendations. Our criteria - good price, responsible & thorough :) let us know! Thanks much! :) http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/46/Anyone_know_of_a_good_contractor Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:42:53 -0000 Birthday Blessings :) <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RulJvgoKCrgAABbZrMQ1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RulJvgoKCrgAABbZrMQ1/Sue%27s%2032nd%20Bday%2007.JPG?et=EyUCwn0lPeRHZJHXvNcULw" border="0"></a> I had a really wonderful birthday despite spending it half bent over in pain. God was merciful and good, as usual :). My family celebrated on Sunday with my lovely aunt getting yummy steak for us all to eat, it was a feast! And my mum made a nice orange chiffon cake. On Wednesday itself I was very touched. My mum and Mark had already taken such good care of me this wee. rushing to the A&E with me on Monday night and wheeling me around the hospital for my x ray. On Tuesday Mark came over and we watched Gilmore Girls :).  The next day he came at noon - pretending to buy in food for me, but it turned out he had cooked a dish for me - Basil Chicken Surprise! Very yummy. Then he sliced strawberries to eat with ice cream for dessert :). Then I found out he had been plotting with my best friend so that they would turn up at the birthday dinner he had arranged to bring my family out to that night. I was too ill and in pain to go, though... but was so touched that they were all making ... http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/45/Birthday_Blessings_ Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:47:22 -0000 He Gives & Takes Away <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RulHqgoKCrgAAFthEm81"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RulHqgoKCrgAAFthEm81/CIMG4407.JPG?et=0aJA%2BXOTxIQkIXeCApHgCA" border="0"></a>Well it seems some time since I've written - part of the reason is I've had no time to sit down, another part of the reason is that I really have been unable to sit down upright in a chair for the past week. Got an inexplicable pain in my lower back which began over the weekend and continued to worsen, till when I attempted to step out of the gate on Monday to go to work, my shaky legs would not carry me out the door. So I hobbled back into the house, and there I have been since... except for a "drama" visit that night to Alexandra A&E with Mark and my mum, where an x-ray could not detect what was wrong, but I will be going to a specialist tomorrow. The doctor gave me a week of MC, and I ended up at home - very unexpectedly, and with the most unpredictable way of spending the week of my birthday, unable to stand or even sit upright without waves of pain shooting down my spine. Well, with each passing day it has gotten slowly better...till today I can finally sit up awhile to check ... http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/44/He_Gives_Takes_Away Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:28:58 -0000 Our Little Old Lady My little doggie is 13 going on 14 years.. in human years, she's about 97. Age is getting to her, but God has sustained her thus far for us to enjoy, and I am grateful :) A photo tribute to our sweet old Lady with a marvellous disposition and a very lovely countenance. http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/83/Our_Little_Old_Lady Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:16:07 -0000 How is Your Wedding Prep? vs How Are You Preparing for Marriage? <A href="http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RsnP-goKCrgAACVulAM1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RsnP-goKCrgAACVulAM1/138.JPG?et=jvtJlyPu8AeRU6aYJ30kRw" border=0></A>Preparing for the wedding is easy, from my point of view. It involves a lot of fun and an incredible amount of spending, both of which are always easy to do. Nowadays, it seems that the first question people ask me is, "How is the prep?" Sometimes I even stop and stare for awhile, wondering to myself, "Prep for what?" till I realise what they are referring to. Of course, these are all really lovely & sweet well-meaning people, and there have been many offers to help, and Mark and I are overwhelmed by how blessed we are by the community around us. There is, however, a much deeper issue which I seem to be facing right now, which is "How prepared am I for marriage?" And that is much harder to answer because it does not involve what colour the linen should be at the banquet, or how much we should be spending on flowers, or how our wedding video is going to turn out. I wrote the poem on surrender  I just posted before this entry, in the midst of deep questioning. On ... http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/43/How_is_Your_Wedding_Prep_vs_How_Are_You_Preparing_for_Marriage Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:36:01 -0000 Roads - A Poem of Surrender 040807 He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Eliot The roads are suspended in time, lost They know not where to turn At each intersection the terrain unfolds. It is an arduous journey. But if one were to turn the head, glancing over the shoulder, A realisation of a holy nature, a divine origin would dawn, That they had not been alone all this while. Companions from time past, a time before time. And if one were to scan ahead into the dark night One would realise They are not alone. The roads seem to know where they must bend. The occasional gritting of teeth, the refusal to move, Soon gives way to a spilling over into the vast horizon Where the rubber meets the road And there is no divide between earth and sky. 04/08/07, 24/7 WEB Prayer Slot   http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/42/Roads_-_A_Poem_of_Surrender_040807 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:43:09 -0000 Grand Copthorne Waterfront Wedding Show - Jul 29, 2007 Here are selected pics of the wedding show, more for the benefit of my online bride friends :) Mark and I enjoyed ourselves, ate like pigs... he will boast of the roast chicken and shark's fin http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/82/Grand_Copthorne_Waterfront_Wedding_Show_-_Jul_29_2007 Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:02:15 -0000 A Helping Place, A Healing Place <A href="http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/Rq8IEAoKCrgAADqVVpU1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rq8IEAoKCrgAADqVVpU1/Image012.jpg?et=VWByWmXpJhsYJr7lBo6wlg" border=0></A>Welcome to my new abode! This is where I have been spending much of my working hours hanging out with the boys and girls in my school. I think I have been extremely possessive of this room tucked away in a corner of my new school, where I started work more than a month ago as the full-time counsellor. I think I am especially proud of it as I "fought" to have the room, inherited a room full of boxes and tables, evacuated it entirely and went to IKEA, given full reign to decorate it any way I wanted. As a result, I do feel a good sense of peace and satisfaction stepping into the room. The kids love coming to see me and sinking into the comfy sofa or drawing on the blackboard easel. They love the cheery colours of the rug and pillows. I wanted it to be a safe place, a place they can come to from respite from the world outside, an often stressful and threatening place for a child from a broken family or one just trying to cope with the many pressures children nowadays have t... http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/41/A_Helping_Place_A_Healing_Place Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:13:31 -0000 Mark & Sue's Wedding Pics 220507 And here are our wedding pics, the same ones as the ones in our website. For your viewing pleasure. http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/81/Mark_Sues_Wedding_Pics_220507 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:23:27 -0000 Bless The Broken Road - Carrie Underwood & Rascal Flatts In our search for wedding music, I stumbled upon this song. I know it's a bit too "country" but I love the lyrics - it's all about how God has his perfect plan for our lives, no matter how many broken roads we've been through. He knows best, and He's given His best to me - in Christ most of all, and also in Mark. This song's for you, dear :) Rascal Flatts - Bless The Broken Road I set out on a narrow way many years ago Hoping I would find true love along the broken road But I got lost a time or two Wiped my brow and kept pushing through I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you Every long lost dream lead me to where you are Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars Pointing me on my way into your loving arms This much I know is true That God blessed the broken road That led me straight to you I think about the years I spent just passing through I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you But you just smile and take my hand Yo... http://suetanhy.multiply.com/video/item/6/Bless_The_Broken_Road_-_Carrie_Underwood_Rascal_Flatts Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:19:46 -0000 Wedding Preparation - Sue's Perspective (in response to Mark's :)) <A href="http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/Rn02mwoKCrgAACXU@0s1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.suetanhy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rn02mwoKCrgAACXU@0s1/Sheraton%20250207.JPG?et=APnqAamRIxvDWxegl%2CwMUw" border=0></A>Mark and I have been very amused at the great response to his blog on the wedding :) guess not many husband-to-bes blog about their wedding experience, and I must say I am extremely proud of him... he's done a good job not just "tolerating" all the prep, but much more than that we've been really enjoying it each step of the way! Despite the rushing around and the constant thinking and talking through of the preparation process, we have really benefitted from it in terms of knowing each other more and doing things together :) The funniest thing so far is the way we have both been making purchases for the wedding... or should I say, rather, how HE has been making purchases for the wedding! Take our bed linen example. I was talking on the phone to my best friend while we were in BHG (Seiyu) walking around the linen section. I saw a pattern I liked and pointed at it, just to tell him I thought it was a nice pattern... and before I knew it, Mark was lining up at the cashier buying it! ... http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Wedding_Preparation_-_Sues_Perspective_in_response_to_Marks_ Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:09:50 -0000 Cameron Highlands 17-20 Jun '07 - My sister Andrea's First Blog on Multiply :) <A class=select href="http://gatheringlight.multiply.com/photos/album/1">Link</A> http://suetanhy.multiply.com/journal/item/37/Cameron_Highlands_17-20_Jun_07_-_My_sister_Andreas_First_Blog_on_Multiply_ Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:46:46 -0000 Trip to Bangkok 30 May - 3 Jun 07 Mark and I made a short trip to Bangkok last weekend to get stuff for our wedding. We bought up nearly the whole place! Stayed with his mum's friends Aunty Song See and Aunty Pom. We experienced Thai hospitality to the ultimate level! They took care of our every meal and need. God has blessed us so much once again, we are so thankful. Even got free wedding favours and really cheap wedding cards from one of our friends' mums who has a wedding shop there! We had a wonderful time http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/78/Trip_to_Bangkok_30_May_-_3_Jun_07 Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:43:31 -0000 Wedding Photoshoot Makeup Trial 220507 Here are pics that Mark professionally took at our makeup trial :) he was having fun playing with my camera's effects as well :) my makeup artist Kelly did a great job, esp on our actual http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/76/Wedding_Photoshoot_Makeup_Trial_220507 Fri, 25 May 2007 03:50:14 -0000 SBC 54th Graduation, 190507 More graduation pics! Do take note of the BEAUTIFUL bouquet of flowers that Jee Ee painstakingly arranged for me :) they add such colour to the http://suetanhy.multiply.com/photos/album/74/SBC_54th_Graduation_190507 Sun, 20 May 2007 16:28:27 -0000