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FINALLY. the ISM is done! printed! submitted!

For all who don’t know, the paper is entitled, “the Adjustment Experience of Immigrant Mothers from Southeast Asia in Singapore and its Influence on their Parenting”. Such a mouthful hor? :p

And since writing an ISM, unlike a thesis, means that I don’t get to have that acknowledgment page, I’m gonna put it here anyways!

Thank you all, without you I wouldn’t have been able to do it:

Jesus my Jesus, my God who is bigger than everything else that tried to discourage me from completing this leg of the race. For challenging me right at the start and for telling me constantly that You are the Provider, and that Your grace is always sufficient for me. For being that model social worker when You first poured out Your love and compassion on mankind.

Mum for being mum, to nurture me with your love and patience and understanding and giving me the chance at all to be educated. You’ve set such an example in caring for the people who need help, who are hurting, who you don’t even know(!).

Dr Choo my supervisor who was always ready with an affirming word even when I thought my work was pretty bad. For your patience when I wasn’t forthcoming with getting the work done; your concern about my coping with the workload; your helpfulness and commitment in checking my work and bouncing off ideas with me; for even taking this up when I wasn’t sure if I’d end up writing a thesis. In my opinion, you’re the best supervisor one can have.

Queen for your regular prayers, understanding and encouragement throughout the 6 months. They have definitely made a lot of difference, especially when I thought I’d just hand in a ‘whatever’ instead of pushing myself a little more. AND your crisis-intervention-esque editing all the way to the final hours before I had to hand it in. You’re a friend to the end. *beam*

Stace for that very dedicated editing and comments to help me beef up the paper in the wee hours of the morning. I’m so surprised and very touched

Grace for helping me with the format and readying yourself to read it through for me (although the draft never arrived). And just for having gone through the honours year before me and still keep the commitments you had to church. You’ve been and example to me!

Ian and the rest of teens cell leaders for being understanding and patient with me when I couldn’t be there for the cell and the meetings in the final weeks before submission.

Cheryl Lee my darling who cared to listen to my verbal processes and gave me helpful ideas when I started thinking about the topic. For always being that sweet friend to give me a hug and kind words.

Jia Lin for the regular smses and the you-can-do-its that keeps me going with a smile.

Liren for being so generous with the resources you had. I am so touched that you’d let me ‘kope’ your readings without reservations, just like that!

Rachel for encouraging me right from the start when I played with the idea of attempting a thesis. Even though that didn’t come to fruition, I’m glad I got to give it a go, and how much that probably lightened my load this semester! So thankful to have you to walk through the whole of honours year together.

Kai Yin for coming to my rescue in the discussion segment at 3am in the morning, and all the happy times, loud laughters that you’ve given me *grin!*

Alexis, Rachoo, Shi Hui, Cindy for being those very important people I approached hours before submission and directed me to the right person to help me hand it in. What you’ve done made me all the more thankful to be in social work! I won’t be able to find this much kindness in any other department.

Siang Meng for being so so so kind and helpful to submit the completed piece when asked at the last minute. Huat liao man.

Dawn Yee, Anais, Cindy T. and the FSC for linking me to the foreign mothers that I needed. I appreciate it!

The foreign mothers who gave their time and shared their stories with me, the glad and the sad. In my listening to you I learned about resilience, selflessness and courage.

There. So many people to thank, so blessed.