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post Apr 10 2011, 01:14 AM

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QUOTE(spunkberry @ Apr 9 2011, 03:57 AM)
you'll disgust me if you do. you pay thousands, millions of ringgit to fly overseas to hang out with malaysians. you wanna do that you stay in malaysia... wasting money.
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to the point of disgust? oh mai... are u white washed?

i dont see anything wrong hanging out with msians in a foreign country... but of course not 'just' hanging out with own countrymen... even if you spent just a little of your time with others, it is good enough for me... these people with other cultural values sometimes dont click, so just learn n understand them only.. thats good enough, if the person shares the same interest and values... then friends maybe

you dont need to have them inside you or you inside them to feel and know them...

QUOTE(chew1991 @ Apr 9 2011, 11:07 PM)
oops yeah. my bad. i meant hazing yeah.  oh.
alrite , thanks for da info mang smile.gif
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eh, i thought msians like to use ragging
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post Apr 10 2011, 11:33 PM

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QUOTE(spunkberry @ Apr 10 2011, 05:22 AM)
why does feeling disgust for such people mean I'm white-washed? As it is, a lot of Malaysians like to say they studied overseas ... but all their friends are Malaysian. Why did you go overseas then? Where are your multi-cultural, multi-racial friends that aren't Malaysian? Making excuses about "cultures not clicking", that is YOUR face problem because you're not accepting of others and expecting them to accept you.
in the US? Language barrier is not an excuse at all, because all Malaysians speak some competent level of English (I hope). Cultural barriers how? It's not like they're forcing theirs on you nor should you be forcing yours on them. So many excuses as to why Malaysians stick to Malaysians overseas ... I think the one I would accept is "I'm afraid of white people", but then that begs the question:

Why are you going to the West for studies if you're afraid of white people?  laugh.gif
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because u feel disgust just because ur own kind wants to stick among themselves more.. errr, studying overseas means studying, not making friends overseas... to get a better education? errr, msians are multi-cultural in the 1st place... come on you're living so long with foreigners dont tell me their culture is not diff? accepting and understanding is enough.. you dont have to force yourself to follow or even be like them.. face prob? come on la, kopitiam is the other side --->>>

so if there's no forcing why go and force yourself and others? as long as you're comfortable there, it doesnt matter whether u are mingling around with foreigners or not? it is not an excuse in the 1st place but trying to explain to you that there're several reasons why people prefer to mingle among themselves most of the time.. msians have a right to choose, if they choose to mingle among themselves who are you to say they should do this and should do that?

errr, to receive white ppl's education but not to go and hangout with them... and even if msians choose to mingle with them, it is their own choice, not on your accord all msians that go overseas must mingle with foreigners

QUOTE(OMG! @ Apr 10 2011, 10:12 AM)
Anyone know which celebrity or any famous figures who study at US top notch university besides Mark Zukermberg, the FB founder.
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obama rclxms.gif
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post Apr 11 2011, 10:24 PM

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QUOTE(spunkberry @ Apr 11 2011, 12:21 AM)
you're still making excuses for malaysians who spend thousands and thousands of ringgit to get an overseas education to hang out with fellow malaysians. I don't tell them what to do, I just say what I THINK they should do. SO defensive you. They want to waste their parents' money doing what they can do in Malaysia, then by all means let them do what they want.

I think they're wasting money. Go overseas, spend 2-3 years there and then come back with a Malaysian girlfriend/boyfriend and then continue complaining that they're stuck in Malaysia.

I WONDER WHY
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spending $$$ is their personal matter, getting an overseas education is the emphasis, hanging out with foreigners or not is just secondary.. of course they should, but it is up to them.. i are not defensive wub.gif whether it is a waste or not only the future can decide.. in msia you dont have top notch schools, instead in msia you have plenty of ang mohs you can hangout with if you want to.. especially when they are raring for asian girls

so you think going overseas then coming back with a foreign partner is a success? whether or not they hang out with foreigners and whether or not they migrate is 2 diff matters... well, if they complain then that's their prob

why? i dunno lol...
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QUOTE(latias93 @ Apr 11 2011, 06:05 PM)
I just feel that being in United States, we should mingle with their people and people of a culture foreign to us. Sure, we are all free to decide who we want to hang out with - but why limit ourselves to only Malaysians? I definitely did not go to USA to hang around Malaysians - I am going there because I want to experience a different culture and hang out with people from all walks of life.

I won't be seeing much of Malaysian students in San Francisco, I doubt there are many enrolled in the city, if not the Bay Area. As far as I am concerned, the nearest schools with MSAs are Stanford and USC.
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of course if you limit yourself then you're anti-social.. you dont go and purposely just stick to your own fellow country or the other way around purposely go and stick with foreigners... just do whats comfortable to you, that way you will have a better experience

you will be surprised at how many asians are there in san fran... lol, it is asian town there... usc in LA ler, i think u mean ucsf? actually berkeley is nearby too...
QUOTE(spunkberry @ Apr 11 2011, 08:51 PM)
there's no need to hate Malaysians, I never said I did. But it's good that you intend to mingle around ... I kinda got tired of the whole "I went overseas but I came back with a Malaysian boyfriend/girlfriend and now I want to complain for the rest of my life that I'm stuck in Malaysia" deal lol
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errrr, disgust?

lol, it is up to them to complain lor... are you going to stay in the state and work there after graduation?
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post Apr 12 2011, 08:09 AM

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QUOTE(spunkberry @ Apr 12 2011, 05:00 AM)
no I don't think it's a success if you end up with a foreign partner ... I mean to emphasize those who make NO foreign friends, marry a Malaysian, and then come back to Malaysia b****ing non-stop about how they're stuck in Malaysia.
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making no foreign friends is a no brainer, you eventually would have a few foreign friends in the end.. from group work etc etc

well, complaining is one matter, because no matter where you go ppl will complain... those that got a job and stay back will also complain..

no matter what, studying in US is a blessing nod.gif
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post Apr 20 2011, 10:35 PM

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QUOTE(spunkberry @ Apr 20 2011, 12:55 PM)
the 3 universities that you'll have to be like the most amazing person ever to get into. MIT ... top engineering university in the US. UC Berkeley ... they cater 99% to California residents only. Stanford ... not really known for engineering but whatever floats your boat.
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berkeley 99% residents? .... more like 40% asians... same for ucla, ucsd, ucsf...

Added on April 20, 2011, 10:39 pmstanford not really known for engineering? you gotta be kidding me...

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post May 3 2011, 09:21 AM

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QUOTE(maru&box @ May 3 2011, 07:42 AM)
I was wondering if anybody had experience with big job+internship searching sites based in the US like monster.com? Any feedback on how effective it is in reaching out to people?Is this popular in m'sia too?

The idea is that:
Employers basically can actively search you up and you can also actively search them up as well for jobs,internships and even part time work.I'm more used to the idea of sites just gathering job postings into a huge database.Apparently any employer in the world can look you up if you let them.

I'm a little skeptical about this since the idea is still relatively "new" to me since I've never heard of anybody landing a job or internship among my friends this way(not yet at least) where the employer actually hired you from a websearch.

I just started by putting up my resume.I'm going to try and strengthen my profile over the coming weeks before I try mass applying for jobs smile.gif .
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try www.speedwing.org they had sent a couple of them this season. not too sure which field though.
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