I have been in the US for almost 4 years now, finishing up my degree this May and graduating YEAAHHHH

thanks! I need to make my project work though lolol

no it's not necessary. I know some Malaysians who are here at my uni straight out of Form 5. Go to their websites and look up what they want, my goodness lah I hate it when people expect us to do the research for them!

None of that at all. My group of friends is almost entirely white and they love me, I love them
If anything, it's the international students who are racist and only stick to their own groups that speak their own language and pretty much leave everybody else out of it

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.

I know here at my uni hazing is not allowed and any frat found to be hazing their new initiates is suspended lol

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?

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Added on April 10, 2011, 11:28 amwhat mumei said.

Lame. Ass. Excuses.

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Apr 10 2011, 11:28 AM

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Natalie Portman (was) at Harvard University

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

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Apr 11 2011, 12:22 AM

you make it sound like it's such a difficult thing to do lol if anything, Americans find different cultures FASCINATING. As for the Muslim cannot touch man-woman all that jazz, as if our generation abides by that anymore. Most of my Muslim friends drink and smoke ... why should going to the US make that any different?

true, they're not all my friends, but just observing others too. Meh there are always the few devout ones that I respect very much

well first of all, I agreed with rokai when he called me out on generalizing based on a small sampling so I don't know why you're still biting my head off - maybe because you didn't read what I said. What I'm saying is not only based off what my friends do but also what I see other people do. I agree with you that there are still those that are devout, also what I said in my response to rokai, and I respect them highly.

A lot of Malaysians claim to be open-minded and accepting, yet shun MY ways of thinking and call me white-washed. I wonder who really is open-minded?

thank you very much.

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Apr 11 2011, 12:58 AM

you mean I replied, and I changed my response to be less provocative but I suppose you still want to continue? I'm at least making an effort now.

Anyway, I stand by what I said earlier about Malaysians sticking with Malaysians overseas annoying me, and I'm not imposing that on anybody. It's my opinion, and I doubt I'm the only one in the whole world who thinks like this.

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Apr 11 2011, 01:17 AM

rokai: I don't think she's making it a malay thing, she's just pulling examples that so happen to be that

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

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.

being able to stay in America is not easy. You'll have to find a job before you legally stay there.

Seiryu, I obviously know the standard of education here, otherwise why would I even bother coming here? I also don't care if Malaysians don't mix with foreigners, because if I did care, I'd be imposing my views on others aka making them do what they don't necessarily want to do and I don't want that done to me. I've stated an opinion that I think they should. OBVIOUSLY the main point is to study, but if you're gonna stick with Malaysians ... why not do that at home for much cheaper?

People, you need to stop acting like I'm making you do this and like I'm the only one who thinks this way.
I'm just the only one actually saying it.
So defensive, it's laughable.
Do what you want, darlings, I'm not gonna make you do anything you don't want to do. I'm just allowed to say whatever I want about it.

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Apr 12 2011, 10:05 AM

...*sigh* better not.

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Apr 12 2011, 12:44 PM

I'm not offended at all, don't worry. I just wanted to say that if you can't be assed to read her post, why should she be assed to answer your question?

as for my answer to your question:
I've learned how they pronounce certain words, some of which I've pronounced incorrectly ... and a LOT of other Malaysians DEFINITELY pronounce incorrectly. I find the culture differences fascinating ... like how the BRIDE pays for the wedding, not the groom. Where I am, people work to get their spending money even as students, I'm considered one of the very lucky ones who depend on the parents for everything ... and even then, I realize the pros and cons just talking with them.

People headed to the US always ask about the racial discrimination and whatnot ... and I say there is little to none. The little that is there is usually towards people who make new kampungs in the US from their home countries. Why? Because they want to be a part of the group but the language barrier (most of these new kampungs use their native languages) and they resent a lot of internationals for that. I don't blame them at all for that - who likes being around people who constantly speak in their native language and basically shove the non-speakers out of the group? I've felt that way around the Korean kampungs. My American friends even learned some BM from me because of all the stuff I shout in lab and converse in with my Malaysian teammate.

basically you're just saying that it's okay for Malaysians to spend all that money to go overseas to make new kampungs. Okay.

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.