He doesn't want me to have a job .. and he said I don't need to have a job until I graduate from college .. so he wasn't happy about it but oh well. No my family is not with me. I'm here with my brother ... we both attend the same college.

I worked as a barista, so it got hectic sometimes.

Oh I see. Well at least you have your brother with you. Just in case.

So you're on F-1 visa I assume? Barista can get pretty hectic especially in the morning when people are rushing for coffee. Fun job though.

yes I'm on F-1 visa.

I work as a grader! In my opinion, it's a relatively easy job with good hourly wage Graduating in 4 weeks and going back to Malaysia though

Gotta miss the States. A LOT.

Oh grader. That's cool.

I'll be graduating on Dec 20!! Been waiting for this day for 5 years. Man feels good to be done. Few more weeks. Oh BTW, I'm only taking 3 credit, class on Tues & Thurs 9.30am-11am only . Don't be jealous yeah.

You going back M'sia, cool cool. So I assume you never apply for OPT? I'm in the same case as you man.

I'm leaving on December 15. I actually did apply for OPT and it was actually approved within one month!!! The unfortunate thing is that I still can't secure any job offer as of now. My summer internship company is still reluctant to give me a definite answer. I don't want to waste my time and money staying here after graduation just to look for a job either, especially when the States' economy is sinking day by day. So yeah, I'm only left with the option to going back and starting another path ASAP.

Oh that's true. That's what I was thinking too. If I stay here chances of securing a job with employer willing to sponsor my visa is VERY slim. What more when companies are having hiring freeze & layoffs. I was thinking about this issue for 2 months already.

Its not a bad thing after all if you choose to go back. There are a lot of jobs at home too. Its not like the end of the world if you didn't get a job offer here in U.S. Just that your expectations gotta be lower than before. Don't have the mentality that you're U.S graduate, therefore you must be paid way higher than local grads. If you have this thinking, for sure you won't get a jobs anywhere. I believe everyone will have to start from somewhere low. Then slowly climb your way up the corporate ladder & get to know more contacts. From there, work your way thru.

I'll be traveling to Europe before going home early Feb. When start working, I know I won't have the time to travel. So might as well make use of this free time to travel 1st. Enjoy a bit before enter the working world.

Hahaha, have fun traveling in Europe! My friends and I kinda did that over winter break It was really fun. But now, I'm already scheduling interviews right after I land in KLIA Need to make myself feel better for actually getting a job. All of these rejections are hurting my morale

But yeah, it is going to be even harder for us, international students, to score an offer at this time. Hopefully, we will find something great back home.

american companies don't tend to hire internationals just because there's no guarantee that they'd stick around.

All the best




That's part of the reason

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Added on November 18, 2008, 3:14 pmDARN it
I can't sleep
1.15 am now

This post has been edited by P.I.M.P: Nov 18 2008, 03:14 PM

>.< im going for work and travel USA next year... just wonder what are the places that must visit ? ...

We talk about studying in U.S here.
If you want travel tips, check out the travel section.

lol my boyfriend's talking about marrying me so I can enjoy the benefits of it ... but I'm like uh, I don't want to marry you for that. But he knows what the companies are like when it comes to internationals. He doesn't want me to go back to KL either ...

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Nov 18 2008, 08:24 PM

You bf local? That's the easy path for getting green card.

yeah he's american. we're serious enough about each other to consider marriage but at the moment, it's all hypothetical. He's graduating next may and I still have two years to go.

Aha very nice.

But just MHO, I think getting married at this age is NO NO . You still have a long way to go. A lot to learn in time to come. A long way down the road before you get married. When you get into the working world, you meet more people from all walks of life. Just my personal opinion. Sometimes I don't get it why Americans get married right after college.

The fastest and cheapest way to further your studies in the States is through their degree transfer program. You can enrol directly after SPM, and since you're doing 3/2-2 years in M'sia, it saves you about 50% of the total tuition fee.

Well, for ADP (or AUP they called it in INTI), first of all you have to confirm your major. This helps you to narrow your choices of universities and hence saves more on your time and money used to take the required subjects and credit hours.

When you're in ADP, you'll get more information on the institutions and the financial aids provided from your advisors.

The benefits of American education system is that you're able to change your major in your degree years without the need to redo your course. This helps to save money and time.

Besides, as it has a marking system of 60% coursework and 40% final test, students tend to learn more on task completion rather than just "paper talk". You learn to deal with public communication and a lot of group works.

However, the only disadvantage of this course is... never screw ANY of your tests. Due to it grade system of CGPA (=Cumulative Grade Point Average), no matter how many semesters of high GPA you get, by just screwing one semester, your hardwork for the past few semesters are gone. So you have to ensure you are constant in your scores.

Lastly, all the best

Sometimes the % of final exam is even lower than 40%.

oh I don't really care. marriage isn't even a consideration at this point. after college then I'll consider it.

all my local friends got married or pregnant at an early age... lol

for those in engineering... why dont try applying for OPT in alaska... here engineering is blooming and the state is not really affected much by the financial crisis

ermm... neway.. those who are returning if u wanna sell ur USD, pm me ^^ we come up with a win-win exchange

after 40 hours+ flight i am at singapore now... can't wait to fo home ^^