tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post6918298040480486664..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: Meeting Malaysians in BostonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-39725178957504688762012-04-23T07:58:25.467+08:002012-04-23T07:58:25.467+08:00Hi, I'm Malaysian too. Are you still in Boston...Hi, I'm Malaysian too. Are you still in Boston. by Jack活在当下=)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04776399025341854515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-40944500366344016682011-08-31T04:04:19.013+08:002011-08-31T04:04:19.013+08:00Hi! I know this is an old post but I just arrived ...Hi! I know this is an old post but I just arrived in Boston for a PhD at BU. I got no JPA scholarship, or any scholarship, just the sweat on my brow as I work as a TA to make ends meet here.<br /><br />It's raya now and I miss my family so, I am posting here for some reason :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-76154432944028716092007-04-19T05:10:00.000+08:002007-04-19T05:10:00.000+08:00Hi all:I will be in boston this Friday 4/20 and po...Hi all:<BR/><BR/>I will be in boston this Friday 4/20 and possibly Thursday as well. Email me at 1cheeliang_at_gmail_dot_com with your contact info if you are interested to meet up. Chee Onn will be there as well.<BR/><BR/>Chee LiangAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05124112519543684356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-74267489145790288062007-04-07T00:56:00.000+08:002007-04-07T00:56:00.000+08:00Nice Post OKM.I sometimes joke to my friends that ...Nice Post OKM.<BR/><BR/>I sometimes joke to my friends that an ideal job would let me spend half a year in Malaysia and the other half in US.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps will talk more about this later.<BR/><BR/>Hey all Malaysian Bostonians, I sometimes go to Boston, in fact I am looking for jobs in Boston, among other cities. Please email me if you don't mind to have another Malaysian friend. I promise to seek you guys out the next time I go to Boston.<BR/><BR/>My email is 1cheeliang_at_gmail_dot_com<BR/><BR/>hope to hear from you all ... Have a good weekend.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Chee LiangChee Lianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554567372526249362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-24530597609896229092007-04-05T22:06:00.000+08:002007-04-05T22:06:00.000+08:00Dear Anon 4/04/2007 10:54:00 AM I kind of share ...Dear Anon 4/04/2007 10:54:00 AM <BR/><BR/>I kind of share your thought. That's why I always wanted to come home and contribute to the society which has brought me up all the way to what I've achieved now. Although I'm not any better than anyone in Malaysia, I hope my experience over the years will be able to help. To me, study/working overseas is just a stepping stone for career development. For settling down, I still think Malaysia is the place to be. Just my opinion.coleonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469904971035590689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-64334794291229441302007-04-05T19:45:00.000+08:002007-04-05T19:45:00.000+08:00Nice post there anon at 4/04/2007 01:56:00 PM.Sadl...Nice post there anon at 4/04/2007 01:56:00 PM.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, it's just in our veins to complain and not deal with the issue.<BR/>Talk is cheap and free just as typing a blog or posting in a forum is. Work is not. Ouch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-8246706222485557802007-04-04T23:15:00.000+08:002007-04-04T23:15:00.000+08:00I prefer New York - and find Boston dead boring. B...I prefer New York - and find Boston dead boring. But anyway... I've found it quite interesting to be a Malaysian who decided to come back and work here after studying in the USA. I am not a patriot, and I have no special love for this country or culture over any other. I'm quite comfortable anywhere. I chose to come back to Malaysia in order to maximise my competitive advantage: I figured I knew a bit about developing economies and the psychology of people here, and I wanted to learn more about the corporate sector in this part of the world before working internationally...Jernghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065140605321202631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-14670126625347335442007-04-04T13:56:00.000+08:002007-04-04T13:56:00.000+08:00That's precisely the problem with all these young ...That's precisely the problem with all these young people these days. Even more so with those who have been endowed with scholarships. They have this privillege but yet forget to see the bigger picture. Please don't forget that by virtue of you getting a place in the university of your choice and being where you are today are not only due to your effort alone. <BR/><BR/>It would have been no use if you were smart but there were no teachers, no schools, and no avenue for you to facilitate your further study. Someone down the road in your country made the effort to provide all these for you. No matter how inefficient they were. Along the way many people sacrificed to provide for you and by that I don't mean your parents. <BR/><BR/>Now that you are high and mighty, and with the skills that is most sought after you simply take flight to another country, simply by saying that the opportunity to earn big bucks is not there. The quality of living sucks because you have now seen brighter lights.<BR/><BR/>You have not contributed a single thing towards nation building and you have done nothing to improve the well being of those that still needs the system to help them get where you are now. And don't give us the bull that the system does not allow you to do that. And don't say that you have tried but the system does not allow you to proceed further than trying.<BR/><BR/>Malaysia will not survive if everyone is like you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-60764115398542407812007-04-04T10:54:00.000+08:002007-04-04T10:54:00.000+08:00Hey Kian Ming - sorry I had to bail out in the las...Hey Kian Ming - sorry I had to bail out in the last minute. I'm glad you liked Boston! <BR/><BR/>In response to your comment though, I think it is a little bit insufficient to say that better employment opportunities will attract the overseas Malaysians back. I believe they are typically liberal-minded and progressive people, and are actually unhappy with the incredibly over-arching patronage (patronizing?) system; that the government knows best and they should decide what you should do or not do. <BR/><BR/>I might be over-generalizing, but it seems like there is little room for personal and intellectual growth, let alone employment or entrepreneurial development. To take Singapore as an example, many of my Singaporean friends will choose to leave the country in spite of the unbelievably fat paychecks offered and guaranteed fast-tracked promotions.<BR/><BR/>And there's nothing the NYC Singapore Day (http://singaporeday.sg/food.php) can do to entice them home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-70356076548053024732007-04-03T18:35:00.000+08:002007-04-03T18:35:00.000+08:00km, i'm really glad you got the chance to meet sui...km, <BR/><BR/>i'm really glad you got the chance to meet sui lin. she is a great girl, heart of gold, a friend of mine. she was in tokyo just last year for an internship. <BR/><BR/>take care, <BR/>adrieneadrienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15179922146042224052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-54776645799336718132007-04-03T13:11:00.000+08:002007-04-03T13:11:00.000+08:00Hi Kian Ming,I think the best part of this blog wh...Hi Kian Ming,<BR/><BR/>I think the best part of this blog which stood out was the one below<BR/><BR/>"Cheong Soon did his undergrad in UM and then worked 13 years in Singapore before going back to school at the PhD level in the US. So, there's no one single path to higher education in the US..."<BR/><BR/>This would definitely encourage many many people out there who might think that education stops at a certain age, when in fact there really is no begnning or end to it. <BR/><BR/>You can do your Undergrad/Masters/PhD when and wherever you choose to. Really no yardstick to it. And there really is no "most suitable time" So for everyone out there, there's no such thing as too late or too old!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-30852174903358639662007-04-03T09:52:00.000+08:002007-04-03T09:52:00.000+08:00hi coleong, are you currently looking for a job? t...hi coleong, are you currently looking for a job? there's no need to publish your resume and academic history if your purpose is only to meet the blogger in boston.<BR/><BR/>unless you think the blogger conducts certain academic quality filtering to determine who is worthy for their audience, a friendly invitation to meet them would suffice.<BR/><BR/>geez<BR/><BR/>and good luck to those msians (or former msians) who are doing well overseas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-26184702369918704942007-04-03T03:02:00.000+08:002007-04-03T03:02:00.000+08:00Haha... that's alright. I know a few who are in US...Haha... that's alright. I know a few who are in US as well but scattered in different city, Chicago, Phoenix, LA, NY and etc. Anyway, here is my email :<BR/><BR/>leong_chee_onn@hotmail.com<BR/><BR/>Thanks :)coleonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469904971035590689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-83991481320788025192007-04-03T02:44:00.000+08:002007-04-03T02:44:00.000+08:00Hey Coleong,If I had known that you were in Boston...Hey Coleong,<BR/><BR/>If I had known that you were in Boston, I would have invited you for our Malaysian getogether. Send me your email so that we can get in touch the next time I'm in Boston.Kian Minghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12615270889115130547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-58613160211985703682007-04-03T02:32:00.000+08:002007-04-03T02:32:00.000+08:00Glad that you like Boston. It's a nice place to vi...Glad that you like Boston. It's a nice place to visit and stay, not as crowded as New York. My wife and I have been staying in Boston for more than 3 years now. I'm working as a research scientist at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital and my wife is working as an application administrator at the Boston Public Library at Copley Square. We met each other at Form 6 at Catholic High School, PJ. After our 6th form, she went to UM while I went to UPM for our undergrad. After finishing the undergrad, I was offered a full scholarship from UK to pursue my PhD at the University of Nottingham while she managed to get a tutorship at UM to continue her master's degree. We then moved to Boston in year 2004 and start our new venture here. <BR/><BR/>As for the sentiment of going back home, I guess it's very common. Most of us went overseas seek for better education and career as a stepping stone and hope that one day, we'll be able to afford a better life back home. <BR/><BR/>To all those who work so hard to realise their dream, I feel proud for your persistent. It's always good to meet people from the same root and shared the same thought in the foreign land. Good luck and hopefully, I'll have the chance to meet all these great people you mentioned in your next visit :) Cheers :)coleonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469904971035590689noreply@blogger.com