Chen Chow

Thanks to Lenard for sharing this PEMANDU and TalentCorp session, which I believe 2 very passionate young Malaysians, Joyce Tagal and Atiqah would be there to share with you all!

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Dear all,

Looking for a meaningful summer internship back in Malaysia?
Graduating but not sure what to do after graduation?

PEMANDU, a unit in the Prime Minister's Office, together with Talent Corporation, which was recently formed and announced by the Prime Minister, will conduct sessions targeting Malaysian students in the United States. The objectives of these sessions are to:

• Recruit high potential candidates to serve the Government through PEMANDU

• Promote new policies and initiatives by the Government especially the GTP and ETP

• Attract Malaysian talents back to reduce brain drain

Representatives from PEMANDU and TalentCorp will be here to answer questions about employment and policies which affect you (e.g. allowing government scholars to serve their bonds in the private sector). The session is open to all: students, professionals, and all other interested parties.

The PEMANDU Internship Program for Summer 2011 is now officially open for applications. We are looking for young, talented, high performing people looking for a rewarding, challenging internship this year for at least two months.

The information for both events is as follows:

Boston

Date: Jan 28, 2011 (Friday)

Time: 7-9pm

Venue: Harvard University, Sever 102, in Sever Hall Harvard Yard (map at http://map.harvard.edu/).

Closest T-stop: Harvard Square

RSVP/Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157988580919730 or email joyce@pemandu.gov.my

New York City

Date: Jan 29, 2011 (Saturday)

Time: 4-6pm

Venue: Consulate General of Malaysia in New York, Main Hall

Address: 313 East 43rd Street (Nearest subway station: Grand Central)

RSVP/Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119254414812276 or email joyce@pemandu.gov.my

Chicago - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Date: Jan 30, 2011 (Sunday)

Time: 1-3pm

Venue: TBA

RSVP/Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170265343018176 or email joyce@pemandu.gov.my

Chicago - Northwestern

Date: Jan 30, 2011 (Sunday)

Time: 7-9pm

Venue: TBA

RSVP/Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185306614820531 or email joyce@pemandu.gov.my

Feel free to share this information with other Malaysian students who might benefit from this program.

Thanks

Monday, January 24, 2011

Starbucks Live & Inspire Featuring Wemel Cumavoo

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172525166124185

Time	Thursday, January 27 · 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Location	Level 2, Starbucks Bangsar Village 2, Kuala Lumpur

Created By	Live & Inspire

More Info	Hoping everyone had a great Taipusam last week. This week we are back again with another amazing guest speaker. Join us for more fun & discovery learning on Thursday!!! SPEAKER: Wemel Cumavoo TOPIC: Mobile - Start Small, Think Big P A R T N E R S and S P O N S O R S .......................................... This series is made possible together with our sponsor ACCA and our partners Starbucks, Yayasan 1Malaysia, Borders Bookstores, IACT College, The Malay Mail, Bangsar Village, Campus Plus, JobStreet, Malaysia SME, KomunitiKini, Friends to Mankind and GEW T h e S P E A K E R* ......................... So who is Wemel Comavoo? Wemel Cumavoo is co-founder and CEO of LTT Global Communications Sdn Bhd. He is a prominent businessman being in business for the past 30 years. This allows him to draw from a deep reserve of experience to provide insightful and creative solutions to business challenges. He sits on the Board of Directors of several companies ranging from education, resort to consumer products. In 2000 with the birth of the millennium, his interests in mobile and learning fascinated him, knowing very well this is going to be the next major revolution after the industrial revolution. LTT Global Communications was formed and is among the initiators and pioneers of mobile learning globally. His entrepreneurial spirit, strong business acumen and visionary leadership has led to LTT Global being the recipient of several international and local awards. He believes that Corporate Social Responsibility is part of any organisations' big or small contributions back to society. He is a Mentor for the Mobile Content Challenge since 2007, a program jointly organised by Maxis, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) and Kementerian Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan (KPKK). He speaks too, at local and regional events. His passion is to see all young entrepreneurs become thriving enterprises. T h e S E R I E S ...................... Holds a concept of "unconferenced" talks set in a casual "over coffee" environment. Every Thursdays, in a stint of an hour, we bring you bite size content, interesting and interactive sessions that add value to human potential and personal growth. The session focuses on the examples of ordinary people who have lived the extraordinary. It will highlight their work and accomplishments, personal struggles, strategies they used in striving to be more. These are people who live with a sense of being that inspires change, and directly influencing the evolution of the human spirit. It is about celebrating human potential. T h e F L O W .................. Registration 7:00 pm onwards 8.00 pm: Welcome + Introduction + Coffee Talk 8.15 pm: Speaker Session + Q & A 8.50 pm: 9.00 pm: Lucky Draw + Close W h y C O M E ??????????????????? .................. 1. Network with like-minded people 2. To have loads of fun and build friendship 3. Take the opportunity to meet the speakers in person 4. Get lucky with prizes! We've got lucky draws ranging from Starbucks merchandise to autographed CDs! 5. Create POSSIBILITIES for yourself. 6. Discover new perspectives, grow and evolve! 7. Because it's FREE! follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/liveandinspire and visit our series websitehttp://www.liveandinspire.com/series

Resources on Education

Thanks to my loyal anonymous blog contributor, as well as Shu Wen for the following contributions!

Midway Honors Scholars Program

http://www.etsu.edu/honors/university/midway/

Are American Universities and Colleges the best in the world?

http://www.quora.com/Are-Americas-universities-and-colleges-the-best-in-the-world/answer/Jessica-Stahl?srid=Iah

To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/science/21memory.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

The Global Campus

http://www.economist.com/node/17928981?story_id=17928981&fsrc=rss

Are Undergraduates Actually Learning Anything?

http://chronicle.com/article/Are-Undergraduates-Actually/125979/

Financial Outlook Is Brighter for Some Colleges, but Still Negative for Most

http://chronicle.com/article/Financial-Outlook-Is-Brighter/125973/

Starting From Scratch: Fund-Raising Lessons Learned in Singapore

http://chronicle.com/article/Starting-From-Scratch-/125988/

An Infusion of Science where Arts Reign

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/nyregion/22science.html?emc=eta1

PEMANDU and Talent Corp Information Session in Chicago

Thanks to Teck Eng for highlighting this!

PEMANDU and Talent Corp Information Session in Chicago

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185306614820531&ref=nf

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Summer School for The University of Cambridge

Thanks to Theng Ying for sharing on this Summer School for The University of Cambridge.

http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/courses/summer-schools/about-summer-schools

Resources Shared by Various Contributors

Thanks to one of my loyal anonymous blog contributors, as well as Shu Wen, Jing Pei and Guan Tyng for contributing the articles/resources below. Sorry that it took me some time to compile and publish all these links.

1. Google Science Fair (Looking for interesting and creative projects worldwide)

http://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/

2. NYC Turing Fellows Program

http://nycturingfellows.org/

3. British Chevening Scholarships

https://www.chevening.fco.gov.uk/cheveningapplications/ca_start.aspx

4. AMCHAM-MACEE Scholarship Program

http://www.macee.org.my/05_15_content.html

5. Harvard Applications Reach Record High

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-14/harvard-receives-35-000-applications-for-undergraduate-admission.html

6. Varsity Internship

http://www.varsityinternship.org/

7. Harvard and Yale beaten in University Brand Survey

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BT41J20101230

8. International Scholarships in Romania

http://scholarship-positions.com/85-international-scholarships-for-undergraduate-and-postgraduate-studies-in-romania/2011/01/06/

9. Is MBA worth it?

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jan2011/bs2011015_236741.htm

10. Study Finds Family Connections Give Big Advantage in College Admission

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/education/09legacies.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

11. Why Chinese Mothers are Superior

https://mail.google.com/mail/#starred/12d702ed511157b4

12. How Centre College Evaluates Your Applications

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sk2rsiB1Wg&feature=email

13. 8 Things to know about Attending American Colleges

http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/college-solution/international-students-8-things-to-know-about-attending-american-colleges/3714/

14. Perceived Returns of Higher Education

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110114221238624

15. Malaysia's New Term Date to Aid Internationalism

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110114222346845

16. The Global University - McDonaldisation

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2011011422135016

Resources Shared by Brian Chang

Thanks to Brian Chang for sharing on the two following resources.

http://www.citytowninfo.com/

Info and Analysis on US Places, Careers, Colleges and more.

http://www.rwm.org/rwm/

Vocational Schools Database of US

Sunday, January 09, 2011

Youth Exchange Programmes

Thanks to Adriene Leong for sharing on this Youth Exchange program. Adriene is another person who have been very dedicated to share with my blog readers and myself. Appreciate it!

http://www.kbs.gov.my/dokumen/dokumen2011/Borang%20Antarabangsa%202010.pdf

With this link, there are a great number of interesting Youth Exchanges program that one can takes part, by applying through Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Those programs include:-

Ship for South East Asia Youth Programme

Malaysia - Fukuoka Youth Exchange Programme

Malaysia - Indonesia Youth Exchange Programme

Malaysia - Korea Youth Exchange Programme

Malaysia - Singapore Youth Camp

Program-Program ASEAN

Program-Program Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP)

Please help to spread the words around!

Useful Resources

Thanks to a very dedicated anonymous contributor of my blog, who have a big heart for Malaysian youths, particularly on education. While he is based in US, he has supplied many very useful articles for the benefits of my blog readers and myself. Heartfelt thanks to him!

Below are 3 more articles that he has supplied:-

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The Almighty Application Essays

Journal showcases Dying Art of Research Papers

6 Reasons Why College is the Best Time to Launch a Start-Up

Friday, December 31, 2010

Educational Resources

Thanks to Shu Wen, who is very passionate on Education for sharing the following links.

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Top 50 College Admissions Blogs

http://associatesdegrees.com/2010/top-50-college-admissions-blogs/

Early Admissions Decisions Pour In For Class of 2015

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/17/early-admissions-decision_n_798239.html

Lingnan University

http://scholarship-positions.com/lingnan-university-overseas-student-scholarships-opportunities-for-studying-in-hong-kong/2010/12/29/

Taiwan Scholarship Program 2011

http://scholarship-positions.com/taiwan-scholarship-program-2011-republic-of-china-taiwan/2010/12/28/

Reach Oxford Scholarship - University of Oxford:

http://www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/prospectiveugrad/university/reach/

Utrecht University

http://www.uu.nl/university/international-students/en/financialmatters/grantsandscholarships/Pages/utrechtexcellencescholarships.aspx

Taylor's Open Day

Thanks to Lay Tin for sharing with my blog readers on this Taylor's Open Day on 8th-9th January 2011.

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Taylor's Open Day (8th-9th Jan 2011)

January 2011 Events

Below are list of events in Malaysia/Singapore, shared by Calendata.

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CALENDATA January 2011 Happy New Year!

Week 1
Jan 01, Sat   6:00pm   Open Casting - Auditorium Taman Budaya (Free)
Jan 03, Mon  5:30pm   Higher Education in Transition - Sunway Uni (Free)
Jan 05, Wed 10:00am ICT and Biotech for SMEs - Menara Matrade (Free)
Jan 06, Thu  8:00am   Red Hat Forum - Empire Hotel, Subang (Free)
Jan 06, Thu  4:30pm   Fire Starter 3 - Dana Business Centre (Free)
Jan 06, Thu  8:00pm   Juwita Suwito - Starbucks, Bangsar Village 2 (Free)
Jan 08, Thu  8:00pm   Android Speed Dating - Google, Singapore (Free)

Week 2
Jan 11, Tue   1:30pm   An Empowered Workforce - KLCC (Free)
Jan 11, Tue   6:30pm   Lean Startups - Plug n Play, Mid Valley (RM 20)
Jan 11, Tue   8:00pm   Hacking UniFi - Damansara Utama (RM 15)
Jan 12, Wed 10:30am Cradle Investment Programme - Matrade (Free)
Jan 14, Fri    9:00am   Blackberry Developer Conference - Bali (USD 200)
Jan 15, Sat   8:00am   Don't Just Quit, Crush It! - NSTP, Bangsar (RM 180)
Jan 15, Sat   9:00am   VoIP Operation and Security - Phileo Damansara (RM 99)
Jan 15, Sat   6:30pm   On Relationships 2 - White Box, Solaris Dutamas (Free)

Weeks 3 & 4
Jan 19, Wed 9:00am   Memory Forensics - Phileo Damansara (RM 99)
Jan 19, Wed 1:30pm   Sir Gregory Winter - Matrix Biopolis, Singapore (Free)
Jan 20, Thu  3:00pm   Global Business Plan - SMU, Singapore (Free)
Jan 26, Wed 9:00am   12 Brain Rules - Doubletree by Hilton (RM 1.8K)
Jan 26, Wed 7:00pm   Webcamp Alpha - UOA Bangsar (Free)
Jan 27, Thu  9:00am   Strategic Outlook Conference - Royale Chulan (RM 1.6K)

To find out more about the events listed above, visit: http://calendata.com.

PCORE Youth Forum

Got news of this PCORE Youth Forum from UKEC mailing list.

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PCORE Youth Forum

Forum Details:
Location: Malaysia Hall, Malaysian Students Department, 30‐34 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3ST.
Date: 3rd January 2011
Time: 1.00 – 3.00 pm

Guests of Honour:
1. Prof. Madya Dr. Rosman Abdullah, Director, MSD.
2. Datin Halimah Mohd. Said, Founder and chairperson, PCORE.

Schedule:
12.30 pm – Students' arrival.
12.45 pm – Guests' arrival.
1.00 pm – Welcoming speech by MSD Director, Prof. Madya Dr. Rosman Abdullah.
1.15 pm – Introduction on PCORE and speaker.
1.30 pm – Speaker's address, Datin Halimah Mohd. Said.
2.30 pm – Q&A and discussion session.
3.00 pm – Presentation of token of appreciation by Farquar Haqqani, UKEC Chairman.
3.30 pm – Refreshments.

If you have any enquiries with regards to the event, please contact the UKEC General Secretary, Melissa Kong at melissa@ukeconline.com.

Please RSVP your attendance by emailing Abu Fadzil at abu.fadzil@ukeconline.com.
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Introduction on PCORE:

PCORE is the acronym for Peace, COnscience and REason, a citizen movement which has been initiated to promote healthy discussion on the way forward to achieve peace and national unity.

By raising awareness on the importance of lending the voices of peace, conscience and reason at all levels of discourse, a conducive environment will be created to implement meaningful programmes and initiatives.

By stimulating the energy of the young and the experience of the veterans, the collective wisdom will produce constructive ideas for change and development.

PCORE's inaugural forum in November 2010 was supported by Yayasan 1Malaysia and ASLI, and graced by the royal guest of honour DYMM Raja Zarith Sofiah Binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah. It was attended by Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali and Dato' Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil as well as prominent speakers, civil society activists, representatives from government agencies, institutions of higher learning, NGOs and the private sector.

PCORE represents a group of citizens who embrace and share the notion of peace as the way forward to achieve the national goals of unity and integration. Peace is the universal path to meaningful dialogue, communication and discourse among diverse groups of people.

Forum Objectives:
The objective of the Youth Forum is to introduce PCORE and to encourage the UK Malaysian student movement to lend their voices of peace, conscience and reason to promote
initiatives for nation building. PCORE addresses issues that are of interest and concern to youth, among which are the following:

A. LEADERSHIP AND ITS ROLE, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN SHAPING A NATION
B. CHANGING VALUE SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIETY
C. INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMMES

Speaker's Profile:
DATIN HALIMAH MOHD SAID is a writer and citizen journalist who contributes regularly to "Letters to the Editor" in three mainstream newspapers, namely New Straits Times, The Star and The Sun.
Her writings represent an analytical viewpoint on issues of national concern such as corruption, education and socio‐cultural problems, and a discussion of their societal
ramifications.

Besides the traditional print media, her postings regularly appear in her blog ninitalk.wordpress.com and on Facebook, reaching out to both the older and younger generations.

Currently, she sits on the committee of several organisations including Persatuan Bahasa Moden Malaysia and Heritage Asia.

As a long‐serving educationist and academician specialising in English and Linguistics – secondary school teacher (1969-76) and university lecturer (1976-2000) - she has contributed and edited numerous writings including the co‐authorship of a book Images of the Jawi Peranakan of Penang (2004).

As the founder of PCORE, she is actively pursuing activities on the ground including a Youth Forum in the first quarter of 2011, an Art Exhibition in the last quarter as well as community, art and language camps.

Halimah holds a BA (Hons) in English (Universiti Malaya), Diploma in Education (Universiti Malaya), MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Leeds) and completed a four-year residential requirement for a PhD in Translation Theory (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London).

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Langat South forest in danger

Thanks to Jin Rui for sharing this.

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The Selangor State Agriculture Corporation (PKPS) made a proposal to acquire the whole of Langat South Forest Reserve (6908 ha) for an oil palm plantation. The Menteri Besar has given Selangor Forestry Department and the Selangor Wildlife Department two weeks to come up with justification for conserving the reserve. The deadline for this is on the 30th of December, this coming Thursday, and we're hoping to garner support and get people to phone in to the Selangor MB's office to send the message that we want to preserve this peat forest. For more details, you can check this out: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142528245802614

Also, join the facebook page to get current updates on the progress (as well as to pledge support ;) : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Langat-South/128830887171971?ref=mf

Peat forests play a huge role in regulating carbon emissions as they are important carbon storages, and the Langat South forest reserve also serve as a habitat for the various flora and fauna residing within it. Photos of an assessment trip that took place last week can be viewed here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=141624892559237&id=128830887171971&aid=33577

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

2011 Wharton Investment Conference

Thanks to Mutual Investment Club of Cornell (MICC) for sharing this conference.

Wharton Investment Conference: Emerging Markets
January 22nd, 2011

Jon M Huntsman Hall

Want to network before OCR? Learn about emerging markets? Drop your resume?

REGISTER HERE by January 16th to attend the annual Wharton Investment Conference. The event is FREE for all Penn undergraduate and graduate students, and $10 for non-Penn students.

ATTACHED HERE is a Conference Brochure with the schedule and detailed description of each event.

Below is an overview of the events and confirmed speakers:

Opening Ceremony Keynote
Jay Ireland
CEO of GE Asset Management

Networking Luncheon
All Conference Speakers

Panel on Emerging Markets
Stephen F.X. Roney
Managing Director of UBS

Professor Karen Lewis
Wharton Finance Department

Jason Pride
Director of Investment Strategy of Glenmede

Portfolio Establishment Workshop
Eric Boory
Senior Vice President of Morgan Stanley Barney Smith

Stock Pitch Competition
Judged by two Conference Speakers

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Teach for Malaysia Launch

Congratulations to Teach For Malaysia for officially being launched yesterday on 24th December 2010.

Congrats to the team, especially Keeran and Dzameer, and their amazing team~! They definitely work very hard for it, and it is great to see TFM successfully launched by Deputy Prime Minister!

I had an earlier post on TFM talk. Do read it if you haven't.

http://chenchow.blogspot.com/2010/10/teach-for-malaysia-classroom-series_28.html

To all who are interested, do check out http://www.teachformalaysia.org

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