admin September 20th, 2007
Remember the article about Malaysian students’ allowance in the United States is increased 97%? Do you want to know the truth? The truth is, the allowance actually goes down. Not up. They just want to make people happy by saying that the allowance is going up - in fact, it is not.
Why? Before the “increased” allowance, the students who chose on-campus housing receive 60% of the monthly allowance, which is $444.44 a month (and housing paid by sponsor). If sponsor doesn’t pay housing, we would get $740 per month. However, right now, the allowance is as follow:
A rate - $425
B rate - $375
C rate - $325
Can you calculate how much lower is that? None of them ever goes beyond the $444.44.
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admin September 17th, 2007
Is this the time that I eat too much? Gotta teach my stomach a lesson. When breaking fast at 7pm just now, I ate a lot (twice as much as usual) and right now (1.16am), I’m hungry again. I guess it’s kinda bad teaching your stomach to contain food up to its maximum storage ability. No wonder I’m fat. Hahaha..
Right now I’m kinda busy and kinda tired. My level of fitness went down almost 200% because I’ve stopped from going to the gym for 1 month already. Gotta kick my butt to start working. Huhu.. I wonder how my fencing performance will be for this year.
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admin September 15th, 2007
I have been living in USA for two years and surprisingly, I have started to love this country. The feel is just amazing. I have done some research and asked around whether it is possible for me to apply and become a resident of USA after I graduated.
The answer is, yes! you can - through Green Card. What is a green card? It is a card that acknowledge you to become the permanent resident of United States (not citizenship). However, if you are considered as permanent resident, you will get many benefits, almost like any citizen of the United States.
Want to know how to get a Green Card? Read more!!
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