Posted on November 18, 2008 by Tiara
The Star’s college youth pull-out R.AGE is organising The March Forward, a workshop-packed day aimed at helping final year students transition into the working world.
The workshops will feature talks by various industry experts on what employers seek in the workforce, developing your resume, branding yourself, and managing interviews. There will also be plenty of opportunities [...]
Filed under: Events, Opportunities, Resources, Specific Programs, Youth Initiative | Tagged: careers, education, jobs, malaysia, Opportunities, tertiary, youth | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 16, 2008 by Tiara
1. YouthSays are hunting for more people to join them for future projects, including the YOUTH’09 Festival. They’re looking for a Stats Beast, an Online Community Leader, and a Blogger + Art Director. Get in touch with Joel or Khailee for more information.
2. Nescafe KickStart is up for another season, and this time they’re focused [...]
Filed under: Events, Opportunities, Resources, Specific Programs, Youth Initiative | Tagged: barcamp, conferences, entrepreneurship, jobs, malaysia, Opportunities, youth | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 11, 2008 by Tiara
Those of you heading to Harvard, or to university in general;
those of you waiting anxiously for SPM/STPM results (have you even taken the tests yet?);
those of you putting in 24-hour days to get those “top grades” to get into something like Harvard thinking it’s the Holy Grail;
those of you pushed into the 24-hour days lifestyle [...]
Filed under: Musings, People, Websites & Online Thoughts | Tagged: advice, harvard, life, personal, slow, student, university | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 10, 2008 by Tiara
EDIT: Tony has been released and was able to appear in Parliament today.
Tony Pua, founder of one of the first Malaysian education blogs, Education in Malaysia, as well as a Member of Parliament, has been arrested and jailed following his involvement in an anti-ISA peaceful protest.
It’s not immediately clear whether the arrest was purely due [...]
Filed under: News, People | Tagged: bloggers, education, jail, malaysia, News, tony pua | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 9, 2008 by Tiara
A few weeks ago I posted about Schooled, a new movie that depicts the life of a Sudbury or democratic school. The team behind the movie got in touch with me (to tell me about Schooled and they were kind enough to mail me a copy of the DVD.
The movie was OK; however, I was [...]
Filed under: media | Tagged: democratic school, fiction, film, movie, review, schooled, sudbury | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 4, 2008 by Tiara
The Malaysian Youth Index is an analysis of surveys done on 4087 young people in Malaysia aged 15-40 in 2006. The idea was to get a feel for how young people in Malaysia are faring and what they get up to in their spare time.
It’s absolute RUBBISH!
The Index does not tell you anything about what [...]
Filed under: Informative, Musings, Resources, Youth Initiative | Tagged: awful, horrendous, information, malaysia, research, surveys, youth | Leave a Comment »
