Ever fancied a life of adventure, discovery and excitement? Join a hundred strangers. Walk a hundred miles. With no change of socks. To sleep with bugs and bathe in streams. Would you give up the comforts of home in pursuit of a crazy dream?

This year Raleigh International gives young Malaysians the opportunity to embark on life-changing expeditions to Malaysia, Costa Rica-Nicaragua, Namibia & Ghana. These expeditions challenge young people, between the ages of 17 and 25 through community and conservation work in some of the world’s most remote destinations. Volunteers help build homes, community clinics and work with wildlife experts on some of the world’s most endangered species. Read the rest of this entry »

Want to spend 3 months or a year in the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii? Read on then. This is an opportunity most suitable for school leavers with at least one year of work experience, though a candidate of 3-5 years work experience would stand a greater chance for the scholarship, especially for the MBA selection. Read the rest of this entry »

After participating in the Cathay Pacific International Wilderness Experience (CXIWE) last year, Ng Pei Ying and Ong Szu Mei have become changed persons.They are more aware of the values of conserving and preserving the environment. Besides broadening their knowledge of the world, Ng and Ong also had the opportunity to meet like-minded youths and learn from each other’s cultures.

Two lucky teenagers will get their chance to participate in the wilderness experience this year as Cathay Pacific Airways Limited has launched the 12th chapter of CXIWE project yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »

Yeoh Chen Chow provides some basic tips on the nightmarish process that is United States college applications (taken from ReCom.org):

I would provide here some basic information on US Universities applications, in view that not many is clear on that application process.

For US Universities application, the application deadline would be around November (for Early Decision/Early Action) and around end of December (for Regular Decision). I would strongly encourage everyone that hopes to apply to US top universities to try and apply for Early Decision/Early Action. Read the rest of this entry »

The Young Global Citizens Project (YGCP) is a British Council initiative to bring together young people from Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and the United Kingdom for a grueling, physically challenging and intellectually stimulating ten day camp. YGCP is fully sponsored by the Connecting Futures program of the British Council. Ten young people will be selected from each of the five participating countries to take part in this camp. Read the rest of this entry »

What I have written about is the system in Osaka. Now, I am going to share with you how I spent my scholarship there.For my 1st year in Japan, I stayed in the dormitory of OUFS. The rental is 25,900yen per month. In addition, we have to pay insurance costing around 2,000yen per month. For international calls, there is a card called Brastel International calling card. Read the rest of this entry »

There are many scholarships offered to students from all over the world under the Japanese Government’s policy to increase the number of foreign students in Japan. Up till last year (2005), there has been a total of 121,812 foreign students studying in Japan, Out of the total, 9,891 students are sponsored by Japanese government, 1,903 students are sponsored by own countries and the rest are private students(110,018). The top 5 countries represented in terms of the number of students are China (80,592), Korea (15,606), Taiwan (4,134), Malaysia (2,114), and Vietnam (1,745). Read the rest of this entry »

Yale University is one of the few need-blind colleges in the United States - financial help guaranteed once admitted and admission unbiased by the need for financial aid. This is Elizabeth Wong’s account of the time between high school and Yale University, and how her road brought her there.

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If you think Cambridge or Oxford is too costly for you, think again.

The Jardine Foundation Scholarship offers full scholarships for first degree courses in selected Colleges in Oxford and Cambridge, which are :
a) Oxford – Exeter, Oriel, Queen’s and Trinity
b) Cambridge – Downing, Magdalene and Trinity Read the rest of this entry »

I just would like to give you a brief description about Telekom Sponsorship Program.

I think it could be one of the Sponsorship program in Malaysia that is the least rigorous in its selection process. But please don’t assume that it doesn’t come with a huge price. Standard rule for the bond is, ‘For every year they sponsor a student, the student would have to repay back by working with the firm for 2 years.’ So technically, a 10-year bond is the usual case. Read the rest of this entry »