Baby and tough step (1st Exchange Program)

Front gate of USM, 
Penang, Malaysia, 2010

I was young and happy determining on my goal on going to study abroad. So one day, I entered a seminar on fellowship hosting by Universiti Sains Malaysia. I was asking the presenter if they have an exchange program and one guy gave me a contact information and meanwhile I also got email at similar from bong Dany saying there is an exchange program to Malaysia and coincidentally it is USM as well. I got in touch with Bong Timol who got there earlier than me but different program while mine is ASEAN University Network (AUN).

APYC, KL, Malaysia 2010

However, it was really tough because it was my first time of all these things: Health check, passport, preparation and more. Especially, it would be my first time abroad and for long time (5 months). Despite all the hardship, I was there in Penang, which is a mixed of Indian, Malaysian and Chinese and very green. My university is called the university of garden and I love it as always. At the same year, I was also selected for Asia Pacific Youth Conference (APYC) in KL which I met a lot of great people and learnt many things.

Words of the day: I Believe One thing leads to another....

Procedure:

USM : 1, Shortlist 2, Final decision

APYC : 1, Shortlist, 2, Interview 3, final decision 4, raise fund


Link to the program:

USM Exchange:  http://web.usm.my/bheaa/v2/pdf/USM%20Information%20Sheet.pdf

APYC       :  http://www.iofc.org/asia-pacific-youth-conference (contact your local iofc)