Volunteering during COVID-19 MCO | Good for the heart and soul
By: Noorazzalea bt. Gazali (YP’16 to Argentina) Damansara Chapter committee Rumah Bonda hosted a volunteering event that was held on 13th and 14th June, 2020. This event was to pack…
Changemaking
Life During Quarantine: Shaun Yeoh YES’18
I’ve been spending my MCO dusting off my long unplayed Fender Modern Player Dimension bass guitar and revisiting songs/exercises I’ve been wanting to do for quite some time, but putting…
RESCUE – Dr. Liyu Zin Eu
What an irony, The field we study, For a reputable degree, About the art of the human body, We pay through our noses for the study fee, For some an…
Alumni in Action: Dr. Fion Teo
Dr. Fion Teo [YES 2008] Please tell us about your work I am a Medical Officer in the Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Hospital Likas. I have been working in this department for 1.5…
Making Friends A Real Challenge By Sharon Thien
I was hosted in Hamburg, New York for my YES exchange and the biggest challenge for me was making friends in school. In Malaysia, we get to have the same…
The Path to a Lifelong Connection By Nurin Syahmina
I am a young enthusiastic girl that has travelled to Ohio, United States of America for six months in 2018 on a Kennedy Lugar –Youth Exchange Study Program. This brief…
Learning About Gratitude Through AFS – By Kezia Loh
As an exchange student to the United States under the Kennedy Lugar Youth and Exchange Program, I was hosted in a beautiful city call Baltimore located in the state of…
Growing Up in Germany
By Dennis Kong Ming Hong (YPscSH16) It all started back in 2015 when I listened to a talk at school held by Kaylyn Goh, an AFS returnee from Germany. It…
French And Fantastic
By: Annabelle Jyen Ruan Tan (SMysSH18 to France) It all started when I was 14, when I knew that I wanted to study abroad… and then I found AFS. I…