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…
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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…
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…
My Global Youth Service Day By Hikmat Zakaria
Here’s an article, written by Hikmat Zakaria, a Malaysian student who is currently on the YES Program. She was recently awarded the “100 hours community service award” and also “Public…
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From Chicago To Alor Setar: Living La Vida Local!
By Kara Timrick I am one of several year-long exchange students in Malaysia, but I was born and bred in Chicago. I consider myself lucky to come from such a…
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Learn while exploring a whole new world
1: Can you introduce yourself and where you went for your AFS exchange experience? I’m Tiffany Chin (19) from Selangor and I recently came back from Switzerland (AFS SUI YP…
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Changemakers Social Entrepreneurship Workshop
Changemakers Social Entrepreneurship Workshop By: Lim Ke Shin For a week in March 2017, I attended a YES Alumni Social Entrepreneurship Workshop and ECA Conference in Westin, Alexandria, a packed…