UTM International Week 2008
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Ironically, the local students were not concerned about this event at all. Shouldn’t the local students grab this opportunity to absorb more ideas in the hope of forming better world views? In the end you can see the foreigners enjoy exchanging gifts and ideas among themselves, with no involvement from the local students. Sad huh? All the so called university students apparently know to read books and take part in examinations only… Well, forget about the not so positive part of the event. Let’s proceed with the video and some photos. =) Last but not least, here comes the video. Have fun! =)
Haha, I have always dreamed of seeing people from around the globe in UTM campus and now the dream is being realized. The amount of international students in UTM has finally increased to an amount where all of them are able to organize something wonderful and unique. To date, UTM has 1465 (around 7% of UTM student population) postgraduate and undergraduate students from 30 countries around the world. From 26th till 30th of March, The Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Internationalization), Students’ Representative Council and the community of international students organized the inaugural International Week 2008.
This was one of the special experiences I had, to be able to walk within a big crowd with diversified culture and background. It was indeed enjoyable for I was given the opportunity to witness and talk to different unique characters. Anyway, the foreigners appeared to be most excited compared to local students. I had a good time chatting with a few international students there and gosh, I was delighted to see so many unique stuff on display. These people are nice and friendly as they were eager to show you their best. The explanation and mini performances done at the booths by students from several countries were enlightening and for a poor student who can’t afford to travel abroad, this was indeed better than traveling far away only to catch a glimpse of the entire civilization. Anyway, here’s a list of countries where the students are from in alphabetical order based on the flags found on the booklet cover:
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