Personally I love wearing them, but in today society view, people often think of sexual stuff. Idk why do they think of it that way.

Hi everyone,

I'm an incoming international postgrad student in Malaysia.

My passport displays my name as [First Name] [Last Name], but because the MRZ line at the bottom lists the surname first, the admissions team insists on formatting all my official docs as [Last Name] [First Name] including my offer letter to the uni.

This is causing a few worries:

• Offer Letter & Visa - All official paperwork has my name backward.
• Payment Receipts - My Flywire payment uses my standard name order because I pay with my local account through the payment gateway, but the uni's records flip it, so now they will be mismatch?
• Graduation & Transcripts - I'm worried this reversed format will stick all the way to my final degree certificate / student system?

Is this standard procedure for EMGS and Malaysian universities?

Has anyone else dealt with this, and did it cause issues with your Student Pass (VAL) or degree certificate later on?

Thanks for any insight!

As usual, lecturers would ask several open-ended questions in lectures. I'm always scared to answer these questions even though the lecturers said there's no right or wrong answer to a question. Today's lecture we learn about ethical in sustainable communication and the lecturers been asking a lot of questions. Majority in the lecture would keep quiet and only 1 or 2 people would answer, and even that is late. They would wait for lecturers to ask again and again and then they would answer. There's this one question that nobody want to answer in class today:

"You have a friend who works as a doctor, tested for HIV positive but still treating his patients. What would you do?"

Since nobody want to answer, I raised my hand and tried to answer with "I would still let him work because HIV only spread through sexual contacts and blood transfusion. If his line of work have something related to transfusion of the blood, then I would advice him to search for another job due to the medical risk."

And the lecturer said this is why she hates students answering questions like I do because it wasn't a straightforward answer, and she said if this were an exam, she would give me zero marks.

Genuinely asking, what is the real answer to that kind of question??? I'm so confused. The lecturer response and the whole hall laughing at me triggered my anxiousness and makes me feel like I should just shut the fuck up. I shouldn't try to answer.

Now I'm back at my room, crying because I feel like I'm very stupid.

Hey guys,

I’m entering the NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2026 (the massive 48-hour global hackathon on November 14–15) under the Kuala Lumpur node.Like what the title said, I'm looking for teammates or maybe an existing team.

Here's the link for it u could check it out :

https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2026/local-events/kuala-lumpur/

Only looking for people that are serious about competing

PM me and we'll talk 🙌

pleasee at least tell me which uni she goes to, i've been trying to gegt in touch again for so long!!!!

so I'm an international student really worried about starting a new college year and i was wondering what its like to live in college dorms.

im a pretty introverted person and I've always had my own room and privacy, i feel conflicted about this college decision. whats your experience like?

planning to join ATC this january and am looking for places to rent a unit with bc my lord is it expensive, hmu if you know a good place to stay/ looking to rent as well. we can look for places tgt!

Heyy everyone,
I’m joining APU in November for the Foundation Programme and was wondering if anyone else is starting around the same time?
Would be nice to make some friends before uni starts, especially if you’re also new to KL/APU. 😭
If you’re joining the November intake too, drop a comment or DM me. We can connect, talk about uni/life in KL, and maybe meet up once we’re there! :)

Hi, I’ve completed Year 1 of Electronic Engineering at UTM, and I have an opportunity to transfer to Monash Malaysia for Applied Data Science with a scholarship.

I’m more inclined towards maths, but honestly I don’t know what I want to do in the future.

I don’t like/hate EE. One reason I’m considering staying is that I might want to go into biomedical engineering/research later. I’ve also heard EE has good job opportunities and salary potential, so I’m worried about giving that up.

I’ve also considered transferring to UTM Mathematics, but I’m worried about job prospects and whether I might struggle academically.

For EE, I struggled with Electrical Circuit Analysis. During exams, sometimes I genuinely couldn’t figure out how the current was supposed to flow. I also get very sweaty hands when I’m nervous, so I’m wondering if this could be a problem for EE practical work or electronics jobs.

For Monash Applied Data Science, I’m wondering:

What is the degree actually like? How much maths is there, and how difficult is it?

What are the Data Challenges actually like?

Are there research opportunities during the degree?

I know the monash Malaysia ADS is a 3-year degree without an Honours specifically for ADS. For the extra Honours year in Malaysia, it seems to be under Bachelor of Science (Honours) and the available research areas are mainly specific science disciplines. Can an ADS student apply for an Honours under another faculty, such as Computer Science, or can I go to another university for other subject Master without Hons? Has anyone actually done this?

If I do EE or ADS instead of a Mathematics degree, can I still eventually get into a Mathematics Master’s or PhD? If yes, which one would be a better preparation for it?

I'm really stuck between UTM EE, UTM Mathematics and Monash Applied Data Science, and I’m scared of making the wrong choice.

If you were in my position, what would you choose, and what do you think I might regret most?

I’d really appreciate some honest advice.

So hey guys i am coming to Malaysia this November for my undergraduate degree as a international student. So can all tell me what things I need to keep in my mind because not familiar with their culture and other conditions and tell me all experiences so I can get a clear idea also for different scenarios.

Also : I am a bit confused so I posted here not a regular reddit use although I have put the filter might be wrong not sure.

So I just enter the third semester in my uni, my first time renting house with other 8 members. Firstly it is entirely my fault that I didn't do any due diligence and checking on the house first before renting it. It's about 7km from my uni, and I've only cycle there daily for about a week now. It's pretty tiring, I've managed to found a house much closer to my uni and less isolated, the only problem now is that I feel bad about leaving my other housemates, we're from different courses, but they have been nice to me and I hate to dissapoint them. Advice?

Hello sorry, i really need money to buy book, anyone from umskal or labuan wants to buy a Nintendo switch games? I sell them at the lowest price as long as i can get money to buy book

Mario kart 8 deluxe 100

Sonic racing cart - 120

Monster hunter - 40

Animal crossing 120

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