Why #5forAFriend ? Why Contribute to Syat's Live in Japan Fund
#5foraFriend was started in the basis that we are all friends, and that we would all lend a hand when there is a friend in need. I believe in this through and through and I want you to believe in it too.
In all honesty, I have always considered my friends as my family mainly. Maybe it is because I am not close to my family hence I am always looking out for my version of "family". And thankfully, I have always been lucky because my friends are AWESOME, I can always depend on them when I am in trouble. Because of this, I have always believed in paying back. Some might call it "paying it forward" but it is just me repaying my blessings by always keeping a hand open when a friend asks for help. I'm a big believer of paying kindness for kindness.
So, I admit, I am a lucky person, always been given the opportunity to do many things - see the world, go to concerts, eat nice meals. And being one of the 20 recipient of GLOBIS International Leader Scholarship I am extremely greatful. I found about about this university through Facebook, as they were doing their marketing rounds earlier this year - to promote the first year of their full-time English language MBA course. They mentioned that there are a couple more rounds of admission and 20 people will be selected from the applicants to receive the scholarship.
Due to work and other activities (including organising several events) I barely but just managed to catch the submission date with my application for the last round of admission (They have four a year for the two admission dates). The date of the interview happened first thing on one fine Saturday morning and I didn't think I did well, so totally dismissed that I would get admitted, what more get a scholarship for it.
However, the offer did come in, and I was elated! This admission and scholarship really came to me as surprise as I really thought that I have bombed the interview! But it came, and now I have to find a way to add to my almost non-existant savings in order to survive in this expensive city that is called Tokyo. (Don't the university look so inviting? :) )
Some might ask, why don't I try to get a MARA or JPA loan? I have never exercised my so called Bumi rights and I didn't really know how to. But with some guidance, I am trying to get through to them, but these institutions deem MBAs as a very general loan, so not something that would contribute much to the country. So, I can't really put my hopes up to that. I am also a little bitter that I can't access my EPF funds, that could help with a lot of the expenses... Unfortunately, most scholarships are closed, and most of them would not allow double scholarships. So that cancels out almost 90% of applicable funding.
That is why, I am looking for YOU and YOUR FRIENDS to help me. I am only requesting for 5 because it is not a burdensome amount (of course, if you like me enough, I'd appreciate if you could please contribute more to get me to the RM80,000 goal faster). However, in order for this to work, I will need 16,000 generous people to contribute to the fund within this 3 months. So please, spare me your fiver and spread the world.
I know I know, many of you would ask, why should we contribute to this stranger who we barely even know. Well, imagine that one day at the mamak, you need a fiver to cover for your teh tarik. I'm sure there would be people kind enough who would lend you that money and not expect anybody back. I want to believe that this is not an impossible scenario.
I also want to keep this funding alive. From the comments from strangers that I have received, my case is not unique, and my cause is not totally alien. Hence, once I have reached the amount I need, the rest of the contributions will go to somebody else who might need it in the future. Now this is paying it forward.
So please, open up your hearts and press the "DONATE" button below. I need all the help I can get.
In all honesty, I have always considered my friends as my family mainly. Maybe it is because I am not close to my family hence I am always looking out for my version of "family". And thankfully, I have always been lucky because my friends are AWESOME, I can always depend on them when I am in trouble. Because of this, I have always believed in paying back. Some might call it "paying it forward" but it is just me repaying my blessings by always keeping a hand open when a friend asks for help. I'm a big believer of paying kindness for kindness.
So, I admit, I am a lucky person, always been given the opportunity to do many things - see the world, go to concerts, eat nice meals. And being one of the 20 recipient of GLOBIS International Leader Scholarship I am extremely greatful. I found about about this university through Facebook, as they were doing their marketing rounds earlier this year - to promote the first year of their full-time English language MBA course. They mentioned that there are a couple more rounds of admission and 20 people will be selected from the applicants to receive the scholarship.
Due to work and other activities (including organising several events) I barely but just managed to catch the submission date with my application for the last round of admission (They have four a year for the two admission dates). The date of the interview happened first thing on one fine Saturday morning and I didn't think I did well, so totally dismissed that I would get admitted, what more get a scholarship for it.
However, the offer did come in, and I was elated! This admission and scholarship really came to me as surprise as I really thought that I have bombed the interview! But it came, and now I have to find a way to add to my almost non-existant savings in order to survive in this expensive city that is called Tokyo. (Don't the university look so inviting? :) )
Click to viewSome might ask, why don't I try to get a MARA or JPA loan? I have never exercised my so called Bumi rights and I didn't really know how to. But with some guidance, I am trying to get through to them, but these institutions deem MBAs as a very general loan, so not something that would contribute much to the country. So, I can't really put my hopes up to that. I am also a little bitter that I can't access my EPF funds, that could help with a lot of the expenses... Unfortunately, most scholarships are closed, and most of them would not allow double scholarships. So that cancels out almost 90% of applicable funding.
That is why, I am looking for YOU and YOUR FRIENDS to help me. I am only requesting for 5 because it is not a burdensome amount (of course, if you like me enough, I'd appreciate if you could please contribute more to get me to the RM80,000 goal faster). However, in order for this to work, I will need 16,000 generous people to contribute to the fund within this 3 months. So please, spare me your fiver and spread the world.
I know I know, many of you would ask, why should we contribute to this stranger who we barely even know. Well, imagine that one day at the mamak, you need a fiver to cover for your teh tarik. I'm sure there would be people kind enough who would lend you that money and not expect anybody back. I want to believe that this is not an impossible scenario.
I also want to keep this funding alive. From the comments from strangers that I have received, my case is not unique, and my cause is not totally alien. Hence, once I have reached the amount I need, the rest of the contributions will go to somebody else who might need it in the future. Now this is paying it forward.
So please, open up your hearts and press the "DONATE" button below. I need all the help I can get.