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Shardy
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| Anna Lau wrote: | | Shardy, just say it..Malaysia better lah... |
Malaysia Boleh!
Satu Malaysia!
OMG - I'm turning into one  |
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Foxylady
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| if you go to Thailand - you get your head screwed and it will be too late! |
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Patrice
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| Foxylady wrote: | | if you go to Thailand - you get your head screwed and it will be too late! |
Which head? |
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Foxylady
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| Im sorry. Let me be more clear. Men only think with one head and its the wrong head! LOL |
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rajulkabir
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Socially, KL is a far easier place for a foreigner to integrate. You'll have loads of Malaysian friends in no time. In Thailand you will always be somewhat of an outsider.
There aren't as many international schools in KL but the best are very good.
In KL almost everyone speaks some English, and a great many people are completely fluent (having grown up in English-speaking households). In Bangkok there's only a small minority who speak more than 20 words of English, and someone who's truly fluent is a rare find. This has a major impact on the ease/difficulty of everyday transactions.
Thai food is good but in my experience becomes monotonous after a while. Despite being much smaller, KL is a more international, cosmopolitan city in many ways, including cuisine. Bangkok is huge but homogenous, with only a sprinkling of international touches here and there. Malaysians love to travel and are extremely open to the outside world.
Of course, the flip side of that is that in Thailand, if you put in the effort, you'll really be able to immerse yourselves into something different and exotic, whereas in Malaysia you'll find yourself surrounded by people who share cultural references with you, perhaps making for a less exciting experience. Depends on your personalities I suppose. |
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Patrice
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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There aren't as many international schools in KL but the best are very good.
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That is if you get a seat for your kids RK. I don't know how it is right now, but the waiting list were impressive back then.
While in BKK, for the local equivalents of Alice Smith or ISKL, you will get a seat pretty much for sure. |
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roguegirl
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Patrice wrote: | | rajulkabir wrote: |
There aren't as many international schools in KL but the best are very good.
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That is if you get a seat for your kids RK. I don't know how it is right now, but the waiting list were impressive back then.
While in BKK, for the local equivalents of Alice Smith or ISKL, you will get a seat pretty much for sure. |
Allow me to divert a little... To get in to a good school in KL is hard whether it is local or international. In actual fact, when I was in JB some years back, some parents actually registered their kids when the were still toddlers in order to be the first in line!  And that is just talking about good local schools (both national & vernacular schools). |
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roguegirl
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| rajulkabir wrote: | | whereas in Malaysia you'll find yourself surrounded by people who share cultural references with you, perhaps making for a less exciting experience. Depends on your personalities I suppose. |
This is true if you prefer to remain solely in KL or big cities. Take note that in Malaysia, if you care to experience the more exotic life, you'll have to venture further to the rural/country to see and learn about other cultures where you may meet with people who play flute with their nose or have elangoted (spelling?) earlobs and eat bugs and grubs. 
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| rajulkabir wrote: | | Depends on your personalities I suppose. |
... and what you want or care to experience while you are here in Malaysia. |
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geordie
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Patrice wrote: | | rajulkabir wrote: |
There aren't as many international schools in KL but the best are very good.
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That is if you get a seat for your kids RK. I don't know how it is right now, but the waiting list were impressive back then.
While in BKK, for the local equivalents of Alice Smith or ISKL, you will get a seat pretty much for sure. |
Nothing beats Singapore !! A mate was recently told that to get into Primary school in UWC, the waitlist is till 2014 and for Tanglin Trust, it's 2013 !!! |
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