Monday, February 16, 2015

Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur

Among all the celebration of Chinese, Chinese New Year - also known as the Spring Festival - is one of the biggest celebrations. The first day of the Chinese calendar is the start of the Chinese New Year celebrations. This year, Chinese New Year is celebrated 19th February. Entire Malaysian celebrate Imlek for three days, except Terengganu and Kelantan, which is just off on the first day.

Want to spend a holiday in Kuala Lumpur? The following are the places which are worth a visit to see a typical Chinese tradition in Malaysia:

Thean Hou Temple
Near Mid Valley Megamall, precisely in Robson's Hill there is a level 6 beautiful temple. This temple built to enshrine Thean Hou, also known as The Heavenly Mother. Set up in 1987, this temple is the largest temple in Kuala Lumpur. This temple is very crowded, especially in the Chinese New Year. Here you can see the sights and beautiful lanterns. No entry fee for visitors.

The Golden Triangle
Who became an icon of this area is the Petronas Twin Towers. This area has many shopping malls, five star hotels, and often hold celebrations (especially in pubs and cafes), especially during the Chinese New Year, so it is one of the popular destinations visited by tourists.

Chinatown and Buddhist temples
If you want to see acrobats, lion dance, dragon processions, you definitely do not want to miss this place.

Special Foods
In Malaysia, distinctive Chinese food is Yusheng - a kind of appetizers. Not only delicious, Yusheng also is a symbol of luck. Yee Sang is a combination of various foods (depending restaurant serving). In general, Yusheng consists of fish, peanuts, sesame seeds, prawn crackers, and many more.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Animation - Popular Major Now

Animation is part of Film and TV Production involving many styles, different processes and techniques.

Depending on the job, the animators could take months just to finish one episode or one part of the film, making the animated one at a scene and make revisions.

Animator jobs require a high concentration and the ability to convey ideas, messages and images in the form of animation, so it takes a sense of enthusiasm. So if you do not have a great interest in animation, you should consider other majors.

In this 21st century, not only children who like cartoons. Many adolescents and adults who like to watch cartoons. May first goal of the cartoon is to provide entertainment for the children, so that they can sit back and fill their time. However, in line with the demands of time, many children cartoons aimed at educating children and helping them to remember and learn better.

Animation project involves work very wide, and mostly outsourced from more than one country. For example, one of America's favorite comedy movies, South Park animated in Korea. There are two offices in both countries to facilitate communication. Things like this led to high demand for international graduates who have skills in animation, including multi-language skills, and master the law to work abroad.

The style and technique of animation every state is different, of course. Asian animation style has spread to America in the last two decades. The result can be seen by comparing the English cartoons in the 80s with modern cartoons.

Monday, January 19, 2015

Working After Graduation in US

As the country with the strongest economy in the world, the job market in the US has never deserted. Although had declined in previous years, in 2014 was the year with the best growth since the recession of 2009, with 3.2% growth in 2013.


US has a strong industry in the economy, finance and banking, as well as the media, with 35% of these companies add new jobs in 2014, such as financial analysis, financial advisory, accounting and auditing.

In addition, media industry also has shown an annual growth of 6.1% since 2009-2014.

Graduates who want to settle in US after the lecture has two options: to register for Optional Practical Training Programme (OPT) or apply for a work visa.

Once your student visa expires, you will enter a grace period to leave US, extending visas or request a new visa. How long you can stay before leaving the US depending on type of student visa: F-1 visa holders are allowed to stay for 60 days, while the M-1 visa holder and J-1 only allowed to stay for 30 days.

The most common types of work visas that can be gained international students is Temporary Working Visa (H-1B). With this visa, you can settle in US for 3 years, and can be extended up to 6 years. For more information please visit the US Bureau of Consular Affairs.

International graduates can not apply for this visa personally. They must have been getting job offers in advance, and the employer they will apply for the visa.

To obtain this visa, you must first have a college degree.

If you want to settle permanently in the US, you need a 'Green Card'. After getting a work visa, you can apply for a Green Card. Similarly, work visa, it is your employer must apply to you.

Learn more requirements for Green Card on the website of US Department of Homeland Security.

Monday, January 12, 2015

Five Reasons Why International Students Preferred Choice by Company

International students have the advantages that are not owned by local students because make you that studying abroad has some advantages. What makes international students look more attractive?

Liked challenge
Deciding to study abroad, away from our family and friends, in a strange place with a different culture and language shows that you can meet the challenge. Overcoming the challenges necessary expertise to take the initiative and adapt to environmental changes as soon as possible. The company wanted to find such a person, who can work without having to always wait for superior instruction, because it simplify their work.

Can Adapt
Organizations and large companies always have to adapt to changes in the market and the environment. People who study abroad and pass well means you have learn the skills to adapt to new environments and people.

New Perspectives
Hanging out and involved the international community can opened the horizons a person. It is one of the advantages of study abroad, where you'll mingle with colleagues from other countries. The company enjoys the open and can accept new ideas, as well as those who contribute new ideas.

Can Socialize
Study abroad to train a person's ability to socialize, where we will be forced to make friends and start a conversation with new people. The company will want to look for people who can socialize and interact with many people.

Open and Flexible
Mingle with people from different cultures train you to be more flexible and resolve differences of opinion, culture and customs. This is very important in the world of work, where we are required to be able to respect the opinions of everyone, but it still has own handle.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

All Risk Insurance

Term insurance all risk in the real world is not quite right, because all risk means any risk, thus causing an impression of all the risks in liability insurance, while in fact the insurance there are always exceptions. Lots of disagreement when the insurance claim because customers never read the policy on the receipt, or agents never explain the exclusion.

Many of the reasons why the agent never (or even do not want to) explain the exclusions in the policy, the agent may not know about the exceptions that exist or may be because the agent worry you will cancel buy an insurance policy once explained all these exceptions.

Whatever the reason the agent does not explain, you still have to read and understand each of these exceptions, because exception ignorance will not make an exception is canceled.

Hope this article can open your insight on the world of insurance because by knowing exceptions exist, then you will not be disappointed and blame the insurance company if your insurance claim was rejected because it included in the exception.