A little bit about overseas students.

For over a month I tried so hard not to comment on negative stuff people say about students who went overseas for studying (duh) because I'm not really comfortable with people labeling me as "berlagak tak sedar diri". But allow me, this once, to actually tell you what happens there and what we sought asides from the experience.


But probably you want to read this first: http://jalanjuang.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/budak-oversea/


For those who don't feel like right-clicking, let me tell you what it's about. The author, who I assume went to overseas too, is saying that there are two kinds of "BUDAK OVERSEA", ones who go socializing and partying, and the ones who go for tarbiyyah, usrah and stuffs. The latter are always deemed as 'the sad one, the one who's missing out' while the fore are the ones who benefited their time there. (Of course, the post was rather sarcastic) and in the end the author asked; which kind of "Budak Oversea" do you choose to be?


The sad thing is, they neglected another kind of students. Our kind. The ones who are friends with both parties. The ones who befriend with literally everybody, from everywhere, be it Middle East or the West side of the globe. The ones who party, but never hate despise tarbiyyah (not because of the free food, but because of the knowledge it gives). The ones who are neither of what he described, but failed in studies anyway (because I don't study, my fault). The ones who join activities held by everybody, but know where/when to stop. And BTW we NEVER drink, obviously. 


WHAT ABOUT US, KAMPUNG PEOPLE WHO STILL VALUES OUR CULTURE AND APPRECIATE INTEGRATION? 


WHAT ABOUT US, WHO WENT OVERSEAS AND SAW THE BIGGER PICTURE, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT YOUR SPONSOR HOPES YOU TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE?


Fucking stereotypes.
I've never been so mad about writings before.

Comments

Misz B said…
i know aye. i just read it. author sounded like an asshole generalizing people. some commenters have the same opinion like you. author cam sentap kowt and started using words like saya suka berkongsi intelek and bullshits like that to show that he can accept other people's opinions to somehow "mend" himself for the better. tp die da tulis a biased article pun. so duhhhh
hawanasir said…
i mean seriously, alhamdulillah anda dpt hidayah pe mende sume. Alhamdulillah anda ada usrah, geng tarbiyyah segala. But generalizing people and categorizing them like that is just freaking unfair. I wanted so badddd to say that he has learned something from studying overseas, but apparently he learned not much about people. Sad case.
adey manis said…
a huh. pity them.
Fareha Noor said…
hawa. i'm was about to write the same thing lately. seriously over la diorng ni. diorng rasa dh bagus dpt apa yang diorng ada sekarang ni.
hawanasir said…
Kema, I wasn't gonna say yg sume yg ada ilmu agama advanced sket dr aku yg jahil ni bias mcm tu, tapi they should've known better. Agak kecewa lar
hawanasir said…
Fareha. Sedey tao. They thought if you go overseas you'll only be either this or that. Tak fikir that people could actually learn something from the experience.

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