The Silver Monkey Inn

scully1 · Post by **scully1** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:09 pm

LOL

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:13 pm

@Brink

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:16 pm

It's nice to see you two so happy

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:18 pm

*ahem*
Well it's nice to see you happy too Brink.

*giggle*

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:20 pm

@Georgi-I think I'm more confused than happy

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:23 pm

@Brink well if you weren't so confused you'd realise how happy you are

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:26 pm

*Brink stares at the lovely angel giggling in front of him*

@Georgi-Erm,come again?

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:40 pm

LMAO

Erm, sorry Brink, I am off to bed

You just think on it, ok?

*hug* Goodnight

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:42 pm

@Georgi-Goodnight angel *hug*

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 7:12 pm

Hello, are there any lurkers here?

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 7:47 pm

Hello C Elegans,if you're still around

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 7:53 pm

Good morning Brink, I'm on and off while trying to write on my hopeless articles *sigh*. How are you? What have you been up to lately?

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 7:57 pm

Good morning

.Must be pretty early in the morning where you're at

.Anyway I'm doing okay and have been studying most of the time during the weekdays

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 8:04 pm

It's 5 am here. I slept a lot earlier today because I have a throat infection. I'm feeling much better now.

So, you're back in school again. What's the school system in Malaysia like? Here, we have primary school between age 7-16, same for everyone. Then high school for 3-4 years, where you can choose different programs. Then University.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 8:16 pm

Glad you're feeling better now

Primary school is for 7-12 year olds,followed by 3 years in lower secondary and 2 years in upper secondary(this is where there's a choice of being in either the science or the arts stream ).After that you can either go straight to University(rather tough) or go to college (for those that can't afford the cost of that,they can obtain the equivalent of a college degree in school

)

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 8:25 pm

So, are you in your last year of upper secondary school?

Is it expensive to go to college? In Sweden, all public education is free. There are a few private elementary schools with fees around, but they are not generally considered better than stately schools. (Our crown princess for instance, went to a stately school.)

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 8:29 pm

Yeap,I'm in my last year of upper secondary

.

AFAIK,all colleges here are privately owned(which is why it is rather expensive to enter one) except for one

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 8:39 pm

OK, I see. Good there is other ways to get entrance to University for people who can't affort college.

I have a cultural question for you: I have a friend who's been toghether with a Malaysian guy for several years. This guy is Chinese, and he has biological parents, but he was adopted by a Malay business man because this man wanted to pay for his studies. The guy is a very talanted artist, and his Chinese parents could not afford a good art education, so this businessman adopted him when he was about 20 years old.

Is this common in Malaysia?

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 8:44 pm

I suppose so

.It's not rare to see someone who is of one race being adopted by parents of another

.It's also not rare to see people with an extended family such as the person in your case

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C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 8:52 pm

In Sweden, it's also common that people adopt children from other parts of the world. The difference here is that
1. Adoption is heavily regulated and you cannot adopt a child if it has a biological family that is taking care of it, it has to be an orphan.
2. You can only adopt small children.

Adopting someone who is adult and not an orphan, for instance in order to give that person finacial benefits like heritage, is only allowed if that person is your spouse's child.