Blogs Opinion How about now? I’m almost a hundred per cent certain that former Miss Universe Malaysia, Samantha Katie James, was surprised at the predominantly negative reactions she received online from her comments. Her surprise will not have been from the negative reactions but that people condemned her thoughts that are supposed to be a shared idea in the community […] June 3, 2020February 22, 2022
Podcast Maysoun Mustafa – Be open to experiences “Be open to experiences, be open to meeting new people and, it might seem creepy at times, but just smile. Smile at strangers, smile at whoever…because you never know how a simple smile can affect someone in whatever they’re going through with their day or life…” In this episode, Maysoun Mustafa, researcher and plant biologist, […] April 9, 2018March 8, 2022
Podcast Olajide Adejumo – Between basketball and media studies While he may not technically be an expat yet, Olajide (Ben) Adejumo, a student of HELP university on a sports (basketball) scholarship from Nigeria, shares and experiences a lot of what expats do. In this episode of the Other Expats podcast, Ben talks about similarities and differences between living in Malaysia and the motherland, making […] March 2, 2018March 8, 2022
Opinion Being Nigerian in Malaysia sucks and some reasons why I totally love it I love that I’m African. If that wasn’t good enough, I’m Nigerian. And Black. But there are some things that are just not so great about being a Black African man from Nigeria living in a foreign country. Some of these things will jump up and attack me anywhere in the world (even at home) […] February 12, 2018March 8, 2022
Podcast Emmanuel Olalere from Geekception – Enjoying the inflight entertainment “People are going to have a different perception of me and you, and I might as well own it…I cannot change people’s perception overnight but I can show them that I’m willing to work hard, dedicate a lot of time to this endeavour.” – Emmanuel Olalere And work (very) hard, he does. Emmanuel runs Geekception, […] January 31, 2018January 31, 2018
Opinion My fellow Nigerians… “Indeed, you must be responsible for the worst actions of other black bodies, which, somehow, will always be assigned to you.” Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates My fellow Nigerians, I no dey sure say we understand wetin dey happen yet. I don’t think we get it. Not yet, at least. Malaysia is clearly […] January 13, 2018January 13, 2018
