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Feature: Halloween in Asia!

Posted November 4th, 2008 by Peter · 3 Comments

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We here at SAPL wish you the best Halloween Weekend of your lives. In case you wanted to know, Asians have similar traditions as well… Here’s an article written by Jennifer Franco about the various “Halloween” celebrations.
Halloween is one of the oldest holidays celebrated by people from different countries all over the world. In most [...]

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#98 Studying Overseas

Posted October 29th, 2008 by Shaun · 11 Comments

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It’s been well documented (here on SAPL and elsewhere) that Asians are moderately intelligent, and as so, they’ve figured that the standard of higher education back in Asia is dreadfully mediocre. That’s why so many Asians pack their bags and leave their homelands in search of some good old-fashioned Western education. After all, what would [...]

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#91 Multilingualism

Posted September 17th, 2008 by Shaun · 27 Comments

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‘It’s tough being an Asian male growing up in a Western country. You’re often subjected to Asian stereotypes, and white guys tend to steal your girls a whole lot. However, you wanna know one great upside to being a Gen Y Asian in a Western country? If you keep your mouth shut and say nothing, [...]

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