A Request
December 3rd, 2009
hi everyone,
i have two things that i sincerely need some help with, and if anyone out there can help me, i would be eternally grateful :)
1. Medicine
i will be going to Honduras in January to do some volunteer work with the Global Brigades. my work there is primarily centered around the building of public health facilities for the locals of my assigned zone, but our team is also heavily involved in healthcare for the sickly. we will be having qualified doctors on our team to help us in our mobile clinics, but right now we are actively searching for medicine donations, so that we won’t be going there empty handed with nothing to prescribe.
i’d like to ask if anyone reading this is close to doctors or dentists either in New York or in Malaysia who would be willing to donate medicine towards this trip. i have a long list of medicine that would be very useful towards helping the most dominant diseases that affect Hondurans, but it’s way too long to attach here. i will be back home in KL for two weeks in late December / early January, and i would very much like to meet with any willing doctors if any of you could point me in the right direction!
it’s for a really good cause, and i would appreciate it so much if anyone could put me in touch with doctors or medicine suppliers who would take the time to listen to me! thank you :)
my Global Brigades website is here.
2. Hong Kong or Asia Internships
i’m currently searching for a summer internship in several fields that i’d prefer not to disclose here. the catch is that i’m looking to intern in firms that are based in other Asian countries besides Malaysia and Singapore. i have a very strong preference for a Hong Kong internship, as well as an inclination towards small firms/start-up companies.
i’ve been doing some research in these areas, but i’ve not been able to find many firms that perfectly capture what i’m looking to do. so if anyone has had experience working in any field (be it at big firms or start-ups) in other Asian countries besides Msia and SG, please do drop me an email if you’re willing to have a chat with me. i would be very, very grateful!
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my email address is quitequaintly[at]gmail[dot]com. if you think you could potentially help me with either thing, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me. thank you all so much in advance :)
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1. michelle | December 3rd, 2009 at 4:42 am
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I used to have one, but it died because it licked the insecticide in my garden. :( Huge mistake to put it in a low level area.
2. KY | December 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I can only buy u some Reese’s!
3. Cher Wee | December 3rd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Is it possible to write in to some big pharmaceutical complanies? (e.g. Bausch & Lomb Malaysia Sdn. Bhd,MSD Malaysia)
4. xiao | December 4th, 2009 at 3:46 am
*warm thoughts and prayers*
5. claudia | December 4th, 2009 at 8:23 am
pinkpau i wish i could help you cause you always help me :(
6. J Law | December 4th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Hi there. I’m a Kuchingnite working in an architecture firm in HK. Since I don’t know what field you’re in, your best bet for employment in HK is via a recruitment agency ie. headhunters. You don’t pay for their services as your potential empoyer pays for the agent’s fees. However, due to the nature of your employment ie. internship, you’re looking for something part time (I’m assuming 3 months summer holidays) and close to no pay. Therefore I foresee two problems: working visa and living expenses. In order for you to legally work in HK, you need a working visa. To get it you need a sponsor ie. your employer. They would pay for the visa and handle the application. If you get past this stage and find an employer that would sponsor your application for 3 months then there’s the living expenses. As an intern you would not be looking at much pay. It would be termed as allowances as if it was salary then you would have tio pay taxes pro rata, which is annoying paperwork for the employer. You’re looking at about 30 percent of what a full time post-grad employee would get. Depending on your field, you’re looking at HKD3000 to HKD10000 a month for interns. Don’t get me wrong, it’s quite a lot compared to what you get back in Malaysia. However, considering living costs in HK, you would spend the bulk of the money in rent, which at the cheapest would be HKD3000 for a studio flat in the New Territories, which would mean you’re spending about 1 hour commuting to get to the island where most big companies are, to about HKD10000 a month on rental for a studio flat in HK island, where everything is happening. I can put you in touch with some recruitment agencies if you wanna try it out. But my advice is to let me know what specific field you’re interested in, and I’ll see if we can sort something out for you directly. Hope this helps.
7. sheon | December 4th, 2009 at 9:58 am
thats some good thing you’re gonna do there in honduras. so proud of you.
cant help you much with your internship. but i’m sure you’d do good and impress your employer.
good luck!!
8. songjun | December 4th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
internship overseas will be hard to obtain due to a myriad of reasons like visa and all that but u can try China, they need ppl over there
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