Every time I hear or talk about this I get angry. I’m just going to vent here because there’s no place else I can go.

Mount Holyoke (which is where I went to school) typically gives out a lot of financial aid to students, especially international students. This is because Mount Holyoke believes in making good education as accessible as possible to people of all walks of life, regardless of whether they have enough money to afford it or not. And this, I’m sure, applies not only to MHC but to a lot of other good schools in the US (don’t know much about universities in other countries so I’m not going to comment on them)

There are a lot of incredibly smart and gifted women all over the world who deserve the chance to go to a good school, but they might not have the money too either because they are not rich, or also partly because their currency might not match up to the dollar, making it very expensive to study in the US. So as I mentioned earlier, Mount Holyoke is very generous with its aid to international students so that they have an equal chance with their wealthier peers.

I was one of the lucky recipients! They gave me a very nice financial aid package, which meant that I only paid a quarter of the tuition every semester. Although financial aid doesn’t mean full on grants because it is not a scholarship per se, but a compilation of grants, loans and work study, it took a huge burden off my parents who are not rich.

I’m writing this because I have no more contact with the girls I’m going to talk about anymore.

There are a few girls from China at Mount Holyoke who are paying next to nothing to attend school there. When I say next to nothing, I mean maybe ten percent or less of the entire amount owed.

But when I went to their rooms, I saw Gucci paper bags and blue Tiffany boxes on their wardrobe, next to their Dior cosmetics.

WTF IS THIS? If you can afford Tiffany’s and Dior, why aren’t you paying more for tuition?

I pay maybe ten times more than you and I can’t afford a Gucci even now that I’m working. How can you live with your conscience that you’re taking all this money that you don’t even really need in place of someone else that might need it more?

The problem is that when you apply for aid, you are required to show proof that you are unable to afford the school unless you are on aid. Things like bank statements and house deeds and stuff. So if you’re from China and the financial aid people are in the US, it makes it possibly easier to fake poverty because the school would not be familiar with your local situation and the way things work there. (taking into account exchange rates, costs of living and plain cheating, i.e. submitting bank statements with less money)

I have no proof but I’m pretty sure this is what happened! Btw, I’m not saying girls from China are all lying cheaters wtf but in my experience those people whom I’ve come across just happen to be Chinese.

Suet recently applied from MHC for funding for an internship and requested for $800. The maximum is $2,500 but she didn’t ask for that because she thought she didn’t need it and it would be better used for someone else.

Then she overhead a few girls (from China AGAIN) saying that they’d each applied and gotten the maximum amount ($2,500) and chuckling about how little money they were going to need in reality because they were all renting together for the summer anyway and rent would be really cheap etc.

WTF!!!!

How can you do this! How can you take money from your own school which trusts that you are telling the truth? How can you live with yourself knowing that you might be depriving someone else of money for her education?

Do you think that you are very smart because you got the better of the institution and that you won, not even considering the consequences of your actions?

And have you ever thought that even if that money is not used for another student, it could have been used for the betterment of the school (YOUR school) and its facilities?

I am so angry! I am in Malaysia, thousands of miles away from the US. If I wanted to, I could easily just not answer any bills, pretend I’ve disappeared and not pay my loan. They wouldn’t know how to track me down either.

But that would be a terrible thing to do – I could be depriving some other bright girl of her education.

Even if they are doing it because like their mother is in the hospital and they’re secretly saving up money for her operation wtf I don’t care! It’s not your money to take anyway! Selfish, sneaky, gloating…thieves wtf.

Ok la to add some cheer:

My very own personal Santa!

With a very early anniversary present for me! T_________T (5 months early wtf)

Thank you baby!

*sayangs

*manjas

LG Icecream!

I always wanted this phone!  I was heartbroken when I wasn’t chosen to write an advertorial for it and I didn’t have a reason to buy it cos Fat Her got me the infamous pink fake China iphone!

But now I do! (dropped fake iphone on coffee shop floor and cracked the touch screen, rendering it unusable)

Just that no money wtf.  So Tim felt sorry for me (and also  he read an article about how fake phones from China tend to explode WTF.  He kept telling me “eh don’t put your phone on your bed when you charge ar!” wtf)

Mike from LG kindly helped Tim to get it for me so thank you Mike!

I love my new phone!  Unfortunately I’m too busy right now to fully revel in it yet 🙁

I picked up this makeup remover at Watson’s the other day just cos it was a huge bottle and it cost less than RM35.

It’s so good okay!  It’s water-based so it just evaporates on your skin and it gets rid of mascara and eye makeup and foundation so well.

After I washed my face I patted it with toner and there was no makeup residue on it at all!

No need to buy RM260 Shu Uemura makeup remover anymore!  (not that I ever bought it la wtf so expensive)

Best Surprise Purchase ever <3