A couple of months ago I tagged along with Leen while she met with a potential supplier for her clinic (which, God willing, she’ll be opening in early October). I didn’t really want to be there, but there I was, watching the supplier pull shiny metal instruments of torture out of his briefcase. He was [...]
Categories: Life
Tagged: Cape Breton, immigration, MacVay, Malay, Malaysia, Nova Scotia, photos, Sydney
- Published:
- August 27, 2010 – 12:27 pm
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- By Jordan
Today Leen and I drove out to Shah Alam and braved the labyrinth that is Kompleks PKNS to submit the documents to the Immigration Dept. for renewal of my pass. I was pleasantly surprised by a few things today:
1) I only needed to submit three forms: the declaration of marriage (stamped by a commissioner of [...]
Categories: Life
Tagged: immigration, Malaysia
- Published:
- February 1, 2010 – 11:58 pm
- Author:
- By Jordan
Chong Gets it Wrong 5
Yesterday there was an article in the Sun that had me shaking my head. It quoted Michael Chong, head of the MCA’s Public Services and Complaints Department, as saying that “Malaysian men should not marry foreign women if they can help it.” He was referring to cases in which mail-order brides from China, Vietnam and [...]
Categories: Commentary
Tagged: family, immigration, Malaysia