During my 2 months in KL, I will be interning at the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. Since arriving, I've been assigned a variety of challenging yet fascinating tasks, ranging from research on US-Malaysian relations, ASEAN issues and the East Asia Summit to editing essays, to attending the Asian Development Bank's ASEAN 2030 plan conference. It's been an amazing opportunity so far and immensely rewarding; applying all that you have learned to this environment, there's no other word to describe it, is just simply rewarding. It feels like everything has come to fruition. The experience so far has only reaffirmed my commitment to continuing to pursue my education further. Just being here, even though it has only been 2 weeks, has confirmed that I really enjoy working in the think-tank world; being hands-on in research is exactly what I want to do.
In the up coming weeks, ISIS and the Malaysian Ministry for International Trade and Investment (MITI) will be hosting the ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting in KL; it is a real privilege to be able to attend the conference.
KL is a great city. The food is absolutely phenomenal! Chinese, Malay, Indian and Western all mixed into one here; I haven't had a bad meal so far! If you do, I have no idea how someone would be able to manage that. The city itself is beautiful. My office sits right across the street from Tugu Negara (the National Monument), I often after work walk through the park in order to get a cab home, nice relaxing walk before heading back.
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