Q: Good evening Miss Taylor. Thanks for sparing your time for this interview. As you know I’m here to interview you for our school’s annual magazine, RESTU 2001. Okay, before I start anything serious, may I know your background? Your family?

A: You’re welcome. My name is Emily Rebecca Taylor. I was born on(…) in a(……). I have a brother Eddie who is 17 years old. My father is a fine-arts teacher.

Q: What brings you to Malaysia?

A: After finishing my secondary school, I decided that I want to take break from my study in order to do something more exciting. There were only a few voluntary work programs that can send undergraduates overseas to work. I choose Program GAP Activities. There are various jobs offered and I thought teaching suits me best so I choose to be a teacher.

Q: Out of many countries, why did you choose Malaysia?

A: Actually, it is very hard to choose where to go as the brochure they gave us only give you a thing bit of information about each country. In the end I choose Malaysia because of its diversity in culture, races, languages, and landscape and because it is so different from my home. I want to learn about a completely different way of life.

Q: What was your first impression when you arrived to Malaysia?

A: I was so excited. From the plane, I could see what a beautiful country Malaysia is. Even though the weather was so hot but everything was so fascinating to me. I couldn’t believe this was Malaysia when I stepped down from the plane.

Q: Before you arrived at SASIC, what did you expect?

A: I expected that everyone would be feeling strange and weird because I’d be the first English woman to come here and also I’d be teaching non-English speaking students.

Q: What do you think about SASIC when you arrived here?