hmmm...the "cultures" are so different at Oracle and Sun...will Oracle let stand Sun's culture that is quite unique, I would say...I doubt it...

>At the school level, there is hardly any sports events

And I hated this when I went to school in the same "South-East Asia"...

I see no harm with the emphasis on sports. Because of that pathetic attitude to sports in that part of "South-East Asia" look how terribly they perform...