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MEXT Scholarship for Postgraduate 2009: Post Application

>c0ok1e

Which 'get together' do you mean? For Malaysians or who? I think all of them had been informed about this forum yesterday...
 
kouki,

For those staying to Tokyo area, I think this should not be a problem. Although it only takes 2 hours for me to travel from Kyoto to Tokyo by shinkansen, i don't know...... maybe i feel insecured and have no idea about the place there for the time being. Any idea about the Malaysian Embassy there?
 
this thread is going too fast.. cant keep up with it..

i mean get togather after we arrive in japan... hehe
 
today I've got my visa ...Thanks god .

I think facebook group could be good Idea..
 

Menrui, I got that email as one of their replies to my enquiries.
Internet cafe meaning we have to sleep in front of the PC / keyboard? =p
Gosh.... Though i have a fair share of such experience (in front of my own comp at home) - not very pleasant to my back.


kouki and cookie - the person who mentioned about the thick book is me
=)
It is considerably thick to me, by comparing to most of what we receive throughout that one year. The stuff we receive usually lack complete info and we have to discuss/call to get more details. So having a 107 handbook (2 pages in 1, both side printed) and all spelled out in detail. It's a big jump. Hehe. Rather spoilt for details.

Yes, cookie! I agreed it's getting very fast today!
And oh my GOd, i was so excited about the package that i got almost everything done (pledge, reply slip and Visa) at the embassy that very day that i didn't even finish reading that Letter! Haha
I totally missed out that acknowledgement letter part!!
Thanks guys!!! you guys saved me!

Thanks for the clear and simple list kouki, nice work. =)
We are indeed spoilt here. Thanks to the coherence of the group
 
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>ooilingfan
You are welcome.
I wasn't trying to insult in my previous posts. ☝But when you told us that the handbook is thick, personally, I got freaked out. Just imagine how many days I will have to sit there reading the handbook. Luckily, I managed to skim through it once. By the way, am I missing a few pages? I just got page 100 as my last page.
The some of the internet cafes there are very cosy, and some are even completed with shower (not every cubicle, but shared).
>cktey
I have no idea about the Malaysian Embassy in Shibuya. But I just know that Shibuya is a very nice town, where people are going there to shop (for high-end and pricy things). Two hours by Shinkansen is very far... (Imagine going from North of the Peninsular of Malaysia to the South in two hours)
>c0ok1e
Please don't start until we the October people are there. Looking forward to meeting you all!!!
>Everyone else
I was told by Ms Yin that eventhough our stipends are going to be reduced, it should be sufficient for us over there. Perhaps we just can't save much on travelling... Anyway, that USD 1500 is for us to go through that period of MEXT depositing our stipends. She said the first stipends deposit (for April intake) should be at the last week of April. But just bring enough money, just in case it is delayed. I read it in the handbook that April is the start of a new fiscal year, so there might be some delays to that.
 
Hello!!
I have received the Monbusho scholarship, and I am going to Chiba University at the department of medical system engineering. Anyone else is going there?
 
Hello Gallo Pinto, welcome to the club~

Ok, I seriously hate facebook....
But due to popular demand, we now have a facebook group titled "MEXT scholarship incoming 2009:
Log into Facebook

I am also the administrator... so if any problem arises, I will "try" to fix it.
 
menrui said:
But due to popular demand, we now have a facebook group titled "MEXT scholarship incoming 2009:
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D'oh! Don't have facebook! Kind-a regret that I don't have an account in moments like this. Gomen! ^^
maaya said:
....and recognize ourselves when we meet at the airport ....
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Do you think that there is a chance for some of us to meet at the air port?!
 
MakKuro said:
Do you think that there is a chance for some of us to meet at the air port?!
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If we arrive at the same day and at about the same hour we can meet up and go to the dormitory, or at least to the Kyoto station, together.
 
>Malaysians
Guess what? When I try to browse through the Malaysian MEXT Scholars in Facebook, I saw Ms Yin's name in the member profile!!! And she is the administrator...

She should have mentioned that group to us earlier in the first place.
 
haha oh my.. I so didn't realize that... great~ how am I suppose to compete with Ms. Yin!?
 
I just join your group, menrui...

hope we can strengthen our fellowship through that group...
 
yup everyone join menrui's facebook.. those who dont have facebook can always register anytime.. its notlike u need to be bill gates to have facebook
 
ooo the facebook group is starting to fill up. And I have no idea who anyone is... besides ooilingfan, because that's obvious. Anyways, maybe we will start some activity in it when we actually go to Japan.
 
My Certificate of Eligibility got accepted - I'm going to Hokudai!

See you soon, Cookie!
 
Nall ohki,

u mean u got the scholarship? why so sudden change??

anyway CONGRATS!!! cant wait to meet u.. at last i got someone together with me...
 
c0ok1e said:
Nall ohki,
u mean u got the scholarship? why so sudden change??
anyway CONGRATS!!! cant wait to meet u.. at last i got someone together with me...
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Nope, paying my own way. It's gonna eat all my savings from the last 8 years, but I'm going, after 4 years of trying.

As it turns out, my problems with immigration may or may not have played a role in my being turned down for the scholarship twice in a row. All I know is that it took a lot of work to get me through this time.

It seems that Japanese immigration takes a very dim view of anyone who is "suspicious". Unfortunately, being "suspicious" includes the following:

1) Anyone who attempts to apply to a language school for advanced language study after studying in Japan before, even if the stated purpose of such study is in preparation for graduate school (this happened to me the first time).

2) A person who has been rejected for a visa before (see #1)

I'll say right now, while I'm a little resentful of the scholarship application process, and how it's treated me, and feel a little bitter of those who received it without trouble, but I'm very happy right now to finally be going, 4 years later.

I'm not really one to hold a grudge anyway.
 
Congrats, Nall-ohki!!!

I'll pay a visit to u and cookie in hokkaido. I hear its a very beautiful place.


I've got to come in to work tmr. Man, i hate my job.
 
>Nall-ohki
A big congratulations to you! Do join us when we have gatherings over there. By the way, wouldn't it sound better if you apply as research student in the university?
>ooilingfan
I suggest that you set up the list of recipients at the facebook there also.

>clockworkorange
Gaman shite kudasai ne. Another 8 months to go and you are free!!!
 
kouki said:
I suggest that you set up the list of recipients at the facebook there also.
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Yeah I was thinking of doing that... but the forum names and the facebook names don't match, so it would be kind of confusing.
 
>menrui
Haha, of course it would not match... because most of them prefer to be anonymous? haha... But anyway, just ask them to reintroduce themselves there will do.. you should be able to catch who's who then

Maybe the format will be
Name:
Country:
Departing Month:
University and Department:

I think you can give a good guess, except Malaysians in Kyodai... too many of them there...

>Dear Malaysian Recipients
Now we know where to ask if we have questions... hahaha
 
Hey i cant access the facebook.. i click on th elink it just show a face of a guy call tue nguyen... dun haf the monbusho group..

wait.. i got it.. have to log in first..
menrui, previously i thought you are american.. hehe
 
owh.. sorry bro.. i thought u r vietnamese cuz of the nguyen name...
 
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