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Monbukagakusho Scholarship for Postgraduate!!

Congratulations bachir!
I'm really happy for you
 
hey Bachir,

CONGRATULATION to you...
you finally received the so-called 'important' letter.
bet everyone is happy for you.
all the best with the preparation eh!
 
Congratulations my friend Bachir!!

It is very nice to know that your persistence and strong effort result in a happy ending.
 
Congratulation Bachir.
Now I guess everybody have more or less everything they need for the scholarship.
 
Hi, I'm new here, yoroshiku!

n ya, its better to start applying for student visa even without an actual offer letter and a confirmed flight itinerary yet; according to Ms Goh from the Embassy.>>> does this mean we (Malaysians) have to go and settle our visa's ourselves?
 
Hi sarubobo,
welcome aboard.
yeah, we really should start applying for the student visa instead of waiting for the next instruction 'cos eventually we don't have much time left according to Ms Goh.
guess we need to settle that out on our own as we are heading to Japan next month(April intake), if we wait any longer, we won't be able to make it there on time eh?!
and the only source we have to refer to is, Ms Goh. let's get through this process asap and head to our destination smoothly and safely.
 
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I guess the April intake students need to rush. Good luck guys. I'm gonna do my visa later, once I get the follow-up letter from the embassy.
 
thats make two of us, arshana...

and congrats bachir! Told you it'd be worth the wait hehe

and welcome sarubobo!
 
Hello again everyone,
I just call a call from the embassy. They have my flight schedule, and I leave for Japan on April 1st. Now, I will be flying through LAX, and to do that I need to renew my US visa. I know that can be a long, painful process.
My interview is tomorrow, and I have documents from the embassy that prove that I'm going to Japan to study, so all in all I guess it won't be that much of a problem. I'm still worried, though.

Did anyone else had to get a US visa to go to Japan? Please share your experience!
 

>>thanks ochasuru, do you think we'll have time to get the visa ready once we get the follow up letter? P.s - i'm also leaving in april. I have tonnes of things to get settled and making a trip to KL just for the visa is a bit 'mendokusai'.:auch: If we could get things done all in one go, that would be much easier wouldnt it!
 
Ne ermind the US visa. I already got mine and it was no hassle at all.
 
Congratulations Bachir!

I know you will manage to make it through!
All the best to you and have a safe journey to Japan!

Has other Malaysian scholarship recipients got any flight details yet?
Such as the date of departure and airport arrival information?
 
wenling,

nah, haven't received any flight details yet.
how 'bout the student visa?
am in the middle of applying for it.
 
ochasuru said:
wenling,
nah, haven't received any flight details yet.
how 'bout the student visa?
am in the middle of applying for it.
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Will be submitting my visa application on the 19 March...
What did you attach together?
You have already submitted?
 

well, has been busy but.........today's my last working day!!!
What a relief

Well, seem like most of u have been in the process of applying Visa.

I believe I will just do it during the orientation day.
 
the visa is supposed to take only up to 3 days to finish, right?
can anyone confirm this?
 
Yes, my visa only took 3 days, and I didn't have to do any paperwork, just filling a very simple form and attaching a picture
 
For those heading to NAGOYA...

Hello everyone
For those who are heading to Nagoya. i received three messages from ECIS .
it's a bit weird because i thought it would be very intensive which is not AT ALL.
i mean...just look at this it's brand new (updated on 17th march) :
ECIS 6-month Japanese Language Training Course
COURSE GUIDE(Spring, 2008) for 6-month Japanese Language Training Course
Welcome to Japanese Language Training Course!
1.Course objectives
The Japanese Language Training Course is designed for total beginners of Japanese to:
1) acquire Japanese language skills necessary for dealing with everyday life affairs.
2) acquire basic knowledge of Japanese for academic purposes.
Students who have already studied Japanese at home may be assigned to a different class depending on their proficiency in Japanese. Those who are not beginners will have an interview and a written test for placement.
2. Course Schedule
Opening ceremony: Thursday, April 10,2008
Closing ceremony: Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2006¡Êtentative¡Ë
Course period: Friday, April 11,2008- Monday, Sept. 8, 2008
Summer vacation: Sat., July 19, 2008 - Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008(tentative)
3. Weekly timetable
Regular classes: Monday - Friday, 8:45 am - 2:30 pm
Notes:
Course orientation is to be given after the course starts to explain in detail the course schedule, textbooks, classroom activities, tests, homework and so on.
The course is very intensive. The students will need 3-4 hours of studying
every day at home.
For further information please contact:
KASHIMA Tanomu, Professor and 6-month chief coordinator
Office: ECIS #404
TEL: +81-52-789-4895 FAX : +81-52-789-2199
E-mail: j46082a@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp




WHAT ANNOYS ME is that summer vacation is just TOOOOOO LONG ! don't you agree ? is it the same for everyone at other universities ?
 
By the way, got my visa in three minutes astonishing !
then we were with the ambassador (a very cool person) during TWO HOURS eating various things ! discussing different topics . it was simply

departure date :1st april
itinerary: algiers-paris (AIR FRANCE) paris-nagoya (guess which company ???)

JAL (japan air lines) youpiiiiiiii ! the japanese government paid soooooo much for me ! more than 3000 euro only for the paris-nagoya .
MY DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR AND LOVELY JAPAN ! ARIGATOOOOOOO
 
Language course for 6 months, 5 times a week and nearly 6 hours per day? Yikes, that explains the long summer break. Can we start with lab while taking the language course? Or do we need to complete the course first?

By the way, I noticed in the 'Life and Study in Japan' handbook that the period of study is until April 2010, regardless of when you start, be it April 2008 or October 2008. True? Or did I misread it?
 
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Hi Bachir,

I´m heading to Nagoya too.
São Paulo > Toronto > Vancouver via Air Canada
Vancouver > Tokyo > Nagoya via JAL

About the japanese course, I still think it's very extensive:

- 6 hours of Japanese class;
- They say we got to study more 3-4 hours;
- Some professor asks you to see some classes and/or stay at your laboratory for a while.

I don't think is that easy, but - hey! - I don't care

PS: A summer vacation of 40 days is ok to me heheh

See ya later
 

Actually, I think the long break is the standard break in between semesters in Japan. Usually most of August is off.
Spring break is quite long too-- when I did a two-semester exchange to a school in Tokyo, we had ALL of February *and* March off and started classes in April. Don't forget Golden Week in May, and winter break around Christmas/New Year.
You might think that's a lot of days off but it's basically on par with the amount of days on/off in US schools, just distributed a little differently.

Whether you can work on your research project during the preparatory language program depends on whether or not your advisor would like you to or permit you to do so, basically. If you want to do that, I don't see why your professor wouldn't let you, but wow that prep language program sounds like a lot of work. I won't be doing such a program, but I think I will take some technical and maybe general Japanese classes offered by my university...

And yes, I believe you read correctly-- the scholarship term is until the end of March 2010 for all students selected this year regardless of whether you start in April or October. Of course, you still may have the opportunity to apply extend the scholarship and enroll as a master's or PhD student if you wish.
 
If that's the case, 6 months is already used up for language and I'll only have a year left since that I'm leaving in October.
 
To all Malaysian recipients,

Please post your flight details here... at least we know who is going to which airport and maybe we could meet up at the KLIA?

I will be heading to Kansai Airport... Japan Airlines... night plane...
Kuala Lumpur > Singapore > Japan....

Anyone else going to Kansai Airport?
 
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