Japan and me part 1

Sementelah ramai yang baru masuk U termasuk diri saya sendiri, teringin juga nak cerita pasal my life at Japan during my University days.

Apsal saya nak gi Jepun?

Three reasons.

The WHY was never really asked to me by anyone except during Mara scholarship (not really scholarship because I have to pay 10% of the amount ‘invested’ in me) interview. My answer to the interviewer was that I think there is much to be learned from this Asian Dragon, and in line with (ex) PM Tun (it was Dr.) Mahathir Look to East Policy, I would very like to heed that call.
I think that was what I answered, coz truth to be told I can’t really remember. This was 10 years ago!

The second reason was that I remembered one of my high school's senior commented that he won’t be going to US of A or UK for he thought that the surrounding is macamana nak cakap yek? Err..terlalu social? That’s why he opted for Japan.
Eh betul juga tuh? or so i thought. Little did I know that Japan is more or less the same in that sense with the rest of the developed country.hehehe (the word ‘spanking’ gives me a different image now...hehehe :P )

Third reason,

Tak pernah pun cakap kat sesapa rasanya tapi one of the reason I went to japan was that I wanted to learn Aikido.
Ha’ah aikido yang Steven Seagel selalu bantai orang kat dalam filem tuh. Hahaha kinda lame reason isn’t?
But I managed to get both my degree and my black belt in Aikido. I can never fully express my gratitude to Fujii Sensei and the rest of Aikido club members for teaching and training with me. Arigatou Gozaimashita.
Yes, i know, kinda cheesy reason to begin with, but i managed to get japanese college life there.

Sebenarnya ada dua interview ke luar negara yang saya dapat dan kedua-duanya adalah ke Jepun. Satu dari Mara dan satu lagi dari JPA.

I got offer from both of them. I opted for Mara because Mara offered a lot more choices of U than JPA back then.

So one month after the interview I enrolled into JMC (Japan Matriculation Center) at Cheras. It was one and a half year matriculation program and I tell you the first three month pressure was so great I was thinking of dropping out several time!

Tapi itu untuk cerita part 2

Btw, adik langsat pun ada sorang kat JPA’s Japan program, by this time he’s under intense pressure I think, so langsat, motivate your brother okay?!

Next week start dah sem ke2 kat UTM...
oohhh now comes the pening kepala dan sakit jantung hehehe