The Beginning and the End
I just realized that I forgot to post some basics...
So, in 2003 I applied for the Hyogo Prefecture and Parana State sister States/Prefectures scholarship program. After taking some language tests and interwiews (Japanese and English, as some proficiency with both were required) in December I was approved. But the process to embark was long... A long list of requirements like Level 3 JPLT Certificate (that would have to wait until the next year, since this test is held on December and that wasn't mentioned before), recommendation letters, list of disciplines studied, etc. delayed the departure for more than an year.
Then, in April, 2005 I went to Himeji to study for one year as an undergraduate Information Engineering student in the University of Hyogo.
That's how everything started. This blog was created as a way to my friends in Brazil check what I was doing. As time went on, my friends in Japan also started to read it. That was the main reason to change the language of most posts from Portuguese to English.
The program was for one year, so I'm back to Brazil now, and will return my studies here shortly.
But the blog won't die just yet. Because of my friends in Japan and some in Brazil who don't live in the same city. Besides, I still have somethings to post about Japan...
So, in 2003 I applied for the Hyogo Prefecture and Parana State sister States/Prefectures scholarship program. After taking some language tests and interwiews (Japanese and English, as some proficiency with both were required) in December I was approved. But the process to embark was long... A long list of requirements like Level 3 JPLT Certificate (that would have to wait until the next year, since this test is held on December and that wasn't mentioned before), recommendation letters, list of disciplines studied, etc. delayed the departure for more than an year.
Then, in April, 2005 I went to Himeji to study for one year as an undergraduate Information Engineering student in the University of Hyogo.
That's how everything started. This blog was created as a way to my friends in Brazil check what I was doing. As time went on, my friends in Japan also started to read it. That was the main reason to change the language of most posts from Portuguese to English.
The program was for one year, so I'm back to Brazil now, and will return my studies here shortly.
But the blog won't die just yet. Because of my friends in Japan and some in Brazil who don't live in the same city. Besides, I still have somethings to post about Japan...
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