I decided to pursue my studies in Japan post Covid-19, after which my life turned around forever!
Having grown up in a third-world country, my academic journey in Japan has been a blast! Not only am I able to get tuition-free education, I am also able to do an exchange program in Canada.
I am grateful for this unique opportunity and will be sharing my experience through this blog site.
I first started practising karate during middle school and trained for 2 years.
I went back to training after finishing high school and went on to place third at a local competition during the first year of studying abroad in Japan.
After a year in Japan, I applied for an internship at YCS which was a requisite credit at my University's program.
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I was fortunate to not only be able to study in Japan free of tuition cost, but also be a member of Mabuchi International Scholarship Foundation, providing me with additional stipends as financial support.
One underrated fact about such private scholarship foundation is that you are able to participate in their events and activities such as the reading reports of self-help books, social gathering and the hosting of museum exhibits, all of which are really beneficial for the students.
After studying in Japan for one year, I had an opportunity to interpret at one of the centres for technical trainees in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. However, after a few months of interpretation, one of the trainees who have the same nationality as me had gone missing. And as a scholar from the same country (Myanmar), who has the ability to communicate in both languages, I felt an obligation to confront the issue.
As I was investigating the possible causes to the vanishing of technical trainees, I came across a thesis contest in Japan which is also supported by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thus, I saw this as an opportunity to bring this issue to light to Japanese society and participated in the contest while doing an exchange study in Canada. Surprisingly, my thesis placed third on the contest.
Having studied for 2 years in Japan, I seized the opportunity to get better education and applied to the exchange program between Shizuoka University and Ontario Tech University.
One of the main reasons behind this decision was that the program is exempted from study expenses, which was greatly beneficial for me as a student. And also the University ranking in Canada is also higher that that of in Japan.