Application to Japan

[Mushu]

Well as many of you or none of you know, bastards, I’ve been planning on going to Japan, specifically Kyoto to harass Az, well partly; I mean to harass all Japanese with my obnoxious and loud speaking manners for a whole year and half. But this was unknown as I’d go through allot of bureaucracy tape from the board of the education here in Sweden and whole allot of bureaucracy tape in Japan, but the Japan part would have done by school I was applying for and that wouldn’t take too long, maybe a month or two. The problem was from the board of education here in Sweden but this morning I got a phone call from the assholes from board of education, now hoping for bad news like my application was denied or something shitty like its going to take couple more month or we lost your application and would like you to send it again if you still were interested (happened to me already, bastards, of course I’m STILL interested!), but no the conversation went like this:

I like to move it, move it!
I like to move it, move it!
I like to move it, move it!
Ya like to (“Move it”!)
(Yeah that’s my ring tone, I love it)

Me: hello

Cute voice: Hi, I’m looking for Abdi, is that you?

Me: yeah it’s me *hope she isn’t trying to get my opinion on something, then ill really give her my opinion*

Cute voice: Oki good, I’m from board of education...

*fuck, here we go again ruining my dream even more*

Actually felt little sad....

Cute voice: I just wanted to inform you that we have checked out the school you wanted to apply for in Japan and every thing turned out okay, so you can go ahead apply for the school and complement your loan application with the admission paper from the school and we apologize that it took so long to process your papers, our Database crashed and we had problem recovering all the documents.

*my eyes were filled with water by this point*

Me:....thank... thank you.....sniff
Cute voice: okay then, ill be waiting for your complement. Have a nice day.

*click*

I sat there, in my bed for an hour or so staring at the ceiling, and then my mom came into my room and asked me what’s wrong. I told the news and she said what’s with the long face then, its almost noon, get off your lazy ass.

She was happy for me, but she wasn’t always, not the first time I told her that left university and didn’t know what to do with my life then I told her I wanted to go to Japan, half way around the world and being the youngest didn’t help allot. That was over a year ago.

So I rushed to the application papers, that were covered with tons of dust above my bookshelf and dusted them off and started writing. When I run across a problem. When I reached the last two papers I was stuck. It said:

Purpose pf Studying Japanese: 2/3 length of an A4 latter and Plans after studying Japanese: 1/3 length of an A4 latter.

And the problem is I’ve no valid reason for studying Japanese, I just think its a fun and difference path to choose, as many other people rather choose, French, Italian or Spanish rather then to learn a weird and difficult language as Japanese and their culture which is soo different from ours. And as I don’t know what I want to do with life I don’t know what my plans will be after my trip to Japan. I’m hoping that while I’m there I might, hopefully, have a revelation about what I want to do with my life, but until then I’ve no idea.

So my problem is, as I’ve never written this kind of letter I was wonder if some of you have done and could give me points on were to start.

Sincerely
Abdi

[Joe]

Good for you! I'm happy to hear things are working out for you Abdi, I hope you make it! *claps*

I've never written a letter like that, so I hope someone who has can help you.

[Shadowknight]

Write something like: Japan is one of the rivals of the U.S. in various areas of technology, cell phones, computers, also their economy, while currently in a downturn, is the only country really comparable to the U.S. and is one of the places that we import luxuries (technological). You hope to study their culture to understand the differences from our own that have enabled them to do so well in competing with us, particuarly since they suffered setbacks after their surrender in WW2 and the psychological effects that the postwar era had in the direction of their country.

You wish to compare the U.S. strategies in business with Japans, and you feel that book information is inadequate to direct exposure to the environment, particuarly since "official" sources about the country are whitewashed and you wish to have a better understanding through direct exposure so you can observe the nuances of the country, warts and all.

[Ardo Zubairu]

umg uh uh please don't use the Negative word "bastard" here becouse it really upset my reasoning and make my life useless. ok
my name is Ardo and Ardo means a leader.

[Joe]

......Qua?

[nice gaijin]

shadowknight, did you miss that he is from Sweden, not the US?

abdi, what do you plan on studying in Japan? Mention that whatever you plan on studying there, you with to apply that knowledge (that you can only gain in Japan) towards your future career.

[Mushu]

Write something like: Japan is one of the rivals of the U.S. in various areas of technology, cell phones, computers, also their economy, while currently in a downturn, is the only country really comparable to the U.S. and is one of the places that we import luxuries (technological). You hope to study their culture to understand the differences from our own that have enabled them to do so well in competing with us, particuarly since they suffered setbacks after their surrender in WW2 and the psychological effects that the postwar era had in the direction of their country.

You wish to compare the U.S. strategies in business with Japans, and you feel that book information is inadequate to direct exposure to the environment, particuarly since "official" sources about the country are whitewashed and you wish to have a better understanding through direct exposure so you can observe the nuances of the country, warts and all.
I thank you for your input, kind of pissed that you read all the thread and assumed that I was from the US, other I thank you for you input and ill not, ever, be using that crap, don’t care if you were joking or not. But that has to be the most ignored thing I’ve heard in while, you are clearly an dumbass and we will leave there. If I were a Japanese person reading through the application I would have offended, very, getting slap with WW2 crap and postwar shit.

umg uh uh please don't use the Negative word "bastard" here becouse it really upset my reasoning and make my life useless. ok
my name is Ardo and Ardo means a leader. The fuck are you on?

This is what I wrote so far (it’s still process):

The reason I want to study Japanese in Japan is not just to learn to the language, that I can do here, in my own country with less money to pay it for and not having to leave my family and friends, but in Japan I feel like I’d be learning more then just a language. I’d be experiencing a diverse culture and way of life in person, not having to read about in a book, but actually living it. It would be an adventure, the kind of adventure I’ve seen in the movies and read about in books. To travel to Japan and live is to explore my childhood dreams of the adventures that only existed in own mind and now they finally start with Japan. Those are my reasons.

too cheesy maybe?

[h2orowe]

Heh, sounds good! Congratulations too!
I never knew you were from Sweden, from now on, I'll read your posts in a swedish accent. ^.^ It will be fun!

Hahaha, uhhh, that's pretty good about your letter. Say something like, you want to visit it also, because of the rich culture and historical background of Japan. Like the samurai, and such, and you want to visit some Shinto shrines, and temples. Some historical places.

[Mushu]

Heh, sounds good! Congratulations too!
I never knew you were from Sweden, from now on, I'll read your posts in a swedish accent. ^.^ It will be fun!


WTF, swedish dont have a accent when it comes to speaking english, the accent you see in the movie are german accents like ' YAAA I AM FRAM SWEEDEN' anyone knwo which movie that comes from, its a comedy from the 80s, 2 of the hottest comedien in the 80s are in it.

[h2orowe]

Isn't that like a Cheech and Chong movie?
I bet you have some sort of accent :/ but so do I brooooooooooooooo haha just kidding, I may be from California, but I don't talk like
"Yo, babe, let's go chill homie" I ain't no Cha Bro.

[Shadowknight]

I thank you for your input, kind of pissed that you read all the thread and assumed that I was from the US, other I thank you for you input and ill not, ever, be using that crap, don’t care if you were joking or not. But that has to be the most ignored thing I’ve heard in while, you are clearly an dumbass and we will leave there. If I were a Japanese person reading through the application I would have offended, very, getting slap with WW2 crap and postwar shit.

Look dude, I missed Sweden which you mentioned ONCE. I apologize for missing a word.

As for joking; look, Japan went from a postwar environment where they were basically screwed to one of the economic powers of the East. It's not crap, it's not dumb or ignorant. You don't want to use it? fine., You didn't make it entirely clear that the paper submission was to a Japanses school and not through your Swedish school that waws processing all of your other paperwork.

In both your original post and your response you've come off as extrememly rude and obnoxious. Think about what you're going to post in the future; it only takes a minute to decided whether or not what you are posting is an appropriate response.

[koku]

i dont enjoy your threads anymore, now that you got that I can't write my own paper thing going on........

[Rogue_7]

Sweden Rocks (never been there, but I'd love to go and just check the phone books for my family name)

Japan also rocks, so good luck on that.

Advice? hmm. Cliche's are bad. Be upbeat, without stretching the truth too much.