Monday, August 28, 2006

i received an email last friday on a scholarship to study in Japan for one year. I decide to apply it. I am well aware of the consquences.

I am well giving up a 3k job for one year, works out to be 36,000 for a year. Oh well, maybe not that much, but u should know what i am driving at. Also, if i got the scholarship and decide to go for it, i also postponing my no pay leave from Raffles Place. This means i am losing out one year of working experience.It's a tough choice.

There are several reasons why i think i should apply. It's really a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Japan. Fully sponsored. I have missed out chances of going for exchange during my undergrad days, thus this is my last shot of experiencing the outside world as a student.

It of course adds to my resume. Needless to say. I think the most important reason is this is one way that i can express my high risk tolerance. I always thought that i have low risk tolerance, taking the safe and trial and tested way of doing things. Not this time. All my peers would be joining the job market immediately after graduation, this is how i am differentiating myself. By trying to take a different route.

So, i have told one of my friend that i am hoping to go because i would like to see if opportunities present in Japan. I am not limiting myself to Singapore, no way. No one knows if opportunities would be available during my one year in Japan, and i am open to opportunities. Maybe i would find a gd job during my stay. No one knows, neither do i. I might if i give myself a chance to be there.

Wow, i sound so much like a modern cosmopolitan, which i think i am to some extent. See, who says a person with a getai alter ego cannot think beyond Singapore? I am such an interesting dude, isn't it? yeahz, probably it is this dual personality and conflicting thinking that makes me darn unique!

Shame on those ladies or guys who didn't take a fancy of me, you dunno what you have missed!