Lalalala... I didn't realise that there were still so many things to do! I thought that my preparations were nearly over, and then I found out that I still need to take about 10 passport-size pictures of myself (6 for when I get to Japan, and 4 for MoE - Ministry of Education; I'll be talking about that in just a moment), I haven't got the briefing from the Embassy of Japan yet, I don't know when exactly my flight will be, and I'm not sure when I should be preparing my visa! >.<; It's too much of a headache just thinking of the things that I still have to do in Brunei... and I haven't even started on what I have to do when I get to Japan yet! (I'll save that for another day heheh...)
On Monday, Feb 7th, Hj Isab from the MoE, Scholarship Unit, asked me to come down and get a form to fill in. Of course, I wondered what the purpose of it was, but as usual, meetings with people like these happen in the blink of an eye and there never seems to be enough time for me to recall that I had questions. So I can only suppose that those forms are for the MoE's own record of me, which led my father and myself to realise something else about this scholarship that I've won. Dad mentioned that it was quite possibly a 'G2G' scholarship, aka Govt to Govt, meaning that in my case, it is an exchange program between the Govt of Japan and the local Govt. Though, I'm not particularly sure what the local Govt is offering in exchange for Japan offering the scholarships. Friendship? Nah. That seems too simple. Then Dad mentioned that it could be 'oil'. That made much more sense.
Well, anyway, I got the 4 sheets of paper, yes, FOUR, but they were all identical so I just have to fill in the same things over and over again *rolls eyes upward*, and he asked that I get my passport-size photos attached to it and then to hand the forms back in on Saturday. I'm sure that I could do that, I just need those photos done tomorrow that's all. I suppose I should hand in a copy of my A Level Oct 2004 results slip as well - but Dad will be the one sending the papers in for me, so I'll just go ask him (it's too troublesome for me to leave the house when Dad can handle the transactions himself. In other words, I'm just lazy ^^;).
But wait, that's not all that happened on Monday, Feb 7th. You see, on that same day, I found out that I have to do an ORAL MALAY TEST. Hang me, stab me, run me over, fine... but an ORAL MALAY TEST!!!. All the blood started rushing into my head as I thought of all the destructive consequenses that could happen once they make me sit an ORAL MALAY TEST. I'm doomed. Doomed.
That's what I thought of course, I've calmed down a lot since then, and I believe that with just a little bit more practise, I'm sure I could get it down. Right? o_O;
50 days left... time sure looks pretty tight from where I'm sitting.
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