Thank you!
Hello all my great friends!
Before I start blogging I want you all to know some important facts. I'm leaving Sweden for one year to study abroad at Waseda University, Tokyo. It's thanks to an international student exchange program between Uppsala University and Waseda University that I'm allowed to have this experience. Isn't that just fantastic!?
Waseda University is a highly ranked school in Japan and from what I’ve heard it seems to be huge. I’ll be studying the SILS program that mainly focuses on the Japanese language.
I've also received a scholarship from Sweden-Japan Foundation. They are a foundation that was established in 1971 and they promote relations between Sweden and Japan.
Thorough SJP I was chosen by the ’Göran Holmquist Stiftelse’ to receive their scholarship. If you didn’t already know Göran Holmquist was a Swedish engineer from KTH that had a an amazing career and he lived with his family for a part of their lives in Japan. He was married to Anna Holmquist and they had three sons together. Göran Holmquist worked a lot with youth and cared very much for them so after his death in 2002 his family decided to start the ’Göran Holmquist Stiftelse’. I’ve had the pleasure to meet his wife and his oldest son, Håkan, and his sons fiancé.
My family and my friend have all been very supportive, and that has been important for me when taking the decision to leave my safe home and jump into something I don’t know much about!
My main goal is to learn Japanese and make useful contacts for my future career, but also to have an experience in what I would call the land of opportunities, Japan.
I want to thank the persons and the people behind the organizations motioned above for giving me the possibility to see and learn more about myself and the world.
Before I start blogging I want you all to know some important facts. I'm leaving Sweden for one year to study abroad at Waseda University, Tokyo. It's thanks to an international student exchange program between Uppsala University and Waseda University that I'm allowed to have this experience. Isn't that just fantastic!?
Waseda University is a highly ranked school in Japan and from what I’ve heard it seems to be huge. I’ll be studying the SILS program that mainly focuses on the Japanese language.
I've also received a scholarship from Sweden-Japan Foundation. They are a foundation that was established in 1971 and they promote relations between Sweden and Japan.
Thorough SJP I was chosen by the ’Göran Holmquist Stiftelse’ to receive their scholarship. If you didn’t already know Göran Holmquist was a Swedish engineer from KTH that had a an amazing career and he lived with his family for a part of their lives in Japan. He was married to Anna Holmquist and they had three sons together. Göran Holmquist worked a lot with youth and cared very much for them so after his death in 2002 his family decided to start the ’Göran Holmquist Stiftelse’. I’ve had the pleasure to meet his wife and his oldest son, Håkan, and his sons fiancé.
My family and my friend have all been very supportive, and that has been important for me when taking the decision to leave my safe home and jump into something I don’t know much about!
My main goal is to learn Japanese and make useful contacts for my future career, but also to have an experience in what I would call the land of opportunities, Japan.
I want to thank the persons and the people behind the organizations motioned above for giving me the possibility to see and learn more about myself and the world.
posted by Indra at 12:43 AM
4 Comments:
Fan Indra, du har inte sagt att du har en blog :) Hoppas du får det riktigt trevligt i Tokyo! Synd att jag inte har vägarna förbi, hade gärna kommit förbi och hälsat på.. Om jag blir spontant rik någon gång snart så drar jag direkt. Btw, om du träffar en svensk utbytesstudent som heter Erik Olsson och är från Växjö, säg hej från mig :)
Hej!
Jag har inte skickat ut mail om bloggen än, men snart ska jag det. Du är alltid välkommen till mig!
Vi hörs snart!
Kram
You are so Lucky!! and I miss you! I wish I could have seen you when you were in New York. Or maybe I should come visit you in Japan!!!
Hey Chantal!
I'm so glad to hear from you!
Yes, you should come to Japan! Or I'll see you in Chicago next time!
I'm thinking of you!
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