Joke: I Can't Pay

There is a Chinese and an English man who doesn't even understand each others' language sitting together to have dinner in a restaurant. They order the food and after the food are ready, they start to eat.

Every once in a while, the Chinese guy lift up his glass and say "Ganbei...". (read: kanbei) For your informations, "ganbei" in Chinese means "cheers". For the first and second time, the English guy is just nodding as a response. Couple minutes later, the Chinese is starting to yell and say "Ganbei... Ganbei..." again for several times (My guess is he's already drunk). The English guy really... really upset and angry and then he said "It is allright if you can't pay! I WILL PAY !

Asian Youth Fellowship

The Japan Foundation offer scholarship to study Japanese language for Asian students who wish to pursue master degree or doctoral degree in Japan and intend to contribute to regional cooperation after obtaining Master or Ph.D degree.

The grantees will take the preparatory course will be held at the Japanese Language Institute for about 7 months in Kansai, Osaka staring from July 2009 to February 2010. After that they will be matriculated into Japanese universities as Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship students.

Fields of study are humanities, social sciences, engineering, and natural sciences. The study area must be in the same field as the study area the applicant has studied or currently studying.

The grant cover:

• Expenses necessary for participation in the official curriculum (transportation, teaching material, etc.)
• Meals during the program and a set amount of allowances to cover miscellaneous living expenses.
• Accommodation at the institute.
• Overseas travel insurance for disease and injury for the duration of the program.
• Round-trip, economy-class airline between the nearest Airport from your residence and Kansai International Airport (Osaka, Japan) on the most direct and economical route.
• Japanese visa as a trainee.

Documents needed for application:

• Application form (3 copy)
• Photographs (4x6 cm) (3 copy)
• University diploma (3 copy)
• Transcript (3 copy)
• Reference from dean or academic advisor (1 copy)

The application must be submitted before October 31, 2008 to:
Asia SEED Jakarta Representative
Jl. Syamsu Rizal No. 22,Menteng
Jakarta Pusat 10310
Phone: 021-985-61170
Fax: 021-316-0772
E-mail: Y. Kitamura (kitamura@asiaseed.org)