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Monbukagakusho Scholarship and the Spiritual Voice

Posted on 03. Jul, 2009 by James in Living in Japan

So what do you think i’m doing in Japan? I left my career, families, communities and so many things that supposed to make me choose to stay. But something happened and somehow suddenly changed my mind. It all started when my wife decided to apply for Monbukagakusho Scholarship from Japan Government. And thanks God my wife passed all the selection process and now here we are.

Back to few years ago when my wife, that time was my girlfriend, for the first time came with the idea to apply for the scholarship. I don’t remember exactly when, but one thing that i remember for sure is that it always ended with a conflict between us anytime we talk about it.

The time passed and then we got married. For a moment we forgot about it and didn’t talk about it at all until someday my wife came to me and said that she had decided not to go for the scholarship and planned to continue her study in my country. But then guess what? It suddenly open up my mind and make me think, am i that egoistic? There’s should be no reason for me not to allow my wife to pursue her passion. I kept thinking about it until one day in the morning i woke up and sitting on the bed like a dazed man. I felt that i just heard a voice said to me to let my wife go with the scholarship, strange!

Well, i’m sure that’s not just my feeling because it’s so real. So i woke up, meet my wife and said to her to apply for the scholarship. Mmh, that’s the short story. The complete story could be very long then.

Tags: Monbukagakusho, Scholarship