MY FRIEND’S ONCE IN A LIFETIME LUCKY CHANCE!! GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (TOKYO DAIGAKUEN/TODAI) FOR FREE!!! UEHAS SHORT COURSE PROGRAM.

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Before you read this post, please notice, English wasn’t my first language! I’m Indonesian, but idk, somehow I just comfort to write in English eventhough it was this messy, just like this post. 

OK there.. see yaa :)

MY FRIEND’S ONCE IN A LIFETIME LUCKY CHANCE!!
GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (TOKYO DAIGAKUEN/TODAI) FOR FREE!!!

UEHAS SHORT COURSE PROGRAM.

Hi everyone, I wanna talk about short course abroad for now. Um... It’s similar with student exchange or it’s indeed student exchange? Well Idk. I have no experience with that stuffs.

Thursday or Friday, in the end of April 2014, our only 10 students in a class got shocked. Why? because our class chairman, just called him Wimal (yea~ his name’s Wimal) announced if our program got the offer from University to send candidate for UEHAS (Urban Environment and Health in Asia) Short Program that will be held in University of Tokyo.

OMG. OMG. OMG. NO WAY!!!

The most shocking person is absolutely ME!! You know, University of Tokyo?! Are you kidding me?! Maannn... for  all Japan lovers, who is the one who never heard or didn’t know anything about that University?

I mean.. Hellowww.. It’s TODAI which is in television always appear as University that difficult to be broken, many films or doramas showed how difficult to pass the entrance exam, and this is the number one University in Japan.

University of Tokyo

I excited. Bilion times I’ve got excited!!! But the excitement going down as if I fallen from a cliff when I knew if application has to be submitted by the next week.

Are you kidding me?? I don’t know if infos that have gotten by us seems received too late for our class. Idk about that, but first of all.. I dont want time beat me. My friend and I who wanna try it have to run in a rush.

UEHAS Program is event that held once a year from University of Tokyo, concerned in public health and environment if I didn’t wrong.

Here are the requirements for application :

1. GPA, must over that 3.00 for scale 4.0
2. TOEFL min 520
3. A motivation letter
4. A proposal of our research with topic public health and environment.
5. A letter of health examination.

You know, that punched me down again, because my TOEFL score isn’t that high, my English is the real bad. So I took another exam for my TOEFL and lobbying my Program to allow me submit my latest score after I took another exam. Then they allowed me.

But.. destiny told it ways, the score wasn’t come out before the announcement of candidates. I am failed. Not only that, in medical check up, my doctor didn’t lemme passed because my old desease attack me again so I didn’t allowed to have that letter of health examination before I finished my treatment. 

I try to lobby my program. But.. helloooo... The University wasn’t my grandpa’s properties, of course there are another applicants that have submitted their application and they’re better than me.

In the end.. I FAILED!!! JUST FAILED. And I didn’t lie if my heart hurt for did not reach my dream university. 

My close friend (she’s my classmate) passed the administration requirement, she was interviewed by university, together with another applicants from another class and from the another Program (Public Health Program) who are being interviewed. Week later, program announced if she’s (Called her Adel, Adella is her name) passed from that examination and she’s the candidate for UEHAS Program and will going to Tokyo next October. To be honest I’m jealous to her, but what can I say? I admit if she’s much better than me, and somehow I’m proud of her because after all there’s a candidate from our class that has passed. Moreover I’m swear I’m proud of her because she’s younger than me and got that talent and chance. How Lucky she is. :’)

Hence, I shouldn’t have to cry or jealous or feel betrayed or feel bad to MY self. OK, tbh I felt that. But more I’m thinking clearly with this cold head more I found the way, why Allah didn’t lemme passed. And I could found the values from this story, as following :

1.  Finally, I checked my medical record after long times ago, I knew my weakness. I’ve got treatment from doctor, and now I’m healthy again, and ofcourse I wont ignore doctor’s advice again.
2. I did TOEFL exam again, and success to passed the 520 score, well even it was just a bit higher than before but I’m happy, somehow I kinda show this good result.
3. This is just realized yesterday from my sister (cousin) Rieka, she told me “Just take the good thing from this story, your motive to go to Tokyo just for feels how the TODAI in drama is like and the most important is just to see your lovely Idol YABU KOTA, that’s why Allah wont let you passed..” and just like hitted by something in this area *point my own heart* 
4. I just wanna cry in my deep heart and wanna apologize if I just try for only to do those kind of things. Not to learn or study.. OMG what am I to be honest??? I’m sorry My Lord, God, Allah SWT. I’m sorry...

Well... after this kind of lesson, finally I understood if in that past time my motivation wasn’t right.

Yes, forgive me.. where in the world am I?

I have to work hard, learn harder, study harder in the rightway, do the reasons that have to be doing since first. Yes, I have to change! Change to be a better one.

Oh, about the UEHAS Program, You can see it here!! Just try it next year, everyone has chance, so do I :)

UEHAS - Urban Environment and Health in Asia Program

University of Tokyo, Tokyo Daigakuen - Japan