Finally it is rainning!!

Hello guys,

Man, finally we got some rain here. Nowadays the heat seems unbearable. But anyway, this week I confirmed that JLPT4 and JLPT3 do not guarantee you can speak with people on the streets. Well, maybe JLPT3 yes, but the yonkyu certainly not. I had this chance to talk to a Japanese and his Australian friend and that became very clear.

Recently I've been growing the ideia of studying over Japan. Right now I'm planning my masteers course on Statistics. I don't think I'll be able to go through the entire course there because I don't want to be that far away from girlfriend. I'll move to another city here in Brazil and she is not going. But being on the other half of the globe with such a timezone difference is on a completaly different level. And also Brazil is really good regarding the the major that I want to master.

But there are these Japanese Government Scholarships for doctorade which are really attractive. Depending on the plans I might try the doctorade, with my gf going for masters, or I can try the research scholarship while she tries the undergraduate program. They seem really receptive, at least on the phonecall.

This week I found out this youtube series of videos on japanese cuisine which are really interesting. Take a look here. After that I rushed and tried to prepare some 牛丼. It tasted good indeed, but the taste should be much different had I used the japanese ingredients like mirin or katsuobushi (bonito flakes).

So guys? How are you all doing? This week we got three more RSS subscribers! I hope things can grow exponentially so we get 100 subscribers quickly =D. Remeber to take a look at twitter for some nice information during the week.

See you monday!
Gustavo