For quite some time now, I’ve been working on cobbling together a stay in Taiwan in autumn 2008. I got accepted into the program after a rather nominal screening process (I assume the applicant pool is rather small, as rudimentary knowledge of Mandarin was a prerequisite), but the clincher was the scholarship for which I’d applied. Without funding for the tuition and board, I didn’t think I’d be able to pull off the trip.
I just heard back regarding the scholarship this week, and the news was good.
May 30, 2008
Dear Conor,
Congratulations! On behalf of the Freeman Foundation and the Institute of International Education (IIE), we are delighted to inform you that you have been nominated to receive the Freeman-ASIA Fall 2008 Award for your proposed study in Taiwan.
Not too shabby, eh?
In communicating with my advisor at the university in Taiwan, I’d gotten a little overzealous and gone over the credit limit. Apparently there are 15-20 credits of language and culture courses which I must take, but I’m exploring the possibilities of just attending other classes and then not testing in them. Even that would still be killer.
So, here’s to learning languages, to meeting people, and to trying all kinds of alcohol on the face of the earth.
祝贺！
(I hope google translated that correctly!)
But seriously, Mega-gratulations on getting accepted and financed for study in Taiwan!
I envy your life in so many ways.
I have oft mused that there can be no one true God, no keeper of balance in the universe, because a jack-off like me does not deserve to live this epically well.
I mean, seriously.
congratulations! i look forward to enjoying and sharing in your further adventures ’round this world of ours!
I’m simply pleased that my phone has language support for Asian languages but my windows desktop had to be told what the fuck was going on.
Grats man!
You guys all rock, thanks a lot. Taiwan should be pretty bomb, but there’s only one way to find out. I’m just worried about the lack of good metal clubs over yonder.