Scholarship Awarding

The scholarship awarding happened two days ago, last Friday July 31, 2009 at TECO; and I finally have a face to go with Ms. Happy's name. I also met fellow scholarship grantees and the scholarship grantees from last year. Food was also over-flowing; where can you go wrong with that, I say? Yum!

Found out that two of the six Huayu Scholarship grantees are taking their Mandarin Education in 師大, as well! That means I'd have some homies to talk to when I feel lost or homesick.

Another awesome thing is that one of last year's grantees also came from 師大 (Hi Trixie!). She was able give some tips on housing, money and, most importantly, food! I feel more prepared now because of her talk.

I don't have any pictures with me on the event because I didn't bring any camera with me. (Blegh! Need to remedy that soon.)

Here's the group picture of all the grantees. Ambassador Lee (in the black suit) and Director Wei (in gray suit) gave awesome speeches that made me more excited with the 6-month trip. I'm the one with the red shirt; and the two girls on my right, Jen and Heidi, are also going to study in 師大. Thanks for sending me the pictures, Ms. Happy!


Here's super happy me receiving the scholarship plaque from Ambassador Lee. :)


Here's a picture of the award I received (complete with the frame)! Yaay! :)


*ZOOM* You see, it says here that I was granted a Huayu Scholarship by Taiwan for September 2009 to February 2010! Hoozah!


You rock, Ms. Happy! Thanks again, TECO!