Oh Happy Day~
At ~1 pm on the 11th of August 2006 in my friend's house using the internet, I was bored and randomly checked the TEC website assuming that there were no news yet about TAD. Then, boom, there was the update "11.08.06 Twenty-four scholars will be undertaking vital research…". My heart jolted and I immediately thought "well, I doubt that I'll be on the list…". Then when the pdf document opened up, I saw my name near the bottom of the list! Yooo hoooo! I am a Top Achiever Doctoral Scholar now! I can’t believe I won the scholarship! It honestly relieves all the stress that I've been having over the last 6 months worrying about using up so much of my parents' money for just a degree. It also took away the anger I had that morning from arguing with my friend. Haven't smiled so much in such a long time!
Despite all the excitement, it has changed my plans dramatically because it requires me to return to NZ for the same length of period as I take the scholarship. It means that my plan of doing post-doc in Europe or American after my PhD is going to be postponed for another 3~4 years. It will possibly make it more difficult for me to go to the job market there after returning to NZ and has all the consequent effect on my career. Also, it feels awkward going to a prestigious institute, then comes back to where I started again. Not snobbing that one is more superior than the other, but I do plan to go forward, just to any new places, rather than backward to the old place. And I want somewhere prestigious as where I do my Post-doc. Before I left NZ, I was thinking that I'd reject the scholarship even if I won it. But all these thoughts dissolved. After spending 2 months in Taiwan and being influenced by my good friend, I begin to regret not enjoying my life in NZ whilst back there. There are so many places I've never been to and so many things I don't know about NZ. And I'd like to go and do all these things! The 3-4 years return to NZ is just going to be perfect for living a different life in NZ from the one I once had. Also, it'll probably be a hardout 4-year degree at Oxford for me, so it would be a nice long break to relax (hopefully) in NZ before embarking on another journey at challenging places. God, this scholarship is making sense now and is absolutely perfect!
What the heck, the money decides everything! I highly doubt that I'll be able to make a saving of the amount of money they're offering me with a career of scientist.
And one thought that came into my mind. The scholarship only said that I need to return to NZ, it didn't specify that I need to work in the same field. Hehehe, I think I might just be a waiter for 4 years, or open up a pearl tea shop in Auckland. Anyone keen to join the business?
Despite all the excitement, it has changed my plans dramatically because it requires me to return to NZ for the same length of period as I take the scholarship. It means that my plan of doing post-doc in Europe or American after my PhD is going to be postponed for another 3~4 years. It will possibly make it more difficult for me to go to the job market there after returning to NZ and has all the consequent effect on my career. Also, it feels awkward going to a prestigious institute, then comes back to where I started again. Not snobbing that one is more superior than the other, but I do plan to go forward, just to any new places, rather than backward to the old place. And I want somewhere prestigious as where I do my Post-doc. Before I left NZ, I was thinking that I'd reject the scholarship even if I won it. But all these thoughts dissolved. After spending 2 months in Taiwan and being influenced by my good friend, I begin to regret not enjoying my life in NZ whilst back there. There are so many places I've never been to and so many things I don't know about NZ. And I'd like to go and do all these things! The 3-4 years return to NZ is just going to be perfect for living a different life in NZ from the one I once had. Also, it'll probably be a hardout 4-year degree at Oxford for me, so it would be a nice long break to relax (hopefully) in NZ before embarking on another journey at challenging places. God, this scholarship is making sense now and is absolutely perfect!
What the heck, the money decides everything! I highly doubt that I'll be able to make a saving of the amount of money they're offering me with a career of scientist.
And one thought that came into my mind. The scholarship only said that I need to return to NZ, it didn't specify that I need to work in the same field. Hehehe, I think I might just be a waiter for 4 years, or open up a pearl tea shop in Auckland. Anyone keen to join the business?
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