Statement of Purpose I was born in the city of Bangkok in Thailand as the youngest child in my family. I have a brother who is two years older than me. I belong to a middle class family and both my parents work in banks. Since I was young, I had been cultivated to be careful about spending money and not wasting things. I went to the same elementary school as my brother, so I could reuse my brother's used textbooks to save money. Also, it was easy for my parents to drop us off at school and pick us up after school. Given the value of every Baht that my parents dedicated to my studies, I have always worked hard and consistently tried my best with every opportunity I have had. My score on the national test was excellent, so I was able to enter Satriwithaya School, one of the largest girls' schools in Thailand. I had the chance to learn the Mathematics-Chinese curriculum for secondary education. This was the starting point of my Chinese. I was happy to study Chinese twice a week at school. As a high school student, I was the school representative and participated in many academic competitions and received some prizes. Even though I studied the French program, I was always interested in Chinese. Therefore, when I got the scholarship at Assumption University, the most renowned private international university in Thailand, I did not hesitate to choose the Department of Business Chinese as my undergraduate course. When I entered university, I entered Chinese education seriously. I felt like I was extremely focused on Chinese more than before. I have attempted to use and learn Chinese in my daily life. For example, I more often watched and listened to everything in Chinese for...... middle of paper ......ng that I wanted to do and didn't force me to do the same. Now I intend to march again with a different drummer. I want to become a Chinese teacher, while the rest of my family members work in the accounting field. I will be very happy if they feel proud of my next successes. I decided that this time I had to find a way to cover as much of the expenses of studying in Taiwan on my own as possible. So, I want to apply for this scholarship. If I get the Taiwan scholarship, it can be helpful for both my family and me who haven't had an income yet. The remaining expenses that are not covered by the scholarship, I will pay using my savings because I don't want to burden my parents. I hope you will consider me for the opportunity to receive a 2014 Taiwan Scholarship for Master's study. I can guarantee you that I will not be a disappointment to you.