Tell us about yourself (your family, your daily

activities, your experiences, etc) *

My name is silvia gomes. I am 18 and from Dili, timor-leste. I have 4 siblings, they are
alves,faty, zeny and nedio, they are also students. My father name is martinho goncalves and my
mother name is maria henriques. I’m currently studying at saint Magdalene of canossa and now I
am 12 grade. In my daily activities, from Monday to Saturday I go to school then go back
home, agter take a little nap then I prepare to go to course pshysic, maths and chemistry after
that I still have a clas of Portuguese and English language . on Saturday and Sunday ,I usually
help my parents to do house chores besides my own homework from school. After completing all the
chores and homework then i do things that I enjoy doing like watching television or going out with
friends to the beach. On certain occasions, I also participate in voluntary programs such as cleaning
rubbish on the beach or joining the campaign on health and environment lead by the environmentalist.
. In my daily life I try to follow the idea once expressed by Mahatma Gandhi – be the
change you want to see in the world.

I have few hobbies such as playing badminton, listening to music, reading and studying.
Sometimes I also study while listening to soft music. When I have spare time I use it to play
badminton. Among all these hobbies, reading has been my main passion. I like reading
encyclopedia, news about another countries’ cultures and events because I find reading as a way
or window to understand another countries and the world. By reading book, I gain
comprehensive knowledge about things that I may have not seen, heard or known in my own
country. Moreover, reading helps me to express my idea when we talking to others.

When I was 11 grade I have been served as a member of cesca , a student organization in
our school to organize extra-curricular activities such as culture night, match between school and
many more. When I am 12 grade, I have been serving as head of consume , when we have
party or some activities , I usually organize our member to cook for our participants, students or
teacher.
What's your motivation to apply Winter Korea Cultural
Camp Scholarship 2020? *

1. I am interested in coming to this program because I believe that through the cultural
camp I will be able to learn many things that I have not learnt before with new
environment. Moreover I can improve my English speaking skill and how to do a good
public speaking and specially in Korean language, I have never learnt Korean language
before , so I think this is the best opportunity for me to learn new language . The other
thing is I can find out my hidden talents and increase my self-confident to be better.
Finally by attending this cultural camp I will acquire more insight about korean cultural
and I can also build an international network with another country.

Why should we select you as a scholarship receipent? *

There are several reasons I believe that why you have to choose me :

The first one, I am an outspoken person who never afraid to express what I see and believe. By
attending this program I can use it as an opportunity to share because I am also someone who
loves to share, therefore upon the camp, I will share information, knowledge and experience that
I gained to my colleague and community. The second thing is, in my school I am known for
my strong personality of not being afraid. When I believe something is right, I am not afraid to
tell the truth and if it involves my self, I am not afraid to face and deal with it because by facing
it, I will learn from it. The other thing is that I am a very open-minded person, easy to make
friends and can adapt to new environment quickly.

Winter Korea Cultural Camp 2020