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A: 1.The Taiwan Provincial Students Scholarship by Taiwan Provincial Government. Selection was based on applicants' schools and academic performance. Only students with top scores from the top schools were considered. In each school, just a few applicants were awarded.

2. First place in Chinese typing. Awarded by the Department of Accounting and Statistics of National Taipei College of Business. The selection is based on typing speed. Typing Chinese characters rapidly and accurately is an important and difficult skill.

2. If you have ever been placed on academic probation, been dismissed from a school, or received a failing grade (including nongraded courses for which you received an assessment of unsatisfactory or "not pass"), please explain.

A: No.

3. List in order of importance to you all extracurricular college and community activities in which you have engaged.  Indicate briefly the nature of the activity or organization, the dates of your engagement, any offices held, and an estimate of the level of your involvement and participation.

A: 1. Mountaineering Club, 1993-present. This non-profit organization holds many outdoor activities, including creek-walking, mountaineering, rock-climbing, hot spring exploring, and diving. In 1993 and 1994, I was a member of the Mountaineering Club. Now I am a team leader.

I participated in many out-door activities which helped me better understand how to endure the test of perseverance, drastic climatic changes, rugged landscapes, and the invasion of blood-sucking bugs. All these challenges make me much more mature. I have climbed dozens of mountains, including more than a dozen over 3,000 meters in height. Sometimes I was assigned the task of writing a chapter to share my experience with members around the country. Due to my literary inclination, occasionally I was praised for my proficiency. When I was a follower, I obeyed the demands of the team, whatever they were. I have never let other members down. Team leaders decided to promote me to team leader because they considered me a competent member. Now I am responsible for some medium-risk activities.

2. Computer Group, 1989-1990. I was a group leader, helping classmates in the Department of Accounting and Statistics of National Taipei College of Business take better advantage of computer software. The society used state-of-the-art software, however, the school could not keep up with the advances in software. I was appointed leader of the Computer Group to solve the problem. I hired some experts to teach students the latest computer software. This group had roughly 60 members. The budget per semester was about USD $1000.

3. Composition Club, 1988-1990. In 1988, I was an assistant editor. In 1989 - 1990, I was an executive editor. The main purpose of the organization was to edit the school journal. I often visited government officials, literature composers, business enterprises and Mother Nature.

A: 1. Life of Georgia, 1994-present. I am a life insurance sales representative in my company.  In response to requests from clients, I sometimes cast Chinese horoscopes. This is a competitive advantage that has allowed me to win prevail against numerous other sales representatives.  Some customers choose to buy insurance from me, without reference to the insurance company for which I work.

2. Lih-Pao Daily, 1996. I was a translator, translating from Reuters or AP news into Chinese. The job required familiarity with professional dictionaries and use of a state-of-the-art computer network.

5. List articles, books, or any other materials published or any inventions patented.

A: When I was a journalistic translator, I translated articles from AP or Reuters news into Chinese. My articles included technology, society, culture, history, etc., all published on Lih-Pao Daily. I translated two to three chapters every day. The job required hard-working and zero-error quality.

6. What leisure-time activities do you most enjoy?

A: Among leisure-time activities, I like mountaineering most. Since Taiwan has hundreds of mountain peaks with elevations above 3,000 meters, I like to pack heavy paraphernalia to climb for several days. Every time I overcome gigantic obstacles I gain a tremendous sense of satisfaction. Mountain-climbing not only forces one to cultivate energy and discipline, but also provides an opportunity to develop skills such as cooking and photography.

The harder the route, the deeper the impression. The most spectacular achievement is to finish the whole process without any outside help to pass the test of geographic craggedness, the aggression of mosquitoes or blood-sucking bugs, the sheer climatic change, and the test of physical and psychosomatic limitation. The moment you most cherish is to reach the peaks to take photos, demonstrating the most perfect body language.

7. What is your most valued tangible possession?  What is your most valued intangible possession?

A: My most valued tangible possession is my academic record. The schools at which I studied are all the best ones in their categories.

My most valued intangible possession is my potential to be a leader. In many areas, if my level (background, age, level of responsibility, etc.) is the same as other group members, I naturally as one of the group's leaders.

Leaders are the core of communication. My persuasiveness has led other people to respect me. While serving my compulsory military service, I learned how to comfort other soldiers who were full of hate. They admired me because of my expertise and affinity.

8. What do you view as a particular strength of yours?  What do you view as a particular weakness?  Would friends or family share your view?

A: Thomas Edison has a famous line: "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." My particular strength is to work very hard in a smart way. I can work on a particular issue in a library or lab day and night. I enjoy working incessantly.

When I was the leader of our school's Computer Group, I could design a program without sleeping. I tried to find out what the problem was and how to improve the outcome.

When I studied for the university entrance exam, I studied over 14 hours a day. Finally, I passed the exam and studied at the department of Business Administration of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, the best polytechnic university and my top choice. During my undergraduate career, I worked even harder. Usually I didn't sleep enough, but I enjoyed the pleasure of knowledge-intensive tasks.

Now, if necessary, I can work during till midnight or through holidays. To me, work is a kind of pleasure. The feeling of acquiring achievements is incomparable. But the most important thing is work hard in the right direction.

My weakness is difficulty in getting along with smokers. I detest foul smoke. Many people like to talk to share feelings while smoking, but I get angry and disgusted every time I smell the smoke. Therefore, I seldom go to pubs or discos even though they may be play a role as meeting spots.

My family or friends all understand my strength and weakness. I try to eradicate my weakness, and have gradually learned to endure the smell of burning smoke.

9. List and briefly describe any travel or extended stays outside your home country.

A: I have been to the following areas or countries to travel or visit my relatives:

(1) Hong Kong. (1994) I visited my brother for a couple of weeks before Jun 1, 1997, when sovereignty reverted to China.  I experienced the unretouched face of highly developed capitalism, and observed the financial center of the Asia-Pacific rim, and Hong Kong's efficient work performance.

(2) China (1994). Moving from Hong Kong, a colony with a high Gross National Product (GNP) per capita to a huge country with a low per capita GNP, I experienced culture shock. This trip made me think less ethnocentric. I realized that under different political systems and managerial styles, people behave in different ways.

(3) Macao (1994). I have been to this colony of Portugal to gamble and visit architecture. This area, with its unique history and political system, combines traditional color with a modern landscape.

(4) Thailand (1995). I was awarded this free trip by my company, Life of Georgia. I experienced the so-called "dependency theory": developing countries need markets, security, advanced education, and technology from developed countries. I also noticed a biological rule: animals or plants in tropical areas are generally shorter than their counterparts in the colder areas: Thai people are generally shorter than those living in colder areas.

(5) Singapore (1996).  Singapore, one of the Four Little Dragons, enjoys the achievements of highly developed countries. Singapore is also famous for the high quality and efficiency of its government.

(6) France, Italy and Monaco (1995). I traveled in Europe for several weeks. In the gentle realm of romance and civilization, I experienced the beauty of life, nature, and culture. The trip really opened my eyes. Now I am much more interested in European affairs.

(7) Australia(1998).   Compared to the other great zoogeographic regions --Eurasia, Africa, Southeast Asia and the two Americas--the Australian zone is small and in large part arid and inhospitable. But this flat, drought-plagued land supports a magnificently rich and strange collection of wildlife. Many of its principal groups of plants and animals have evolved on their own, independent of trends in the world at large. Others have found sanctuary in which to vegetate and survive as relic types similar to forms which elsewhere on earth vanished millions of years ago.

Travel and extended stays abroad have made me much more internationalized and have enhanced my foreign language skills. As a result, my outlook is much broader than that of my friends.

10. Do you feel that your academic record is an accurate reflection of your ability and potential?  In comparison to your college friends and classmates, do you feel that you were particularly advantaged or disadvantaged?  Please explain.

A: Yes. In comparison with my college classmates or friends, I feel I have been advantaged. My parents own a few houses. While my college classmates and friends need to work hard to purchase a house. I can save at least ten years of financial burden, and begin thinking about investing in business opportunities rather than a mortgage. In addition, my brother is studying in Australian National University for his doctoral degree. Family connections are an important factor in a successful career.

11. Why are you seeking a master degree? What do you hope to experience and contribute?

A: It is key to know your potential and to develop the necessary skills early in life. I have many of the characteristics of a good manager which can help strengthen my competitiveness. A postgraduate school is designed to educate its students to extend their potential and will help me strengthen my specialties. Since I have an understanding of my potential, I should have different experience to broaden my international view.

Hence, studying at an international postgraduate school is the best strategy to develop these goals.

The skills I bring to the postgraduate school can be described as follows:

1. Two years of military experience: This was a totally different kind of managerial style. I learned how to comfort soldiers who were full of hate, how to submit to officers despite the fact that doing so involved the risk of being captured as a prisoner of war, and how to utilize limited resources to accomplish missions.

These experiences enable me to share my point of view concerning human resources and risk management.

These experiences also relate to practical activities. Many activities are conducted under terrible circumstances with serious conflicts, and with insufficient information and resources.

2. Work experience in insurance: With 4 years of work experience in Life of Georgia, Taiwan Branch (American Invested Co.), I have much of experience to share with others.

In the managerial field, the most difficult aspect is managing people. I open my heart to care for people with diverse cultures. I understand and respect the individual diversities.

During the years I have worked, I learned interpersonal skills are one of the most important factors in a job requirement. The ability to work as part of a team is more important than personal skill ability. I have encountered many such cases. In my company, employees have many chances to receive on-the-job training. Many top-level managers teach us real cases of managerial problems. We also need to study while off-duty. Hence, I have accumulated much experience.

3. Work experience in Eastern society: In the 1990's, new political and economic groupings are creating business patterns which are very different from those of previous decades. The region already accounts for more than half the world's economic output and more than one-third of world trade, and these proportions are growing. With a background in Eastern society, especially Chinese culture, I have many work experiences which Western students do not have, such as Chinese Horoscope, Guan-Xi (relationship), bribery, something under-the-table.

4. Academic background: After I graduated from junior high school, I studied at National Taipei College of Business, the best junior business college in Taiwan. After I graduated, I studied at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, the best polytechnic university in Taiwan. My majors were accounting/ statistics and business administration, respectively. Both of these schools are the no. 1 choice for their categories in Taiwan. In addition, my grades in mathematics were excellent, thus I will be able to help my classmates better solve difficult quantitative problems.

5. Computer knowledge: When I was the leader of the Computer Group, I was able to learn computer skills within one month which usually require one year to learn. Sometimes, I helped my colleagues to solve their computer problems. With the development of information technology, computer science is developing rapidly. Postgraduate students need to harness state-of-the-art technology in order to be able to take advantage of the information explosion. I always keep pace with the trends of new computer technology. This is one of my competitive advantages.

12. If you could be any age for the rest of your life, what age would you be and why?

A: If possible, I would be 35 years old. Because I will finish my academic career and get married. All of my personal career will be settled down. In addition, I will accumulate a lot of money, which is the foundation of my further career.

13. If there is further information that you believe would be helpful to make somebody get acquainted with you , please feel free to provide it.

A: In 1988 at my school, a classmate indicated that he is good at fortune-telling. I flippantly asked him to tell my future by using Chinese Horoscope, so he cast a horoscope for me. Almost all the points of what he said are true, including my literature inclination. After years of experience, I totally believe in it and study it incessantly. He is now my master. I am willing to be his disciple because his fate is to become an empire builder and my fate is a high-level government official.

14. In light of the above quotation, please discuss a decision you have made that, in retrospect, has had a profound influence on your present circumstances.? In hindsight, would you have made a different decision? Please explain.

A: When I graduated from junior high school, I chose to study in a junior college of business. From that point, my academic career has been focused in business. Roughly a decade ago, my family was poor. I couldn't pay for the study for the next year's Entrance Exam. Hence, I had to study in a public school.

For a student who had just graduated from a junior high school, it was too early to decide his or her major. Moreover, educational choices were limited. In junior colleges, only engineering, business or nursing field were public. Other fields, such as language, medicine, and journalism were all private. Besides, my parents were not well-educated, they were not able to help me to make decisions. So I studied business without much information for reference.

During the junior college career, I studied many topics which had nothing to do with my major, such as politics, foreign languages, computer science, and education.

In the army, I had a chance to study medicine and psychology and found that I am very interested in medical science. I can memorize many complex medical terms which are seldom used in daily lives.

After I got out of the army, I took medicine into consideration. Should I decide to study medicine in the future? Doctors are always a group with high reputation, excellent income and high social role. To be a doctor one needs to be intelligent, hard-working, enthusiastic and sensitive to ethical considerations.

However, business students find it difficult to succeed in the sheer competition of the Entrance Exam in the medical field. The probability of passing the Exam was so low that I couldn't take the risk. Therefore, I chose to study business further.

Among the medical students I have met, many are not just cramming machines, but have diverse talents and potential. I found myself have the inclination. I believe if I had studied in a medical college, I could have accomplished all the necessary requirements.

However, in hindsight, I would not change my major. I have excelled in business, and find it exciting and challenging.

People are always the products of their environment. It also shows the same that in my case, I cannot escape the effects of social conditioning.

15. Describe an ethical dilemma you have experienced and discuss how you handled the situation.

A: In junior college I took the lead in challenging the unreasonable dress code and the regime of military instructors who enforced it. The military instructors retaliated by giving me low marks, even though they knew that my behavior and academic performance were excellent.

Junior College regulations required that students wear uniforms, and empowered military instructors to enforce the code. I openly questioned this system. Why should military personnel control students, rather than college staff or civilian policemen? Did it have something to do with student movements which caused the loss of Mainland China? In a campus where freedom is encouraged, why was it that students should dress in uniform?

Managerial principles state that under a crisis or an emergency, military management is the most appropriate. However, if creative responses are encouraged, such as in a campus, the organization should adopt democratic management. If a very free situation is emphasized, laissez-faire should be adopted, as in a club.

However, in my school, many people took it for granted that military management is sacred. I opposed those beliefs, and refused to wear a uniform to school. I argued with military personnel, stating only policemen have the right to manage civilians. This is National Taipei College of Business, I said, not a military school. We are business students, not military students, so please forget military management. Give us more freedom and then the education will become more vivid.

The military instructors replied that even if rules are unreasonable, you should obey them. Use any available way to change them, but not break them. If you disobey the regulations when you feel they are wrong, they said, then society will degenerate into anarchy. Without political leadership, the whole society will fall.

A pilot must finish a mission even if he does not agree with it. After completing the mission, he can protest. This is called responsibility and honor.

Each and every time we disputed the issue. The military instructors realized that trends in Taiwan were becoming increasingly democratic. They knew strict regulations were increasingly ineffective, yet they never compromised and never negotiated. I was the only one who dared to argue with them face-to-face.

I believe that in the face of unreasonable regulations, you should express your opinion. If you are ineffective, protest and try to change them.

Students in elementary schools or universities were allowed to wear what they like but not junior college students. I wore T-shirts and jeans to school, rather than black tie, black belt, khaki pants and black leather shoes. This behavior lowered my conduct score.

Teachers considered me a young rebel. Military instructors knew that my rebellion was based on knowledge and conviction, not blind, ignorance. They knew I don't smoke or take drugs, and that my academic performance was good. So they ignored my refusal to dress in uniform because they realized I stood to reason.

But subordinating themselves to the rule of the organization was their duty, so they punished me by giving me lower scores. Finally, they gave me a negative evaluation.

After I studied at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, military instructors were abolished, and my grades improved.

16.Please discuss your intermediate and long-term professional goals and why you want a master degree in your career.? In what ways do you think a master degree will help you to achieve these goals?

A: My intermediate professional goals are to be an engineer and a physiognomist. If possible, I would like to combine both Chinese Horoscope and management, making strategies much more appropriate. Fortune-telling is a good indicator to predict one's future. It enables me to share my point of view concerning human resources and risk management.

My long-term goals are to be a successful manager and an author. I have an inclination to literature, and I love to compose. I have been an editor of my school journal. My Chinese language teachers often praised my proficiency in Chinese composition. Sometimes they disagreed with my point of view and scolded me, but this only gave me greater confidence in my ability to stimulate and persuade readers.

In the near future, it will need many talented managers to handle the changing climate of the world. There will be a great demand for managers. Modern managers need broad knowledge which can be learned systematically in a postgraduate school to deal with complex problems.

Since I graduated from National Taipei College of Business, I have had many years of work experience. During these years, I've learned what I need, and have clearly formulated my goals. A master degree is the foundation of my career.

Managers making strategic decisions in this fast-evolving environment need special skills. In the 1990s new political and economic groupings are creating patterns which are very different from those of previous decades. Authors working in the region need broad understandings of the societies and economies being developed by their neighbouring countries and partners. They need to look closely at emerging patterns and the new economic relationships these both reflect and create. They need to learn more about national differences which affect practice if they are to develop appropriate plans. They must appreciate the need to give innovation in technology, products and organization a central place in building successful strategies. They need to understand the differing links between governments and business in the region and to devise more effective ways of developing this critical relationship.

Believe it or not, according to Chinese Horoscope, I will gradually succeed after I am 31 years old. If so, the schools where I studied will benefit in some way. The past is the foundation of the future. Time after time, the Chinese Horoscope has proven accurate. When I passed the entrance exams with flying colors, when I fell in love, when I fell afoul of the military instructors.  In each case, the horoscope proved true.

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