Well, it was times when I just graduated from the school and was going to pursue a degree, a bachelor’s degree in Chinese Philology. I’ve chosen Chinese Philology just because I was good at English. So I decided that it won’t be that… it’s a good idea to start learning a new language. Because I just simply couldn’t imagine what else I can do except learning languages or something else. And I have applied for the universities based on studying a major of Chinese Philology. But one day I just decided that I can also apply for a totally different major which is software engineering. I have applied for this field for this major just because I was good also at math in my school times. So when I came across the university that I wanted to apply, I just saw the fields it contains and decided that… And there was no field about the Philology. So it was the university with only with the fields in… It’s linking with science. So I decided to apply but I was not expected to be accepted. So I was going to start my studies in other universities but I got an acceptance letter from the university. I have applied for the major of software engineering and I got accepted on a full scholarship basis. So…
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Well, it was a time when I had just graduated from school and was going to pursue a bachelor's degree in Chinese Philology. I chose Chinese Philology because I was good at English. I decided that it would be a good idea to start learning a new language. I simply couldn't imagine what else I could do except learning languages or something similar. I applied to universities to study a major in Chinese Philology. But one day, I decided that I could also apply for a totally different major, which is software engineering. I applied for this field because I was also good at math in school. When I came across the university I wanted to apply to, I saw the fields it offered and noticed there was no field related to Philology. It was a university focused only on science-related fields. So I decided to apply, but I did not expect to be accepted. I was preparing to start my studies at other universities when I received an acceptance letter from the university I applied to for the major in software engineering, and I got accepted on a full scholarship. So...
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