{"id":1864,"date":"2012-04-22T15:39:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T10:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2014-06-21T18:43:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T18:43:45","slug":"internship-stipend-nctu-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/internship-stipend-nctu-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"My first internship stipend will be spent on souvenirs from Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name: –\u00a0Mallikarjun Karra<\/p>\n

College:\u00a0 – IIT – Kharagpur<\/p>\n

Interning with: –\u00a0National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan<\/p>\n

How will I spend my 1st internship stipend?<\/p>\n

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I’m getting paid 6000 Taiwanese dollars per month at NCTU, Taiwan for a two month internship in High Energy Physics. It is not a very high amount and most of it will be utilised in my accommodation and food expenses there.<\/p>\n

With what remains, I would like to buy small mementos for family and friends. Now Taiwan is a technologically advanced country and everyone knows that most electronic gizmos are available at dirt cheap prices, especially in Hsinchu (where I’m going), which hosts their ‘Silicon Valley’.<\/p>\n

However, rather than gifting electronics gadgets, I would like to buy and present local handicrafts and eco-friendly goods to my loved ones. I would like to visit National Parks, aboriginal settlements and remote places of scenic beauty and collect small souvenirs like handwoven stuff (interistingly all Atayal women-folk are brilliant at it) or shells and rare and not so rare rocks and gems (jade is abundant there). I also love exotic fruits, I’ll probably try and buy some just before I fly back.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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