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Speaker 1: Now, My next guest is a Darwin High School graduate

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Speaker 1: who's been on the show on a number of occasions

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Speaker 1: for his academic achievements and a major international science competition

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Speaker 1: that he and some other students attended in La Minishi

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Speaker 1: Trapura was certainly going to go on after finishing school

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Speaker 1: to do some wonderful things, and he's already secured a

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Speaker 1: prestigious scholarship at the University of Melbourne. And he joins

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Speaker 1: me on the line. Good morning Minisi.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you are.

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Speaker 1: So good mate? It's so wonderful to hear what you

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Speaker 1: have done. Tell us a little bit more about this

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Speaker 1: prestigious scholarship.

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Speaker 2: So under the recipient of the Hanson Scholarship, and it

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Speaker 2: covers a lot of my accommodation, a lot of my

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Speaker 2: growth activities, for example going to theater or music to

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Speaker 2: again cultural understanding, and it just provides a lot of

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Speaker 2: academic help in terms of going through university for the

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Speaker 2: next three years.

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Speaker 1: How wonderful now, Manishi, what are you going to be

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Speaker 1: studying for the next three years?

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Speaker 2: So I am doing a Bacheler of commerce, hoping to

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Speaker 2: measure in actuarial science.

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Speaker 1: And when you found out that you were going to

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Speaker 1: receive this scholarship. How did you react? What did you think?

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Speaker 2: Well, So, I just came back from school that day

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Speaker 2: and I was really hoping that I would get a

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Speaker 2: call from Paul Little, who funds the scholarship. And I

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Speaker 2: came back home and I was sitting there for barely

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Speaker 2: five minutes and the call came through, and I was

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Speaker 2: my tears were running down my face as I got

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Speaker 2: the offer from call.

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Speaker 1: Oh my, how exciting are your parents just beside themselves

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Speaker 1: with pride?

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Speaker 2: I think so, I hope so. I think they're very proud,

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Speaker 2: But there is more more things to do in life,

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Speaker 2: and I hope I can keep making them and proud

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Speaker 2: of it.

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Speaker 1: I am sure that you will. Now. Obviously I've interviewed

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Speaker 1: you and and other students other friends from Darwin High

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Speaker 1: on numerous occasions. But Mate, I was reading the article

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Speaker 1: in the inter News about you recently as well, and

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Speaker 1: you know you'd spoken about overcoming when you when you

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Speaker 1: were at school in your younger years, you know, not

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Speaker 1: English not being your first language, and what it was

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Speaker 1: like for you sort of overcoming that and now reaching

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Speaker 1: the point that you have, you must feel proud of

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Speaker 1: your own efforts.

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Speaker 2: I think I've tried my hardest in trying to overcome

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Speaker 2: my difficulties, and I am proud of myself to say

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Speaker 2: that I have been able to get to a position

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Speaker 2: where I'm able to live independently and achieve new things

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Speaker 2: by myself without requiring constant help from my parents. So

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Speaker 2: I'm really proud of that. But at the same time,

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Speaker 2: I also know that there's a long way to go

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Speaker 2: for me in terms of in a professional professional career,

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Speaker 2: and I'm just waiting for their challenges to come and

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Speaker 2: head and face them head on.

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Speaker 1: Now, what are you? What are your other friends up

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Speaker 1: to that went away to LA with you as well,

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Speaker 1: and obviously competed in the competition with you? How are

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Speaker 1: they all going?

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Speaker 2: So? Spot Igmondo, he's The's my other teammate. He's currently

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Speaker 2: in University of Adelette studying medicine and NASA sign is

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Speaker 2: waiting for offer from a US university to go head

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Speaker 2: over to the US.

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Speaker 1: Oh good on you guys, you absolute legends.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: Every time he came into the studio and spoke to me,

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Speaker 1: I thought, how wonderful to have young territorians like yourselves

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Speaker 1: doing great things. And now to hear that you know

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Speaker 1: that you are all continuing to do really well and

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Speaker 1: you're just embarking on the advent of your life. Really,

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Speaker 1: when you start university, there's so much fun to be had.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I agree, it's already been so much fun. I've

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Speaker 2: already been down in Lorvin for the past three weeks

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Speaker 2: and it's been an amazing time because obviously meeting a

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Speaker 2: lot of the other scholars. There's twenty three of us,

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Speaker 2: so it's a very tight knit group. There's opportunities to

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Speaker 2: make real friendships in the program, and I think it's

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Speaker 2: one of the key features of the program that is

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Speaker 2: so small and there's like we all have a common

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Speaker 2: understanding between each other that which is here to study,

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Speaker 2: have fun and try our hardest.

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Speaker 1: Oh, looking back, you know at your studies and what

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Speaker 1: it's been like for you moving to Darwin, what would

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Speaker 1: you say to other young Territorians in the same situation.

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Speaker 2: I think it's not about how much how smart you are,

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Speaker 2: how much you know. It's always just trying to put

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Speaker 2: in as much effort as you can and going for

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Speaker 2: these opportunities that you don't think you'll get or you

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Speaker 2: can do. Is just about putting yourself out there and

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Speaker 2: trying your hardest, because that's my motivation throughout all of

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Speaker 2: my education journey so far. Because I know for sure

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Speaker 2: I'm not the smartest, I'm not the most intelligent person

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Speaker 2: in the room. But it's about putting yourself out there

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Speaker 2: and trying your hardest.

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Speaker 1: That is that's really good advice. I reckon Minishi, and

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Speaker 1: you know, mate, I wish you all the very best

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Speaker 1: on your studies, keeping contact with us. We're really proud

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Speaker 1: to see how well you're doing and to find out

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Speaker 1: that you were obviously the recipient of this prestigious scholarship.

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Speaker 1: Good on you.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Katie, and thank you for having

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Speaker 2: me on today.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to speak to you, Minishi. We'll talk to you again,

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Speaker 1: so mate, keep doing what you're doing.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Seya