At the end of December, Ralph Brown came back from Thailand to visit his family for the holidays. He told me about the Internship in Southeast Asia. I really wanted to go, but decided that I couldn't afford the $3,700.00 fees excluding the $1,036.60 airfare to get there and back.
Well, one day I woke up with the strong urge to go. So I completed my internship application on the Kennedy Center website and was accepted into the program. 
I was awarded half tuition scholarships (Total: $1,020) for spring and summer, a program fee reduction (Total: $300), and an FHSS internship grant (Total: $1,600). So I only had to pay for my airfare and another $780.00. The airfare was my entire savings before income tax returns. The almost eight hundred dollars drained my generous income tax return from the feds.
Despite the fact that I'm broke, I will be able to finish my last nine credits of my undergraduate degree over in Thailand. 
Ralph also hooked me up with a job planning and organizing next year's SSA (Student Sociology Association) calendar of events. So hopefully I can make some pocket change while I'm there. If I can find the time!
I just need to do some last minute shopping and packing before I depart on the night of the 06th 
of May. If you have any wealthy friends or family members who would like to contribute to my study abroad, please have them e-mail me at sondra.r.fitzgerald@gmail.com.P.S. You can check out Dhamma Park at http://www.dhammapark.com/
