Malae's Biography

I am Frederico Amaral. Born of an ordinary peasant couple of Silvino Amaral and Carminda de Araujo. Both of my parents currently residing in my hometown Suai (it is a western district of Timor-Leste). I was born on April 2nd 1988 a day after the fool’s day. I was born in Foho-lulic on April 2, 1988. I have 11nd siblings, since I was in my mother’s womb, she wants to kill me. Before she decided to make an abortion for the baby that still in her womb she asked her friends and her friends said “NO” don’t do that, don’t kill this baby, it was given by Almighty Father” so don’t try to do that” during that time she could not do what she planed. And later on the baby born already, there was a boy and she gave his name Frederico Amaral. Since I was three months she brought me to the church to be baptized, suddenly baptized by pastor Francisco Tavares in the 1988. Her friend that warned her to make an abortion was chosen as my Godmother. Currently I have 6 (six) sisters and three brothers include me but the elders two sisters was called by almighty father. Since I was young, I was taken care of my elders sisters because we haven’t any brothers.
When I grew up at 5 years old I started enrolled in elementary in the 1995, later on in 1999 there was civil war between Timor-Leste and Indonesia. During that time we were refugees to Atambua and Kupang it’s an island of Indonesia for 3 to 4 months.
We stayed in Indonesia Island for 3 months and we returned to Timor-Leste in 1999, I continued my elementary school at Tilomar sub-District later on we moved to our home town Foho-lulic that was my birth place since I was born. I graduated elementary school at Foho-lulic in 2001-2002.
I continued my Junior high school at St. Luiz Gonzage Suai, Covalima started from 2002-2004. After graduated from this school I decided to continue to senior high school, Just because of financial all of us decided to study in the Publics school so I decided to study in technical Vocational school of Suai, in this senior high school they offered three departments for us to study, the three departments are Animal Sciences, Horticulture and Fishery. I choose animal science because we have some animal at home so that I could treat our animals that we have right now during that time they transferred me to fishery because few students are taken up this department so I agreed with that. For a year I just study about Fishery in 2005. And early 2006 they changed our curriculum. So generally we study all the departments that they had been offered. And I graduated from this high school at 2007. I decided to study in this school because I want to separate myself with my sister and brother in Public high school.
During I am in high School I had a planed to continue my study in Indonesia but my father told me that you should find more your friends so that you’ll take care of each others. Suddenly I found a brother; he wants to study in Indonesia also. I planned to continue fishery and he planned to take up International law. Suddenly he canceled his planed and he told me hey man I want to continue but next year, and I told him NO, I can’t stop for a single year because we grow up not go down so I took decision to continue my study in the National University Of Timor-Leste in 2007.
On August 2007 I apply to study in the National University because it’s cheap and high Quality and they required us to take up entrance exam. Among 6000 (six thousands) applicants that apply to study in this university but 2000 (two thousands) applicants are passed the rest of this applicants are failed. I was taken up Animal sciences started from 2007-2008. Since I study in University I am not focus on this course because we are still in General subjects but I attended some non-formal educations like English and others. During my study I have a special dream to study abroad as long as support by government. Suddenly Minister of Education offered a Scholarship to all citizens, for those who are having capacity may apply.
Requirements of this scholarship; Applicants should good in English and Portuguese. Many Timorese or citizens are applied for this scholarship but only passed from this scholarship are 200(two hundreds) applicants, only 109 (hundred and nine) the Timorese government sent to the Philippines or for undergraduate they sent to Philippines but for Post graduate they send to Australia and New Zealand. So I am also one of the luckiest man because out of that total they picked up only around 200 applicants who are consider as eligible candidate for scholarship. From 200 candidates, 109 students are sent to the Philippines, around 50 students in Portugal and some are in Australia and New Zealand for graduate students. So, I am one of those who are in the Philippines. And now I am studying in Benguet State University (BSU) and taken up Veterinary Medicine.