English: https://www.chikinmelele.com/Grand-Champion-to-University-Student
Kathy Liu, eo leddik in Namdrik, ej ri jikuuļ in University of New Mexico jān Majuro. Ej jokwe ilo Albuquerque ke ej jikuuļ ie. M̧okta COVID, ekar jerbal lo juon chemistry lab. Ke ekilōk m̧ōkoko university, ekar pād wōt ippān ro m̧ōttan bwe ekar jab maron̄ rooļ n̄an M̧ajel. Kiiō ej juon ri leļok kōjparok. Ejan̄in alikkar n̄e imaron̄ kadoijļo̧k university bwe kar rum̧wij jidik kōn an katak abroad Taiwan ie. M̧ottan jet semester jidik. Jeram̧m̧an Kathy. Kate wōt. Hilary Hosia kar jei kōn Kathy ke ekar jikuuļ in Majuro Cooperative School Okōj 24, 2016.
Kom̗win iioon Kathy Liu: grand Champion eo an jiāe kōnono kajin Jepaan eo kein kajon̄oul̗ ruo eo im ekar bōk jikin ilo allōn̄ in Māe eo ilo International Conference Center eo ilo Majuro — jilu wiik mokta jān an kar kaddiwōjl̗o̗k kōn nebar ilo Majuro Cooperative high School. Jiāe in ej ain tok ri-jikuul̗ ro im rej jab ri-jepaan jān jikuul̗ ko kajojo ipel̗aakin Majuro jān Middle School n̄an ro ilo college nan kwal̗ok jon̄an aer jel̗ā kajin Jepaan. Kathy ear jiāe ippān emān ro ilo category eo an, ekoba jilu ri-jikuul̗ ro jān college. Jel̗ā eo an im etijem̗l̗o̗k ear kake tak Judge ro jiljilimjuon, bareinwōt Ambassador eo an Japan n̄an M̗ajel̗ Hideyuki Mitsuoka, bwe ren jim̗or kāiete āinwōt juon eo eaar bōk tip eo (champion). Ekabwilōn̄lōn̄ bwe jilu iaan ajri ro jatin raar bareinwōt pad ilo jiāe in im bar wor aer wiin ko. Ko̗wiinin eo el̗ap: jilu wiik education raun tūreep n̄an Jepaan.
Jen etale mour eo an Kathy ilo iien in bwe jen jel̗ā kajeen likatu in jān Nam̗dik im ej jon̄oul ruwalitōk an iiō im el̗ap jibadek ko an. Jinen Kathy ej juon ri-M̗ajel im jemān ej ri-Taiwan. Eaar rūttol̗o̗k ilo an kōnono kajin Mandarin, M̗ajel̗ im In̄lij im etijem̗l̗o̗k ilo aolepāer. Ilo kar kilaaj Ruwatimjuon eo an ear jino ekkatak kajin Jepaan āinwōt juon an elective kilaaj im āindein an ekkaatak m̗aan tak jen tōre eo. Āinwōt elōn̄ iaan ajri in raan kein ro im rej l̗otak tok n̄an baam̗le ko im e kajojo lal̗ ko an jine er im Jemāer, Kajin In̄lij ej kajin eo kālet im kōjerbale n̄e ej wōr ri-lotok n̄an m̗weo im̗ōn baam̗le in ilo Uliga ak n̄e rej pād ilo jikuul̗ im lo̗bwilej. Āinwōt ajri eo iol̗ap l̗ap, Kathy emminene in kōm̗m̗ane elōn̄l̗o̗k jān juon kain jerbal ilo juon wōt iien, ej juon men eo, ej ba ilo an kōmm̗an kōjak, eban on̄ kake ilo an naaj jibadek jel̗āl̗o̗kjen̗ ko l̗o̗k ilōn̄ ilo University eo an New Mexico ilo Amedka ilo allōn̄ in August.
Uwe ilo United Airline jān Amata Kabua International Airport n̄an Hawaii enaaj kein kajuon n̄an jo̗dikdik in an juur lowaan baluun. “I kijooror e tok raan en ij em̗m̗akūt kōnke ijjan̄in kar pād lowaan bal̗uun m̗okta im naaj kein kajuon in aō diwōj l̗o̗k jen M̗ajel̗̗,” ekar ba ilo an mejān lem̗ōn̗ōn̗ō. Eaar ba bwe aetok tata in an kar jako jen jinen im jemān kar ruo raan ko ke eaar camp ilo juon āne ejjab ettol̗o̗k.
Men̄e ej etale wōt kālet ko an, Kathy enaaj ekkatak kōn environmental science. Emōj an joke bwe en kkōm̗anm̗anl̗ok jel̗ā ko an im kōl̗ap l̗o̗k io̗kwe eo an n̄an basketball ilo college. Ilo iiō ko an emān ilo high school, el̗ap ijo kon̗aan ilo team eo an im raar wiin aolepen iiō kein emen. N̄e ejjab pād ilo jikuul̗, ikkure ak kōmm̗an jerbal, Kathy ej mad kōn camera eo nejin ej ekkā am lo ippān. “Em̗m̗an pija ippa,” eaar ba. “Photojournalism ej juon men eo inaaj kōm̗m̗ane ilo juon iien eo eaitok. Elōn̄ iaan pija kein an Kathy im maalkan kapeel raar wal̗ok ilo Jam̗bo Arts Festivals eo, juon iien kwelok el̗ap eo artis ro remaron̄ kwal̗ok jel̗ā ko aer im el̗tan peier.
Kathy emel̗el̗e bwe iial̗ in im̗aan ewōr lim̗otak im mālijjon̄ ko ie. Kōn riie eo jān baam̗le eo an ekoba jel̗āl̗o̗kjen̗ im imminene ko kar būki jen jikuul̗ eo em̗m̗antata ion Majuro, Kathy epojak n̄an aod in.