English.....?

I sent an email to the student office officer in charge of our exchange. yeap the polish girl-gosia who hardly smile. i asked if the scholarship we recieved is once off or monthly(of course i wish its monthly) and her reply was polite BUT it worshen my understanding of the matter.. read the following excerpts...

Hi gosia,

I heard rumours that the scholarship of 830pln is given to non eu studentsevery month. Is that correct or is it a one off payment of 830? Thanks alotfor your time.

Regards,
David

Her reply...

every month until you leave :-) that would be mean if u received money onlyonce ;-)

Gosia


So right now im completely lost still as to whether this payment is once off or not.. i pride myself as someone who can decipher vague, grammatically wrong and amatuerish english person. however much as i look at the email again and again, it doesnt solve my dilemma. if i read the first sentence, its hooray SGH, hooray POLSKA. however the 2nd sentence is a dampener to my obvious joy.. so what could it be? is the smiley face her attempt to cheer us cos its monthly payment? or a sinister and ill concieved joke that life is never that good so get real..

Sigh..