Studying in Thailand Makes Me Know MoreResource:中国-东盟教育信息网
Time:2009-03-01 00:37:53
Weng Zhiren, a gentle and quiet girl from Shanghai, is a junior studying in Mahidol University which ranks the second public university in Thailand. At the age of 18, she left Shanghai for Bangkok. After her three-year staying in Thailand, the shy girl from Shanghai has become vivacious. Weng's parents have always been intended to send her to study abroad because one of their relatives is running business in Bangkok. So as soon as she graduated from high school, she went to Bangkok and had a one-year preparatory course for undergraduate education. After that, Weng entered Mahidol University and majored in tourism When living with her parents, Weng relied much on her parents.When she met any problem, she would come to her parents for help. However, after she came to Mahidol University, she lives with classmates from different countries and does everything by herself. And now, she becomes an independent and confident girl.
At the beginning of her university life, she lived in an apartment with an air conditioner, a television and a separated bathroom, which is similar to a standard room of a hotel. It is shared by two students and costs each person about 100RMB per month. The university arranges two students from different countries to live together in order that they can communicate with each other in English so as to improve their oral English. A year later, she rented an apartment near the school with one of her classmates. Compared with her former apartment, the apartment has a kitchen and is more convenient to live. It costs each of them 600RMB per month.
Cultural shocks frequently happen due to weak knowledge of Thai Buddhism. In Thailand, the Royal family is highly worshipped, especially the King Rama 9. Nobody dare to criticise them. Weng ever made her classmates angry by criticizing the king of Thailand. After that, Weng rest no efforts to learn Thai culture and behavior so as to avoid misunderstanding.
There are many Taiwan students studying in Thailand and many Thailanders regard Taiwan as an independent country. Weng often argues with her classmates with no compromise that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory.
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