My Life in KMITL

University life is so rich and colourful, everyone's college life is different, but all of them are memorable and wonderful memories.

"Some poems are written for yesterday and tomorrow, some poems are written for love, some poems are written for ideals never met but never given up even before sunset", and I, on the other hand, would like to write to my youth like a poem - my college.

After graduating from undergraduate school in 2022, I was in a daze.

How should I choose? Whether to choose to work or choose to continue to study. This question troubled me for a long, long time. The feeling of powerlessness and collapse during this period was really painful. Then by chance, I learnt about postgraduate studies in Thailand. I learnt about KMITL, the university. Thankfully, at the same time, I got this news, I also became a language teacher in a junior high school.

I submitted my documents according to the process with the idea of giving it a try, I was notified of the interview at the beginning of May, and I prepared for the interview with all my heart. In the end, I was honoured to get an offer from KMITL.

The next long period - applying for a visa.

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At the beginning of September, I travelled to Thailand to study. This is my second time in Thailand. Thailand strikes me as wonderful, free and hot.

 

I often heard people praising the university, saying how it is free and open to the world.

I remember the first time I walked into the campus, I was shocked. Unlike Chinese universities, it does not have a fixed gate. The school is not closed, it is completely open to the public. Of course, the most special thing is that KMITL is adjacent to the airport, and you can see the planes from the school. You can take pictures with the planes.

 

 

The school gave me a lot of surprises. The most important one is the lizard in the school pond. The first time I saw it, I thought it was a crocodile. I was so scared that I ran away as fast as I could.

 

During the semester from July to November, the school considered the visa problem of our Chinese students. Therefore, in the first semester, we are teaching online.

Although it is online teaching, it also brought me a lot of feelings. The teaching method and knowledge system in foreign countries are totally different from that in China, so I need to spend more time to learn and start all over again. All the knowledge and systems were new to me. This was definitely a great challenge. Another big challenge was of course the language. But luckily, our professors were very nice and kind and helped me a lot. They were very patient and attentive, repeating over and over again the questions we didn't understand. I really thank them from the bottom of my heart.

The biggest feeling I had in September was that it was really, really, really, really hot. I felt like I was going to faint from the heat in Thailand (a joke). I was also not used to the food. Before I went to Thailand, I always thought that Thai food is mainly sour and spicy, but when I went there, I realised that it is mostly sweet and spicy. During these two months in Thailand, the most common phrase I said was "no sugar" hahahahaha.

 

 

I had to return to China at the end of October because of work.

In December of the same year, I embarked on my Thailand study trip again.

This time it was an offline course. I like the offline course more than the online course. Offline course can communicate with teachers and students face to face. You can gain a lot of things every day. In addition to the same classmates, you can also meet doctoral students in the same field. Most importantly, you can meet students from other countries. This is really great for me. I can learn a lot from communicating with them and improve my English speaking skills.

 

 

In the university campus, the classroom is not fixed. So, every day I have to shift my position in order to attend different classes. And except for the class time, the rest of the free time is arranged by myself, no more fixed classroom, no more teachers to keep an eye on the self-study.

No more full classes from morning to night, no more teacher-forced self-study ...... doesn't seem to be that adaptable. At the same time, our lessons became harder. Without the teacher's supervision, are we self-motivated? If we didn't learn our majors well, what are we going to do with our ideals? In fact, because of such freedom, the university has become more demanding of ourselves, requiring us to study harder and strive for excellence. 

　　However, I have to admit that this year's life in the university also let me harvest a lot of happiness.

For this semester's campus life, simply use one word to describe it - colourful. Monday to Friday, classes, complete homework, report homework. On weekends, I would meet up with my classmates and friends and go to different spots in Bangkok.

Taking classes offline was a novel experience for me. Different teachers have different ways of teaching. It was really interesting! I really experienced how gamification comes into the classroom and is integrated into education.

 

If life is a book, then college is undoubtedly the most wonderful page I have read. Although I feel that the university life is not easy, but another kind of hard work, but I am still willing to enjoy to read the words and phrases, with deep love to recite this poem of youth - my university.