I remember that I went to my high school to get my report card on the day when I filled in the college entrance examination, and I met my class teacher that day. At that time, he asked me what major I wanted to apply for, and I said without hesitation: psychology.
The teacher said that the major of psychology needs very serious study, and it takes a long time to see hope. The teacher also said that my family is poor, and I must really want to help my family independently and quickly. Hearing the teacher's analysis, I was very moved by the teacher's understanding of me, so I gave up my psychology major decisively.
Later, the teacher said that my English was good and I could consider learning a foreign language. He recommended me to learn a small language. At that time, ASEAN flourished in Guangxi and was a promising major. When I filled in my volunteers, I saw Thai the most, and then I chose Thai.
From then on, I began to know Thai, know each other, love and hate Thai for 7 years, until I finally fell in love with Thai. It can even be said that Thai will accompany me all my life. Choosing Thai is the biggest change in my life.
Comprehensive feelings of learning Thai.
I majored in Thai in college, and we are also the first batch of students majoring in Thai in our school. At that time, our teacher was also a Thai professional student who just graduated from the university, and we started a new running-in.
Our teacher is very strict and takes our major seriously. He often asks questions in class. Whoever doesn't listen carefully in class will be asked. I was absent-minded many times in class, and then I was always asked questions when I was absent-minded It's okay to be asked questions, but I'll be embarrassed if I can't answer them.
I am a very shy person and a person with strong self-esteem. Making mistakes will make me feel bad. If I feel bad, I will study hard and hope to get good grades.
I also know that I am not a smart student, and my reaction in class is not fast, so I will not translate quickly, so I will try my best to cultivate my translation ability. I am a quiet person, I like watching TV series, variety shows and listening to music, so I will focus on this aspect.
When I was a freshman,
Freshman, because I am the monitor, a Thai foreign teacher visited our school and taught us Thai for more than a month. At that time, we only studied Thai for half a year, and we still couldn't fully understand what the foreign teacher said. But I have been accompanying my foreign teacher from the problem of water leakage in her apartment to daily shopping and eating, and I want to learn about private education in Thailand with her.
My spoken English suddenly improved a lot that month, and I could understand more Thai. I also watched the Thai drama A Promise. When I was a freshman, our major also held a Thai Culture Week, including a Thai song contest, a Thai speech contest, a Thai poetry reading contest and a Thai calligraphy contest. I take an active part in every project. Of course, I can't sing without tone, but learning a song can accumulate a lot of Thai words, so I'm not so afraid.
When I was a sophomore,
When I was a sophomore, I bought a computer and started chatting with various Thai groups. I also teach others to learn Thai pronunciation in YY, and I can translate Thai dramas. I also spent more time watching Thai dramas, Thai movies and Thai variety shows. My world is full of Thais and Thais.
Of course, my Thai has improved a lot this year. I learned more about Thailand, and I began to yearn for this country, and began to imagine what it would be like to live and study in this country.
When I was a junior,
In my junior year, we studied in Thailand for almost a year. I visited almost all the major festivals in Thailand except Songkran Festival. I also spent almost a year reading two Thai novels in Thailand.
I also work as a tour guide translator in my spare time. During my time as a tour guide, I gradually fell in love with this country and found that there are many opportunities for growth here. My self-confidence has also been greatly improved. This year, I was recommended by my classmates to play the Thai version of White Snake. I am a person with a low laugh. I laughed countless times during the rehearsal, but in the end, my performance at the Spring Festival party was praised by a professional teacher, and I was remembered for playing this teacher.
Performing White Snake should be my first big attempt to learn Thai. I put on heavy makeup and wrapped my chest. I remember that my shemale sister who helped me make up and my Thai teacher who prepared props didn't think highly of me, but I was really happy to get loud applause after the performance.
last year
Senior year, 20 14 came out to work in June. I especially remember that in June of 20 14, the political situation in Thailand was turbulent, and we were still preparing for the final exam at school. We always read the news about the unrest in Thailand on the Internet. But our plane tickets have been booked, and we two women and a male classmate still set foot on the plane to Bangkok without hesitation.
On the day we came, I read on the news that Bangkok would close the airport that day, but on the day we came, there were still many people queuing at the airport to go through customs, and our worries were reduced a little. But the traffic on the way from the airport to the hotel is pitiful. We have never seen such a situation in Thailand before, and we are worried that a bomb will suddenly fly in the taxi, and we will be miserable.
But nothing happened, so we worked safely in Thailand for almost four months, and then returned to China to participate in the graduation thesis defense. It is because of this out-and-out visit that I still stay and work in Thailand.
Three years after graduation
I just graduated for three years this month and have been working for three years. Three years after graduation, I have been engaged in my own Thai-related work. What about you? Do you have a job you like or a job related to your major after graduation?
I remember when I first came out to work, I was in finance. Although it is related to Thai, my life started from scratch.
I remember that I was heavily in debt in my first year of work. In my junior year, I had to borrow money from my sister to study in Thailand for one year. I also had to pay back the air tickets and living expenses of my classmates in Thailand after graduation, and I also had to help my younger brother go to college. At that time, all I could think about was making money to get rid of such a debt-ridden day.
Of course, fortunately, a schoolmate introduced me to a part-time translator. At that time, I stayed at home after work to translate the manuscript and then recorded the audio. I seldom go out to play with my classmates, and almost always eat by myself. At that time, I was really frugal, and life seemed hopeless, but I had to stick to it.
After more than a year of persistence, life has really improved a lot. Although I don't have any savings up to now, I'm no longer as embarrassed as when I just graduated. Then you can have some spare money to travel abroad, take part in English training, even get a fitness card to go to the gym to exercise, and go to the cafe to order a cup of coffee, read a book or go to the movies on weekends.
Life is like this. What you think you can't see will always come after your efforts, faithful wife. In the past two years, from the beginning, more than 20 students stayed in Thailand to work, and now only seven or eight people work in Thailand.
I've been hesitating whether to go back to work recently, but after considering all the factors, I'd better continue to work in Bangkok. Because I have found a new direction here, I can practice myself constantly in Thailand without too much interference. I can't bear to part with it, because it witnessed my six years of living independently and learning how to get along with myself from 2 1 year old to almost 27 years old.
Choose to stay in Thailand and continue to walk with Thais. Wish me luck, I hope I can be young seriously, follow my inner decision, make a decision for myself, and then go on bravely!