Wednesday, June 25th
2014.
By Nurlatifah
Being given a topic to be discussed, participants
of Workshop of Promotion of KMUTT, either from ITS or KMUTT, found the joy of
sharing stories and began to build a new friendship between each other. They were so
happy at the time. And although sometimes the discussion was far away from the
topic, the participants and KMUTT students still discussed about the topic
generally.
On June 19th 2014 at Assembly Room of
Civil Engineering ITS, there were held a workshop about Promotion of KMUTT
(King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi). This workshop was one of
the events held on ASEAN Student Camp 2014 and was eligible for all ITS
students and staffs. All candidates of ITS IO Volunteer Session 5 were also
attended this workshop as part of selection process (Outing).
Figure 1 Choir Performance from KMUTT Students
This workshop (Promotion of KMUTT) was begun by the
welcoming speech from a delegation of ITS IO and KMUTT itself. Then It was
followed by a Saman dance and choir performance from KMUTT Students. KMUTT Students sang “Laskar Pelangi” song from
Nidji. All participants were so enthusiastic to see KMUTT student’s
performance. A round of applause was following the end of the performance.
The workshop continued by a presentation from KMUTT
Students. In this session they explained about their university especially the
international classes which are offered by King Mongkut’s University of
Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). They are also explained about the facilities at
KMUTT.
The next session of the workshop was the most favorite
one. It was a discussion session. In this session the participants were divided
into small groups and each group would have a discussion about a certain topic
with two students from KMUTT. The topics were education, economic, and culture.
All participants were so enthusiastic and enjoyed having a discussion with
KMUTT students. Most of them were willing to know about the lifestyle in
Thailand, the education, and the culture in Thailand. Novicha, one of the
participants from chemistry department was willing to know about the culture
and the lifestyle in Thailand. She was also curious about what KMUTT students
think about Surabaya, especially ITS. Although they found difficulties in
understanding the language and the accent in the beginning, but with a help from
paper and pen, both side were finally connected and
understand each other. Despite the fact that sometimes the discussion was far
from the topic, the participants and KMUTT students were still discussing about
the topic in general.
Figure 2 Discussion Session of Workshop
"Promotion of KMUTT" - ASEAN Student Camp 2014
Both
side whether from ITS or KMUTT found the joy in discussion, they also shared
happiness and laughter together. Bank Modnoi, one of KMUTT students, said that
he was really enjoy this ASEAN Student Camp 2014. “I really like Surabaya and
Indonesia, the people are kind, I also like the atmosphere here”, said Bank. He
and his friends were planning to visit Indonesia next year. He wanted to visit
Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya, and also ITS. And when he got back, he would like to
meet his friends here.
The group discussion session ended by a
presentation about the discussion from each group. And finally the workshop was closed on midday. All participants shared new stories,
happiness, laughter, and even new experiences in this workshop. The last
was photo session between the committee and KMUTT students and staff. Bank
Modnoi also took some photos with his group discussion. Not only new informations that the participants
got from this workshop, but also new friendship. (NL)
