The Warmth of Togetherness on ASEAN Student Camp 2014

Wednesday, June 25^th 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 19^th 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)