Friday, April 19, 2013

Conclusion of Bangkok Field Trip.

A week in Bangkok, a pile of knowledge, an album of great experience.

We met Nicholas, an ex TOA student who works in Thailand for a few years,
then the designer of Lub D hostel, then Vipavee from D4D(design for disasters),
Ruttikorn the awesome toy designer, and Jackkrit the well known Graphic Designer+Illustrator.
URGH!!!!!! I FEEL SO AWESOME.
And we went to check out the graduation exhibition of a batch of students from Silpakorn University.
Seriously, the overall level is high man. High.

This is not the end, we visited TCDC, BACC and few more great place.
URGH I want to go there and work once before I got married!!!
After visiting these exhibitions, talks and sharing boosts up my motivation level.
I FEEL SO GOOD RIGHT NOW.
I FEEL SO MOTIVATED TO START EDITING MY PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS!
I FEEL SO GOOD TO GRAB A PEN AND START CREATING WEIRD STUFFS!!!

Designers need this.
We really need to check out people's work from other countries,
attend talks and stuffs to make yourself in love with your work again.
One of our lecturer said, work in this industry more than 5 years is quite geng already.
Cause most of the people cannot stand the stress and they got bored and lost.
AHHH!!!

After spending a week taking public transport, I find that the transportation system is incredible.
From big to tiny transport, from big highway to small alleys,
from expensive to cheap, apa pun ada.
We tried all of their transportation there except motor la, cause we are in a big group, 22 person.
Nicholas who arranged these for us, letting us experience Thai people's daily transportation life, many thanks!!!
He said, the motors are actually very convenient, they will help you to pay bills, buy food you want,
you only need to pay, that's all. HAHAHA!!! GENG!!!
We tried their bus, song tiao (custom designed truck), tuk tuk, and mrt.
WOO nice! I want to try Song Tiao again!!!
And their highways are always on top(fly overs), not on ground like Malaysia.
They saved a lot of space man, so convenient.
And Nicholas took us to the "grandfather" of BBQ plaza, the traditional BBQ buffet.
Wow all the meat are marinated with different sauce and flavor, tastes really really good and the
environment is really, Thailand.
I mean it's all the community in Thailand, not much tourist come here.
Felt more close to the Thai people when we arrived there, no air con,
no glass table or something, it's just raw. RAW MAN RAW!
I love it. I like these places.

And what is obvious is, people love their own country and King.
Like seriously, they will play the national emblem every once in a week (if not mistaken)
at all public transport stations.
And the most incredible part is!!!
All citizens will stand still when they heard the national emblem of Thailand.
OH MY BUDDHA. They all respect their country and King!
Everyone stood still except TOURISTS. (US) HAHAHAH!!!
So when we heard it again for the second time, we know what to do, we respect their country too :)
As we can see, most of them have the King's portrait in their car, houses or shops.
MAN imaging this is Malaysia. WOW. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I'm not sure about this in Malaysia. XD
This is one of the difference between Malaysia and Thailand.
Also, Thai people are slim. I asked Nicholas about this,
he replied, they are aware of their outlook, and their eating lifestyles,
and yes girls have super nice make up on everyday, nice hair nice outfit and nice body.
Uniforms are usually made to be tight to remind the workers, polices etc to be slim, healthy, and fit.
HAHA. Looking at those police officers can make people droll. :P

After this trip, I made a decision.

I want to gather a lot of money and fly.
Fly around and see more stuffs and learn more culture, traditions
all over the places.
Work with different people, live their lifestyle.
AH!!! After graduate must work really really hard!!!
USH!!! I will do this. and I CAN DO THIS!
Life is short, being young is even shorter.
Let's make use of our time wisely!



Gained a lot of unexpected experiences thought this trip.
Never thought it can be so meaningful.
Thanks the committee and our lecturers for organizing this trip.
I appreciate what they did for us!!! THANKS!!!





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