Hello from my home desktop ka….good to be back to write
again!
May was very a hectic month with various activities while
June was filled with some work and more pleasure, fortunately.
During my one-week cruise ship trip, I met quite a lot of people/waiters,
obviously including Filipinos. There were many Indonesians and it
surprised me somehow….I may not have thought about Indonesians as mobile people
mung ka!
One Filipino guy who was ‘assistant waiter’ helped
take care of us at all our dinners. He
wants to continue working in this industry and his ambition is to be ‘Restaurant
Manager’.
It was a delight to see two young Thais who were also
on the staff team ka.
I felt very proud of them and was even more impressed
after talking with them.
Both graduated from vocational colleges, one from Roi-et and
the other from Chonburi.
I asked the first one about his English proficiency and he
said he had to take the test twice which was really hard for him. Once
he was on board, he gradually picked up the language as he was assigned
to a new station every day and met lots of people under differing situations
ka.
The other is a Mixologist who is highly capable. He’s
had more experiences working in some hotels in Pattaya before. He impressed me
with his determination and persistence ka. His responsibilities required
him to tend the bar for 12 hours and could be longer if there were
guests. He was exhausted but feeling good about it. From his 7-month
contract, he has been able to earn 450,000 baht and has already sent
home 300,000+ for his parents to build a house. He said as he is the
first one to enter this industry from his college, he plans to share his
experiences with his ‘juniors’ at his college once he comes back home.
My thoughts about these two Thais are:
1. They are excellent examples to inspire vocational
students and others in our society to think twice about vocational schools.
2. Though vocational colleges can ‘boast’ of the success
(like how much they could earn, and how great the opportunities have given,
etc.), they need to look into their own curriculums seriously and identify
both strengths and weaknesses how to produce more qualified graduates….whether
the colleges themselves have the capability in this service industry and what
would be needed to enter the industry. Otherwise, these two kids could only be exceptional
cases the colleges keep promoting to the public which doesn't signify the true quality of the colleges lae ka.
3. To follow this track, our own kids have to learn how
to dream realistically to be more determined, and tough, and most
importantly to have courage to go try and fail.
4. Could vocational college teachers become their models
on these attributes (including their efforts to learn foreign languages) too?
More to share soon ka!
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