My first happiness was during the break on the first day, I noticed that a guy came close to my table and stood still to stare at me. It sure caught my attention to look at him closely to feel soooooo goooood! He's a Fulbright alum who's now working as Assistant to the President for International Affairs at Ubon U. ka. It's been a long while since we last met as he went off to get his doctorate at Cambridge U.
He told me he wasn't sure if I could recognize him and when I saw him, he felt sort of numb and couldn't move briefly! So cute to hear kaaa! I was really glad (and actually quite proud) that I could still call him correctly by his nickname too! The chats were wonderful moments I had ka.
My first happiness is to be reconfirmed over and over again how my Fulbright ties never die kaa!
The second happiness came from one participant who said she has met me a few times in international cooperation forums and could recall my telling about serious attention paid to my 'melasma ฝ้า on my cheeks' over a decade ago!
The thing was during my fight to Hat Yai then, while I was sitting on an aisle seat, I noticed that a lady on the other aisle seat kept looking at me. I quietly had a little glance at her to see I didn't know the person. Finally, our eyes met and immediately she pointed to my melasma, asking what it was and advising that in Hat Yai, it was quite easy to remove or fade it at inexpensive costs!
I think in the meeting that day, I must have talked about 'Thais' caring' and that I'd have to go for some treatment not to bother others who could see these brown spots.
I was amazed how this participant recalled the story so vividly to greet me with her intention to look at me to check my melasma kaa!
My second happiness is the 5555 moments with happiness to realize the power of storytelling na ka nia!
The third I'd like to share was about the workshop itself ka. Besides highly active participation, I admire the two PSU's AVPs for international relations. Both are Gen Y who are so committed to promoting internationalization, not just coming up with some activities, but with their efforts to see the whole process run successfully by interviewing each international officer individually to learn of their attitudes and by trying to ensure that the work will be most relevant to the future requirements with links to EdPEx through strategic planning and training....and obviously through lots of reading and learning on their ends.
My third happiness is the deep happiness to see our younger generation take lead with humility to gain respect from their more colleagues, junior and senior alike, and proactively drive internationalization into the future toward the university's vision and missions.
Wonder why 'lots of happiness' can't be 'happinesses' na ka....narak dee og!
Cheers.
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