ຮຽນຮູ້ ແລະ ແບ່ງປັນ (LEARN and SHARE)

  A journey of an international student at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia (Semester I, 2018) I am Chin, from the northern part of Laos. Thinking about studying in Australia is a very exciting and awesome feeling for me because never before I've been to study in western-like countries.  But here I am experiencing how does it like to study in Australia. After one semester, I’d like to draw some experiences here at Flinders University and share these experiences, particularly with my Lao friends who are looking forward to studying in Australia.   Nature of learning Choosing topics:  I’m doing a Master of Environmental Management. While all topics are already planned for you in Lao education system, at Flinders you can choose around 50% of your preferred topics, while another 50% is core topics that are compulsory to take. I think there are some advantages for allowing students to choose the topics of their own because they can focus on the...

  I would like thanks to Australia Awards for giving me such a wonderful opportunity to widen my horizon about this world and thanks to Flinders University for accepting me to be a part of the university members. When I was young, my dream was so small, I didn’t know much about the world because I only locked myself in the small town of Phongsaly City, in the northern most part of Laos. At that time, I only hoped that I had enough food to eat and had a peaceful space to live my life without any domestic violates.  But I was fortunate enough to be able to sit in at the National University of Laos studying the environmental management, the major that I myself didn’t know what it was about. The only thing that I knew about was that the environmental major is internationally demanded, which meant I might be able to work with an international organisation. The only hope I had was that the opportunity to work with an international organisation might be translated into a higher amoun...

  ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ. ຂ້ອຍຂໍເລົ່າປະສົບການຈັກໜ່ອຍກ່ຽວກັບການສຶກສາແດ່ເດີ. ຂ້ອຍມີໂອກາດໄດ້ມາຢາມມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫ່ງຊາດ ສິງກະໂປ ຫຼື National University of Singapore (NUS) ເປັນຄັ້ງທີ່ສອງຫຼັງຈາກຈົບການສຶກສາຢູ່ນີ້ໄດ້ໄລຍະໜຶ່ງ. ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກກໍ່ຍັງເປັນຄືເກົ່າບໍ່ແຕກຕ່າງ. ເວົ້າເລື່ອງການສຶກສາຮໍ່າຮຽນ, ນັກສຶກສາຢູ່ນີ້ເຂົາເຈົ້າຮຽນໜັກອີລີ ແຕ່ລະຄືນຖ້າເພື່ອນຮ່ວມຫ້ອງຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ນ້ອຍ 6 ຊົ່ວໂມງຕໍ່ມື້ນີ້ຖືວ່າເປັນບຸນແລ້ວ. ນັກສຶກສາແຕ່ລະຄົນ ຈະມີແຜນຂອງຕົນຢ່າງຄັກແນ່ ເປັນແຜນລາຍມື້, ລາຍອາທິດ ແລະ ລາຍເດືອນ ເພື່ອເຂົາເຈົ້າຈະຮູ້ໄດ້ວ່າຕົນເອງຕ້ອງເຮັດຫຍັງ ຮຽນຫຍັງໃຫ້ສຳເລັດໃນແຕ່ລະມື້, ອາທິດ ແລະ ເດືອນ. ບາງຄັ້ງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຮູ້ສຶກແປກໃຈຫຼາຍເດີກ 1-2 ໂມງເຊົ້າກໍ່ຍັງມີນັກສຶກສາຮຽນໜັງສືຮູ້ຫໍສະໜຸດ. ແຕ່ບໍ່ໜ້າແປກໃຈເລີຍວ່າເປັນຫຍັງນັກສຶກສາຢູ່ NUS ຈຶ່ງກ້າຄິດ, ກ້າເວົ້າ ແລະ ກ້າສະແດງແນວຄິດດີໆອອກມາ ເພາະວ່າເຂົາເຈົ້າຮຽນຫຼາຍ ຮຽນຈິງຈັງນີ້ເອງ. ນັກສຶກສາຢູ່ NUS ມີເວລານ້ອຍຫຼາຍ, ຂະໜາດນັ້ນ ເຂົາເຈົ້າຍັງມີເວລາໄປເຮັດອາສາສະໝັກ. ນັກສຶກສາລາວແລ້ວເຮົາເດ ມີເວລາວ່າງຫຼາຍສຳໃດ ເຮົາກໍ່ຍັງບໍ່ໄປ. ຂ້ອຍຖາມໝູ່ທີ່ເປັນນັກສຶກສາຢູ່ NUS 2-3 ຄົນວ່າ: ຖ້າເຈົ້າໄດ້ຄະແນນ C ຈະຮູ້ສຶກທຳມະດາບໍ່, ...

  Today, the scenery in the morning is the same as when I first arrived here in Montana. I heard the nice sound of birds singing around my dormitory and I saw a deer in front of my room which I never have seen before in Laos. I am very lucky to be selected to participate in Young Southeast Asean Leaders Initiative  (Yseali) in the United States for 5 weeks. The project is conducted at the University of Montana which is one of the most beautiful and peaceful city I have seen in my life. The most surprising and impressive thing about Montana is the way people love nature and try to protect the environment.  Some kinds of wildlife especially squirrels, deers and birds are commonly seen in the area around the University of Montana. If I am not wrong, people here in Montana are providing rights to these creatures to stay with the human in a harmonised manner. Many cities are facing big issues regarding urban water management, but here in Montana, a natural stream/creek running...