Everybody is a genius
It is said that if there are no ups and downs in your life, it means you are dead. Different lives have different ups and downs in differetn time. We all enjoy both happiness and misery.
As a vendor at night market and a graduate from Ramkhamhaeng University, I didn’t think that I would have had a chance to study abroad in five different (Taiwan, Norway, Finland, Portugal and Hong Kong) countries for my Master and PhD degrees. There were many factors to make such thing happened i.e. determination and love in what I’m doing, and timing.
Different people have different attitudes towards studying overseas. People go to study abroad due to various reasons. I wouldn’t had had the chance to study abroad if I didn’t receive the scholarships. Of course, it wouldn’t be that easy for me to get scholarships to study in these different universities in different countries. I had never applied to any scholarships before until I decided to study overseas. I then learned it through trail and error.
It was not successful in the first year. English proficiency is also vital for studying abroad. It indeed took me for about 4 years to prepare myself in order to have adequate ability to use English. At the end of my 6 years studying overseas in different cultures, it has made me see things in more different perspectives, have more foreign friends from different countries, see the world in a more holistic view, and gain more academic knowledge from different styles.
One of my favorite quotes, ‘”Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein
Kreangchai Rungfamai (Tdai)
Educational background
- PhD’s Degree (HKU Postgraduate studentship)
Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (2008-2011)
- Master’s Degree in Higher Education (Erasmus Mundus scholarship)
A Joint Master Degree Programme offered by European Union (HEEM Programme), by the University of Oslo, Norway (first semester); the University of Tampere, Finland (second semester); the University of Aveiro, Portugal (third semester); the University of Tampere, Finland (fourth semester) (September 2006-July 2008)
- Taiwanese Studies (Taiwan scholarship)
Institute for Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (September 2005-June 2006) (Supervisors: Shu-Chen Chiang, Shaw-Herng Huang)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science (International Relations)
Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand (June 2003-November 2004)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (major: Economic History, minor: General Psychology)
Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand (November 1993-April 1997)
- Secondary school
Horwang School, Thailand (1986-1992)
