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It was 3-4-5 or 6 years ago when I’m in Grade 10-11, actually it starts sometime around that…. I studied a lot of extra study in my early childhood such as Piano, Violin, Badminton, Swimming, Mandarin, etc. (as I say there are a lot) but none of them I can do the best maybe it because I study too much huh? Well, time pass -tick tock tick tock- about lately secondary school (grade 10-12) nothing change ^_^ I still study a lot of extra class (but only 2 of them connect to my normal class at school, Mathematics Class - it’s for my Entrance Exam which required every student graduated form school to take for enter a university and English Class- just chatting and making it more fluency so this one wasn’t really effected my normal class, I can say that I have only 1 class, Mathematics Class which I took for Entrance Exam) if I right, Mandarin class was stopped around this period as well as Swimming (I stopped it a couple years ago before I can fly with Butterfly stroke).
From an open theme, I have a lot of skill from my several extra class, some is good, some is O.K. but many are bad. At this point I have to separate my story to 3 parts. They are happen in the same time all the way long…
"My School and My Behavior there."
I was a so so student who have a lots of friends and we are really close to each other, why? Because we stay together since we were in grade 1 !!! that period our school have only 7 classes for each grade (now there are more than 10 classes for each grade) and we just rotate to another classes each years then we met again… sometime we can call someone without a words, just shout "hey!" and the exact person will turn around to you even many people sit around there, what an amazing relationship. The coming situation due to our great relationship is our rude words we use and our worst study result (we didn’t spend much concentration in our class room), most of our time is fun fun and fun. Haa, what a funny life (hey! But it’s teach me something, really!)
When I’m in primary school my grade was excellent (most of children got a great grade in this period anyway) I got 4 (it is = A) for all subjects which we have only 5 subjects for each term. My grade was going down when I’m in secondary school because of many reason (that’s not a point so I skipped it) and the summary is I am not a good grade guy in my secondary school and it’s make me harder to enter to University because it shown that my knowledge is empty (at least in other sight), frankly I’m quite a bright person but I’m a very lazy person as well so I always read books a night before exam. The bad thing was I’m always pass the exam so it means nothing to me when I’m lazy and I still pass an exam. My life at school is separate from other life, for example when I’m at church I stay there with better behavior and better word, at Badminton Court I’m another one, and at Piano lesson I also another guys… well, it’s all me but… I think you understand it. In grade 11 God teach me something, before that lesson I have an aim that I will change and being a good God’s son when I’m enter University, why? I feel that if I have a sudden change my friend will got a strange feeling and it’s hard for me to afford it… (well, my life at school is not really bad, I didn’t do anything ruin My Body which is God’s Holy place because I learnt from Sunday School and I have a bottom line for my life BUT it isn’t showing God’s grace through my life so I need to change anyway- this is my feeling in that time : I go to this point because many of my friend always drink liquor, smoke cigarette, play gambling … etc. which is not give praise to God it’s not really a sinful matter). I feel very strong that I have to change my behavior immediately! What about tomorrow? If I die in a next day, how can I face God? I still being a bad guy (well, even in my sight, I’m not good enough to face Him). Well, the point is I change immediately and God help me to get trough it. I start to spend more concentration on all class and also have my daily devotion everyday… I keep my precious time for God, it’s 10 p.m. so everyday at 10 p.m. I stopped everything (like reading book, playing etc.), sit down and talk with Him personally. It took about an hour everyday and I’m happy! About my grade I can say that God gave it to me, I got 3.40 for my grade 12 and it cheer me up and show me that God was the one who did it!!! (because I still read a book just the night before an exam… poor me - well, it doesn’t mean that God help me to do the bad think). My friend just have a little surprise about me, thanks God for that again… we still closed to each other even I reduce my aggressive words.
Entrance Exam is coming!!! It start about middle of April and most of a success candidate started there reading and preparing a year before exam!! My school finished about 2 months before the Entrance Exam start (it’s really about 2 months but I can’t remember what exactly time my school finished) and I just start my study for Entrance Exam that time (so it about 2 months) for Thai people it’s very short period to finish all books (which we study in grade 10-12) specially for me, who didn’t concentrate when studied in grade 10 and 11… Thanks God that I have one gift, I usually reading very fast so I can finished it ONE round before the Exam start (as I said that most people in Thailand think that Entrance is one of the Main Aim everybody have to pass, who can’t pass the Exam that’s mean he/she failed once in life time) … once finished round is too few when contrast with other who get ready for about a year before.. ahh! Before I go much further I have to explain This Entrance Exam System first. All candidate would choose a faculty and university they want to enter in ‘most wanted’ order, the most is number 1, second is number 2,… they provide 5 faculties for each candidate (but we can choose less than 5) so my first one is "Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University", second one is "Faculty of Law, Thammasart University", "Faculty of Law, Chiangmai University" is the third( the last two is something… I can’t remember. I decided that if I can’t enter to the first 2 list, I am not study in the rest even I can enter them (in Thailand, only 2 government universities (Chula and Thammasart) have a great Teacher and third one is ‘Ramchamhang University’ which is open university so everyone can learn there - It’d be better if I go to study in Ramchamhang rather than Chiangmai or the bottom 2 in a list). GOD help me again (this is one of three big HELP from God I mentioned early in this page), so I can enter to Chulalongkorn University… It’s really GOD plan because me myself doesn’t good enough to do that (you must read a next 2 story which it happen in the same time and you will see God’s power trough my weak life). It’s going to bored right? Let’s go to the next story and I will say some conclusion at the end ^_^.
"Christian Camp"
Since I was in grade 6 I started to join my church camp, yuwachon camp. Yuwachon is a youth group for people who study in grade 7-12, it’s manage by ourselves… we elect our board every year and we plan for our own program every Sunday afternoon and we also run our own camp (well, just manage and prepare for everything such as invite a speaker, set a program but some hard work like fund, our elder always pay for us ^_^). I start a bit early because my sister is already in yuwachon and I like to join, I know so many sister’s friends so I didn’t fell weird when I joined, I go almost every camp since that year. When I old enough to join yuwachon, I often be one of a yuwachon board and run yuwachon camp sometime (we also have another group of people to run a camp each year). When I was in grade 9 I joined YFC (Youth For Christ Organization) camp for a very first time (after then I almost join it every year) so I met many Christian from all over Thailand and now I have a lot of friends through this kind of camp (later on I join so many out church camp such as YFC camp, 7 District Church of Thailand youth camp, YFC- northern camp) as same as Yuwachon camp, I sometime have a opportunity to join camp board and run a camp. My great experience running a camp is the one in year 1992. That time I’ve already been a YFC volunteer (help to work without payment) for several year and that time I’m the chairman or a board. One biggest different between in church camp and out church camp is fund, in church camp always receive a support from elder board which always support yuwachon camp and other youth group camp every year. Unlike out church camp, even they a parts of organization which have enough fund to run a camp, we (the board) have to fine a bucks ourselves as same as my year, it’s the first time YFC let a volunteers (chosen by YFC staff) run a camp alone, just 2 staffs being a adviser. We face a biggest problem, our budget need about 40,000 bath to run our camp (it’s for about 100 people) but we can fine only 30,000 at the time we start a camp [well, we try so many way to rush our fund such as sale T-shirt (we made it ourselves-again)---(Good help us in this one too, we sale 100 T-shirt in 2 weeks actually is 2 days because most church meet only on Sunday), send a letter to many Christian organization and some rich elder in several church ^_^ ]. Well, the point is we don’t have enough money to finish our camp!!! Why God let this happen? We pray so hard for this situation, all of us (at least me) ask for more offering from other, means we want MORE money… but while in a camp we still not receive any more money (even at the end of the camp). You know at the end of our camp we just know that God already answered our pray… we didn’t receive anymore money but we have enough to run our camp… God do something with our budget… we use less than an estimate (at the time we think of our estimate payment we very careful for them because we have to fine our own money so it’s quite reasonable!) well, God make us have about 10,000 left after the camp… what happen… no one knows….. ^_^ we just only know that God did help us again… Pops, why should I tell you this story? … Didn’t I tell you that I take the Entrance Exam in year 1992 and this camp was held on the end of April that year? …yes, I prepare almost everything about this camp between January- April 1992 which very close to Entrance Exam… God help me so much, more than I can though out!!! Because there is one more big story coming!
"Trinity College School of music, Grade 7 PianoTest"
As I say that I study piano and violin for a several year since I was young. Both of them is seems to be bored to me, really! That time I like violin more than piano because violin mostly play only one finger each time but piano have to play all 10 fingers together what a difficult skill! I take violin exam (grade 3) when I was in grade 8-9 and I pass (with merid) but I never take an piano exam until I’m 18. I have a chance before that but I’m too lazy and my teacher didn’t allow me to take an exam (that time is also grade 3 for piano). I struck at grade3-4 for several years because I hate it and it’s mean nothing to me….. My new aim is coming when I enter yuwachon group (in grade 7) I saw a piano player which play pop music (chord style) which I never met before and It’s makes me feel like playing for a youth meeting and sing together…. Well I never learn to play piano chord before because I study classical music ha ha ha… poor me… so I start to learn by myself… thanks God that a classical music theory have contain a chord as well so it’s much easier for me to learn…it’s a beginning of my fast piano skill so I love to learn more classical piano too. I skip to study grade 7 and my teacher give me a chance to take an grade 7 exam in April or may (can’t remember) well for the one who play piano and used to take an exam you might know that more higher level more difficult and complicate work to finish, Trinity Exam have 3 parts in the Exam, scales, sight reading (we have to play a note which we have never seen before), and a song (this one we practice several time and nearly play it by heart), me and my teacher estimate that scale parts is going to be the worst because I’m so lazy (again ha ha ha) and sight reading will gain back a point (because I’m quite smart WHILE doing something strange) but when I take exam, I do very well with a scale part (all examiner have to remember up to 150 scales for grade 7 exam) but I doing worst in sight reading because I play in a wrong key!!! God did it!!! (kidding ^_^) actually it still mean God did it ^_^ he let me pass an exam even I’m a lazy student and he point to me that all I think is not the same as he thought… so he let me pass even I do a bad work ^_^… well An exam is in the same year as Entrance Exam as well… so this one is the last story… Ahh… about piano chord (if you feel like knowing it) now I’m good on it and I can play all song that I can sing, I learn a chord line and many choirs style… al because of God and I am doing it for Him, my first dream also from God ^_^ I had a chance to play for youth choir, play in a service, play in a wedding ceremony, play in a concert…..God make me better so I can serve I more…I’m sure for it.
Year 1992 is my greatest time in my life - until now, but I’m sure that in the future there are so many good thing wait for me when I walk with Him… I’m not a great Christian, I fail so many time even I have a great experience with God that’s because I didn’t look at God all time, but I always believe that when I die, God will take me with Him because I have Him in my heart and because I’m a sinner and I can’t help myself because He cleaned all my sin and suffered for me so I can live with Him in eternal life… (ahh it’s sound like spiritual words but I really believe that ^_^). I love to say thanks you God because He did so many thing in my life, and this make me have more confident that God is REAL because I, myself can’t do all this thing alone, I’m not deserve this success! I’m so lazy! And I’m not a good son of God but He still help me. I really believe that this is my way and God already planned for me… Thanks God again for everything…