Both for educational and pleasure purposes, I and wife Rose took a weeklong time-out in Bangkok, Thailand upon the invitation of Thai colleagues-educators Nongnit and Drue. This foreign visit coincided with our participation to the international seminar on "Vocational Education Path towards Young Entrpreneurship" held at Asia Pattaya Hotel from February 26 to March 2, 2012. Over 100 Thai vocational educators and school administrators participated in the workshop, which aim is to come-up with a stronger government educational intervention to further develop the culture of entrepreneurship especially among the youth.
This blogger (Dr. J. Falla) along with 5 resource persons from Indonesia, Japan, China, Singapore and Philippines provided the inputs for the workshop through their respective country presentation about relevant experiences from their countries. Exchange of information and ideas among the participating countries was facilitated by the host organization the Ministry of Education, Office of Vocational Education Commission (ME-OVEC) headed by its Secretary-General Dr. Chaipreuk Sereekak, with Ms. Jerdruedee Chinvaros as the overall facilitator.
On the sidelines of our visit, we were toured around the city on to the King's Grand Palace, and Buddhist Temples. Being both members of the ASEAN, Bangkok and Manila have lots of commonalities in culture as well as in problems like traffic jam, slum areas, and even crimes. Regardless, we enjoyed that recharging weeklong break in the old Siam. Thanks to Thailand ME-OVEC and the UNESCO for making the sojourn possible. Sawatdikap! (JSF Blogs)
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