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“Service through a ‘service mind’ is the key ingredient to success for everyone.” Mr. Spain Jingkaojai We hear a lot about it, especially in the business world. People and companies compete with each other to acquire, to serve it, to make it better and better, to make it the key selling point besides the great products they claim to have. Service through a “service mind” is the key ingredient to success for everyone. These people and entities invest a lot of time and money, through process improvement, technology, and people. But products alone won’t sell anymore. In life, if you want to be successful in everything you do or when you interact with other people, always remember, whether you like it or not, to try your best to serve, especially those you sometimes disagree with or don’t believe are deserving of your service. As individuals working in a school, it seems that we need to be even more service minded in our attitude and actions. We are here not only to teach, to guide, to work, but more importantly to serve as well. We need to be aware that every student is looking up, not just because of our ideas, our thinking, or speaking, but from the examples we set from our own behavior. We have more than 6,400 students on campus who are always ready to
follow and believe in good examples. Leading the younger generation is not a burden, but it is our job, our life, and honor to do everything we can to behave according to this expectation. To serve well we need to love. Yes. Here it is again – the same old formula for a happy life. We need to love everything and everyone. More easily said than done. But if we can follow this very simple and ancient philosophy, we are more than halfway to having a service-oriented mind. We need to love even the not so seemingly loveable ones. This is not a challenge but a requirement, and it is the most important test of our lives if we want to lead a life of fulfillment. We love not just because people are nice and good. We also have to love because people are not nice and not very good. Someone once told me, “People don’t care how much you know unless they know how much you care”. This is true. Your love, to mean anything, has to be heard, felt, and appreciated. It will take time and practice, just like other things in life, in order to perfect the love we show others. But there is no short cut. While sharing love, make sure everybody can feel it, regardless of what you do day-to-day. Make it felt. And as long as you can make people feel your love, everything else is secondary, even your mistakes. Make
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people feel that you really care about their being. Make them feel their being really matters. Age, education background, position, race, mean nothing in this process. Everybody deserves your love equally. That is true love, a true mind and heart of service. This is what everybody, including yourself, will always seek and cherish every minute along life’s journey. Service mind means the mind that wants to serve. Or selfishly speaking, service mind means the mind that wants to be loved, cared, served, by loving, caring, and serving others first. We get what we give, simple as that. And at the end of the day, we become happy. A happy life journey always begins and ends within us, and then it begins with the idea of serving. Begin with the love you want people to feel. Begin with the care you want to show others. Do this. The happy and meaningful life you long to have is more than half acquired. So why wait? Go out to love, care, and serve, now. And the happy life you always want will always be yours.
“Our goal is to develop qualities in learners that allow them to...stand elegantly in society.” Dr. Sirinan Sriweraskul One of the most beautiful things about The Prince Royal’s College society is the difference in learners that come from different families, standings,beliefs,skills, and levels of readiness. It’s a difference that is challenging to prepare for. Our goal is to develop qualities in learners that allow them to reach their full potential
and stand elegantly in society. One thing that makes us one and allows us to help each other is PRC Spirit. This has been cultivated in us since we were children in beautiful, different ways. We then learned to live together with love and care. The warm atmosphere we grew up in and surround our students with supports the power inside of us to keep mental commitments in trying to improve individual skills. When students are successful or they graduate, we are immensely
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proud. Success is not only useful to yourself and the school, but it’s useful for the society all around you. These achievements are pictures that show the value of life lived with others, whether in school or general society. Because we know “PRC” we know that happiness doesn’t come from getting something, but it comes from sharing it with others, according t o H e n r y Drummond, who said “Happiness… consists in giving, and serving others.”
“Taking part in activities is not only for fun, but also for learning.”
Miss Chanasphorn Karnchanaphitak (11th grade) Hello readers! Last term brought many fun activities to our school, which have now ended. It feels like this is the time for students to give precedence
to their lessons. Nevertheless, the Prince Royal’s College emphasizes not only education in the classroom, but also encourages students to learn by taking part in activities. There have still been some activities for students to participate in. “Harris Open House” is one of those. This event was a cooperative effort between PRC and Nanmeebooks Co., Ltd. The fair was for students and teachers around Chiang Mai to join together and learn from one another. Moreover, it was a chance for outside people to see what this learning center
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has inside. I visited Harris Open House and was impressed. I saw lots of PRC students and staff working very hard to make this event go off without a hitch, which shows the unity in PRC. Taking part in activities is not only for fun, but also for learning. “Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn.” – O. Fred Donaldson. Sometimes as students we may not see the importance of playing, but we will come to understand it when we see how much we have learned.
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By Teejuta Rueangmanee and Phurichaya Khiaotai (11th grade) Because everyone has a mother who has given them life, every country of course has “Mother’s Day” to celebrate these special women. Even though we have the same purpose for this day, each country also has some differences, such as the date and what people do to celebrate their mothers. In Thailand, Mother’s day is celebrated on the birthday of Queen Sirikit, which is on Aug. 12. Most people will go to meet with their mothers, go outside together, and pay respect to her with a jasmine garland. For some students, they may write a card and give it to their mother. Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom is celebrated with great excitement and joy on the fourth
Sunday in the month of Lent (a period when Christians prepare for Easter). Since the Lent days are not fixed, the date for Mother’s Day changes every year. Mother’s Day came to be celebrated in the UK in 17th century as Mothering Sunday, which means the tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day began much earlier in England than it started in the United States. In fact, England was the first country in the world to dedicate a day for mothers as early as the 1600s. The English called this day for mothers ‘Mothering Sunday’, but this practice stopped when Industrial Revolution occurred in England and changed the working conditions patterns of life for the people. In the present time, the original meaning of Mothering Sunday has been lost and has taken the form and name of Mother’s Day in the US. Nowadays, there is a tradition of making a rich almond cake for mothers called ‘Mothering Cake’ or ‘Simnel Cake’ on Mother’s Day. If we look for a country that has a strange Mother’s Day tradition, Serbia might be the one that will come up. Serbia’s Mother’s Day takes place
on the second Sunday before Christmas. In fact, this period is a series of holidays including Children’s Day and Father’s Day. All these three holidays in order take place on Sundays and require lots of…rope! On Children’s Day, children are tied up and must agree to behave before they are untied. On Mother’s Day, it is the mom’s turn to be tied up until she gives yummy treats and small gifts to her children. Finally it is the father’s turn. The dads are tied up with rope until they give their families Christmas gifts. Then everyone enjoys the holiday festival together. Each country certainly has their traditional celebrations, but the main purpose of this day, which is to express love and gratitude to mothers, is the same the world over. We can express our feelings in several ways, but since we are students, we can show our mothers love and appreciation by paying attention to studying and being good children. These are the best ways to make our mothers happy.
PRC students celebrate Mother’s Day in different ways.
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“I adore the students at this school more than I can communicate in my limited Thai and in English.” By Elizabeth Hannah Campbell (11th grade)
Ar-Ree: Pa-sa-thai-yak-tae-sanook! Why did you choose to come to Thailand? I chose Thailand for my exchange because I have visited Cambodia and Vietnam for service projects. The cultures are rather similar, so I figured I’d be comfortable spending a year here in Thailand. As it turns out, I am indeed very comfortable here. Why did you choose to study at PRC? Actually, I had no say in the matter. I was placed at PRC by the Chiang Mai South Rotary Club. Considering these past three weeks at school have gone so well, I am glad I was placed here. How is Prince Royal College different from your high school in Utah? PRC is different from U.S. high schools in many ways. The major differences are:
By Worawaran Chaiwipassatorn and Juthamart Vacher (11th Grade) On Aug. 10, 2015 The Prince Royal’s College hosted “2 Lands 1 Heart: A shared heritage and 40 years of diplomatic relations” at the Harris Institute. The event took place to strengthen ties between Thailand and China. At the event, representatives from both countries were able to
-The students at my school in Utah change classrooms, whereas here the teachers change rooms instead. I like having the teachers come to their studentsa bit better, because then you don’t have to make friends in eight different classrooms. -Having a mandatory uniform is definitely something new. At my school in Utah we don’t have uniforms, which means if you wear a pink fuzzy kitten sweater two days in a row someone will no doubt judge you (if they’re not already judging you). Despite this luxury of uniforms, I do miss doing my hair and wearing makeup every day. - It seems to me that in comparison to high schools students in the U.S. PRC students are much more interested in foreign exchange students. At my high school the new foreign exchange students usually eat alone for the first couple of days. The students here at PRC would never let such a tragedy occur and as
a foreign exchange student I feel very lucky. I adore the students at this school more than I can communicate in my limited Thai and in English. What do you think of learning Thai? To state the obvious, Thai is not an easy language to learn. Despite that, it can be rather fun to speak with others, especially on the rare days when I manage to avoid accidentally saying something inappropriate. What really gets me is that people get ecstatic when I try to speak Thai. Not once has someone torn me down for saying something wrong even if it was horribly offensive. It makes me think, “Hey, maybe I can actually learn how to speak this language.” How long will you stay in Thailand for? I’ll be living in Chiang Mai until the first of June. It seems like it’s ages away, but I know how fast time tends to fly when you’re in good spirits. I have already had experiences I’ll remember for a lifetime and I have only been here a month. I am optimistic in regards to the rest of my foreign exchange experience.
exchange cultures and customs with guests. The food was a fusion of Thai one another. Provincial Governor Mr. and Chinese dishes. Suriya Prasatbundit gave the opening speech. Besides, Mr.Pisit Keeratikankul, a famous news reporter, gave a speech regarding the topic, ‘Lifestyle and Local Chinese-Thai Wisdom’. The Confucius Institute from Chiang Mai University was present as well, and organized a Chinese learning center for the students. Schools from all over Chiang Mai participated in this occasion. The day’s events included role-plays and local Thai and Chinese dances performed by the students. Furthermore, a skills competition was open to all students. The competition tested language skills and quizzed students on each of the nations’ cultures. There were also games and food available to all the THE PRC NEWS, October, second issue
By Wansiri Suttipintu and Natchanun Patnitichai (10th grade) Kindergarteners were proud to show their works of art to their parents in "Kindergarten's Art Exhibition" on Aug. 29, 2015 at The Prince Royal's College, in the kindergarten building. Kindergarten students painted colorful pictures and molded plasticine
Miku Tanaka (11th Grade) recently received a perfect score in The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test(JLPT) the largest Japanese-language test in the world - by scoring full marks of 180/180. Miku, age 17, is a student in the Japanese course at the Prince Royal’s College in high school. This is the 2nd straight year that students in the Japanese course have obtained full marks in the N4 exam. 高校2年生がN4のテストでまんてん を獲得！ 田中みくさんはN4の日本語の うりょくしけんで180まんてんをとり ました。 日本語のうりょくしけんはせ かいで一ばん大きい日本語のテスト です。 みくさんは17さいでプリンスロ イヤル高校の日本語クラスでべんきょ うしています。 日本語クラスのがくせい は2年つづけてN4で100てんをとり ました。
into various shapes such as dinosaurs, people, animals, cartoons according to their imaginations. All the work is from the kindergarten art class which. Their teacher gathered their work together as part of a special display for the exhibition. The exhibition was prepared for parents when they came to the meet with the students’ teachers. This is a great proud for the children. One of the parents said, "I'm so proud of my daughter. I can't believe that she can create so well like this. It's amazing artwork." This showed that young children are not only good Parents walked around the art exhibition. at studying, but are also creative. Picture by Wansiri Suttipintu
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dieses Jahr im Juli stattgefunden. Es hat viele interessante körperliche Aktivitäten wie einfache Bewegungsspiele und künstlerische Aktivitäten gegeben, deshalb waren wir alle sehr aktiv und spannend. Wir haben viele neue Freunde kennengelernt, die an der Dara Akademie, Wattanothaipayap, Pinkarattana und By Thanawat Thong-em and Patiparn Arbtipwattanakul (10th grade) Bunyawat Wittayalai schulelernen. Und dieses Jahr mussten wir die Guten Tag, heute sprechen wir über schriftlichen Prüfungen über Lande skunde, und Grammatik machen. Sie ein Deutschcamp. Das alljährliche Deutsch camp waren selbstverständlich viel schwie der Wattanothaipayap Schule hat rigerals die vorigen, daher waren wir sehr aufgeregt. Obwohl die Prüfungen
sehrschwer waren, konnten wir sie schaffen. „Hurra, wir aben beim Malen und den ersten Platz gewonnen! “ Wir waren sehr stolz darauf. Diese Aktivitätenviel Spaß gemacht. Das war so ein schöner Tag!
PRC students doing activies at Wattanothaipayap school
world on Aug. 8 every year. It was founded in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and other animal rights groups. It is a recognition and veneration of one of humanity’s oldest and most beloved pets. Also, it tries to help encourage By Tara Udomittipong (11th Grade) the public to recognize the number of cats that need to be rescued each year. Students: have you ever had International Cat Day (a.k.a. World Cat Day) is celebrated throughout the a friend that you could talk with anytime?
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A friend you could cuddle with, a friend who could brighten up your day? Smart, cuddly cats can be that best friend! And because of that, we now have a day in which we can celebrate our beloved pets. So, start out by celebrating World Cat Day with some music. Do not forget a tasty treat, and cuddle with your pets. Enjoy your cat, and do not forget that, really, every day is cat day.
Holland
By Chayapat Rachatan (11th Grade)
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” – St.Augustine I was an exchange student in The Netherlands from Aug. 9, 2014 until July 4, 2015 with the YFU exchange program. Everything was wonderful. Holland is a beautiful place. It has beautiful nature and fresh air. It’s a small country so I could travel around the whole country. I lived in Zutphen, which is about an hour and a half to Amsterdam by car. It’s one of the oldest cities in Holland. I had a really nice and active family. I lived with my host dad, host mom, 15-year-old sister named Nienke and 6-year-old brother named Ruben (Nienke is 16 and Ruben is 7 now). It was quite weird for me because I was the oldest there, but in Thailand, I have four older sisters and I’m the fifth, which means I’m the youngest.
I went to Isendoorn College, the same school with Nienke.I rode a bicycle to school every day. It was four kilometers from my house to school, and it took only seven minutes to get there. It sounds so tiring but it’s really fun. Dutch people like cycling a lot. They cycle to school, to the market, to work, or even to go shopping. They cycle everywhere. My friends and I liked to hang out in the city which was about 30 minutes from my house. We liked to go shopping or to the cinema. I didn’t have many friends, but I was very close with the friends I had. I also liked chilling with the other Thai exchange students to exchange our experiences, to unburden, or to speak our language together after not using it for a long time. Near the end of my exchange year, we took a train and went out every weekend. We went shopping in Utrecht, to museums in Amsterdam or on boat rides in Giethoorn. I also have one Thai exchange friend from Belgium who I am still very close with.
Chayapat standing in the square of the city
My exchange year in the Netherlands is the best memory of my life. It has taught me many things. Both nice and bad things happened. It was so difficult for me in the beginning to speak Dutch and to be more open with new people. I was lost one night and was about to go home but I couldn’t remember the way. It was 8 pm. I cried a lot because I was homesick. I missed my dad, my mom, my sisters who are always by my side. I cried a lot because I couldn’t manage to speak Dutch as quickly as the other exchange students. However, it’s because of these things that I learned how to be independent, a full person. kept learning and learning, becoming more and more open. It was not easy but it got easier and easier. My experiences of my year abroad have taught me a lot and I will go back someday! I also have my favorite quote that I always think about if I became discouraged. It “Life is like a book. There are good chapters, and there are bad chapters. But when you get to a bad chapter, you don’t stop reading the book! If you do…then you never get to find out what happens next!” - Brian Falkner
Chayapat (second from the right) with her friends
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Belgium
By Siracah Suetrakul (11th Grade) Hallo iedereen! I’m Siracha Suetrakul or you can call me Aim. I was an exchange student in Belgium from AFS. There are three languages that are used in Belgium, which are Dutch Flemish, French and a little bit of German. I lived in Flanders where the people speak Dutch and my house was five minutes by car from France. Cool, right? It’s so difficult to tell you everything about the best year of my life. I had the perfect family, adorable exchange friends from all around the
world, the coolest school, many memorable trips throughout Europe the best class ever. The biggest part of my year was my class. I studied in an art school where I learned about drawing,graphic and creative design. We didn’t have many serious lessons so we were able to spend time together just chilling and talking. There were only 10 students in my class so we are all best friends now. Belgian people always ask, “How are you?” and it isn’t correct to answer “I’m fine, thank you, and
you?” but they really want to know every story since they have seen you last and that’s why I know everything about everyone in my class. We don’t have any secrets from each other. Once, I was mad at one of my friends and she tried to apologize so she said, “If someone in Thailand asked you who is your family? We’re your family.” and I started to cry after that. I really can’t explain how much they mean to me. They’re the people who helped me get out from the darkest moments and pulled me up to the brightest world. I really mean it. It’s very hard for me to say goodbye to them and they truly understand me so we said “see you soon” instead of goodbye. I miss them every single day. They aren’t just best friends but they’re my family. The family that will always be next to me. This year was unforgettable!
Siracah (second from the right) with her friends
USA
By Panalee Pornpolwat (11th Grade) My life changed starting Sept. 10, 2014 when I arrived in the United States as an exchange student. The story of my exchange year is something I really want to share with you all. The best thing was that I now have a second family that will last forever. They are my Lockwood family and my German sister who I lived with 24/7. They treated me like their own daughter and sister. We lived in a tiny town in Wisconsin, which was a good thing because it allowed me to live in the USA’s nature and simple way of life. My school there was a small private Christian school called Eagle Christian School. Because of this school, I met tons
of nice people that I know I will be friends with forever. My group included seven international girls that came from Germany, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Korea, and Thailand. We studied together for almost all the same classes. The education there was so amazing that I wanted to bring it back to Thailand. When I was there I played a lot of sports and joined a lot of teams like soccer, basketball, and hockey. The best experience was when I stayed in San Francisco, California for almost a month! San Francisco is such a beautiful city and I’m pretty sure it’s a city that is alive, that
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can make everyone feel passionate just by being there. Finally, being an exchange student taught me a lot of things that I couldn’t find in Thailand. That’s why I want everyone to take the great opportunity to go abroad. You will find that the world is so massive that if you spend your entire lifetime traveling, you still can’t explore it all. But now I know myself that I definitely will go back to the USA again. I will go back to my second home and visit all my friends. My real life out of the box has just started! Get up and find the world you belong to. Good luck guys! ;)
MEXICO
By Manussavee Sattha (11th Grade) Hola! That’s how Mexicans greet one another. I was an exchange student from Rotary last year (2014-2015) in a little city, Sabinas, which is located in the north of Mexico. It’s near the border between Coahuila, Mexico and Texas, United states. It was the best year I have ever had. I learned a lot of new things, experiences, culture, language and also new people and families. My school started at 7:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. I loved that because I would be free in the afternoon so sometimes I went to my friends’ homes for playing and talking. We could do anything we wanted to and when I was with them I could be who I really am. I was in a nursing clinic class. When my classmates graduate, they can go to work in hospitals or outpatient clinics as nursing assistants. I even tried drawing blood from my friend. It was a little bit scary for me but it was a new thing that I have learned how to do.
By Narueporn Jakmunee and Nuttakritta Nakum (10th Grade) For the occasion of Buddhist Lent day, students of the Prince Royal’s College took part in Buddhist activities together by donating money, food, and necessities to the monks in nearby temples. “Rice and candles are things I was bought to temple this year.” Said Manassanun, a student in 10th grade. Buddhist Lent Day is one of the most important traditions for Buddhists. Monks have to stay in their monastery or only at the temple to observe the Buddhist precepts for three months. As a matter of fact, this tradition originated before the Buddha’s lifetime. In that time, monks had to go out early for reserve food from the
In Mexico I had the sweetest host family. My family members don’t usually speak English but they always tried to have the conversations in Englishand be kind to me and they took me to many places! Mexican people get excited when they see foreigners and they always wanted to talk with me. Some Mexican people are afraid to talk because of the language barrier, however. They can’t speak English much so I had to learn Spanish as quickly as I could. Mexican people love parties, so every weekend I went out with my friends to spend the day together. At first, I was scared that I had to go to Mexico because many people think that it is not a safe enough country to be an exchange student, but I really wanted to have a new experience, so that’s why I chose to be an exchange student. Mexico did not disappoint me at all. I love everything about Mexico: the food, people, culture, their way of life…I really love it! If
I had the chance to be an exchange student in Mexico one more time, I would definitely say yes! Why not? Being an exchange student has changed me a lot and now I have left my heart in Mexico.. VIVA MEXICO!
villagers who lived near each temple. This was called “Bin-Tha-Bat” in Thai or making merit in English. However, it’s quite difficult to Bin-Tha-Bat in towns or big cities because most people live fast-paced lives. So we usually see this in the countryside. Buddha invented a new rule for monks to stay at their temples for three months in the rainy season. This was because it was hard to go out in the rain and the villagers’ crops were destroyed by monks walking through them. During these three months, Buddhists would go to the temple and give foods and other necessities to the monks. This tradition also offers a good chance for Buddhists to clear their minds by observing the five Buddhist Precepts. Although time has passed, people maintain this tradition. Chiang Mai is well known as a province of culture where many temples still stand and this tradition is strongly observed. In recent times, activities and events
such as candle festivals, making merit, meditations, walking with lighted candles in hand around a temple (Wien-Tien), have developed. Manassanun also mentioned that she likes this school activity because it gives her a chance to follow her religion’s tradition with friends and teachers. This tradition has become an annual event for the school. During the day, students learn about Buddhist history in order to learn about their country’s formal religion and pray for merit.
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Manussavee (bottom row, second from the left) with her friends
Buddhist lent day in Ubonratchathani
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