My decision to apply for the Korean Government Scholarship Program is precisely based on my ever-growing fascination with Korean culture and dream of studying abroad. I have always been interested in new things, things that are challenging and unfamiliar. I have spent a significant amount of my life in two countries, Thailand and the United Kingdom, and during that time I have discovered that I excelled at adapting to new surroundings and circumstances. I find it riveting to be surrounded by people I've never met before, to experience things that I've never come across, and to learn new skills along the way.
I was born in Khon Kaen, Thailand, where I now live. I’ve spent my childhood growing up in rural Thailand but soon after my 6th birthday, my parents decided to move our family, which consists of me, my father and my mother, to the United Kingdom. It was a very bizarre experience when I first arrived in the United Kingdom. It was my very first time experiencing such extremely cold weather, my first time ever being on an airplane, but after that, I had discovered that I love the thrill of travelling and moving to new places. It took a while for me and my mother to get accustomed to the new surroundings, but after being in the United Kingdom for a year, I had learnt to speak and write English as well as my peers. During that time, I had discovered a skill which I never knew I had, which was that I was a very quick learner. As well as that, I also found out that I enjoyed writing, and I wrote a poem which got featured in a book of poems by local school children.
When I moved into Secondary School, my school allowed us to choose additional classes, and after some advice from my father, I decided to take Business and Economics classes. After participating in the classes, I realized that I enjoyed these classes subsequently more than any other classes and that learning about what it takes to run businesses and learning how our economy actually runs was really fascinating. After I had finished year 10, which is the equivalent of finishing middle school, my family had decided that we would move back to Thailand for me to finish my studies. We arrived in Thailand in September of the year 2014 and I took 6 months off school to learn the Thai language to the best of my ability as I had forgotten a huge part of how to write and read Thai. By the time the 6 months was over, my Thai was still a bit rusty, but I could read and write better than before. When I took my entrance