Swami Vivekananda
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comfortable happy here to tell my status. All of us are familiar with the
color like school. Every time we due a color like school on new designed
form and every design seems to be so fashionable fascinating so every
experience of mine in Thailand has been worth talking about. It is sad that
choices that we make in our life are very important because a future
depends on them. And for the first choice that I met very very correctly
appropriately and the right time was learning the local language. I did not
feel shy, did not hesitate when I’m using the right words or whether my
tone was right or my dictions are right or not. I’m not available for being
laughed at by other people. So I just corrected right and without any
shyness. And I began to speak Thai. The first word of Thai that I learnt that I
still remember is “นาแขง”. And I’m so proud the first so I showed off
everyone when I went get together as a newly married that very surprise
what showing to other people I can speak a word of Thai, I’ve been here
only for a week. So that was a great accomplishment. Ajarn Sophana asked
me to talk about any problems that I faced or anything that I might have
come acorss. Life is full of adjustment. I would say a very very well known
author by the name Evan Maxwell had said whether I fail or succeed, it’s no
man doing, but my own and I’m the force. It is so true that whatever we do
that is responsible. We should not pull anybody else responsible for us
doing. And I’m happy to authorize decision learning about the food, learning
about the culture. There so much similarity as others on the panel have
talked about. It seems look at the religious practices with observing my
family. We were not allowed to eat and experience except the morning
bread and that is so true of Thai people. The atmosphere of serenity, Thai
reality mixes with the smell of incense in the Thai temple. It’s so much
similar to that of the temple in India. So understanding the similarity
between the culture the language the food I was very much at home. And
today I say with so much pride that I brought up my children of knowing
other languages or three languages, English, Indian and Thai equally well.