June

Hello everyone. My name is June. I’m from Lang Hkur, Shan State, Burma. I would like to tell you about my story and how I came here.

I’m an ordinary 23-year-old girl with simple dreams. I planned that after I graduated university, I would go to work and help support my family. However, there was a coup in Myanmar in 2021 after I had finished my first year of university, and the situation changed. My plan became impossible. After the coup, many people were killed, the internet and electricity were cut-off, and everyone was afraid. Young people like us who were trying to achieve our dreams in our country had to lose our dreams because of the military coup.

Last year I didn't know what to do because I lost myself. I stayed at home in Lang Hkur and helped with my aunt’s hair salon business. Then I started to study my second year at university. I got to know new friends and I realized that I wanted to improve myself and achieve my dream. I realized that I didn’t have time to waste while other people were trying hard and searching for opportunities to achieve their dreams. Finally, I knew that staying at home would not help me achieve anything, so I came here to Thailand. I always remember the saying, ‘No matter what you are going through today, do not give up. As long as there is life, there is hope.’

My future goal is to study business management at a university here in Thailand. I need opportunities to develop my skills, such as communication and public presentation, in order to improve my future career options.

The reason I study at BSC is that I want to speak with more confidence. English is necessary if you want to apply to university and go abroad. I had studied at an English school in Myanmar when I was younger, but I had a bad experience and it made me have trauma about speaking, especially to large groups. But after studying at BSC, I can feel that I have much more confidence than before and I have improved my skills a lot. Therefore, I can say that BSC is definitely helping me improve, and I plan to continue studying and improving my English.