Namaste /ˈnʌməsteɪ/, one of the (only) Nepali words I actually used throughout my whole trip. The Nepalese say it as a greeting with a namaskar.
I still remember the feelings of disappointment I felt last year when my OCIP trip to Nepal got cancelled because of the earthquake. So I was really thankful to have gotten another opportunity to visit Nepal this semester because I’m taking this Wee Kim Wee module, Regional Strategic Communication Management.
The trip was a huge eye-opener to the vast Nepali culture and rich community spirit. We were there to work on the marketing efforts for a sustainable rainwater harvesting system of this company named Smartpaani, which could better the lives of many households in Nepal, since most of them rely on various groundwater sources that does not guarantee cleanliness or purchase tanker water. It was really inspiring to meet so many people who are passionate about what they do, and about making the world a better place to live in. Our guides weren’t merely a huge help to us physically, they were lovely travel companions and shared with us the Nepalese way of life. To learn from these people and their stories, I think that’s what travelling is really all about, besides the other glitz and glamorous aspects of it.
I didn’t actually intend to make a video before the trip but I had accumulated quite a bit of footage because we were filming for our projects. Decided to compile all of them because it’d made something good to look back onto 🙂 so.. here it is!
(Please pardon the shaky, grainy and unfocused bits because I wanted to include almost everything for memory’s sake 🙁 )
