It’s been quite some time since I last updated this space, crazy story but I’ve been busy nursing a proximal humerus fracture that occurred while I was on an OCIP trip in Vietnam. Details on another day but meanwhile, I’ve made a short video of my time at Long Đức, Trà Vinh with the lovely children and volunteers who left us with fond memories.
Video by Gabriel Goh with our Gopro footages – pretty much sums up our trip to Tioman Island! A few cuts and fish bites here and there, with Zack suffering from a minor decompression sickness after the first dive and Gabes getting lost (LEL) but we are all safe and sound, open water certified! 😀
(P.S.: Please forgive Gabe’s horrible puns)
Hey m8s I’m back from a family holiday in Australia! New South Whales was amazingly good, refreshing and just what I needed to kickstart my Summer break 🙂
Here’s a video featuring the amazing scenery and nature Aussie had to offer! Will share my favourite places real sooon 😉 Australians are really chill by the way, most of them end work before 5pm and go to the beach to unwind after. Haha it makes me think that Singaporeans are too fast-paced for their own good.
Thx AU it’s been real 😎
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 🙁 )