Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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On Friday, march 2 nd, I ventured out on the sky train the furthest I have gone yet on my own to attend a Rotary meeting. I made it there alright with a slight detour (I went the wrong way when I got off the train, then had to go all the way back after about 10 minutes of walking) however I was determined to get to this meeting for one main reason and that was to see my Japanese friend Tomoya-San.
I am always awed and impressed by Rotary's ability to make this a small world; and this is just a small example. In October 2009 I went to Japan on the Rotary Group Study Exchange Program (GSE) this is where I met Tomoya, he was a member of the GSE committee. The committee that helped make our experience in Japan such a fantastic one.
It is always hard when i leave a country because I always wonder if it is the last time I will see the friends I have met there. So when Tomoya contacted me and said he was going to be in Bangkok briefly, I had to make sure we met up.
The Rotary meeting was quite the event, it was a large buffet and a celebration of the club in thailand and the clubs in Japan matching grants. Thailand had sent money to Japan and supported them after the earthquake and now in return Japan purchased and setup water filtration systems in some rural schools in Thailand.
When I was talking to Tomoya, he says to me..."so now you have done the Rotary GSE and the Rotary Peace Scholar program, so this means your next step is to be a Rotarian?" I think it just may be...
Anyways, after a visit too short I had to get the train and head home, so yet another goodbye to Tomoya all I can do is hope our paths cross again someday
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2 comments:
Jenn,
Glad to see you back to blogging again, I was starting to worry about you. As always I enjoyed reading your post today. How neat that you connected with a friend from Japan while in Thailand. Deb & I were thinking about you at our high risk committee meeting yesterday. Keep the pictures and the posts coming!
Jill
Thanks Jill! I had a rough go this last week...but feeling better and will get caught up here! I miss the high risk meetings :( hope everyone is behaving lol!
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