Monday, April 2, 2012
This past week has been a super busy one...although every week here is, they seem to be getting busier and going by much faster. It is hard to believe we are now over our halfway point in this course. It's cooking hot here and we are now officially in summer and it is only getting hotter and more humid by the minute, the nights don't even cool down. School work is going well and the workload is as strong as ever, plus we have to get prepared for the World Peace Symposium coming up the first of May. It is held every three years and this year it is being held here in Bangkok and seeing as we are the Peace Fellows for 2012 we have an extra big workload on top of our regular work. One of our projects for the Peace Symposium is a push for networking and using our contacts and the contacts of all the Peace Fellows world wide to help with the eradication of Polio. Rotary has been working at this task for a number of years and are now so close to the end with only 3 countries left to eradicate it from, however there are several challenges making it difficult, which is why we all need to come together to and use our resources to make this eradication happen!
This past week started out with my weekend in Pattaya working with the Pattaya-Jomtien Rotary Club, then through the week after classes I worked with Thailand Department of Special Investigations, it has been a great opportunity and networking opportunity. They have requested me for more work, so I'm trying hard to squeeze it all in between school work and Rotary functions, too great an opportunity to miss! I then had a dinner cruise with our host counsellors on Friday night, and once again Rotary has gone over the top! It was a beautiful night and great view of the Grand Palace at night. After the cruise I then had a very brief nap before getting up at 3 am to head to Cambodia for the weekend. It was a whirlwind trip trying to see a whole country in a weekend. I seem to be operating on very little sleep these days but really trying not to miss any opportunity here. Cambodia is beautiful, I got to see Angkor Wat, one of the world heritage sites designated by UNESCO. I took some great pictures, wish I had more time there but doing what we can.
This week is shaping up to be just as crazy...today in class we are looking at Capacity Building in Peacekeeping. We are also trying to prepare for our field study in Nepal, which we leave for on Saturday for 9 days. Then the weekend after that I am hoping to cram in a whirlwind trip of Laos...but will see how Nepal goes first!
Anyways, just a quick update...all is going great and I'm loving living in Bangkok, it will be an adjustment coming back to my life in Jeannette's Creek! But I am looking forward to a new and renewed perspective of life.


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