3. Post-Trip Reflections Chiangmai Study Trip 2015/16 Sustainability

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Post-trip Retrospection

Connect Exchanging stories with my fellow batch mates, I learnt of the colourfulness of Chiang Mai and in a more humanistic way, the complexities of the human perspective. Although all of us were in the same city, our experiences were vastly different given not just our separate itineraries, but the differing group dynamics. It reminded…

Post trip reflections

(*For my post trip reflections, I have decided to use a more Q&A style where I can directly answer the questions I posted in my pre-trip reflections.) Questions posed in Pre-trip Reflection: Q1)Can the creative Chiang Mai project really preserve the essence of the Thai culture while advocating so much changes? Can the past really…

on everything I’ve gathered after the trip

On the elephants and the evolution of my feelings for the project This trip has taught me so much about elephant tourism that I would never have known had I not been on this trip. In fact, with all this information at hand, I feel quite invested in the project and would really like the…

Post-Trip Reflection

Many university students yearn for an intercultural exchange – for the opportunity to immerse in a different culture, broaden one’s global outlook and travel. Just one semester into my university education, I am blessed to be given this opportunity to experience a week long intercultural exchange to Chiang Mai. “Enriching” duly described my experience in…

Post Trip Reflections

In Singapore, the aptly named rat race starts the moment you are born. The best milk formula, the best hospital, the best pre-school. The list goes on and on. So where does this all end? And what are we striving towards? Sabai-sabai. Being happy. This forms the basis of the Thai lifestyle. It is so…

Post-Trip Reflections

In retrospect, I am thankful to have achieved some of the things I hoped to attain in my pre-trip projections. Yet, there are also areas I could have done much better in. I will elaborate on my post-trip thoughts in the paragraphs below. First, I feel that this trip has certainly given me chances to…

Chiang Mai Post Trip Reflections

Chiang Mai Post Trip Reflections: Finally, we have reached the end of this trip. I’m proud to say that it was not a wasted trip, for I have interacted with so many wonderful people along the way and accumulated memories that I will never forget. It is really different to go on a research fieldtrip,…

Post-trip reflections

Have my expectations from before the trip been met? Absolutely. It was a blast – it proved to be one of those rare learning experiences that you’ll never get anywhere else, probably not in NBS. Here, I’ll touch on some of the issues that I haven’t yet discussed in the daily reflections, as well as…

Post-Trip Reflections

It only felt like it was yesterday when we left for Chiang Mai. I can’t believe it has been 2 weeks since we came back! I miss the laid-back culture, I miss the people and I most definitely miss having my daily cup of Thai iced tea. As I re-read my pre-trip reflections and reflect…

Post-Trip Reflections

For me, this Chiang Mai trip was a continuous journey of self-discovery and personal growth. Before setting off for the trip, I was full of apprehension and anticipation, because I had never been to Chiang Mai before, and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the trip. There was one thing that I was…