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Pre-trip Projections by Isaac Chong

A similar question was posed to us on the last day of the 2015 USP Freshmen Orientation Camp, which, if I remember correctly, asked “What does being a USP scholar mean to you?” Many of the responses revolved around the notions ‘intelligence’ and ‘privilege’, which is great, as the programme both celebrates and enhances our…

Pre-Trip Excitement!

I never wanted an ordinary university education. I have always wanted something more – an experiential learning that broadens my mind and nurtures me to be an innovative and diverse individual. It is in this modest community that I have found the university education that I seek. The USP education. On this intercultural fieldtrip to…

Pre-trip Projections

This trip would provide a multi-disciplinary experiential learning through an immersive inter-cultural experience in Chiang Mai. As a business student, the syllabus entails mostly analysis of data. With this TOPS trip, there would be fieldwork and research involved, which would greatly broaden my learning in NTU, exposing me to various aspects and details of fieldwork and…

Pre-trip by Hoang Nam Phuong

Very soon, I will be making the first trip overseas with USP faculty and fellow USP scholars. The lessons with Professor Pang and Professor Song on research skills and ethics, the group meetings to formulate our research questions, the laborious search through the Internet for articles on nutrition labels in Thailand, down to finding out where…

Pre-Trip Projections

Overseas should be a scary notion; it means stepping out into a different culture that sees and understands things from a completely different perspective. Your views may not be aligned, and your customs may be their taboos. Yet, with overseas vacations becoming nothing more than yearly affairs and opportunities for overseas community service projects abound,…

Sylvia’s Pre-Trip Reflections

This freshman overseas trip was what first caught my eye when NTU University Scholars Programme was introduced to me. The subsequent acceptance into the programme only builds up the anticipation for this trip. This trip will offer great insights and rare learning opportunities for us scholars. Through this trip and a possible future overseas exchange,…

Pre-Trip Projections

To me, there is nothing to feel but apprehension before a trip. There are definitely many objectives which I want to achieve during the trip, such as completing our combined group project to the best of my ability. Yet these objectives seem remote. They are merely words on paper, with no form whatsoever. Everything remains…

Pre-Trip Reflection

I am thankful that we get to embark on a trip to Chiang Mai together as one USP as it is indeed rare to find planned overseas trips at the university level. This trip would allow me to develop more holistically as an NTU USP scholar as I will get to have a firsthand experience…

Pre-Trip Reflection

After this one semester of being in the USP programme itself, it has changed some of my perspectives on things which I doubt would have ever crossed my mind normally. Writing and Reasoning itself have a profound impact on my perspectives on different issues. I am also very thankful to be given this opportunity to…

Pre-trip Projections /ก่อน/

The main issue that my group will be looking at is how to attain and preserve the delicate balance between heritage preservation and modernisation. This is a problem that every country faces, but it is especially prominent an issue in Thailand’s cultural hub. Chiang Mai is a city that has been left relatively untouched by…