2. Daily Postings Assignment Chiangmai Study Trip 2015/16 Youth Culture

University Scholars Programme

Day 1 – Chiang Rai vibes

Day one of TOPS. We immediately embarked on a journey to Chiang Rai, a charming city with many attractive sites, one of which is the White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) that we first visited. The White Temple is an art exhibit taking the form of a temple. As its’ name suggests, it is completely white,…

Post -trip reflections

Post -trip reflections Fay, Fuyang Shen My December holidays have been extremely taxing. I interned for one full month at a company and gave many tuition classes during my limited free time. I was exhausted. I was a bit unwilling to go on the trip because I was not physically well-prepared for this trip….

3/5.01: A Real Dome

Having lain out or documentation process and agenda the night before, the group was much more systematic and productive with our documentation. Today, we were taking a trip to the Full Dome, a new video technology than provides a fully immersive space – a portable full dome – for viewers to watch an animation or…

Day 5

Day 5 Fay, Fuyang Shen I was clueless about the leadership amazing race the whole time. Finally, Day 5 is here. We were told to work within our own subgroups and try to finish as many tasks given as possible. We were supposed to find three locations according to the hints given. I thought it…

Day 4

Day 4 Fay, Fuyang Shen Day 4 was really an eventful day. We interviewed two professors in the morning. Their responses were extremely insightful. In the afternoon, we conducted a FGD with four Chiang Mai University students. At night, we had a group discussion to consolidate everything we had gathered in the day….

Day 3

Day 3 Fay, Fuyang Shen Today’s highlight is definitely the visit to Doi Suthep Mountain and the temple Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep located right on top of a hill forming Doi Suthep. The temple has existed since 13th century and is definitely one of the most important temples for Thai people. An interesting trivia…

Day 2

Day 2 Fay, Fuyang Shen Today we went to Wat Rong Khun, or better known as the White Temple. It was designed and constructed by Chalermchai Kositpipat, a well-known Thai artist. “Only death can stop my dream, but cannot stop my project,” Chalermchai was quoted as saying about the temple, adding that he believes…

Day 1

Day 1 Fay, Shen Fuyang We spent the whole morning (almost) on the coach, travelling from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai. We stopped at a place where there were hot springs and I saw some tourists digging their feet into the warm water. I did not because I was too lazy to take off…

Post-trip Reflections

Our trip to Chiang Mai has been fulfilling. It addressed most of the concerns I had written about in my pre-trip projections. For one, it taught me valuable lessons on open-mindedness. Too many times, I found that my thoughts and ideas were constrained by convention. Travelling exposed me to different ideological norms first-hand and the…

Day 5 (8 Jan) Posting

What does everyone like to talk about most? Themselves. This may be a sweeping statement but it does work well as an aphorism. It was the principle I kept in mind when interacting with Professor Zachary during one of the activities for the Leadership Amazing Race. That principle was useful in self-introductions but it wasn’t…