Namaste! What a journey it has been already! When I arrived in Nepal I was greeted at the airport by my coworker, Helika, who was waiting for me with a beautiful bouquet of her handmade flowers. As we stepped outside… Continue Reading →
お世話になります、よろしくお願いします ー two phrases that mean, “I’ll be in your care, I look forward to working with you, please help me” and less commonly “please treat me well, please help me.” This phrase perfectly encapsulates the past month that I… Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, who’s reading my first actual blog as a CAPI intern, I am writing this from the main classroom within the Karenni Social Development Center on the outskirts of Ban Nai Soi in Thailand. Over the past month and… Continue Reading →
Where to begin. My first month in Nai Soi (a very small town on the boarder of Myanmar and Thailand), in Mae Hong Son province at the Karenni Social Development Center (KSDC). Although the first two weeks felt like I… Continue Reading →
This blog post has been at the back of my mind for the past few weeks. I’ve known that it’s been approaching, but it arrived in a hurry. As the weeks have gone by, I have tried my best to… Continue Reading →
Humiliation rituals—a running bit between Lindsay and me that has kept me sane and laughing at the times when all I wanted was to dig my head in the ground like an ostrich. I believed adapting to FED was all… Continue Reading →
One thing that is very important to realize BEFORE entering Jakarta is that the toilet paper isn’t flushable. This is especially important to those of you who might not want to clog the office toilet on your first day of… Continue Reading →
After a 32 hour travel journey involving brief stints in the airports of Xiamen and Kuala Lumpur, Frances (my fellow CAPI intern, friend, and roommate here in Sabah!) and I arrived here in Penampang, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, on the island… Continue Reading →
”In the school you will meet the world.” Those were the words spoken to me and my fellow interns on our first day working at MSRI. We were sat in the office building for the Malaysian Social Research Institute speaking… Continue Reading →
It’s crazy to say I’ve been in KL & at MSRI for over a month now, but here we are!!! It feels like yesterday that I was scrambling to pack my bags for the next 7 months before my family… Continue Reading →
