Monday, December 6, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Building things with random tools..
My message on facebook to friends and family:
I am sorry that I did not have a chance to touch base or see many of my friends, family and contacts in DC prior to my trip-- but trust me, I have been too busy for simple things like: food and sleep! I am leaving today for bangkok. For all of you who asked me to repost my blog, here it is. I promise I will try to keep it up-to-date, fun, and informative. When I return, i will be in my final semester at Georgetown so I will jump into work work work and thesis-- but really looking forward to all the exciting (and random) things that are coming my way. Interestingly, many people are asking me: "how do you plan out your life and career?" My answer is simple: "I haven't really." I have been just following life, allowing each day and experience to help inform the actions of the next day. God, nature and the world have been my teachers and direction. Literally, life to me feels like a tool-box, I blindly pull out tools and then figure out how to use them and what do build with them. This Fellowship is another tool-- I hope that with it, I can build great things. God Bless.
I am sorry that I did not have a chance to touch base or see many of my friends, family and contacts in DC prior to my trip-- but trust me, I have been too busy for simple things like: food and sleep! I am leaving today for bangkok. For all of you who asked me to repost my blog, here it is. I promise I will try to keep it up-to-date, fun, and informative. When I return, i will be in my final semester at Georgetown so I will jump into work work work and thesis-- but really looking forward to all the exciting (and random) things that are coming my way. Interestingly, many people are asking me: "how do you plan out your life and career?" My answer is simple: "I haven't really." I have been just following life, allowing each day and experience to help inform the actions of the next day. God, nature and the world have been my teachers and direction. Literally, life to me feels like a tool-box, I blindly pull out tools and then figure out how to use them and what do build with them. This Fellowship is another tool-- I hope that with it, I can build great things. God Bless.
Ready to embark on my journey -- Goodbye Washington DC!
The time has finally come. The weeks up to this trip have been extremely busy, but very rewarding. I have been occupied with meetings, work, wrapping up my second to last semester of my Masters program (I'm studying Public and Social Policy at Georgetown University), working very hard with our amazing pro-bono staff on Al-Mubadarah, travels to visit my family, and catching up on month old bills.
I leave today to Bangkok. To be honest, I expected myself to be more overwhelmed with emotion-- but for now, random thoughts are running through my head (namely about leaving work and DC for 1.5 months). I intentionally did not spend much time looking up South East Asia prior to my trip as I do not want to travel there with certain expectations about what I hope to see and expect. I will let my wonderful hosts, nature and God be my tour guides as I venture around a part of the world that has always intrigued me and sparked my intellectual curiosity. I have made a commitment to myself to keep an open mind and allow myself to just soak in the culture and environment and "go with the flow" (a HUGE change from DC culture). Thank you to all of you who put me in touch with friends, family and contacts! Looking forward to meeting more wonderful people doing great work internationally!
To my wonderful parents: I love you and thank you for raising me to value diversity, culture, education, travel, but above all, for teaching me how to soak it all in and process it.
Running off to the airport, I will update again soon. I hope that through my blog, I can take you through my journey with me.
p.s. my arms are still aching from all my immunization shots!
I will be updating my travel blog on my sister site: http://hazamistravel.blogspot.com/. I will cross-list blogs on here, with links to my main travel blog site. Both blogs are linked to each other on on right navigation panel.
I leave today to Bangkok. To be honest, I expected myself to be more overwhelmed with emotion-- but for now, random thoughts are running through my head (namely about leaving work and DC for 1.5 months). I intentionally did not spend much time looking up South East Asia prior to my trip as I do not want to travel there with certain expectations about what I hope to see and expect. I will let my wonderful hosts, nature and God be my tour guides as I venture around a part of the world that has always intrigued me and sparked my intellectual curiosity. I have made a commitment to myself to keep an open mind and allow myself to just soak in the culture and environment and "go with the flow" (a HUGE change from DC culture). Thank you to all of you who put me in touch with friends, family and contacts! Looking forward to meeting more wonderful people doing great work internationally!
To my wonderful parents: I love you and thank you for raising me to value diversity, culture, education, travel, but above all, for teaching me how to soak it all in and process it.
Running off to the airport, I will update again soon. I hope that through my blog, I can take you through my journey with me.
p.s. my arms are still aching from all my immunization shots!
I will be updating my travel blog on my sister site: http://hazamistravel.blogspot.com/. I will cross-list blogs on here, with links to my main travel blog site. Both blogs are linked to each other on on right navigation panel.
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