Let's Celebrate!

Showing posts with label announcement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label announcement. Show all posts

Calling for Remaining Reflections...

Hey all

As mentioned, I will need your reflections for the trip asap.

So last submission - this Sunday @ 6pm alright! (So you can rest for Sunday night!)

For references of others' reflections, click on the picture above! ^^

Night Cycling on 16 July 2010 Cancelled

Dear all!

I apologise that the night cycling on 16 July had to be cancelled because too few people can make it for that day.  It would be hardly an Ecoventure gathering. =( 

Hopefully, we'll be able to plan another upcoming one! 

For the time being, you can join a few of us for the Night Festival @ the museums on 16 July (Fri) if you would like.

So terribly sorry! =X

Kang Hua

Cooking Lesson - Confirmed!

Hello all!

Today was yet another day of meeting with Mr Chew. No photos to show this time around though. =(

Discussion was centered on the topic of our Post-Expedition Service Project - there are some plans to collaborate with IMH now instead but everything is still at the stage of discussion, so moving on to something more concrete!

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Post-Event Fun + Follow-up to Farming: Organic Farming, Microwave Cooking


     Venue: Kitchen at SengKang CC
       Date: 31 July 2010 (Sat)
      Time: 10 am
       Cost: $15 per head
      Menu: 1 Chicken Dish, 1 Fish Dish, 1 Pizza Dish, 1 Mixed Vegetables Dish



So there's the plan! We'll start the workshop at around 10am and hopefully we'll finish cooking just in time to enjoy the fruits of our labour as lunch! Brilliant, no? After which, we'll carry out a EcoVenture 2010 post-mortem and feedback session of at 1.30pm in the CC's auditorium. (Expect a nice slideshow of the trip prepared for your viewing! ^^)

I know it's still early but I'm excited about it already! =) How about you?

What's next?

Excerpt of email from Cindy:
Our project with Gia Bac do not end here and we are really looking at building a sustainable systems in our developmental work at Gia Bac over the long term. As such we really welcome feedback and will be more than happy to have more volunteers to join us in this continuous process of improving our overseas community service projects. Now that everyone including Harry is back in Singapore, it will be a good time to pull everyone together to consolidate some of the discussions about Gia Bac and the future plans for the work there.

As such, we hope to invite your team to the following:


This session will be a critical feedback and brainstorming session for the future of the developmental work in Gia Bac while we catch up with all the passionate volunteers like YOU that have been to Gia Bac. So really hope to see you and your team around this Saturday afternoon!

Cheers,
Cindy
All of you should have seen this email in your inbox! If you have not already replied Wan Ying, fill up the form below and submit it to us before 8 July so that we can collate the names of the people who would be attending the session.

Thank you very much and we'll see you there!




8 complementary tickets for Singapore Garden Festival!




Hey all,

Good Monday! Our dear Cai Ping has got 8 complementary tickets for the Singapore Garden Festival

The usual adult ticket will cost you S$8/=, so it's a steal yeah? Do contact her (sms/call 9061 0003) asap for the tickets, interested parties are only entitled to 1 ticket each (8 doesn't include me or her).

The ticket entitles you to visit only on weekdays.

For more details, click on picture above to visit official website! Check out their TV ad below too :D



PS: Gardening enthusiasts Anna, Kang Hua, Kenneth, Zheng Yu and Uncle Chew have already expressed interest - 3 more left!

Let's Celebrate, Let's Cycle!

To celebrate the success of Ecoventure, here's...


For more details, contact our I/C: Kang Hua! (KH = Kind & Helpful)

P/S: I think C4E (Cycling for Environment) will be so delighted to see this event! Yes, Trung Uyen?

Gifts & Last Reminders

Are you busy packing your backpack now?

Don't forget to pack some gifts for the students into your travel bags too!
Though we have prepared welcome gifts for them, we do not mind accepting gifts that are contributed by our participants voluntarily. These gifts can be in the form of stationery or any practical stuff you can think of (e.g. clothes). We will be giving out these additional gifts during our games.

However, do remember that we are limiting each of your baggage check in to be 13kg as we will be distributing the weight of our logistic stuff among all participants. Therefore, remember to weigh your own travel bag before going to the Budget Airport on Sat!!

Lastly....remember to bring/pack the following stuff:


        1. Your Passport
     2. Indemnity Form*
     3. Photocopy of your passport*
     4. Receipts (Vaccinations, other expenses e.g. Logistics)*
     5. A few small clothes pegs                                         
                       (for you to hang your clothes when you are in the Village)
     6. Poncho/ Umbrella
     7. Name Cards (some of you may have received it from Anna already)
     8. Sleeping Bag
     9. Malaria Pills


* - To be submitted to Wan Ying/Si Hui. For receipts, include your bank acct no. , your name and the purpose for buying behind.


See all of you on Saturday @ 12.30pm, Budget Terminal.

For You & For Me

Have you gotten your programme booklet? ...or have you lost it?? 
To those who are staying in NTU hostel, remember to get your copy from Anna if you were not here on Wednesday! 
(*Whispers: Somebody called me to ask about the exact flight details -- hmm you must have not been following our training sessions / blog posts / programme booklet! Tsk.)

Back to the topic: 
19 of us flying to Vietnam, but I'm sure friends of the 19 of us would want to wish us luck for our trip. Forward them this to invite them to send us off, yeah? Hee hee. 

In addition, although this is a group trip, it sure does provide a lot for personal development. So, please pen your own prologue at Page 4 of our booklet before we touch down at Vietnam. I think it would be best to record your feelings right before the flight (if you really squeeze some time out), if not do write it before we reach the airport at 12.30pm on Saturday yeah?



Click on picture for a bigger size! 

One last thing, if you are still unable to Google the location of Gia Bac Village, it is shown below. Remember its in Di Linh District of Lam Dong Province!

Change venue of training session

Hello all!


Note that the first training session will be held at the following location:

NBS seminar 1

(Click for bigger dimension)

Don't forget our appointment! See all of you there! =)

Help needed for Collection of Bottle Caps!!

-This message was brought to you by Programmer Team

Hi all,


We intend to teach the Vietnamese
students how to make this simple musical instrument using
bottle caps.

Expected number of students: 80 (+/- 1 or 2 students)
which will be divided into 2 classes.
(Let's assume that these 2 classes will be conducted simultaneously.)

We will require the
following items to make the instrument:
- 12 bottle caps of the same size
- 2 bigger bottle caps (same size)
- some beans / sand
- superglue
As such, we will need 1,120 bottle caps in total (960 smaller
bottle caps & 160 bigger bottle caps) if the students were to have
1 set of items each. If we are unable to collect that amount of items, our next
alternative would be to divide the students into groups.

Therefore, we need your help to start collecting the bottle caps
now!


Many hands make light work. Let's strive towards our goal together. =)

Our First Recruitment Drive in March

Want your coming Summer vacation to be one of Ecotourism - to be fun-filled for a good cause?
Earthlink's annual overseas expedition Ecoventure is here once again!

This year, we will be doing an ASEAN Sustainable Development Project (ASDP) at Vietnam.

The main activities are:
Exchange Programme with Ho Chi Minh University of Technology
Reforestation Project at Gia Bac Village
Interaction with the village school
Short R&R (TBC)
See the poster for details and join us for the adventure!

Tips for preparing for the interview:
What are your past relevant experience?
Tell us why you want to join our project.
Tell us how your talents can contribute to our project (eg. good leadership, experience in teaching).