Reflections on Vietnam & Cambodia and Field Lab in Hong Kong

We are not getting much word from Jess.   We are assuming that she is having a wonderful experience and does not have time to send updates or is simply having technology problems.   Below is a link from SAS Official site regarding Student Reflections on Vietnam and Cambodia, and Field Lab in Hong Kong.   It taks a little time to load.   Please be patient.  I hope you enjoy it.

http://vimeo.com/60464909#t=198

Signed:   The Grouch

Crazy Cambodia

Just received word that Jess is now in Cambodia. 

Jess wrote: "I have had so many people straight up pose their kids in front of me to take pictures with the "white girl". ---Crazy Cambodia

And a note to her mother:

Hi Mom,

I think I am stealing internet right now, so I can't share a lot of stuff right now.  Once I get back on the ship, I'll try to give a better update.  I just wanted to say thankyou for this experience, I can't tell you all I have done in the past few days. Cambodia is probably my favorite place I have been.  I am in love with the country.   I am learning a lot and can't wait to tell you about it!

Jess has been incurring some technical issues.   Photos are few and far between.  However, below are a couple from Hawaii to Hong Kong.   Other than Kobe, Japan I am be guessing the locations.   My guess is the one on the bottom left being Hawaii.   I am guessing the one on the right being in Kowloon (Hong Kong).

TheTrain from Shanghai to Hong Kong

Yes, I really liked Hong Kong. It wasn’t as disgusting. It was fun we went to Shelly Street where a bunch of other SAS kids were and everyone was dancing in the streets.  We also went to Temple Street and had weird food. We had a situation where we couldn’t get into our hostel and it was pretty sketchy. A bunch of Nigerian rascals were following us and all the doors were locked.  In the end, we figured it out and we are fine.

I took a train from Shanghai to Hong Kong and it was literally the most disgusting and miserable experience of my life. Each cabin had 6 beds, 3 on top of each other on both sides. We each got the top so we had to climb on all the other beds to get up there.  There is no room to sit, the mattresses were covered in hair, and everything had a weird stench. The toilet was a squatter and so there was pee everywhere. Not to mention people kept hacking lougies and burping every 5 seconds.  It was a terrible.  The worst 21 hours of my life.  I don't mind taking the train from Boulder to home after that experience.  

I love you.

Desmond Tutu Reponds to Student Questions

Below is a link to the offical SAS web site with a student interview with Desmond Tutu.   Quite interesting.

Student Q&A with Archbishop Desmond Tutu

By: Rico Andrade | Date: 2.01.2013

Students in the Global Management Lens course taught by Professor John Girard of Minot State University  had the opportunity to hear from a very special guest speaker recently. Archbishop Desmond Tutu joined the class for an intimate Q&A session where students were able to ask him about a wide range of topics — from his work with the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa to what it was like to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The full audio podcast of the Q&A period is available here.