USA Trip , 28 May – 22 June 2009.
Today’s exactly a week after I returned home from touring the United States.
I have refrained from blogging earlier to screen out the emotions.
Of all the overseas trips I have had (hundreds of trips to some 30 countries), this one is easily on the top three. The trip impacted me on more ways than one.
As we say in the training world, there are three ways people learn: hear, see and experience (auditory, visual and kinaesthetic). During the trip, I had loads of all three, making the trip an experiential learning trip for me.
The trip brought me to Chicago (1 night), Washington DC (5 nights), Miami (6 nights), Corpus Christi, Texas (3 nights), Houston, Texas (3 nights) and Honolulu (4 nights).
The theme of the study visit? Coastal management and Marine environment management. This enabled me to visit and discuss with various people in NOAA, various universities, local government, NGOs (of better known as NPOs in the US), and individuals. I was also able to visit coastal (including famous beach areas). Examples are the Chesapeake Bay, Maiami Beach, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico in Corpus Christi, Galvastan area (the on ravaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008) in Houston, and the world-famous Waikiki Beach in Hawaii.
There were 8 of us (2 from Malaysia, 2 from Indonesia, 2 from Thailand, 1 from the Philippines and 1 from Hong Kong); with 2 accompanying officers (called English Language Officers) contracted by the Dept of State. I t was such a memorable 3 weeks.
I thank the Government of the United States through the Department of States and the US Embassy in Malaysia for selecting me and sponsoring this whole trip.
Today’s exactly a week after I returned home from touring the United States.
I have refrained from blogging earlier to screen out the emotions.
Of all the overseas trips I have had (hundreds of trips to some 30 countries), this one is easily on the top three. The trip impacted me on more ways than one.
As we say in the training world, there are three ways people learn: hear, see and experience (auditory, visual and kinaesthetic). During the trip, I had loads of all three, making the trip an experiential learning trip for me.
The trip brought me to Chicago (1 night), Washington DC (5 nights), Miami (6 nights), Corpus Christi, Texas (3 nights), Houston, Texas (3 nights) and Honolulu (4 nights).
The theme of the study visit? Coastal management and Marine environment management. This enabled me to visit and discuss with various people in NOAA, various universities, local government, NGOs (of better known as NPOs in the US), and individuals. I was also able to visit coastal (including famous beach areas). Examples are the Chesapeake Bay, Maiami Beach, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico in Corpus Christi, Galvastan area (the on ravaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008) in Houston, and the world-famous Waikiki Beach in Hawaii.
There were 8 of us (2 from Malaysia, 2 from Indonesia, 2 from Thailand, 1 from the Philippines and 1 from Hong Kong); with 2 accompanying officers (called English Language Officers) contracted by the Dept of State. I t was such a memorable 3 weeks.
I thank the Government of the United States through the Department of States and the US Embassy in Malaysia for selecting me and sponsoring this whole trip.
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