Category Archives: Travel

DiSCOVER. Trip to China. Day 5. July 20, 2013.

Posted on September 10, 2013 by stenoodie

Today was a really good day. 🙂 i was being stupid yesterday in my comments. We visited some core tourist destinations and historical places of China today. First thing off the list, we went to Tiananmen Square. It was very … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Beijing, China, Dragonfly, eating live scorpions, hot, massage parlour, Mon Sheong, siu yeh, skewers, summer, Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, tourist, travel, Trip to China 2013, Wang Fu Jian | 18 Comments

DiSCOVER. Trip to China. Day 4. July 19, 2013.

Posted on September 9, 2013 by stenoodie

Today was so-so. To be honest, i’m looking forward to home already. Today wasn’t that fun. First of all, we were turned down by Tsinghua University. Our tour bus had driven up to their gates and they wouldn’t let us … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Beijing, China, hot, Mon Sheong, Silk Street, summer, Summer Palace, tourist, travel, Trip to China, Tsinghua University | 17 Comments

DiSCOVER. Trip to China. Day 3. July 18, 2013.

Posted on August 13, 2013 by stenoodie

Second day of trip, or technically the third one as the first and second are considered one day due to the flight. We visited Peking University today! Chantel, Jesica, and I did our presentation to the students there. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Beijing, Bird's Nest, China, Chinese students, DiSCOVER 2013, history, hot, Mon Sheong, Olympic Park, Peking University, summer, tourist, travelling, Water Cube | 19 Comments

DiSCOVER – Mon Sheong Youth Group Program

Posted on August 5, 2013 by stenoodie

Wow, I just discovered that DiSCOVER has a flickr page that has albums upon albums of pictures from all the events that we’ve participated in in the last 6 months! Way to go to whoever has been uploading all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Life, Philanthropy, Travel | Tagged DiSCOVER 2013, grateful, life experiences, memories, Mon Sheong Youth Group, travel | 6 Comments

NOVA scienceNOW: Can I eat that?

Posted on July 21, 2013 by stenoodie

The foodie and nerd in me popped its head out during the 13-hour flight to China with the DiSCOVER clan. Instead of watching a blockbuster movie provided during the in-flight service, I opted to watch a documentary instead. I love … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Travel | Tagged cross-section of food, documentary, food, in-flight entertainment, NOVA scienceNOW | 2 Comments

DiSCOVER 2013 retreat

Posted on June 18, 2013 by stenoodie

This weekend was a bit of a prelude to the 2-week trip to China that I’ll be partaking in during July as part of the culminating event to the 6-month DiSCOVER youth development program. We went up to Blue Mountain … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Travel | Tagged Blue Mountain Village, Collingwood, DiSCOVER 2013, friends, games, leadership, Mon Sheong, new friendships, retreat, team-building | 4 Comments

It begins… Chinese Consulate dinner

Posted on April 7, 2013 by stenoodie

Tonight I went to the Chinese Consulate dinner with the participants and committee members for the DiSCOVER 2013 program. The highlight of the dinner was to meet Deputy Consul General Zhang Meifang and Mon Sheong Foundation First Vice Chair Frank … Continue reading →

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Everything durian

Posted on March 31, 2013 by stenoodie

This morning, I ate durian chocolates for breakfast. Yup, you read that right. When I went to Malaysia, one of the stops was to the Cocoa Boutique & Chocolate Gallery. Here you could try everything chocolate — Malaysia is … Continue reading →