Rotary D3450 Group Study Exchange 2012-13 from district 3450 hong kong/macao/mongolia to district 9640 QLD/NSW australia

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Mar 16 Edwina and her host family
Mar 16 Edwina and her host family

Making a yummy Thai Chicken Salad with host family – Catherine! *Catherine is the host of Edwina, Rotarian in RC of Ashmore Edwina walking the dogs, Ben and Jerry, with Catherine

Mar 16 Currumbin Koala Sanctuary
Mar 16 Currumbin Koala Sanctuary

Franco patting a sleepy kangaroo… Another sleepy kangaroo, lying in the sun… Franco with a emu Bolor and Helen feeling the soft fur of the kangaroos…

Mar 16 Aborigines artist at Point Danger
Mar 16 Aborigines artist at Point Danger

An aborigine artist who is dedicated to spreading the culture of aborigines. He is from the area of Bundjalah.

Mar 16 Amazing beaches along Gold Coast
Mar 16 Amazing beaches along Gold Coast

Beaches at Gold Coast are amazing!    

Mar 16 A visit to MUNA
Mar 16 A visit to MUNA

We popped in to MUNA (Mock UN Assembly) held at the Gold Coast City on Mar 17. Students all dressed up in national dresses and decorated the tables with symbols of the countries they represent. The debate was very active!    

Mar 15 First day at the Gold Coast and a great encounter
Mar 15 First day at the Gold Coast and a great encounter

We met a handsome Australian cashier – Garry at Woolworths, who is wearing pajama for fund-raising to the poor kids in hostipal. Our GSE team also donated some bucks and gained a chance to fill in the Easter egg deco, which will be sticked to Garry”s pajama later on!

Mar 15 Arriving at NSW/QLD
Mar 15 Arriving at NSW/QLD

We are staying at a hotel right at the border of NSW/QLD… two states with 1-hour time difference!  

Mar 14 Taking off
Mar 14 Taking off

Thanks to PDG Ada, PP Chelsia, PP Vivian, PP Emilia and all our significant others who sent us off!!

Mar 14 Ready to go!!
Mar 14 Ready to go!!

All ready to go!!

Feb 28 Visit to RC Mid Level
Feb 28 Visit to RC Mid Level

GSE Team leader Helen and Team member Matthew visited RC of Mid Level at their regular lunch meeting on Feb 28. At the meeting, Helen shared the background of GSE program and played a small group exercise with the members of RC of Mid Level. Matthew presented a few slides about Hong Kong, in which the […]

Feb 7 Visit to RC of Queensway
Feb 7 Visit to RC of Queensway

GSE Team member Edwina and Team leader Helen visited RC of Queensway at their regular meeting on Feb 7.  RC of Queensway is the endorsing club of one of the GSE team members – Matthew Cheung. At the meeting, Edwina shared with the members her experience in a Mongolian ger.  The audience was surprised to […]

Jan 21 Visit to RC of Tai Po
Jan 21 Visit to RC of Tai Po

GSE Team members Edwina and Franco, and Team leader Helen Or visited RC of Taipo at their regular meetings on Jan 21, 2013.  We are grateful that they have given us this opportunity to practice our presentation before our GSE trip to Australia. At the meeting, Franco shared that 800 years ago Hong Kong, Macao […]

Jan 10 Visit to RC of Kowloon
Jan 10 Visit to RC of Kowloon

      On Jan 10, GSE Team member Franco and Team Leader Helen joined the regular meeting of RC of Kowloon.  RC of Kowloon is the endorsing club of Franco and the club members warmly welcomed Franco at the meeting. Franco had the opportunity to introduce himself and his profession to the members of […]

Dec 6 Visit to service project of RC of Taipo
Dec 6 Visit to service project of RC of Taipo

Before GSE Team member Bolor returned to Mongolia in the evening, she took the opportunity to visit the service project of RC of Taipo – 潮看Teen空 – a youth service project that provides young people in the Tai Po area exposure to different potential careers and provides training in selected areas.   We enjoyed the […]

Dec 5 Visit to RC of Bayview Sunshine and to service project of the club

On Dec 5, GSE team members Bolor, Edwina & Matthew joined the regular meeting of the RC of Bayview Sunshine HK – the club that GSE Team Leader Helen Or belongs to.  The team presented themselves to the club, and participated in the service project, Rotary Bring-and-Buy.  

Dec 3 Visit to RC of New Territories

GSE Chair PP Chelsia leads GSE Team members, Edwina & Bolor to visit the RC of New Territories at their regular meeting.  RC of New Territories is the endorsing club of Edwina. At the meeting, Edwina & Bolor introduced the GSE team to the members and had great fellowship fun with them after the meeting! […]

Dec 3 Visit to RC of Wanchai
Dec 3 Visit to RC of Wanchai

GSE Team member Bolor and Team leader Helen presented to the RC of Wanchai at their regular lunch meeting.  We introduced the GSE team and our host district D9640 to the audience.    

Dec 1: GSE Team Photo-taking
Dec 1: GSE Team Photo-taking

Click here for a video of our photo-taking session! Rtn. Billy Cheng of Rotary Club of Queensway kindly volunteered to be the photographer for the GSE Team. Billy’s carefree style and humour made all of us relaxed and laughed throughout the photo-taking session.  Being a very skilful photographer, he has captured many of our best and most […]

Dec 1: GSE Orientation Training
Dec 1: GSE Orientation Training

On Dec 1, 2012, the District held an orientation training for the GSE team. Sharing by DG & PDGs DG Kenneth opened the training with photos of the GSE exchange trip to Brazil, led by him.  District Rotary Foundation Committee Deputy Chair PDG Ada then shared with us “What is Rotary” and PDG Peter Wong […]

Nov 30 1st GSE Team Meeting in Hong Kong
Nov 30 1st GSE Team Meeting in Hong Kong

This is the first team the team gathers and meets each other.  Before that, we have already been on facebook and vibering each other.  Thus, it feels like meeting old friends!

Nov 30 – Dec 7: GSE Orientation Week

November 30 to December 7 was our GSE orientation week.   Bolor flew to Hong Kong from Mongolia and joined the rest of us in Hong Kong.  Other than the GSE orientation training, we had our uniform made, team photos taken, and we visited various Rotary Clubs at their regular meetings and service projects.