Our Travel Schedule in December 08

Hi all,

Deepak and I will be in Nepal from 1 to 22 December. The best way to reach us is via email in our absence. Do include both our emails in your enquiries. We may not be able to check our emails if we are trekking, travelling or managing school trips. Otherwise,we will respond to your emails as soon as we can.

We are not able to check emails on these days :
Deepak : 1 - 8 Dec 08
Alice : 1 - 5 Dec 08

We appreciate your understanding and look forward to hear from you!

Warmest,
Deepak and Alice

Parent Briefing Session at Kent Ridge

Parents and students listening intently to Deepak

Deepak addressing parents' concern

Deepak wrapping up the 2 hour session

Last week, we had a briefing for parents on the impending School CIP trip to Nepal. This is the first trip to Nepal for all the students and none of the parents have been to Nepal. However, they were very supportive and turned up to understand more about the country and what their kids would be doing there. Most of them were less apprehensive about letting their kids go to Nepal after seeing how beautiful the country is and detailed account of where the group will be and the activities they will be involved in. The 2 most commonly asked questions are :

a. Is it safe?

Our answer: It is very safe in Nepal since its general election on 10 April his year. Everyone goes about their daily life as normal as it is in Singapore.

b. How much money to bring?

Our answer: Not much, as everything is included in the package so parents do not have to worry about any extras.

It was really nice for parents to offer to donate items to our Nepalese kids and touching to see the effort students put in to prepare for the trip - be it fund-raising drive, personal handicraft making, relentless online research for materials, planning for on-site activities. Teachers too, are sparing no effort to ensure this a successful trip for students.

We are looking forward to this trip as much as everyone else!