海角社区

Dec 2011 - Jun 2012

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

First time experience away from parents and the security of "home". I set out to learn more about myself and my culture.
I was a volunteer English teacher at a small cafe that employed disabled Vietnamese. Their mission was to provide equal work opportunities for the underprivileged. I taught the staff basic work related English and took part in the various volunteer activities organised there, like visiting the children's orphanage and participating in the student English speaking clubs.
Vietnam is a real test of the senses: the drowning sound of the motorbikes, the heat from the close proximity of bodies, the smell of chickens being boiled, beef being stewed along the streets. Everything in Vietnam awakens the mind and one is left to feel truly alive.
Perhaps the extremity of everything - after some time the initial excitement became tiring. That's when I knew I had to leave.

Nov 2005 - Aug 2013

Brisbane, Australia