Stanford
I am halfway through the fall quarter of sophomore year, and I’ve learnt to better handle college life this year. Residential college life blurs the lines between play, study and life- and thus living a balanced life has been pretty difficult.
Spring quarter has arrived, and it’s amazing. The sun is out and everybody is so much more cheerful; the weather is roughly comparable to sunny Singapore minus the humidity. I’d still trade humidity and the need to bathe everyday for year-round sun.
I’m taking 4 classes this quarter: a history…
Visited Google.org and Virgance during the 1 week as well- two “technology companies” doing good. Was extremely taken by their work and their structure- they represent a departure from the usual social change models we are used to. Innovation meets social change, and they are the product.
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Visited 826 Valencia and Upwardly Global over the break as well, two social organizations whose ideas can be transferred back to Singapore.
826 Valencia was started in 2002, and is essentially a nonprofit tuition centre cum playground, even though its stated mission is to “support students ages 6…
Visited Wokai.org and talked to its founder, Casey over Spring break to get to know about these two organizations involved in China. Wokai.org is a “Kiva clone” which specializes in China;
Have been on a Alternative Spring Break, visiting NGOs and social entrepreneurship startups in the bay area. Have a bit of internet now so am posting an update here.
Many of the organizations here are innovative and really awaken you to the number of causes out there one can support….
Just took the final of a class I really enjoyed, “The Making of the Modern World”. Even though I missed almost all the lectures (oversleeping at 9am), I really enjoyed the readings and learning about the progress of humanity from the Feudal ages to the modern world we know…
Its Dead Week before Finals, and everybody here is studying. I’m (trying to) study as well, so the updates on this blog will probably be few.
Continued to assemble the UnseenPeople team this week, and now we’re 4 people after I roped in one of my friends. The name…
Now that I’ve started to update this blog again, I’ve noticed visitor counts increase rapidly over the past few months. I feel a bit guilty for letting the blog die in the first few months of Stanford- but I was really busy getting used to the new life here.
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Am listening right now to Jim Fruchterman, the founder of Benetech, Bookshare and many other social-related ventures. Fascinating account of how he went from a Stanford student to found all the amazing things he has done.One initiative he has done catches my eye. Martus, something which…
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