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Project Week 3: Wrapping up

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21st-27th July (Week 4: Mon-Sun) 21st: Going into the final week already feels like absolute madness but as usual, time flies, and we are already nearing the end. In this blog I'll sum up what went on over the course of the week and then finish off with my reflections at the end. So it was another early start for the final week of project work, for which we all together as a big group headed to Primakara University in Denpasar where we were split into 3 smaller groups, each tasked with working with a different group of students from the uni with their own start-up companies. My group were paired with a video game design company, something I was excited to learn more about as a newly 'avid' video game fan who has very minimal knowledge surrounding the actual techy stuff. Before we went off to have our discussions with the partner, we were given some fun free water bottles and interesting snacks, and welcomed by the university with some ice breakers, including some awk...

Project Week 2: Feeling at home

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14th-20th July (Week 3: Mon-Sun) This is just a disclaimer that the weekday descriptions may seem a bit shorter or repetitive as the routines we have for project days are often quite similar, though I've really been enjoying this as it has helped everything flow better and me feel comfortable and settled. Also I wanted to say thank you again all for reading and all of your lovely comments - I see and appreciate them so much. 14th: B reakfast on Monday morning was back to pancakes, feeling very worn out from the weekend on this partner meet day with a slightly earlier start. Meeting at the gallery my new team were off to meet with YPK, a brilliant organisation based in Denpasar who have been working since 2001 with children and adults with physical disabilities, a topic which faces a lot of stigma in this area, providing both rehabilitation and education. I felt extremely lucky to get to see the facilities their team of 24 work from, supporting people in life-changing ways every sin...