http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk Life working in Nova Scotia Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:08:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today is the last day. It’s hard to say goodbye. I am so happy that they give me a surprise party, with one of my colleagues makes me a chocolate cake; my manager’s gift with a fair trade T-shirt, a book about Canada, and a Just Us calendar; and also ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/08/10/30/ I went to Prince Edward Island with host family for 4 days. It was about 3.5 hours drive from Nova Scotia. We brought the dog with us, and there were 9 people in total including their relatives.We spent a lot of time in the beach. The red sand beach was ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/08/10/27/ Life with Acadia International University StudentsI made a very good friend here in this two month internship. There’s a girl from Taiwan studying at the Acadia University in Wolfville. I had her contact through the Board of JUDES and also my host family. She is helping in the Acadia for ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/08/10/26/  On Sunday, I went to Halifax again! This time I stayed overnight with the host family father’s younger sister. I stayed with the sister in the evening and spent the rest of the day by myself wandering around the inner part of Halifax. Half month ago I went there, it ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/07/23/20/ I went to Halifax in weekend again, the second visit after I arrived. Last time I just spent less then 2 hours walking in the rain. This time I went with my host family’s relatives living in Halifax. I am really lucky, really, that I can live with such a FABULOUS host family. They ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/07/15/16/ On the first week, I was given a whole list called “Task For Allan” including work that are to be done this week and also those achievements I can make in the coming two months. I will have a new list every week. I am happy to see the list as I ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/07/02/11/ This is the first week of my work in a fair trade organization. I am working as a marketing and research intern for the Just Us! Education and Development Society( JUDES). This is a very interesting organization. It is founded by a fair trade coffee company called Just Us! Coffee Roaster Co-operative. ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/06/21/9/ On 12 June, I moved to the host family from Halifax to Wolfville. It  is a big family with a father, a mother, one elder daughter and two sons, one dog and two cats. You can feel the warmth of the family once you saw them. Living with a big ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/06/15/8/ On 11June, Satya and I went to Halifax downtown. We went to the market to buy the ingredient for supper and went to the library to meet the price winner of a fair trade competition of JUDES. I was apparently haven’t adjusted my body clock, but we still have a ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/06/13/5/ With limited access to the internet at home, I just use the computer in the office or the café. Everything just go back to nature.. I try to recall what happened  last week, it seems to me that it’s much longer than it does. I arrived Nova Scotia at Halifax airport ... http://allanng.blog.cybercampus.hku.hk/2009/06/12/1/