Last Meeting

Today we had our last meeting before the trip. We discussed our plans and how we are going to do our work while in Taipei. We also concluded that we will have a lot of time at the airport and in the plane that we could use to our advantage. Everyone is excited about getting on the plane in a few days, however, there is some concern about the situation in Japan (the powerplant in Fukushima) but not enough to make us cancel our flights just yet.

Idea Swap

Today, in about one hour, we will have an idea swap. Since past week has been exam week several of our members have been preoccupied with studying for exams and we have not been able to meet. That is why we decided to work separately during this week and then get together today and discuss our results. Perhaps we will see some ideas today that would not have come to light if we were to have worked as a group this week.

Getting innovative!

The trip is getting closer and we are REALLY exited. We have also made new promising moves for the funding. Now we are focusing only for the planning. We are turning our creative senses to the max to get wild ideas! Then we will mix them in some serious brain storming to get even wilder ideas.

Our Accomodations

Just wanted to show you where we will be staying when in Taipei.
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Some Bad News

Some bad news for the group. The scholarship we were looking forward to fell through. We are however still hopeful that we will recieve some financial help for the planetickets.

Group Lunch Pt. II

On Monday we had a group lunch and discussed a bit about the trip and what to do there. We also made some decisions regarding where to go from here. These decisions regarded the end result and what each of us should do before the trip and what part we are to play in the process creating our visionary plan.

Of course we had some crazy ideas as well but at this point we felt that it is a good thing not to limit ourselves. A few times the discussion got derailed but that usually led to some useful idea coming to light in the end.

Our casual meeting gave good results and we are to work independently with certain tasks until we meet again to discuss our progress.

The other group's Workshops

Last week we took part in the other group's workshops and quite enjoyed the experience. When listening to the comments of the teachers at the end of each group’s workshop we too learned of things to keep in mind when doing our own workshop in Taipei.