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Let's have fun with us, the UK alumni |
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The question is, how much fun you can get when you are back to Vietnam, being a UK alumni? The question is, what do we really get out of the UK, or just the certificate, bunch of experience, beautiful memories and tons of pictures that you don't bother looking at anymore, because it brings you so much nostalgia?
The question is how much "British" you have been after you left the UK? Does living in Vietnam give you a reverse culture shock? Does it feel "never right" "never can BE YOURSELF" when you get back? Does it feel too much of peer and social pressure? Of proving your capability. Of getting married, getting kids. Getting home at the proper time. Being a "good" girl/boy (even though if you use the measure here to look back at how you've behaved whilst in Britain, you'll be embarrassed of yourself).
The question is, does it even exist a "network" of UK alumni, where you're gonna get your next job, climb the next ladder, finding the next opportunities, finding the next business partners? Does it even exist a group where you can identify yourself instantly, where you can be yourself or find yourself again? Where people are so alike to you, so original, so creative, and so fun to be with, so humorous in a Vietnamese-British sense?
If you have been wondered with any of the questions above, you've come to the right place.
We, the UKAV, we don't aim big, we aim small. We aim to make you feel comfortable; we aim to make you feel like yourself. We aim to make you feel enjoy being with us. We aim to benefit you of some sense. And then, we hope, once you enjoy us, you'll be the one who make the next aim. You aim to get others involved. You aim to get it going. And so on.
The UKAV, yes, it is not JUST established. It's been their ages. But we've just changed the aim. We aim to make it lively, as lively and original as we can ever imagine of. And amazing. We have so much fun in the last 2 weeks. We went rowing on the West Lake. We went Wake-skiing on the surface of the wavy calmly Ho Tay. We had the lunch with fishes we caught from the Lake (suyt don't tell anyone). We laughed. We shared. We went to the Phu Tay Ho by our little (dragon) boat. We went to Bat Trang to have "ba'nh chuo^'i" there. We went to see the new city of the North (the Ecopark). We partied. We made new friends. We made new business contacts. We discovered so many amazing UKAV members. It's unbelievable how talented, how brave, how creative and how free-spirit many of us are. I'm getting to know 30 people over 1 or 2 days.
And we want to pass that to you. Now we do the Friday night, we do the small sport events (like badminton if you like!), we do the Sunday morning on the West Lake. Take the lead in your hands and we'd like to hear of your original ideas and we'd like to follow you. We'd like to aim small. And we'd love to see it growing big.
And yes, of course, we'll do professional serious stuff too. We'll get discount and sponsors from many places. But let's have fun first!
Dzung Nguyen
(LSE Alumnus)
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