{"id":9620,"date":"2014-05-07T22:31:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T05:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carpediemeducation.org\/blog\/?p=9620"},"modified":"2014-07-28T09:44:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:44:31","slug":"guided-semester-closing-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carpediemeducation.org\/guided-semester-closing-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Guided Semester Closing Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now, the group has all safely arrived back home! Topher and Julia are still kickin it on the beach in Vietnam closing out the semester and tying up all loose ends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carpediemeducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9624\" src=\"https:\/\/carpediemeducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As promised, the guided semester reflection we shared during the closing ceremony is below (sorry family and friends&#8230;this might not make much sense to you, but ask group members questions about the prompts for some funny, intense, and incredible stories!).<\/p>\n<p>Cards on the floor and new faces in San Francisco<\/p>\n<p>This is how lizards do it<\/p>\n<p>Awkward middle seats<\/p>\n<p>Waiting, bleary eyed, for bags that never came<\/p>\n<p>Paige&#8217;s acting debut, the dragon<\/p>\n<p>Chang chang chang chang chang!<\/p>\n<p>Dip, dip dip!<\/p>\n<p>Footloose #1<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Betsy<\/p>\n<p>Endless mango sticky rice<\/p>\n<p>Essence<\/p>\n<p>Magical forest Wat with Phenom<\/p>\n<p>Ponlami, kha<\/p>\n<p>Neverending final blessing by Komodo&#8217;s dad<\/p>\n<p>J.Lo never giving a shit<\/p>\n<p>Elephant pants<\/p>\n<p>First of many bed buddies<\/p>\n<p>Coconut ice cream crack<\/p>\n<p>Freezing laughter fest at 4 am<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Susin singing beneach a clear starry night<\/p>\n<p>Bamboo rafting in the sun<\/p>\n<p>Nauseating sangtaew ride to the orphanage<\/p>\n<p>Mudfights and poop cookies<\/p>\n<p>Tin and Thai, one fat, one thin<\/p>\n<p>Topher&#8217;s river ingestion and unfortunate aftermath<\/p>\n<p>Aussie Thai soap star turned monk<\/p>\n<p>Pra Ong&#8217;s photo shoot of Brook<\/p>\n<p>The birth of Karenna and Brook&#8217;s love\/hate sisterhood<\/p>\n<p>Sitting at the Burmese border with Laurie<\/p>\n<p>711 Heaven<\/p>\n<p>Boom snap clap with the novices<\/p>\n<p>Son in law&#8217;s testicles for Emma&#8217;s birthday<\/p>\n<p>Soundwave Karaoke for Leanna&#8217;s birthday<\/p>\n<p>Yesi&#8217;s amazing dance moves<\/p>\n<p>Rain dancing at Sukothai<\/p>\n<p>Spit takes<\/p>\n<p>Surprise festival and fireworks in Korat<\/p>\n<p>Spit takes<\/p>\n<p>Candlelight ceremony on the roof<\/p>\n<p>Smuggled hidden family to the border<\/p>\n<p>Dawn at Angkor Wat<\/p>\n<p>Our first sandwiches<\/p>\n<p>Footloose #2 at EGBOK<\/p>\n<p>Stiffling heat in Seam Reap<\/p>\n<p>Breastmilk<\/p>\n<p>Raw and brutal reality of S 21<\/p>\n<p>Peaceful haunted fields<\/p>\n<p>Somaly Mam and the Road of Lost Innocense<\/p>\n<p>Dead rat showers<\/p>\n<p>Patrick and Davis<\/p>\n<p>Waaaterpark?<\/p>\n<p>Bobblehead<\/p>\n<p>French frieds for every meal<\/p>\n<p>Dance party DJ&#8217;s speaker-top stage<\/p>\n<p>Karen&#8217;s headrist dive in the mud puddle<\/p>\n<p>O&#8211;rrr&#8212;ee&#8212;-ooo!!!<\/p>\n<p>Water balloon and egg hunt mayhem<\/p>\n<p>Floating honeymoon bungalows<\/p>\n<p>Lord Huron<\/p>\n<p>Mangrove tunnels<\/p>\n<p>Ohhh, Selah \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Spaghetti and garlic bread<\/p>\n<p>Skinny dipping in the dark!<\/p>\n<p>7 hour boat ride to floating markets<\/p>\n<p>Leopard print cubby bunks<\/p>\n<p>The washing machine<\/p>\n<p>Russian&#8217;s posing on the beach<\/p>\n<p>Rollercoasters and water rides at Vinpearland<\/p>\n<p>Swimming with the fishes in Nha Trang<\/p>\n<p>Kerry, Eugene and Carlos<\/p>\n<p>Life maps<\/p>\n<p>Alow Blacc<\/p>\n<p>Captain America<\/p>\n<p>Julia&#8217;s birthday cake fight<\/p>\n<p>Komodo&#8217;s transformation<\/p>\n<p>Chaotic, muddy streets of Hanoi<\/p>\n<p>Boxcar beds on the night train<\/p>\n<p>Hand stitched hill tribe clothing<\/p>\n<p>Walking through clouds to Mai&#8217;s family<\/p>\n<p>Terraced mountain sides<\/p>\n<p>Mai&#8217;s laughter at our corn hoeing technique<\/p>\n<p>Mai&#8217;s massage moves<\/p>\n<p>Mai&#8217;s children rolloing over blankets on the floor and shrieking in delight<\/p>\n<p>Creating our song!<\/p>\n<p>Receiving silver and gold bracelets handmade by Mai&#8217;s husband<\/p>\n<p>Waving goodbye to Mai and her sister from the van window<\/p>\n<p>Gorgeous mini rock mountains piercing through water<\/p>\n<p>Lounging in the sun on the roof of the boat<\/p>\n<p>Shopping!<\/p>\n<p>Blindfolds and candle light<\/p>\n<p>Gratitude<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now, the group has all safely arrived back home! 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