Dear Friends,
After seventeen months on the road, the journey comes to an end. As you know, I extended the trip by one month in order to spend time in the Middle East. My last six weeks consisted of trips to Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Israel. It was an incredible time to be there with the discussions of the Middle East peace process taking center stage last month. I was also in Jerusalem during Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to the region. With so much foreign policy happening at the same time, it was fitting for me to be a hands-on spectator.
I made it back to Michigan ten days ago and it has been a whirlwind experience ever since. I have started my job as a senior policy consultant with the Lansing-based firm Public Policy Associates. I attended two conferences, the Detroit Chamber Policy Conference and the Affordable Housing Conference.
In addition to my work obligations, I made it out to Chicago over the weekend for a welcome home party thrown by my friends. We had close to 200 people come out including friends from high school, college and about twenty new friends that I had met in other countries during the trip. It was great to see so many good friends and get reconnected with them.
I decided that my welcome home reception in East Lansing, Michigan would be a charity fundraiser benefiting Habitat for Humanity Lansing. I had the opportunity to work with Habitat for Humanity in Costa Rica, India, and Romania and so it just made sense that my coming home party should benefit my local chapter.
If you are one of the readers who happens to live in the region, please stop by Thursday, June 4, 2009 at Dublin Square Irish Pub, 327 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823 from 5-8pm. Tickets are $30 with checks being made out to Habitat for Humanity-Lansing. Tickets are tax-deductible and a receipt outlining what is eligible will be given out at the event.
For those that live elsewhere or cannot attend the event, I would ask that you consider helping out this important cause. If you enjoyed the blog or were motivated by the journey, please help out. Visit their website at www.habitatlansing.org and in the one-time donation box, click on the Singh Welcome Home Reception in the drop-down menu and fill in the appropriate information. It is a secure site that accepts most major credit cards.
Though the journey is now over, I will keep on blogging for the next few weeks to let you know how I handle the transition from traveling to working. So keep watching the blog at www.singharoundtheworld.com and let me know if I should keep it going into the future.
The quote of the month----"There's no place like home."---Dorothy Gale
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Posted by: Professional Website Templates | October 19, 2009 at 07:54 PM
You're writing a book from all this, right? Including pics. I'd love to read about your experience in book form :) Welcome home :)
Posted by: Brenda | June 04, 2009 at 07:37 PM