{"id":4318,"date":"2014-12-25T16:05:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T10:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?p=4318"},"modified":"2021-08-16T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T04:57:37","slug":"lpc-uwc-when-dreams-take-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/lpc-uwc-when-dreams-take-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"LPC UWC: When Dreams Take Flight…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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While the conversation with Pratibha<\/a> has been the most emotional interview to date, the Dec. 1 talk at LPC UWC was the most emotional presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe the Prices and Linda’s presence in the audience, good friends who had played a big role in getting me out of a Qatari jail and making my presence there possible, was to blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe it was the knowledge that had the outcome of the events of early May 2013<\/a> been different, I could well have been serving a seven year jail sentence<\/a> in Qatar, which was to blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe what was responsible for it being so emotional was being in front of so many UWC students, many of whom I felt I could relate to and vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe the hurt and pain<\/a> that I still feel from time to time when I think and talk about the  suffering of people in Qatar<\/a> — a number of whom, I am sure, are still in jail<\/a> — and elsewhere<\/a>, is to blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe the memory of the depth of despair that overcame me when I was left alone in the private cell<\/a>, mid-afternoon of May 1, 2013, was responsible for it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or maybe it was a combination of either some of the above or all of the above!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless, it was the first of the four presentations I would make on the topic at international schools during my two-week visit<\/a> to Hong Kong. The other three were made at Shatin College<\/a> (on Dec. 8), Creative Secondary School<\/a>, (on Dec. 9) and International College Hong Kong<\/a> (on Dec. 10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I talked about my life, my educational and professional experiences<\/a> — both at  the UWCs and elsewhere — what the UWC experience and education meant to me, and how what I am doing now is in line with the UWC mission and values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy the video! And if you are a UWCer, feel free to share what your UWC experience means to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n