July 2008

Dear all,

I'm back after a long hiatus!

As most of you might have been aware by now, I initially signed up for the 10 week expedition in Sabah back in September 2007. I did my fundraising activities, managed to raise enough funds to cover the cost of the expedition plus airtickets. Unfortunately, I had to make the decision to pull out a week before expedition began.

Anyway, I got on with life and the time has now come for me to 'enlist' for an expedition. Looked at my schedule and realised that the 5 week one fit in just fine, and so I took it up.

After much procastination, I've finally submitted my application for the 5 week expedition in July 2008; due to commence on 28th July and to end on 1st September.

Hence, I aim to commit the month of May towards preparation for my expedition. I.e. getting the necessary equipment and the booking of flight tickets as the months of June/July will be extremely busy for me.

Thus, although this blog was initially aimed to function as a documentation of my fundraising journey for Autumn 2007, it will now serve another purpose. I.e. to document my preparations for July 2008. Mostly about shopping! For equipment, that is...

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On the side note, I've also decided to retain the original elements in the blog as follows:

1. Notwithstanding the fact that I will be embarking on the 5 weeker in July 2008, the name of the blog will still remain as "Send LiVyen to the Jungle!" - Raleigh Sabah, Autumn 2007 with the addition of the following words "...now July 2008"

2. Names and logos of previous sponsors will not be removed.

3. The "Make a Donation" button will still remain.

4. The "Funds Raised to Date" header will not be changed, despite the fact that the amount raised is sufficient to cover the airfare, expedition fees plus a substantial bit of my equipment.

5. The links will also remain unchanged.


HOWEVER

I have added a chatbox and a life traffic feed monitor to the blog.

Will keep you guys posted.

-LV-

Changes

Dear all,

Please be informed that due to some unforeseen circumstances, I am unable to participate in the Raleigh Expedition this Autumn.

However, all funds raised over the past few months would be channelled towards a future expedition; which I hope to be that of July 2008.

Will keep you guys posted.

-LV-

RI in 10 words

An interesting question was posed to me today.

Tell me about Raleigh in 10 words

My reply was as follows:

- UK based youth charity, working on environmental and community projects.