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We are currently
Travelling
Activities we are interested in:
Looking to be part of heritage and building conservation projects, places that welcome worldschooling families or other families to have cultural exchanges with
Description
We are a family of 3 - November, Danny and our 10-year old son, Halley - slow travelling from Singapore across the world on a sabbatical in 2025.
Collectively, we have travelled to over 30 countries across 5 continents. However, having lived and work in different countries at different points in our lives, we miss slow travelling and living like locals in different countries.
After decades of work, we have both left our professional jobs to take a break to recharge our souls, regain our stamina health and fitness, spend more time with family, world schooling our son, to be outdoors, reconnect with nature, learn from other communities and experience the world together.
We are looking to change our pace of life, explore open-ended possibilities, experience life as digital nomads working on our separate book projects and start up our own boutique heritage consultancy. Most importantly, spend time with our son.
As a family, we want to learn about the world. Being active volunteers in our own community, I hope to learn from, be involved and give back to heritage and building conservation projects around the world. I am looking to grow my circle, make friends, exchange knowledge, and learn from you.
We look forward to meeting you!
Interests
Technology
Sustainability
Self development
Photography
Nature
Farming
Hiking
Drawing & painting
Cooking & food
Charity work
Animals
Carpentry
Books
Blogging
Astronomy
Art & design
Music
History
DIY & crafts
Culture
Writing
Architecture
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Indonesian: Beginner
Japanese: Beginner
Thai: Beginner
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
House sitting
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Art Projects
Charity Work
Gardening
Some knowledge of:
Hospitality/Tourism
Helping around the house
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
DIY and building projects
Eco Projects
Able to teach about:
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
November:
- Environmental geographer by training, urban planner and heritage conservation consultant by profession. Past 15 years in the public service at the conservation authority.
- Some hands-on experience with basic building restoration and conservation work like lime plastering, painting, condition survey, documentation, conservation management plan, 3D scanning, geospatial mapping, preventive maintenance, building inspection, etc.
- Experienced researcher, facilitator, volunteer nature guide, learning designer and facilitator.
- Enjoys working with children and is experienced designing and facilitating learning programmes for children in nature and heritage education.
- Experienced event and community organiser, volunteer management and project management
- Helps non-profits and causes with social media marketing, web content, branding, blogging, writing. Can also help with digital transformation.
- International Drivers License
- Sewing and crafting
- Housekeeping and cleaning
Danny:
- Trained in banking, finance and economics
- Building facilities manager by profession and has managed different types of buildings from schools to large commercial malls.
- Familiar with building maintenance issues, building inspections, business operations and management
- Certified Microsoft azure administrator and can help with computer and internet.
- International Drivers License
- Housekeeping and cleaning
We enjoy cooking and baking and are generally clean and tidy folks. We love music, art and animals. We may not be the most skilled but I'd like to think we make up with our heart. We may not be the most able bodied volunteers you will find but we hope to make up for it with our sincerity to learn, willingness to try anything and contribute to the most of our (limited?) abilities.
Age
43 & 52
What else ...
We love board games and jigsaw puzzles. During COVID-19, November started several international jigsaw puzzle communities in Singapore to bring people together while being contactless. It evolved into a very strong community of inter-generational bonding where the young and old interact away from devices. Please invite us to puzzle if you love puzzling too :)
Our family loves learning languages and sharing about cultures. While it may not be our objective and goal for being on workaway, it's something we will enjoy doing with every one we meet.
Halley is a curious and gifted child, loves science and history, learning about places and contributing to the community. He may look tiny but we hope he will have a chance to contribute and help out as well!
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
