Weekly Updates
It's summer-time again! This is my second summer and marks the end of my sophomore year at this university. Who knew I'd have lasted two years in this place called Taiwan, that I have disliked during most of my residency here? Ever since I quit Monash, I never really had the thought that I'd be one day a university graduate, really, never even once it came across my mind, though I really wish that I could graduate, get a college degree and start working, this is a story for another time I guess.
My summer job which is due to start this week has been delayed because my Certificate of Eligibility application was approved late so my application for the visa was also delayed. That said, I had one whole week of an actual holiday of not needing to do anything, which is quite good because I really needed some rests.
For the whole week, I was just doing my own stuff, minding my own business, sleeping really late at night and waking up whenever I feel like it, procrastinating on my bed like nobody's business, really felt like paradise for me.
Also, since everyone was so free with nothing else to do, I always make dinner and everyone would actually come over and eat, and then we'd have movie (they preferred horror) and sometimes beer, everyone was just chilling and enjoying life, God, I hope this could actually last longer, preferably a month or something.
One more thing is that my friend lent me his gaming laptop for this whole week, so I have actually been gaming for almost the whole week now, that is really quenching my long-chronic thirst for some good quality gaming. Sometimes I really regret that I bought this shit of a laptop like it can't really do much except like document processing and shit (which to be honest, the whole point when I bought this laptop), then the battery decided to not last for more than 2 hours, even on super power saving mode in which the performance was cut in half, and then the keyboard started to not working as well, which really frustrated me because my parents have really spent a fortune on this laptop for me.
Well, I guess I could say that the first week of summer started really great for me like really gave me some time to charge myself back up before going to Japan for my summer internship. Well, I do wish that the internship will go well because I am, to be honest, quite nervous about it. First thing is considering I have to stand for 8 hours a day, I am afraid that my back would be pain again from my old sport injuries, and then there's this fear about not being able to cope up with the Japanese style of work, I've heard so much about how Japanese work and how stressful they are, not only because of work but because of all the rules and the way the Japanese socialise.
That said, even though I know more or less from how the Japanese works, I still get quite nervous really. So, I spent quite some time during this week to have some conversations with myself and try to adjust and orient myself to try to open myself to the Japanese society and the brand new environment, with so much isolation from what I have been comfortable with and stuff, I even Googled on how to adapt to a new working environment, Google Street Viewed a lot on the vicinity where I will be spending the next two months on, looking up the profile of the hotel that I will be working in and stuff, so to minimize the shock that I might get when I arrived there.
Well, this post should've been quite a happy and relaxing one, and I guess it took quite a gloomy turn. But, I think I am still optimistic that I would be able to cope and adapt to the new environment there. I wish myself best of luck there!
#20 Start of Summer
Start of Summer
It's summer-time again! This is my second summer and marks the end of my sophomore year at this university. Who knew I'd have lasted two years in this place called Taiwan, that I have disliked during most of my residency here? Ever since I quit Monash, I never really had the thought that I'd be one day a university graduate, really, never even once it came across my mind, though I really wish that I could graduate, get a college degree and start working, this is a story for another time I guess.
My summer job which is due to start this week has been delayed because my Certificate of Eligibility application was approved late so my application for the visa was also delayed. That said, I had one whole week of an actual holiday of not needing to do anything, which is quite good because I really needed some rests.
For the whole week, I was just doing my own stuff, minding my own business, sleeping really late at night and waking up whenever I feel like it, procrastinating on my bed like nobody's business, really felt like paradise for me.
Also, since everyone was so free with nothing else to do, I always make dinner and everyone would actually come over and eat, and then we'd have movie (they preferred horror) and sometimes beer, everyone was just chilling and enjoying life, God, I hope this could actually last longer, preferably a month or something.
One more thing is that my friend lent me his gaming laptop for this whole week, so I have actually been gaming for almost the whole week now, that is really quenching my long-chronic thirst for some good quality gaming. Sometimes I really regret that I bought this shit of a laptop like it can't really do much except like document processing and shit (which to be honest, the whole point when I bought this laptop), then the battery decided to not last for more than 2 hours, even on super power saving mode in which the performance was cut in half, and then the keyboard started to not working as well, which really frustrated me because my parents have really spent a fortune on this laptop for me.
Well, I guess I could say that the first week of summer started really great for me like really gave me some time to charge myself back up before going to Japan for my summer internship. Well, I do wish that the internship will go well because I am, to be honest, quite nervous about it. First thing is considering I have to stand for 8 hours a day, I am afraid that my back would be pain again from my old sport injuries, and then there's this fear about not being able to cope up with the Japanese style of work, I've heard so much about how Japanese work and how stressful they are, not only because of work but because of all the rules and the way the Japanese socialise.
That said, even though I know more or less from how the Japanese works, I still get quite nervous really. So, I spent quite some time during this week to have some conversations with myself and try to adjust and orient myself to try to open myself to the Japanese society and the brand new environment, with so much isolation from what I have been comfortable with and stuff, I even Googled on how to adapt to a new working environment, Google Street Viewed a lot on the vicinity where I will be spending the next two months on, looking up the profile of the hotel that I will be working in and stuff, so to minimize the shock that I might get when I arrived there.
Well, this post should've been quite a happy and relaxing one, and I guess it took quite a gloomy turn. But, I think I am still optimistic that I would be able to cope and adapt to the new environment there. I wish myself best of luck there!
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