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January 2021

 Twenty five days into 2021 and as far as achievements have gone by, the only thing I can say I'm proud of is the hours I'm putting into walking and the fact that I finally joined the translation course I always wanted to join. Yay for me!

Though I made a promise to myself that I would read one book a month, I'm not even half way into the book! I blame it on the book. I also blame Netflix for making me glued to seasons of Gilmore Girls which I last watched 2 decades ago but somehow ceased watching for a reason I cannot remember. Been starting from season 1 all over again and the road to season 7 is going to take some time. Currently at season 3 and I realize I'm still team Jess. Have seen snippets of the finale from Instagram and I gather he's not the one Rory ends up with. Bummer.

We're back to PKP but I am in the office every week even if it's limited days. I am gradually feeling "at home" with my new job, I'm surprised to admit that I don't miss teaching so much but I still go into nostalgic mode every time I think of the college, friends I've left and the many memories I had with them and tons of students. Despite my claim to feel "at home" I actually am still grasping to make sense of what I do at the office and to accept that it will be what I do for the next couple of years or so. Also, telling people that I am a curriculum officer (not a teacher) felt odd at first and just wrong. Sad in fact. That I could not claim I was still a teacher :(

I know, I know, I must move on. I am now a part of a different team yet still linked to the college in a much much bigger way. So I shall complain no further.

Happy 2021 my readers, and may this entry be a start of many more entries yet to come ;) 


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