the future...
I know I've been a bit slack with blogging lately, I'm not sure exactly what I've been doing but I've somehow been crazy busy!
Anyway, I'm really happy because things seem to have worked out so perfectly. My AIESEC traineeship finishes this month, I finish this week. Then I'm back to Australia for a couple of weeks for a job interview for next year, and to enjoy the winter weather, family & friends, and general good-ness of Adelaide :)
THEN I'm coming back to work for 6 months with an Asia-Pacific women's health rights NGO that's based here in KL. They do a lot of research and advocacy, and think it'll be a great chance to learn more about health issues and human rights (and how they fit together) and especially HIV/AIDS in Asia. It'll also be great to get some NGO experience outside of AIESEC.
I'll head back to Aust in Feb next year, either for the job (if I should be so lucky!) or to start more study - yes I want to study again! Crazy it may sound... but I want to use it as a tool to change direction a bit, I want to be challenged to read and question and debate, and I want to have those awesome discussions with people that are passionate about some of the same issues - I miss that from AIESEC... and I never got it from an undergrad course but I really really hope that I can pick a post-grad course that will be different! :)
In a way it's great - for the first time in a while I know at least which country I'll be living in at which times during the next couple of years. It's nice to have a bit of a plan - yet not tooooo much, still lots to be explored and some exciting decisions to make along the way!
So this week: last days at work, last week at Bangsar, lots of cleaning & packing to do!! :)
I'm glad that I'm not leaving KL yet. I don't feel the same attachment that I felt for Beijing, or the pull that Japan continues to have on me after all of these years and which I have been patiently resisting. I found it easy to feel comfortable here quickly, but I don't think it's a city I'll ever really miss. Maybe just eating roti cannai outside at a mamak shop at 3 in the morning! That said, I do enjoy living here. It's hard sometimes living in a trainee network - people are constantly arriving, which is very cool, but also constantly leaving, which is decidedly un-cool. BUT there is a small band of "trainees" here that have decided to call KL home for a little longer, there's some other expats around, a few locals from work that I hope to keep in touch with after I change jobs, and some of the older AIESECers and alumni are great to chill with also. If I had been "leaving" now it would indeed have been sad.
Anyway, I'm really happy because things seem to have worked out so perfectly. My AIESEC traineeship finishes this month, I finish this week. Then I'm back to Australia for a couple of weeks for a job interview for next year, and to enjoy the winter weather, family & friends, and general good-ness of Adelaide :)
THEN I'm coming back to work for 6 months with an Asia-Pacific women's health rights NGO that's based here in KL. They do a lot of research and advocacy, and think it'll be a great chance to learn more about health issues and human rights (and how they fit together) and especially HIV/AIDS in Asia. It'll also be great to get some NGO experience outside of AIESEC.
I'll head back to Aust in Feb next year, either for the job (if I should be so lucky!) or to start more study - yes I want to study again! Crazy it may sound... but I want to use it as a tool to change direction a bit, I want to be challenged to read and question and debate, and I want to have those awesome discussions with people that are passionate about some of the same issues - I miss that from AIESEC... and I never got it from an undergrad course but I really really hope that I can pick a post-grad course that will be different! :)
In a way it's great - for the first time in a while I know at least which country I'll be living in at which times during the next couple of years. It's nice to have a bit of a plan - yet not tooooo much, still lots to be explored and some exciting decisions to make along the way!
So this week: last days at work, last week at Bangsar, lots of cleaning & packing to do!! :)
I'm glad that I'm not leaving KL yet. I don't feel the same attachment that I felt for Beijing, or the pull that Japan continues to have on me after all of these years and which I have been patiently resisting. I found it easy to feel comfortable here quickly, but I don't think it's a city I'll ever really miss. Maybe just eating roti cannai outside at a mamak shop at 3 in the morning! That said, I do enjoy living here. It's hard sometimes living in a trainee network - people are constantly arriving, which is very cool, but also constantly leaving, which is decidedly un-cool. BUT there is a small band of "trainees" here that have decided to call KL home for a little longer, there's some other expats around, a few locals from work that I hope to keep in touch with after I change jobs, and some of the older AIESECers and alumni are great to chill with also. If I had been "leaving" now it would indeed have been sad.
3 Comments:
Flic, great to read that you know your plans. I'm glad you have found your passion. I 'should' have some idea of my future plans by the end of the year...
If all goes well, I will be able to catch up with you in KL on my way back to Oz in December. After 6 consecutive Christmases abroad I plan to be back in Oz for this one!
By the way, later this month I will be in Istanbul for the Alumni Congress coinciding with IC. I can't wait!
Flic, I am glad you are not leaving KL for good! I am staying also till Feb, so there is plenty of time to go:)
Cheers and See you tomorrow at the cooking class :)
Pavla
Yeah i feel the same about Amsterdam as you do about KL. Funny hey? What job by the way?? And what about this NGO job?? Dude - email me a catch up!
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