orientation daze
One of yesterday's interpreting drills was of this TED talk about finding your passion. 80% of people are doing jobs they hate, and maybe the push they need is surrounding themselves with passionate and inspiring people - what a difference that makes!
I think I'm doing that.
One of my first speaker assignments is an activist for GCAA, kinda like him (an environmental organization based in Taiwan that is anti-nuclearization).
And I like most of my team. One of the younger girls is saying things like I adore everyone! but I feel like I can sense who I'd do better and worse with - hopefully that's an experience thing and not a judgmental thing.
There's a parallel English/Spanish teaching team that's pretty diverse and made up of some interesting people, too.
I had my first episode of killer cramps in something like two years during a pretty important lecture this morning. Abdominal pain, chills, nausea... I actually vomited and stayed doubled over for a while before I finally started feeling human. Torture.
Tomorrow's our last day of orientation and we have more or less two days to put the rest of our lives together and hop on the boat! I need to do some last-minute paperwork and shopping.
My lj client appears to have batch posting and saving drafts as a feature, though, so I think I can use this at port to keep things from getting too quiet around here!
I think I'm doing that.
One of my first speaker assignments is an activist for GCAA, kinda like him (an environmental organization based in Taiwan that is anti-nuclearization).
And I like most of my team. One of the younger girls is saying things like I adore everyone! but I feel like I can sense who I'd do better and worse with - hopefully that's an experience thing and not a judgmental thing.
There's a parallel English/Spanish teaching team that's pretty diverse and made up of some interesting people, too.
I had my first episode of killer cramps in something like two years during a pretty important lecture this morning. Abdominal pain, chills, nausea... I actually vomited and stayed doubled over for a while before I finally started feeling human. Torture.
Tomorrow's our last day of orientation and we have more or less two days to put the rest of our lives together and hop on the boat! I need to do some last-minute paperwork and shopping.
My lj client appears to have batch posting and saving drafts as a feature, though, so I think I can use this at port to keep things from getting too quiet around here!