Been thinking about money a lot since I started working full-time. Of course, one of the main reason would be because I started living by myself in a foreign country, so I need to keep my finances afloat so I can survive and afford the things that I want.
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A lot has changed since my last entry 8 months ago…
We’re 2 months into the year 2020 and it already seems like this year will be a year of some major changes. Extremely exciting but also terrifying and nerve wracking.
The last couple of months of 2019 were super stressful. Read More→
It’s been a while, eh?
I’ve been keeping this blog for myself for years but I’m pretty shitty at keeping it updated.
It was my first Japanniversary a couple weeks back. This year seriously flew by in the blink of an eye. At the beginning of the year, I extended my contract at my current job for another 8 months. So it looks like I’ll still be here for a while longer. What’s going to happen next is still up in the air. I won’t lie and say that stress due to the instability/uncertainty in my life hasn’t been eating at me. I like plans and I always like to plan 10 steps ahead. I don’t like uncertainty and not knowing where I’ll be next year. So this is not a good combo for me.
Now, let’s do a quick recap on what I’ve done in the past year!
- Went to Tokyo/Yokohama (&Saitama) multiple times for concerts and a stage play
- Got to see KAT-TUN (omg Seishun Amigo with my own eyes), Yamapi, NEWS, and Kisumai in concert
- Visited Kyushu for the first time – went to Fukuoka with parents
- Went back to Canada twice
- Was bridesmaid for the first time for my friend’s wedding (and last minute planned a bridal shower for the first time)
- Went strawberry picking in Japan for the first time
- Saw cherry blossoms in Japan for the first time
It’s a little bit late but I’d like to try doing end-of-the-month wrap-up posts to just go over what I’ve done in the past month. Kind of like a reflection post of sorts? And to also highlight anything that might have happened or random thoughts and feelings.
February was quite a busy/hectic month for me.
I had a job interview, went to Seattle, had visiting relative from out-of-town, had my graduation, and went to Las Vegas!
Know how I said in my last entry that there will be changes happening this year that I’m scared of?
And that I’ll worry if I’m making the right decisions or not?
Well… It’s happening.
I’ll be moving to Nagoya this summer.
Yeah, yeah. No one’s surprised. LOL
I’m partially excited and partially terrified.
As many times as I’ve visited Japan, it’s always just been for short vacations. I’ve also pretty much lived in the city that I was born in for my entire life.
So now to move halfway across the earth. To a different country. With a different language. Different customs. Different culture. Where I won’t have my family and friends…
It’s a big step outside of my comfort zone and I’m extremely nervous about it. And I’m sure I’ll struggle and will have a hard time but I also can’t wait to delve into this new chapter of my life.
2017 hadn’t been the greatest year for me.
I don’t like to complain too much because I know I’m already very blessed and am grateful for what I have (I’ll whine a lot to my friends though. oops), but I think with it being the start of a new year, it’d be nice to look back and reflect so I can start afresh!
Let’s start with the bad…
So I started my final preceptorship the other day (8 more weeks woo-hoo!).
In a different hospital. On a new unit.
It’s so very different from the previous surgical unit that I was on and pretty much all the clinical placements that I’ve had so far.
For my final 8 weeks, I’ll be on a specialized medical unit. I won’t go into details but it’s a specialized oncology unit.
And… I’ve never done oncology before so…
Within the first 30 minutes of my first shift, I could already tell that the learning curve was going to be STEEP.
Because of the nature of the unit and the diagnosis/patient population that they deal with, everything that’s done on the unit is different from any other ward out there.
I’d be lying if I said I’m not worried and anxious and scared about whether or not I’m going to be able to come out of these 8 weeks successful.
But it’s my final 8 weeks. The end of an extremely long and both mentally and physically haul, so I can’t be stopped here. Just gotta push through and keep moving.
Oh, took the IV starting course? Seminar? Thing on campus the other day. It was pretty cool.
Don’t think I’ll have the opportunity to start one in my current placement. But it was nice to have the chance to learn it and practice.
After my night shift yesterday, I picked up some breakfast (aka. drive-thru Timmies) on the way home in the morning. Showered, ate my food and did some translating until I finally got into bed at 10AM. Slept for 3ish hours (but honestly felt like I had barely fallen asleep) and then got up to meet up with friend for movie (Kingsman 2). Been having a lot of troubles with sleeping past few months. Both because of the alternating 12 hour day and night shifts, as well as the stress of preceptorship.
Dinner was sukiyaki with another friend, which was nice. The weather got really cold this week.
Friend was really kind to listen to my 愚痴 and my seemingly never resolving quarterlife crisis of what to do with my life. (Really thankful for all my friends who have been so patient with listening to me hash and re-hash the same problem I’ve been mulling over for two years now… Thank you ;~;) Read More→
I’m leaving for Japan in 26 days and nothing’s done.
All my courses this semester is online but I’ve pretty much picked the worst 2 and a half weeks to leave the country. Setting aside the online post and paper deadlines that I will (hopefully) hand in in advance, the night before I leave Japan, I have an online final (2AM JST mind you because of time zones). And then the morning after I’m back, I have my last final online.
