New Normal?
Maybe some of you have noticed that the changes to the blog have been reverted after my aborted overseas placement with EWB. Life, on the other hand is still in transition.
Since my last update a few things of note have happened. I became gainfully and permanently (or indefinitely) employed as a National Program Coordinator for Engineers Without Borders (Canada). My role is to drive and support EWB’s university curriculum program and vision, establish and maintain links with our faculty supporters and coach chapters and our National Conference organising team. Counter-intuitively, between putting my last job with EWB on indefinite hold in June and accepting this new job with EWB in July, there was a full job search that yielded a few options. Funny that it just so happened that the winner happened to be another job at EWB. Job is going really well and I’m thoroughly enjoying it and learning from it!
Also, the Masters is done like dinner! The degree has been awarded, but I have to wait until convocation at the end of October to actually get it. My thesis was finalised, accepted and published, and if anyone’s interested it can be found here.
Other than that the family situation continues to be tense. The only thing we can really do there is just roll with the punches while still hoping for the best.
But, one of my goals for my overseas placement was to work on my writing skills through this blog. Even though I’m no longer going overseas just yet, there’s no reason why the goal has to be suspended too. Thus I’m going to keep the posts up on this blog again. It’s a little easier now with my BlackBerry since I can do some writing from anywhere. So watch for updates every couple weeks or so.