I have been looking for an opportunity to just sit down and jot stuff down but the chance always escaped me..
It is now already a couple of weeks into the new year, and I have failed to put up my annual retrospective, nor the "yeartstarter" that usually takes its place when I lag behind. hehe..
Seriously though, so much has happened this past year that I don't know where to begin.. Couple that with all the negativity in the news and in the country at large, and I have an exhausting pile of data to sort through and work with.. @_@
So now it has come to this. I shall try to try my best to condense what has been a roller-coaster of a year into a few paragraphs. :P
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2018 has been a year of tremendous upheaval in my life. It was a whirlwind of life-altering changes and fresh new experiences I never thought I would witness..
Obviously there was \bringing everything to conclusion by passing the boards. At the same time my other half has began her training in earnest, and we're quite pleased to say that she hasn't looked back ever since. Sure she ran into some hurdles along the way, both academic and otherwise (especially the annoying problem of bad incompetent seniors), but I guess the experiences have toughened her up and helped her personal growth. The hurdling of the examinations led to a new frontier, the start of practice. I wanted to try to accomplish things firsthand, like registering with the taxman, walking the papers and whatnot, until I was satisfied that I had a grasp of how it was to run your own simple practice the right way.
I was also granted the brief opportunity to present a couple of papers at an international academic forum. Who knew that research could turn out to be so satisfying and rewarding? ;)
A great many minor things have also happened along the way, some of which I consider as big steps in terms of personal growth.
Overall, I guess the themes of this past year was LEARNING and GROWTH, and I hope this year will see more of both. :)
Having put this down has apparently defused my need to rant about the ills and failings of society, particularly the local variety.I guess that is going to be a different piece for another time.
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