Tuesday, April 21, 2009

I know I haven't updated in ages. For those loyal readers, I apologize dearly. However, these past several months have been absolutely disastrous on a personal note... culminating in the events of earlier today. First and foremost, I need to let everybody know that I am alive and okay - the chaotic political demonstrations, which has left Bangkok in an indefinite state of emergency, did not affect me as I spent the entire week in Taiwan with family and friends.

For the past several months, the personal situation has not been pleasant. People at work are slowly leaving. By this time next month, I will be the most tenured teacher at this private language school. Furthermore, after almost 8 months of being together and the past several weeks in separation, Fah and I have broken up. Imagine the timing - the day before my 27th birthday... I guess it has dragged on long enough, considering that the past couple of months have been nothing short of being characterized as tumultuous. Needless to say, things are in a topsy turvy at the moment.

I am strongly weighing and considering my options. At this exact moment, I am standing firm on the fact that I want to finish my contract. Thus, it looks as if I will be coming home in December. In the long term, I would like to either teach in Taiwan, teach in HoCo, or come home and obtain my MBA. Even with not much career growth in teaching English in Taiwan, I know for sure I will be happy being amongst family and a culture/language that I am familiar with. As for teaching in HoCo, with a CELTA certficiation, I hope I am able to teach ESOL, as well as coach baseball, should these opportunities arise. I know it will be extremely difficult, as always, to obtain a social studies position. Lastly, the MBA is always an option that I think about. Is it time to get back into the business world? I am so behind. If/when I obtain an MBA, I will be almost 30.

I have seen so many movies in the past several months. I will not list them all. I apologize for the lack of updates. Concurrently, I do not foresee myself making much effort in blogging as I used to.