Being in the Middle East is still like a dream - A region I have never planned for living. After 2 months in Abu Dhabi, UAE, I would say, except the extreme heat, I am very well.
After graduation in last August, I had a one-week train trip across the US from Chicago to San Francisco. It was surprisingly a fantastic journey though at first I was quite disappointed as it was planned with a friend but got cancelled by her at last minute. I still decided to go, just to make my mind clearer about post-graduate life - I had no job offer yet, I did not know where to live (got kicked off from student apartment), and I had no idea to stay or leave the US...
Life is just like a journey, You might miss some views here, but as long as you keep going, there will be other views that excites you. Coming back from the train trip, I immediately got a job offer from the NYC Department of Education, which I had tried time after time before I graduated and almost gave it up. I then moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn where my office locates and worked for 7 months until this March.
I had always expected to work in the UN so when I got an internship opportunity in the UN Bangkok, I quickly decided to leave the government job as well as the US and to embrace UN!
March, I left the US where I lived for 2 years and got back home to China.
April, I had a very short-term period but wonderful internship experience (of course with train trips here and there) in Bangkok, Thailand.
May, I got my current job offer at International Renewable Energy Agency and moved to Abu Dhabi, UAE.
In the past half a year, I had spent 3 New Years: January 1st, Lunar's new year, and Songkran which is Thai new year. With all of the new years' good wishes, I am expecting more journeys in my next half a year which will start with Masai Mara, Kenya in late July! My first time to Africa.
I continue to miss G12 APLP Ohana and wish a big reunion in the near future! Until then, please be well and be happy.
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