It’s been a long time since I last updated! First of all…
I quit my previous job, a while back.
Everything has been going mostly swimmingly since late last year, when I tossed my resignation letter. I ended up working one month for free since there was a penalty clause for breaking an employment contract, but it’s an acceptable trade-off. It’s either this one-off cost, or some scheduled appointments with IMH.
Since then I’ve been streaming a little more regularly as well as working freelance. My income is not the solid iron rice bowl that people here hinge their entire existence on. I have to do quite a bit of heavy lifting. But I don’t feel like a cog turning in a machine, whose sole purpose is to fuel someone else’s growth all while being worn down day by day.
I left a Glassdoor review on this employer’s page, which clearly displeased them. I am probably on a hiring blacklist now *shrugs shoulders*. The only thing I have to state about the review is that I have not and will not make ad hominem attacks such as “XXX is so fat because their only exercise is walking to the printer”. Even I have some class, okay?
Now even freelance, my students continue to find ways to make me tear my hair out and strongly drive my desire for another cup of iced tea so I can handle whatever they throw my way. May they do well and not burn out. Really, being a student is not easy these days when I hear some of the stuff they go through.
Writing?
I’ll think about it when I get my spark back. I am trying to break my formulaic habit that I developed from marking scripts over and over. It feels like I stunted my own sense of writing from marking those school essays. I am actually glad that I am getting secondary school students now. You can be a lot more adventurous with those scripts, as long as it’s within their capabilities to grasp.
One of my students has been on a “doom, death, and destruction” kick of late. I am now trying to find some way to both develop her writing AND to rein in things, since these plotlines tend to… not perform favourably. Especially when you drag it out.
For now the only things I am writing are model essays and worksheets for my students that need some extra help. Something new will appear SOON. SOON with the trademark procrastination stamp.
Streaming!!
Well, I’m back to streaming for the longest time. You can check out the schedule here – usually I try to do Monday / Wednesday / Friday / Saturday. Sundays are a 50/50 thing. All the streams (usually) start at 10pm.
Tune in to a stream. Streams are more fun with (nice) audiences.
I should do some game reviews. This should give me some content for this place. For now, I am playing Pokemon Moon. I recently finished HARVESTELLA; maybe I should do up a review for that.
Physical Health
Anecdotal evidence suggests only when people reach their mid to late 20s do they concern themselves with their physical health. This is when they start signing up for stuff like gym memberships, pilates classes, and the like.
I think I started going to the gym some time in 2023. I cannot remember exactly when, but I used to go with a friend to a facility that was part of a “shipping container gym” concept. It then shifted to a larger group workout thing before the interest fizzled out as we got busier.
I continued there for a bit although I recently discovered another facility that was nearer to where I was, opened round the clock, and cheaper. I went there on and off but ironically more frequently as work intensified. Plus, I would go in the dead of the night, past midnight. It was probably a coping mechanism. More on that in a separate post. I am still going there at the same unearthly hours even today.
You all need to try late night gym sessions. It’s a serene walk, and a (usually) peaceful place once you enter with a tiny handful of other people.
I think that’s all for now. I will TRY to update when I can, sooner rather than later. Certainly not a one-year absence ever again. See you on a stream!
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