It has been almost 2.5 months since I started working at a new institution. I am so happy that what I wrote on my blog finally comes true. “I have always wanted to work with the community, be it a teacher, a staff at international NGO, and so on.” I am accepted as a faculty member at a higher learning institution. The job requires competence, responsibility, honesty, and dedication. I say my requirements are not adequate yet. I need to learn a lot.
Just as I think that I successfully escape from the whole bureaucracy thingy, I am suddenly asked to help at International Office, which means doing administrative tasks, dealing with bureaucracy, and connecting with people. The fact that I can’t cut off my relationship with my previous institution somehow weighs something. Burden? Yeah, probably. Responsibility? Of course. There is just one thing that I should keep in mind. I can’t just deny of what I am or what I have always been including my background, my past, everything. Cause each time I need to escape or seek for a relief, I always find a new thing yet similar.
The tasks make me worry in a way that I can’t manage my time well. I am so afraid that I perform more on non academic tasks than non academic ones. I’ll try my best, I hope I can be as much persistent as I wanna be.
A new position doesn’t always mean a new world. “Same old brand new you” by A1 is probably the theme song for today’s reflection.
By the way, I watched Takuya Kimura and Bon Jovi on youtube this morning. They sang ” We weren’t born to follow” and “It’s My Life.” The songs are amazing and their lyric does lighten up my day. Never give up or give in Tsuroyya!
Oyasumi, everyone
