Hello again ladies and gentlemen. Today we will talk about this semester and how it has been.
This semester has been a very good one. It is the second semester, after 6 years of research and spending every day alone in an office, I decided to return to teaching.
Obviously at first this was a challenge, as it had been a while since I had taught full time. However, this is not always a bad thing and actually worked out very well. I have met many new people and discovered many new places.
However, if everything were perfectly this would be a romantic comedy, not reality. There hasn't actually been anything terrible, but probably the worst thing is changing from a job at a place with a reliable, regular salary, to a little more financial insecurity. Don't get me wrong, it is still not a problem to go to a nice restaurant when I want to, but payment is not always as regular as maybe would be preferred. Not the end of the world though.
Well, probably the biggest achievement so far has been finally finishing the design of my algorithms that I've been working on for quite a while. One less thing to do, but obviously when one thing is finished, there are always a hundred more appear!
Basically that is it so far, but there are a few more weeks to go, so lets see what happens before the end of the semester. Fingers crossed it is all good.
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Hello there again everyone!
So today I will be talking about my plans for the winter vacation.
I think that this winter I would like to go somewhere in the countryside. Probably the South of Chile. Enjoy a little tranquility, lots of lamb and a few glasses of beer or wine (only for the digestion of course). I actually don't have anywhere specific in my mind. Maybe I will just get on a bus and see where it takes me. Something like that. It could be very beautiful and interesting. It could also be the story of a horror movie!!!
Of course, as with every day there are people I would love to be with. Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman maybe, but I doubt that will happen, so I'll probably spend some time with good friends. Maybe even make some new friends, who knows?
Mostly, I will probably go to the South of Chile and teach children from rural communities for a little while. I think it will be a great, fun experience.
The rest of the time I will continue to work on personal projects. Writing reports and analyzing data. It probably sounds boring to many of you, but it's really not so bad when it's something you decide to do and create yourself.
So that's it guys. Tell me what it is you think you will do or would like to do and let's see if it is more interesting than my plans. I hope so!!!
Best as always,
Andy
