It’s already one month. I have been working at the Embassy of Republic Indonesia for a month. In the beginning I was super excited that I could get the opportunity to work here, but now, still excited, but I am feeling a lot of things. There are things that are working not according to what you are used to; even more important, there are things that do not match with your belief, principles, or philosophies. Is it too hard to comprehend? Is it too hard to adjust? I would say fifty-fifty. There are some things that I can understand from not-my-point-of-view. But there are things that irritate me – hence I hesitate to understand, to adjust even more. One example about differences we have: working overtime. I was against overtime, because I really don’t want that my me-time to be disturbed; but with this big event coming up, I should sacrifice a lot of me-time. Anyway, I am glad that I can learn a lot of things from this experience. Like what I read this morning during my quite time: Joy ...
Enjoy it with a cup of coffee