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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="solarized_light.css"> </head>
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<h3>What am I doing now?
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<p>
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Right now, I am participating in an exchange of language and culture, with international people, as part of the organisation Mundo Lingo.
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Mundo Lingo has a presence in many cities, and in light of the pandemic, we have moved from in-person gatherings to online chat-groups.
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I do not ask for a salary for my work with Mundo Lingo - in my limited knowledge, nobody in Mundo Lingo gets a salary - but I do feel rewarded with friendships and what internationals share with me, about their home culture and language. (You may already know that I am teaching Singlish, or Singapore-flavoured English language, to at least one Burmese lady, as part of such work).
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I believe in continuing education - in the hopes of learning the Indonesian
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language, I've been having weekly chats with an England-based Indonesian,
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over the Internet. (One hour each time).
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On 30th August 2020, I completed an online course, "Writing in the sciences".
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From Stanford University, and happily, free of charge. It took eight weeks
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and despite its name, I've found it helpful in improving my everyday written
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language. (<a href="https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/certificate/B4KUFQ86VYVX">Here
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is my certificate</a>, if you're into that kind of thing.)
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A good friend from Mundo Lingo, whom I shall call T - we've only ever met
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over the Internet - said that T herself has early-stage breast cancer.
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<p>T is only thirty-two years old, but T has high spirits in such a time,
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which I thank God for.
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<p>T has a schedule of cancer-treatment to follow, for at least
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one year (starting from now).
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<p>I want to support T - in emotional and spiritual terms, at
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least - but first I have to take care of myself. I got some advice to care
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for myself before caring for others.
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<p>So I've been giving myself permission to enjoy myself: wine, movies,
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books, classical music (such as Requiem(s) by various composers).
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<p><i>
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This was written on 18th September 2020.
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</i>
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