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<h3>About me
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In March 2018, I left my undergraduate-studies in Computer Science, even
though it was my Final Year of the course of study. I just didn't
believe anymore in what I was doing. I wasn't enjoying my time, and it
was taking a toll on my mental health. So, I left.
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Here's part of my beliefs:
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<li>I can enjoy myself, and serve society/mankind at the same time
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<li>I can be contented with my material lifestyle (eg. What to eat, what to drink, what to wear).
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Fast-forward two years (since I left University), I am enjoying myself, and I am managing to have (enough) material comfort.
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<p><b>What am I doing now?</b>
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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 language, I had a one-hour chat with an England-based Indonesian, over the Internet.
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And I'm taking a eight-week online course as well, "Writing in the sciences". From Stanford University, and happily, free of charge. It's Week 3 for me now. Yesterday I learnt more about punctuating my sentences for variety
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About painting - while clearing my emails, I got more ideas for my artistic practice: various gallerists introduced new media or new artists
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This was written on 25th July 2020.
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