Moving on...

Oookay, I have successfully presented my thesis about a month ago and the Idea from both internal and external judges were absolutly satisfactory. Actually everything was waaay better than what I was expecting. A few days ago I have submitted my work permit application and now I need to start job hunting which is not an easy step for me since my thesis didn't involve lots of coding and it was mostly theoretical. Now, I have to refresh my memory about my programming skills and of course, interview proficiency. But currently I am spending most of my time for painting and traveling and watching movies and basically I am just having fun. Well I think I deserve it :D

As a result of not having so much to do, there are lots of things going on in my mind right now (most of them truly ridiculous), but things that were in my mind and I didn't let them (or they didn't get a chance) to come on top when I was busy with my study. Now, I feel a bit confused after all, about my career, how should I plan or re-plan my next five years and what are things I REALLY want and care about. Well, luckily I am not confused in my personal life and I think I am in the right track to make my own family and I think I have right insights of what is important for me regarding my family and future children, etc. But as it gets more clear in my personal life what I treasure the most, it gets more unclear in my professional career what I should care and want against what I ought. Of course, there is no conflict in the nature of these two, but there are some challenges not to get lost in my own feelings and expectations.

The reason I am a bit confused at this moment is that, I and Li were plaing to start our own business once I graduated and during my study if I was preparing for after graduation, it was on that direction. Recently, for some reasons we changed the plan to postpone it for a year or two. Now, right after my graduation, I am in the point of preparing for employment and figuring out what is the best thing to do. Well, I have roughly a month to come to a better image of what do I want. It was sudden and late, but hopefully nothing that I can't handle.

The August will be spent with traveling as well (and sending out some job applications, probably) but then starting Fall, I should choose which position I want to focus and be more specific (and more serious) with my applications and hopefully get a good offer and start my professional career from there. It's not a one way road after all. Well, I can re-centre myself in the right way later on (with some costs, more importantly time) but just to take the pressure a bit off, it's not the end of the world :D Even if I found out I wasn't right with the position or company or the whole idea, I will start over.

Aahh!! I'd better distract my mind for now, with a few hours of painting!