Life update 10/06/24
It's been a while since I last posted here. I was looking for ways to start journaling, but then I remember Tumblr, so, here I am!! Decided which account I should use because I have three different accounts. What prompts me to come back? I am becoming more forgetful of stuff, --- e.g what I just did in the past few days, I find this frustrating; but here's a life update no one asked for:
It's been more than a year of living here in Canada- 1 yr, 5 months to be exact. Renting a basement somewhere near yvr, living happily with my husband, although sometimes it gets really sad, kamiss din ang Pilipinas. There are times na daily ko napapanagipan family ko from the Ph.
My husband got a new job earlier this year which is now closer to where we are staying.
First few months of the year were very crucial and busy for me as I was preparing for my PEBC evaluating exam. Another major achievement this year is I was able to pass it. The exam was really hard. The pharmacy practice here is far different from the practice we have back in the Philippines. (lol also my pharmacist license expired this yr. Not really sure if I will be able to renew it while overseas)
One major highlight this year is we were able to travel to a different province. We explored the beauty of Alberta! Nakakamiss din ang ganda. There came a point when we considered moving in there! :D maybe someday? Who knows?
Work life? - I was running two jobs before: (1) medical scribe- work from home (2) Pharmacy assistant at a community pharmacy. Resigned about a month ago as pharmacy assistant, and about a week ago as a medical scribe. I really had a good boss at a community pharmacy and had a great client as a scribe, the job was fun as I was also able to input my clinical thoughts even though I am only supposed to scribe about the clinic visits.
Challenges I faced with my job? hmm. The biggest challenge I faced is language barrier. When I was in the Philippines, I thought I was really good in English, but stepping my foot here made me realize that I am not. I mean I can speak English but sometimes I get really incoherent, and it sucks when they frown at me cause they could not understand. My bad!! hope I get better at this someday. I find it hard to express myself in a different language, afraid to speak confidently as I might say the wrong things and make things awkward or afraid I might sound dumb.
Next Chapter? I am now entering a new chapter of my life as a pharmacy assistant in a production setting. Day 1 will be tomorrow and I am not even sure if I am ready for this, but believe that God plotted this for me and so I am going to embrace this fully, although I'm feeling anxious about meeting new people. I hope I don't fail this time. I hope I make friends too! Good friends..
Next step for me is preparing for my next set of exams for pharmacy. Not planning to take the remaining exams this year but will try my luck next year for exams that will cost me an arm and a leg.
Change in weather- season now is fall and I really don't have much outerwear/jackets to wear. It starts to get cold and breezy outside, so I end up splurging on outerwear, invested on good quality ones as I will be going out daily for work.
Gratitude- with all these things that have happened and yet to happen, I feel blessed and grateful! for now, I will just go with the flow and embrace everything what the store has for me. May He continue to be with us as we reach new stages and open new doors. I don't expect anyone to reach this point of my post here but thanks for reading if you were able to read this all. Will surely be active here again? lol bye
