Updates on life

 Hello world! Realized I haven't written here in a while so I might as well just update this blog.


Since September, I've been pretty pretty! Work has been the most draining of all so far, with most of my time just thinking about the problems at work. To be honest, oftentimes I get really anxious. Whether it's imposter syndrome or just my general personality, it kind of prevents me from feeling 100% safe at work. I can't talk about much for work so I'll just say it's a highly selective environment - which might be leading to this. I've decided to use the free counselling I get at work though . It reminds me of when I was in grade school and had a counsellor as well. That really calmed my nerves down. I hope it can do the same for me here too.


Asides from that, I've been working on this research paper that i've put off for ages now. It's finally being drafted, and I hope I can get it done soon.


In my regular life, I've been learning more chinese again! I'm finally doing all my anki review cards, and trying to learn more chinese idioms. I've been trying to get into more chinese dramas (not really, but planning to lol). Oh, and I went to San Diego for Coalesce! It was really fun! I really enjoyed being back on the west coast, and the weather in California is just amazing as always! I'm a bit tired now, so I'm going to just end it here. That's all! 

Oh, and I'm just going to shamelessly plug my github repo here so that maybe google might index it higher haha. https://github.com/omar2535/GraphQLer        


Sunset during my first day in San Diego



That's all~

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