Hello. I thought I might write a general update of my life. None of this coherent, crafted writing stuff today.

I’m enjoying work. It’s my seventh month and I’m still doing new things and meeting new people. At the moment I’m finishing projects on water quality and contaminated land remediation. I’m also getting more involved in a psychology/behaviour-based safety system for offshore oil platform workers.

I won the Toastmasters humorous speaking competition the other week. I talked about how my mum relieves me of the burden of buying clothes. People tell me that it was an entertaining speech. I think they are being nice. I didn’t get the happy vibe that you get when you make a great speech.

I don’t teach hip hop anymore because the extraworkular commitments were driving me crazy. You know it’s time to stop when something makes you cry. I really miss teaching dancing, though. I keep having visions of great big theatrical numbers stuffed with innovation. I love teaching.

I still dance hip hop. I’ve got five funky routines baking in the oven. The routines include sword choreography, pom poms and afros. No latin, ballroom, street latin or swing at the moment. I hope it’s not a permanent pause.

This is my last semester of Chinese study. By November, I will have wrapped up sixteen years of studying Chinese. I’m not sure what I’ll have to show for it (a Diploma and a 10 point boost in my VCE study score). I’ve got a test this week — which is why I’m blogging right now.

In the next few weeks, my company and university are sending me around to speak to high school kids about environmental engineering. I’m the Environmental Engineering Evangelist. Hallelujah! Praise Sustainability!

Here are the projects that I’m currently working on or am about to start:

• Joining the committee of a national industry group
• Learning to play inline hockey
• Becoming a chartered engineer
• Investigating options to work in a rural office
• Gain training in negotiation and conflict resolution

I think that’s as many irons in the fire as I’ll ever want to have at a time.

See you all next time!