Olá a todos!
No worries, I will keep it short, but not that short 🙂
The featured image tells that I sat down, thought about what I achieved, and made a self-criticize. I also took it since I liked the color of the couch and the wood work 🙂
As the title states, it has been 7 months of my third presence here in Portugal and Rato. What happened in these 7 months, I am not sure actually. Time flies by before you can say Jack Robinson. I attended many activities, I learnt many things, I have met many people but still I feel like I have done almost nothing. I do not feel myself going a long way towards. I mean I do not feel like I am doing much and being as useful as I planned over here, at the organization. I am not used to working this less. I always, especially last 7-8 years, had and have way busier and harder works in my life. So, considering what I have done in these 8 years and comparing these 7 months now, I do not think that I left a mark here yet. I have to learn more, effort more, and create more to be able to feel myself better and feel that I am not spending time but making my time more valuable.
Maybe some will think that I am homesick and feeling down, but nope! I am just doing self-criticism. Of course, I know that it is not all about me. The work itself does not require that much hard work but I am also talking about for my personal development. I was thinking to advance on my coding knowledge and learning a new programming language, as well as Portuguese language. However, it did not happen yet. I am so frustrated to myself about these and also I am feeling lazy lately.
Speaking of Portuguese language, I was expecting more from myself. I am doing some exercises daily but not enough, I am aware of that. What makes me happy is knowing the grammar and only feeling the lack of vocabulary, which is hardest part in Portuguese for me (It was grammar and I was angry with that but all make sense now). A lot of variation and conjugation of the words, different than English. Even many Portuguese and Brazilian people are also saying they do not know those conjugations properly, but still, I have to learn more to speak better. When I try to communicate, I am confident with the grammar now but of course feeling the lack of vocabulary and pronunciation.
About the work, I am kinda feeling like I am a joker player. I am enjoying learning, producing and fixing items at the OF1C1N4 as I do since I was 8 years old boy. I also have developed my video content creating skills as well. Learning by joining to training those Nuno is giving. About those trainings and activities, I am developing some skills like patience and Portuguese itself. Because working with people such as elderly or technologically illiterate with different ages requires a lot of patience. Also while Nuno is explaining things in a slow and very plain way to make them understand better, gives me opportunity to understand and learn the language. He treats elderly people like a baby in many way. So that watching his gestures and listen his basic instructions makes me understand better.
That’s it for now.
Áté Logo!
(Published on 18.10.2023)
