First day of work

I'm a proofreader for the morning news at Radio Thailand. First official day at work. Very uneventful. Got up at four, got there at five and lo and behold, it's me and the guy who does the sports news. Fantastic. I sit there, thanking my lucky stars I'd had the good sense to bring along Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon and wait for the rest of the staff to show up. See, my job hinges on the work of others - proofreading is funny that way. One big up is that I'm pretty boned up on current events, against my will of course. Never was a very newsy kinda girl. I'll read random articles now and then, if something catches my eye (a few days ago it was fried Coca Cola. As if the world didn't have enough ways to induce a heart attack! ), and if something is major, I'll get wind of it. But, on my own, I don't much keep up with news. This job is forcing me to, however, and in a way, I guess it's good. My brother is constantly chastising me for being completely out of touch with everything, and he's right. If it doesn't happen within my narrow circle of life, it's just not important to me. And lately, my life has pretty much occupied...well, my life. What with my paper yet to be finished and dealing with friends who just made me feel down, down, down, I didn't much have time for anything else. But, I want to teach, and like I'm always saying of other teachers, the most you can teach is the most that you know, and if I know nothing, how on Earth can I teach something? So, for the sake of my future students, I'm doggedly sloshing through national, global and business news.

Final thought: Maybe I'll even learn something myself.