Finding words is not easy

Articulate phrases are normally affected by doubt and hesitate in my spelling, the process is similar to a heuristic that has not been optimized.

At the same time, I have to pay attention to my pronunciation, to organize my thoughts and construct meaning in a new language. The action happens in an infinitesimal moment, but the result is that after a number of minutes, my brain notices the classic fatigue similar to a very demanding exam.

I have tried a number of strategies that have improved this language disability but as mentioned by my doctors, the fact is that I won't be as I was speaking and writing before the stroke.

Finding words from combined words or phrases verbs or nouns is extremely difficult, slowing my fluency and conversation rhythm, the idea becomes more clear and strong after the second paragraph, the very first part of the speech both verbal or in writing is like warming, focusing  take time because 

Work

My last 3 weeks at works have been quite hectic,  a number of projects ramped up quickly in 3 different areas.  

Part of my role is to manage and admin 2 main systems a project management system and a knowledge management system, a number of os users requested me to create licenses, create reports and given training for specific functions in both my project and knowledge management software. 

Secondly, I was requested by my manager to build a forecast for full-time employees (FTE)  capacity for the unit from today until then end of the 2021 financial year. This analysis has taking most of my time. The tasks were not only to build the report but also negotiated with seniors analysts identifying the percentage of allocation for each member, and for each one of their main 6 projects of my division. 

We had to understand the critical path of each project and to optimize total FTE by month in order to adjust the capacity of all 30 members. This was a complex exercise, with many variables and constraints.  

Finally, I was requested by one of our stakeholders to build a project that has very particular flows, structured and functionality. This was quite challenging, but the final template was submitted last Friday.   

Sydney

When we picked up our suitcases and leaving our arrival terminal, the one thinking we have is what we can do now? We don't know the city, we don't know the language and we don't even know how to get directions, it is certainly a massive cultural shock.

Luckily,  20 minutes later my cousins after our arrival. I felt an immense relief, a big joy that I still remember this moment more than 10 years ago. Training from the airport to my cousins' place safety definitely did the first thing we do.

The second thing I remember was, that during the first week after arriving,  I went passing by the Opera House and someone gave us free tickets for a show that was about to start. We watched a fantastic concert, we were amazed by the sound, but also with the lamps, the timber, and the stage.

The third thing I did in Syndey was to travel to the Blue Mountains, we grow up with mountain, and this is part of my life, looking at the ranges and the gorge in the horizon is a nostalgic feeling we revised every once in a time.


 

Brexit monkey

News this week  I have been flooded with articles and tweets with headlines about pneumonia Whuan (AKA "Cononavirius"), bush fires in NSW, VIC and ACT, Kobe Bryan deceased apparently because his pilot didn't have a license for flying in cloudy weather, and the Brexit. 

I didn't particularly like these topics,  I preferred to read about science, culture, and sports but certainly, Brexit, looking at how our "beds are burning" and this new potential pandemic, my apocalyptic mood triggered like a sci-fi dystopic b movie. 

I knew that the UK continues having protectorates, territories and remotes ilands (like Falkland / Malvinas islands closed to Argentina), due to the colonialism era. We normally accept that these geographic places are usually in either in developing countries, isolated places or both. This article talks about a  big rock with an airport and 32000 inhabitants, located in the south of Spanish.

This rock territory and the two Irish borders are the only UK borders connect with other UE countries, but Gibraltar is the only one that is isolated. The article explains that all  UK workers live in Spain and travel a few minutes to their workplace.

Gibraltar is also the territory with a tax haven, UE has benefits that they are trying to stop as soon as possible and is actually one of the points of the Bretix agreement.

I am very tired this is my link and yes, there is a lot of endemic macaques.