{"id":105,"date":"2011-09-07T23:50:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T23:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldblogs.ups.edu\/psychology\/?p=105"},"modified":"2011-09-07T23:50:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T23:50:15","slug":"update-from-nadia-engelbrecht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/2011\/09\/07\/update-from-nadia-engelbrecht\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from Nadia Engelbrecht"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nadia Engelbrecht, alumna (class of ’11), Hanoi, Vietnam<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings from Vietnam –<\/p>\n

I am not much of a blog writer but I have really enjoyed reading the updates posted and figured that the more people write the more I get to read!<\/p>\n

So here goes –<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks after graduation I packed up all I own into three suitcases and caught a plane to the one place I consider “home” at least for now – Hanoi, Vietnam. The day after I arrived, I started my new job. It was quite a shock to my body starting work so soon, considering I had to recover from jet lag, reaclimate to the weather (it’s very hot here and extremely humid!) and at the same time finish off writing one last research paper that I had yet to complete. In short, I had plenty to do! Fortunately, I also got to spend the first few weeks with my parents, hanging out and doing all of our favorite things. A few weeks after returning, I took a week off work and flew down to central Vietnam for a beach vacation with my mother and younger brother! This was much needed!<\/p>\n

By the first of July I had settled into my new job and moved into my very own place, a sweet studio on the second floor, right on a lake – one of the best views in town! I feel quite lucky! I live just upstairs from two of my closest friends and only five minutes away from work! Work – what do I do? Well, I got a job at a small international school teaching part time and working as the office manager. It’s quite a lot of work, but I’m loving it! I learn something new everyday. There are just over 50 children at our school and over 25 different nationalities! Pretty diverse \ud83d\ude42 We have children from Vietnam, Spain, USA, UK, Holland, Germany, China, Guatamala and many more countries! I love working in such a multi cultural setting!<\/p>\n

Aside from work, I also joined a local theater troupe known as the Hanoi International Theater Society. This summer along with a few members from the group we put on a production of one acts called Summer Shorts! It was a complete success and a whole lot of fun! It was a 90 minute show with over 18 actors, 3 directors, 5 one acts and a monologue! I love that at this point in my life I am involved in two projects related to two areas that I am extremely passionate about – the theater and education!<\/p>\n

As far as my long term plans are concerned – I am planning on staying in Vietnam for at least two more years (COME VISIT!!) ! I love it here – I am always happiest in tropical countries, plus there is an abundance of jobs, amazing people and opportunities here! Eventually I see my self going back to school to continue studying, I’d love to get a degree in educational psychology and work with international schools around the world! But for now I am definitely enjoying NOT being a student and making plenty of money, most of which I am saving to travel around the world with \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nadia Engelbrecht, alumna (class of ’11), Hanoi, Vietnam Greetings from Vietnam – I am not much of a blog writer but I have really enjoyed reading the updates posted and figured that the more people write the more I get … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-nadia-e"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}