{"id":833,"date":"2010-04-13T22:34:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T05:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/?p=833"},"modified":"2011-07-03T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T17:45:27","slug":"unemployment-just-means-youre-a-freelance-consultant-week1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/833","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment just means you&#8217;re a &#8220;freelance consultant&#8221;&nbsp;(Week1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-834 alignnone\" title=\"P1000756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000756.jpg\" alt=\"Catchin' some waves in Nusa Dua - btw, red flags means stay out of  the water\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000756.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000756-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s weird to be unemployed. Every time a contract\/job finishes, there&#8217;s always this downtime that inevitably occurs. During these periods in between jobs, I&#8217;ve volunteered, gone back to school, picked up a new hobby, and just taken the time to relax.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time I&#8217;ve ever had this downtime outside of Canada. I spent the month of March, basically finished with my job, in Canada &#8211; then I took a 20+ hour flight back to Dili, Timor-Leste just to hang out and relax&#8230; yes, weird, but true.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t complain though&#8230; it&#8217;s pretty easy-going here with not much to do except to enjoy &#8220;island living&#8221;. That&#8217;s not to say I&#8217;m bored&#8230; since January, I&#8217;ve been doing this graphic design course and now that I don&#8217;t have to work I can focus on the course&#8230; and yes, I might even volunteer a little.<\/p>\n<p>Bali isn&#8217;t very far away &#8211; 1.5 hours away\u00a0 &#8211; so it&#8217;ll make a short getaway in case I do eventually need to &#8220;get away&#8221;&#8230; here are some photos from a week in Bali before coming back to TL&#8230; lots of food and beach this time around.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wc-gallery\"><div id='gallery-1' data-gutter-width='5' data-columns='3' class='gallery wc-gallery-captions-onhover gallery-link-file gallery-masonry galleryid-833 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail wc-gallery-bottomspace-default wc-gallery-clear'><div class='gallery-item gallery-item-position-1 gallery-item-attachment-834'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000756.jpg' title='P1000756' target='_self'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000756-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Catchin&#039; some waves in Nusa Dua\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCatchin&#8217; some waves in Nusa Dua &#8211; btw, red flags means stay out of the water\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class='gallery-item gallery-item-position-2 gallery-item-attachment-837'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000797.jpg' title='P1000797' target='_self'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000797-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"enjoying a snack and some drinks on Seminyak beach\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tenjoying a snack and some drinks on Seminyak beach\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class='gallery-item gallery-item-position-3 gallery-item-attachment-838'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000815.jpg' title='P1000815' target='_self'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000815-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"cool japanese restaurant in the Seminyak Sofitel\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcool japanese restaurant in the Seminyak Sofitel\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class='gallery-item gallery-item-position-4 gallery-item-attachment-840'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000826.jpg' title='P1000826' target='_self'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000826-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Seminyak beach\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSeminyak beach\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class='gallery-item gallery-item-position-5 gallery-item-attachment-841'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000835.jpg' title='P1000835' target='_self'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000835-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"3 types of fois gras - the mango sushi one was really good\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t3 types of fois gras &#8211; the mango sushi one was really good\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class='gallery-item gallery-item-position-6 gallery-item-attachment-842'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000845.jpg' title='P1000845' target='_self'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/P1000845-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Metis - french\/balinese\/fusion restaurant\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMetis &#8211; french\/balinese\/fusion restaurant\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s weird to be unemployed. Every time a contract\/job finishes, there&#8217;s always this downtime that inevitably occurs. During these periods in between jobs, I&#8217;ve volunteered, gone back to school, picked up a new hobby, and just taken the time to relax. This is the first time I&#8217;ve ever had this downtime outside of Canada. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/833\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unemployment just means you&#8217;re a &#8220;freelance consultant&#8221;&nbsp;(Week1)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[14,16,71,126,72,73,128],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2231,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions\/2231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}