Hiatus? Hiatus.
I think I am going to take a mental health month all of July (sort of), and also spend some time pursuing my non-academic interests terrorizing strangers with my globe-trotting […]
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Bliss.
One of my students baked (and personally served!) the whole class lemon cakes for our last workshop today. Such a sweetheart, thank you Steph :)
Lifestyle upgrades.
I have been making a few tweaks in my lifestyle, in a bid to have some semblance of a (restful?) quality of life – I don’t actually know if this […]
Resources on selfies
This page is now being updated here: https://wishcrys.com/selfies/
IR15 Show Me Your Selfies: A Teaching Workshop
An international group of academics is facilitating a pre-conference workshop […]
Counting down to a brief respite…
For the rest of May, all I have to do is: – conquer another 7 days of teaching – grade 100 oral presentations – grade 55 communication folios – revise […]
SOS.
I desire nothing more than to laze along the river with some Fay Weldon right now. My life has been overtaken by undergrad marking of late. Just completed a first […]
“I literally can’t even right now.”
And of course my dress sense has every thing to […]
Fairy godmother, agony aunt, companion.
Some times, working the 0215hrs shift is like being a fairy godmother, agony aunt, and companion all at once… while juggling shelving, printing, scanning, document delivery, and manning the reception […]
In today’s episode of a day in the life of a Social Media scholar…
Closely tracking the social currency of Dashiel Marquet Sayre, newborn of […]
Academica Dramatica x Meta Selfie.
Selfie presentations at conference. — Selfie before selfie presentations at conference. — Collage of selfies during presentation on selfies. — Selfie of presenters of selfie presentations after selfie stream of […]
Academic dressing (?)
This is me on a regular day teaching on campus. Walking in front of a group of primary schoolers. Boy says: “That girl has the same bag pack as me […]
Multimedia resources on body image
This page is now being updated here: https://wishcrys.com/body-image/
The level of inertia is over 9,000…
Am having a really off week in thesis land. Set aside an eight-hour block to work on my chapter today only to end up sleeping six of those away. Sleep […]
one week.
Sitting here at the Uni Club attempting to look intelligent and write this chapter when all I really want to do is be at the beach. It all […]
Separating the person from the product
Greetings from day 3 of 5 of the Postgraduate Writing Retreat that I am attempting to survive this week. I am also secretly blogging from the retreat because I need […]
Academica Dramatica x Academic Angels
This is going to be long. As a third year PhD candidate who is plagued by the impostor syndrome, I find myself the most under-qualified, out-of-place, socially awkward person in […]
Reeducating my writing habits.
I don’t know about you, but I would definitely pass out and die in a marathon. My writing habit is to, to borrow from the ever fabulous Mean Girls, “word […]
Establishing blogger social currency through hashtags and tags.
Although they broadcast to readers primarily on their blogs, commercial […]
mission accomplished!
Woo hoo! Just survived my first teleconference lecture with the Gender Collective at the National University of Singapore. Thank you, gender warriors, for journeying through 120 minutes with me. I […]
Buymylife.com – eyeballs, influencers, and social media
This August, I had the honour of representing the School […]
Preparing an effective Elevator Pitch
This page has now been updated here: https://wishcrys.com/elevator-pitch/
Trove: revamped and revived.
It’s been an arduous two weeks producing and compiling the curriculum and compendium for Trove, a teaching and learning editorial learning project that I run as a postgraduate mentor, but […]
Dedicated to all mixed heritage kids.
Found an old piece I wrote five years ago (2008) while clearing out my laptop this week. Reading this again today, I feel like I was such an angsty child/teen/adult […]
401.
I endeavour to be as calm as this gentleman looking out to sea at Broadbeach. – My scholarship runs out in exactly 401 days. Having just returned from fieldwork and […]
You’re a girl.
In June 2011, I was invited to put in a submission for the University Women’s Association Singapore Gender Studies Book Prize. Awardees are amongst the best female students […]
Celebrity blogshop models – performing cyber-femininity
Celebrity blogger, Naomi Neo, being approached by a fan for […]
Hello Perth, I’ve missed you.
Back in Perth for a quick breather with several missions in tow. It’s been a hectic yet restful two days thus far, if that makes sense. Lots to accomplish before […]
Speaking with Beatrice Tan
Beatrice Tan is easily the most recognisable face in the commercial blog industry in Singapore, having been among the pioneer batch of blogshop models in the mid 2000s. She also […]
Off stage/On stage
Ever wondered what goes on at a Bloggers’ coverage event? Lifestyle blogger, Beatrice Tan, very kindly invited me along to The Most Marvellous Bloggers’ Party held at Nassim Hill @ […]
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