2018.
Hello internet, I am back. After the longest break I have taken from work since 2011, I finally returned to work today.
Procrastiprogress updates from the cave VI.
Moshimoshi folks, I can’t believe it’s already the end of September. This month has been hectic but fulfilling. I finally attended my PhD Convocation ceremony, 13 months after I had […]
Procrastiprogress updates from the cave V.
Moshimoshi folks! How have you been? Since the last procrastiprogress update, I’ve casually gotten married, gone on a kickass sunny honeymoon, and started postdoc #1 in a new country. My […]
Whoever said it takes a village to finish a PhD,
was probably an anthropologist trying to make a dad joke. […]
Revelations from being at The Last Stretch:
A PhD is difficult. A thesis is difficult. Finishing is difficult. Self-doubt is normal. Inferiority complex is normal. Insecurity is normal. Sleep is good. Food is good. Fresh air is […]
So near yet so far.
I feel like I am not supposed to be saying this, but today I feel a bit like death. I reckon many of us near The End feel this way, […]
Week one at the DERC.
Hello from my first week at the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), where I’ll be a Visiting Researcher for a month hosted […]
Taking stock: 18 weeks to go.
So, as time has willed, I’m already at the halfway mark of my stint with the MMTC. This also means it’s eighteen weeks till the submission of my thesis. ermergerd. I […]
Week one.
I finally made it to Jönköping after a 31-hour commute over three flights and a bus ride, transiting from 37*C to -3*C. My coldest night here has been -8*C. My friends back […]
Academica Dramatica x Art
Crystal Abidin Dissecting a Review, 2014 Ink on paper 21cm x 29.7cm
What’s on my mind?
What’s on my mind is how is today Saturday and why is there weekend inertia and why are all the contexts collapsing because life is very mysterious.
Red.
I have a project proposal! I have a project proposal! Now, to make all this scribbling sound smart on paper… Lying on my side and free-writing is surprisingly productive for […]
Academic behind-the-scenes: Conceptualizing a blogpost.
Notebook 01: Running catalogue of paper ideas to be developed […]
Class of 2011 strikes back.
We’re back in our hood, homies! Look at my soci bro being all hardworking and stuff. Also, thanks, class of 2014, for letting us camp out in the Honours Room. Sincerely, […]
Academica Dramatica x Brainfarts
“It’s not really considered a job right? Aren’t you still a student? When will you get a proper job?” / awkward family conversations “How come they let you teach undergrads, […]
Academica Dramatica x Grasping Air
‘2217hrs I read five books today and I still cannot grasp this concept’ selfie in the office. Also, PhD Selfies.
Attempting to wrap up 2014 (yes I know it’s only August)
When did 2014 go? How are we already two-thirds in? […]
WISHCRYS 