Monday, November 09, 2009
(En)Framed Feminism
Finally done with my thesis. Not in the completely completed sense, but rather the the-deadline-has-arrived sense. In any case, it is my personal belief that no research can ever claim to be completed. The completion is only momentous; the completion is moot without the moment.
Have I written something that I am proud of? I don't know. Is it something that will make the grade? I don't care. Or at least not now. Not until the result is out.
The process was endearing. I learned more about myself than about the topic I was researching on.
The process was treacherous. My thoughts swung like a pendulum from the extremes of optimism to extremes of pessimism.
And falling sick did not help. Vomited twice in the midst of writing. If only the words came out as flowing as the vomit.
But I will not give up anything to change it. For the process is now mine to hold.
And now, I shall start working on the ethics of biblioclasm. Maybe I will burn my thesis after this. Hahaha.
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Monday, October 05, 2009
On Ris Low
I don't understand why people are so against her as if she has done some heinous deed. Often it shows their lack of criticality in their smear campaign against anything and everything about her.
I reiterate my point that dark green and leopard print can be a stylistically fashionable combination. The case in point:
(Source: http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrity_gallery/image_full/157845/)
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Female Specimen of the K9 Species
Fang says (4:14 PM):
u there?
or outside alr?
Wy? out reading says (4:16 PM):
at home
why
Fang says (4:17 PM):
ur nick says out reading
Wy? out reading says (4:17 PM):
wanted to go out
but
i'm unwillingly drawn towards the comp
and fb
Fang says (4:19 PM):
oh no
u need to start running on the wheel
Wy? out reading says (4:19 PM):
?
Fang says (4:20 PM):
if not *name censored* wont b pleased when she check her hamsters cages
I have been defeated... orz... blardy hell bitch me.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
The Fear
2.27 in the morning. There is always this fear that I will not measure up to it. This fear that I will falter once again in quest of something that is perhaps never meant to be. This fear that is becoming so fearsome that I am fearing it even more. This fear that is consuming me from inside.
I fear this fear.
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Saturday, August 01, 2009
Camera Obscura of the Internet
The owner claims that the online era is overstated and that what we are really seeing (literally) is the era of camwhoring, in every etymological sense of the conjoined word. One must realize that one of the primary reasons why people are connected to the virtual camera obscura is to exchange information (Ridings & Gefen, 2004) - information that is individual and holds only by the sharer, whether perceived or real. Further, the implicitness of information, knowledge and (the egocentric) solipsism renders it plausible for the aforementioned claim to be justified. Indeed, we are all whoring a part of ourselves when we plug in to the darkened chamber called the Internet!
To plagiarize William Shakespeare - All the internet's a camera obscura. And all the men and women merely whores.
Camwhoring Rulz!!!
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Nietzsche explains why...
... i'm close friend with Fang, Adel, and ST. hahahha.
"A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy."
(Nietzsche, N.d.)
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Growth and Beer
Q: Why do people consume more beer (and wine and spirits) when there's economic growth?
A: Because beer provides the temporal respite we so increasingly need in this so-called civilisation lah! Duhz.
Drinking session anyone? hahha. Can be together with KTV.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Back...
...from the land of smiles where I had a surprise birthday celebration by the hotel's pool.
...from the world of imagination where young communications and new media undergrads-to-be (hopefully) had a good start to their university life.
With that, I completed my grand slam of attending all three NM camps during the three summer breaks of my undergrad life. Three years ago, I attended the very camp with Chen Guo and Sim Teng, and met Fang, Mabel and Yao Zong (and many others but these are the few who became close friends). Three of them are my business partners now (can't believe I'm saying this).
One more semester to go. Three more modules to clear. I will survive! That I can be sure of with all these friends around.
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Ironies of life
I have been advised by PSD not to attend the closing ceremony of my Civil Service Internship tomorrow (later actually) because I just got back from Thailand, and risked contracting H1N1.
The funny thing is, Thailand felt safer than Republic Polytechnic where I served my internship. I was placed in a small air-conditioned enclosed area, probably smaller than the size of my bedroom. It's a student-initiated shop (although I don't see students running the shop). But yes, students and staff alike walk in and out of the shop regardless of their health condition. In fact, I've seen students sneezing, coughing, and sniffing without donning any mask entering the shop on numerous occasions. And the school's admin centre was a bit reluctant to issue me a mask when I requested for it because I wasn't an official staff/ student, and they can't trace my record in the system.
And I was down with flu 3 days before my Thailand trip. But my PPC-readied doctor cleared me of H1N1 by asking a few questions even though I told him that I was doing my internship at RP. Fortunately, I recovered and am free from any flu-like symptoms (except for my morning sinus overdrive).
Oh well. But since she (the PSD staff) has requested, I will be more than glad to stay away from the presentation. I'm not getting paid anyway.
The ironies of life.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The arthor wonders...
who will foot his medical bill if he's down with the dreaded H1N1 since his employer (ir)responsibly demands that he works in a shop (read high human traffic) located within the largest H1N1 cluster in Singapore.
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