This was what I used to do... but somehow I couldn't find the motivation to do it anymore. Moreover, I also ask myself - do I want to go back to this torturous phase of my life again? >.<


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PinkDot 2011


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 What have I been doing for the past 3 months?


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Met up with some of the Sino-Sing friends yesterday at 3 Fullerton Waterboat House, a bar called PreLude. It was a windy night, and the weather was just nice to go al fresco. And it was quite a view, with the bar located at the rooftop that oversees the entire MBS view. The picture below is very blur, but I promise the view is much better, ( Read more... )

My research protocol has been officially approved by the Institutional Review Board at NUS. This means I can start my fieldwork with immediate effect! Since this is the case, I can begin by spreading word around about my research:

Letter of Invitation

Dear Sir/Ma’am,

I am a graduate student (Masters) researching on Southeast Asian international ( Read more... )

 It's been a while since I last posted... I have been really busy with studies and work at school. Apart from the usual readings groups, seminars, writing papers, I've also recently been roped into a steering committee for a graduate conference jointly organized by NUS and UBC.

Currently on the agenda - saving up for Feb 2012's trip to AAG at New ( Read more... )

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 As the month draws to an end, I look back at my calendar in horror, and I really don't dare to plan in detail for the month of February. Life has been so hectic that anything which is not listed in my calendar is automatically off my mind. I guess my life is now so structured around deadlines that I have become so dependent on timetabling and ( Read more... )

 I have a scary (but strangely exciting) writing schedule ahead this semester!

Fat Politics Matter: on Two Accounts of Bodily Matter (draft for special edition ‘Fat Masculinities’ in Men and Masculinities)
Deadline: 15 February 2011

Family Migration (for Encyclopedia for Global Human Migration)
Deadline: 28 February 2011

Social Meaning of Remittances: ( Read more... )

 My favourite shots from the Kukup trip...


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