Sonic Showers
There’re just three ‘big’ movies on my “Must Watch” list this year: they’re Watchmen, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (!), and Star Trek. The first, Watchmen, has come and gone and I’ve blogged about it here the other week.
Thinking Back VIII – Living in Perth
Many students from Singapore who go elsewhere to study go wild. After all, when you’re coming out from an arguably boring Red Dot to places with no parents, less censorship, more freedoms of expression – never understood why this is
Thinking Back VII – Working in Perth
Many international students work. They have to, because beyond the exception of a few rich kids, most are perpetually cash strapped. Studying abroad is a capital investment: tuition fees will set you back at least $25,000 per year. You’ll spend
Dai Goh Dai
A post about handphones! In Cantonese, ‘Dai Goh’ means ‘Big Brother’. Dai Goh Dai means “Big Brother Carrying” I think, and the phrase was used in the 80s when mobile phones became available for consumer purchase. Those phones were like
Thinking Back VI – Speaking at Conferences
While it’s not necessary for doctoral candidates to publish research during their course of study, many do. I determined early on too that I would seek to publish as a doctoral candidate. My project into grief play was structured into
Thinking Back V – Achieving Candidacy
Before I could actually start doing research in MMORPGs (the fun part!), I had to first prove to the faculty that my research was viable, accomplishable, and important. This was the Candidacy period, the culmination of which is a formal
Baby Names – Chinese Version
Here in Singapore, Chinese names given to newborns typically follow a name structure that’s kept consistent for each generation. For instance, my generation was “Foo Chek *”. For the next generation, it’s “Foo Jie *”. Mum has been thinking of
Thinking Back IV – Understanding Research
There’s a common underlining basis for the award of a Ph.D after all those years of slogging. Firstly, your work has to constitute a substantial and important contribution to the body of knowledge. Secondly, the conduct through which you produced
Who watches the Watchmen?
One of the earliest graphic novels I read as a young adult was Watchmen. My elder brother and I were both comic book readers and collectors in the mid 80s, and he acquired all twelve volumes of this series. The
Thinking Back III – Accommodation
My first home in Perth was a townhouse located at 11 Beveridge Street. It was two floored, newly built with six bedrooms, fully carpeted, air-conditioned including the common living and kitchen areas, and a 15 minute walk from my office
Thinking Back II – Departure & Arrival
There was a lot going through my mind just before my departure from Singapore in Feb 2003. That I was stepping into a larger world was foremost. At that point, since I wasn’t seeing anyone, my only ties to Singapore
Thinking Back I – Applications
I’m doing lot of posts recollecting, especially important now that I get older and I’m worried that my brain cells degrade further LOL. This will be a long ten part series on the Ph.D program, so do bear with me.:)
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