Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.:)
Continued from my previous post! What had changed from my bachelor to the master degree? Well, the domain of study was very different. The stuff I studied in Computer Engineering largely pertained to knowledge acquisition and practical application, whereas the
Just a couple of weeks ago, my Software Engineering students were right thick in their last week of final assessments for my subject. When I ran into them while walking to the faculty cafeteria for lunch, they all went into
Continuing on my series of posts on large vocal classical works. I’ve blogged about two of Handel’s oratorios: this entry is about both of Haydn’s oratorios. Haydn is also one of those lucky composers to have lived a long life.
A couple nights every week this couple of weeks is spent discharging my, well, yearly IPPT obligation. But the remaining free evenings I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09. Funnily, I have no
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