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I was feeling weary today at the office after working almost non-stop from the morning, chasing a tight project deadline. I have to deliver a report for a client tomorrow, and on top of that a pile of assignments on my desk keep on reminding me that I need to finish marking by Monday next [...]

  I wanted to refresh the songs in my iPhone and rather than starting afresh, I simply added five albums into iTunes. Two of those happened to be Celtic music – in late 1990′s and early 2000′s, I used to listen to a lot of Celtic music and I thought I should return to an [...]

  The last time I was in New Zealand was in the year 2000 – before that, it was in 1997. Before I fell in love with Norway, New Zealand was my first love – after Australia and Singapore, it was the third overseas country that I visited outside Indonesia. The nature and the seemingly [...]

  If I can squeeze the hours I spend working today, unfortunately the ‘juice’ that will come out will only be very little compared to the effort and time that I dedicate to the work. I did some work at home, sourcing the list of UK television programmes for one of the projects that I’m [...]

  Before  you protest the title, I know that it’s Mr Sandman in the song! I’ve just returned from the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Market and Social Research Society – SA Division where I’ve been elected the Chairman. It feels quite peculiar to be at the top even if it is a small [...]

  The past two weeks have been really hectic for me – at least it seems to ease down a bit this week. I had to resubmit my proposal by Friday last week, and on top of that there are also a couple of projects that I am involved in. They all require my undivided [...]

I came across the Chinese proverb when I was researching the origin of the so-called Chinese curse of ‘May you live in interesting times’ – apparently, the saying is incorrectly attributed as a Chinese curse and that the closest Chinese proverb is ‘It’s better to be a dog in a peaceful time than be a [...]

  I’ve been awake since about 5.10am – I got up extra early so I could head over to the Optus store in Rundle Mall and join the rest of the iPhone tragics. The last time I did this was two years ago, when iPhone 3G was released. I enjoyed the camaraderie with other queuers so [...]

The royal blue sky outside has turned darker by the second now that the sun is facing a different part of the globe and I’m still at the office, spending time before I meet my friends for the Wednesday prayer meeting over in the Rowland Rees building. It’s been quite a productive day today with [...]

  The end of a study period (or semester, in the old university-speak) is always accompanied by goodbyes and farewells. Just when the air is slowly getting warmer and the days are getting longer, we need to pass the emotional hurdle every year in July. On Sunday, the Indonesian church said goodbyes to two of [...]