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  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 [...]

  It’s day like today when I feel quite unmotivated to do anything. I can blame it on my cold and perhaps it is a contributing factor. Although I know I still need to re-submit my revised proposal by August 13, having done the presentation on Friday makes me mentally ticks it off my list. [...]

  If anybody’s wondering why I’ve been so quiet for the past couple of weeks, it’s because I have been focusing on my proposal presentation. As part of my Masters degree, I had to present my proposal and had it assessed by three panel members. I did it today and although it was considered good [...]

If you’re wondering why I haven’t updated my blog recently, it’s because I’m in the thick of writing a paper for an upcoming conference in New Zealand at the end of the year, as well as finalising my proposal for this Friday. I’m fast reaching the six-month point in my study, where I need to [...]

My body’s probably trying to tell me something about my expanding waistline (ahh, the joy of getting old!). I went to the loo today at the university (stay with me, I know – this is way too much information!) and after I finished the numero uno, I heard a quick “Kerplunk!”. My first reaction was [...]

  I had written four long paragraphs to post as a blog entry and decided to put a picture above. Somehow my blogging software decided to wipe out the text and only saved the picture. Aaargh! Now I have to remember what I had written earlier and tried to regurgitate it from my memory … [...]