Enlightened... but Seriously?
I like to dwell in (photocopied) books. They provide artificial brief respites from the fetters of my humdrum existence. But it's terrible when Saturday feels like a Monday, and Monday comes after Sunday. And Sunday is not exactly Sabbath. Time to go to the library...
posted by astral @ 12:57 PM
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brilliant picture. where did you get this from?
Hey Klem, I took this photo in 06, outside a library in Leiden University, when KPT-inspired leftist idealism and European summer culture combined to make me want to be a photographer, or an academic.
Now I just want to graduate and join the civil service. Funny - and scary - how perspectives change in a flash. Or maybe I just didn't know myself well enough then.
Seems like friends will only put comments on my blog when I put photos eh? Hope you are doing good and keep the journalism dream going!
haha. something similar is stirring within me right now. suddenly, working for ST doesn't seem like such a bad idea after all. i could just be "settling" because i am just so sick and tired of striving and competing with the mad bunch here in the big apple. i don't really see the point of fighting so hard. everybody who did something great, i am sure, didn't start out by wanting to do something great. most times, they just did their own thing and it just happened to be great. oh wells, i just put out 4 applications and i may even do a second year here, pending a full scholarship. so we'll see. hope the thesis is moving along well. i am doing my master's project on the american indie film scene in new york. decided to throw away those heavy duty ideas of immigrants and all that because i couldn't find a fresh angle to approach it.
Yeah, I read your blog. All the best with your applications.
I'm still mildly connected with immigrant issues in my paper. Writing about the thoughts of Michael Walzer, quite a leftist, though he tends to romanticizes things a little. Funny how my unromantic supervisor disagrees with him on many areas, and yet I kind of admire Walzer's writings. Just struggling with the all-too-familiar lack-of-a-thesis-statement for now.
Oh well, once you join ST, I guess that marks the death of the tan-tham-lim alliance!
unless we all join ST!
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well, not necessarily. i just think that ideologically, i will be under the same kind of pressures everywhere i go. but the difference between working in east asia and america, is that i will be writing on things that matter to me when i am in my home region, and when that happens, i realize, my writing tends to be my best.
besides, my first job, whether at ST or not, is unlikely to be my last as well. it's just a stepping stone to other things. i still intend to move into book writing, teaching (maybe journalism) and artsy photography eventually. but meanwhile, i need to pay my bills, regroup and plot my next move out.
but new york city is increasingly looking like a pit stop of sorts for me. i feel more and more displaced with each passing day. i could easily stay for anything up to 3-5 years (depending on opportunities) but beyond that, i am not too sure...
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