I can't believe it has been almost 2 months since my last post. Wow! I don't think I've ever been absent from the blogosphere for that long. I typically write when I need to get something off of my chest, and believe me there are plenty of issues that were waiting to be unloaded in the past month or so. Only that I'd be too exhausted by the time I'm ready to tap on the keyboard. The past two months had been a constant, blurring streams of papers, presentations, and work. Seriously, helping to run what is arguably the most prominent and distinguished Southeast Asian language program in the world is no small job. Also, that the program used to be understaffed is not helping much either. I'm usually completely wiped out by midnight, which is when I do all my writing.
Today I found myself drifting to my OWN blog after not visiting it for many weeks, and I was hit by the Mack truck of guilt. Why even have a blog when it's being left barren? But more importantly, one should not be coerced into writing out of guilt, typing up space-fillers for the sake of blog maintenance. I can certainly blog about my daily activities, which are for the most part very mundane and boring, but that's not the reason why I blog in the first place. I made a promise to myself when I first created this blog to write about things larger than my own puny existence. It means, for the most part, writing about politics since I'm simply obsessed with the topic.
But then commenting on politics can turn off part of my already tiny readership--unless, of course, if the topic is about race relations in Malaysia; see here and here for examples. Anyway, here are some of the topics I've been wanting to blog about for the past few weeks, and rest assured that there will a post for each one of them in the next week or so: Wisconsin's glorious weekend at the 2007 Malaysian Midwest Games, especially the improbable medaling of the men's soccer team; the death of Loga, one of the frontmen of my most beloved band of all time, Alleycats; the socio-political context of Mexico's defeat to the US in the Gold Cup's final; Pak Lah's wedding to Jeanne Danker and the politics of rumor-mongering in Malaysia; the Federal Court's verdict on the Lina Joy's apostasy case; the American 2008 presidential race; and most importantly, this certain Korean girl in the office whose "gedik"ness is annoying the heck out of me.
Ah, I almost forgot that I still owe my advisor a revised version of my MA thesis, which is due next Monday. Yep, I still need to rework parts of my thesis to get it up to "publishable quality." In a way, I found that blog-writing certainly help with my academic writing. It loosen up my writing style and encourage me to be more carefree with my proses and word-choices. Ever read all those stuffy and jargon-ridden academic books and articles, understood only by maybe 10 people in the world? That's exactly the kind of writing I'm trying to avoid.
Anyway, I'll be more diligent in updating my blog from now on and I can barely keep the lid on top of all the burning issues in my mind. Especially the one about the annoying Korean girl.
9 comments:
annoying Korean girl? hahaha. is she who i think she is? she must be really really annoying to the point she could make you write about her. hoho
i've been visiting on many blogs and to my founding, not many worth reading (including mine, hahaha). so come on, keep on posting, i need something to stimulate my mind. yours can.
who's left in madison?
Yes, there is no other Korean girl. She's becoming more gedik and annoyingly loud for the past few months. Also, it's that "eager-to-please" attitude that really gets under my nerve. Kau tau la.. mcm awek2 yg suka bodek cara manja.. pas tu dia cas mcm boss lak kat office kekadang.. pandai2 nak order aku buat tu ni padahal aku yg paling senior.. gi mati la aku nak ikut.. and the fact that she likes to be in the center of attention doesn't help either to the point that she always try to change the topic when people are talking about stuff she doesn't know about.
I know this might come off as really petty to most people but this is seriously bugging me right now. I don't have that many pet peeves but one of the very few is "minah2 gedik" like her.. rasa rimas giler dok kat dlm office to the point where I find excuses to do work outside or simply leave the office..
At the risk of being sexist, it also doesn't help that out of four graduate student workers in the office I'm the only guy. So when the three girls start chatting, with the two other girls encouraging her "gedik"ness, the air in the office is so thick with estrogen you can slice it with a butter knife. It gets to be so unbearable sometimes that I just find (or make up) any excuses to leave the office and go somewhere far, far away.
I guess this reply counts as a post. Still it's not long enough to allow me to fully vent out. Nanti aku sambung lagi...
annoying korean girl?? hmmm...is it the same girl I was thinking?? ahak..well...that's life brother..hahahha..nice to hear from you again??? Bila mau balik Malaysia??
hahaha come on i need to read more. tulis panjang². aku sedia membaca bebelan hahaha
fido, are you going to start bitching about "gedik girls" now? i like
welcome back anyway =)
another thing, my blog dah tukar to new place, http://someonesworld.blogspot.com/ yang lama tu sudah expired and aku malas nak renew. so change ur link accordingly. tq
Dude, make sure she doesn't accidentally find your blog. The world is really small.
She might or might not already know about my blog. Either way it's perfectly fine with me. She knows I'm annoyed with her and we haven't spoken to each other for about 3 weeks now. If she has something to say then either tell it to my face or blog about it--like I did!
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