I can hear the fireworks going off here and there outside of our apartment. It was nice to have a bit of snow, not much but enough to make the kids happy. In a short while, we’ll be sitting down together sharing about what has been significant highlights for us this year. Gareth…
Month: December 2011
Random Thoughts on ‘Learning to Learn Again’ 1: Progress Descriptors & ‘Independence’
I haven’t been much of a blogger in the year 2011. I have mostly populated this ‘garden’ with my Project 365 photos. Even for that, I have slacked in the past month. So, every time I return, it’s like jumpstarting the engine again (and again). But, frankly, I’m not guilty at all. It’s simply…
Random Thoughts on Writing, ‘Apprenticeship’ and ‘Cabinet Making’
‘Writing’ as a way to bring those ‘disembodied’ ideas, thoughts, intuitions, concepts, images, etc., out into the open was a key theme running in my mind while listening to some practical advice by the ‘Masters’ of academia to the young PhD Padawans. I have scribbled ‘tons’ of notes since February, mind-mapped all over…
Random Thoughts after a ‘long’ absence
It’s been quite a while since I keyed in any texts on this blog. The reasons or excuses are legion. I have been traveling a lot this year. First, it was to and fro Malaysia and Norway to orientate myself, and settle in the family. Then there was the courses at Lesbos Island, Greece…