Two years ago, one of my PhD supervisors David Herbert picked me up from Kristiansand International Airport, and my adventures in Norway received a warm welcome. It was snow white then just like today. When I look out of the window now, low and behold, the exponentially increasing flurries dance at the rhythm of the…
Category: Academics
Snapshots
After the smoke subsided, I listened attentively as two men spoke into my small Canon A70 away from the big mass media cameras. How could I not dig back looking for the traces which lead us to some ashes? The project, however, required new instruments from old sages, so I could attend the fragments of…
‘Recomposing’ Myself
I like music. Good music relaxes, inspires, energizes and occasionally touches me. Lately, a range of musical images and sounds as metaphors keep hovering over my head. Somehow, they open up fresh ways for me to think, and reorder my reflections. 'Recomposing': Perhaps, I am working on this again and again… Posted with Blogsy
The Forbidden Education (with English subtitles)
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Forbidden Education
They say that learning is a life long activity, but beyond that, I think learning to learn (again) is a series of necessary interruptions through life. Watching the 10 episodes ploughing through the subtitles of the originally Latin American-Spanish independent documentary 'Forbidden Education' was exactly what I needed yesterday. Because this PhD journey of mine…
Revisiting is Good Practice
Revisiting is good practice because so often I miss the treasures when I'm in a hurry. Last night, I revisited Luther and reason; and both surprised me. This morning, a detour to think about research programmes helped to refine the way I look at my work. The last one week, it was good to return…
Random Thoughts on a Cloudy Saturday Afternoon
Let's see whether I can get back to a blogging rhythm again 🙂 I suppose I need to learn about how holidays mean holidays. It's quite futile to switch back into working mode after entering into the relaxed zone. But I need to switch to work mode for the purpose of setting in a draft…
Random Thoughts Mini-Come-Back
When I held Anja’s hand to help her practice her baby steps, my mind wandered briefly to think of how I needed all the help I could get to move along in my PhD journey, and overall life here in Norway. The help came in all sorts of shapes and sizes, genres and content,…
Imagining My PhD Journey
Inspired by Chris Tilling’s Marking a pile of biblical studies essays, here’s my adaptation for my potential journey. Since it’s not finished yet, I’ll use the word ‘potential’ to signify that. * * * When I started it feels like this, and on and off I wake up in horror feeling like this too! Sometimes…
Revisiting ‘Dance’
After reading this, I realize perhaps this is why I love this video so much (even if I can’t dance properly at all) 🙂 "The dance of culture, the enthusiasm, the banquet, the community . . . because by dancing, I am telling everyone that I live, but differently from the stone in the road,…