Spring has arrived in Canberra. For the first time in months, the mercury went above 20C today. In fact it went up as high as 21.3C at 1500H according to the Australian Government’s Bureau of Meteorology.

For the first time in weeks, I did an honest day’s work. It’s still not as much as I would like to have seen myself doing but at least it was a fair effort today, though frankly, I’m getting a little tired of reading about the political economy of Korea (which I’ve been doing for the past four weeks)… in fact, I dare say, I’m getting a little tired of reading about my topic in general. After about two years of working on this research project, it has become far too familiar and somewhat repetitive. Alas, it’s a bed I’ve made for myself and I’ve got to lie in it.

Today, or last night to be more precise, also brought with it an interesting new twist. The guy I’ve been dating up in Sydney, let’s call him… err… MJT (!), got around to creating his profile on Facebook and in the process we’ve linked our profiles together as being “in a relationship” !!! I’m not sure what this means exactly… though I’m sure it means something… but consistent with the approach I’ve taken so far in this relationship, I’m not going to analyse it!

Today would also have brought one other new development in my life, or rather new object, or to be more specific, gadget. For many reasons, some quite immediate, I needed a new mobile and I bought a Nokia E61i over the internet a few days ago. It would have been delivered today if not for my own silliness in having it sent to a less than ideal location. I suspect, or hope rather, it will be delivered tomorrow. In the meantime, I did get work done today instead of being yet again distracted, so all’s well…

Posted on August 27th, 2007 by jl
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How is it that I can spend half a day spring-cleaning my server space and changing the look of my website but somehow not find the energy nor the inspiration to actually blog or write personal emails to friends?

I wished I could say that I’ve been caught up with work, i.e. this PhD lark, but try as I might, while some work is done, it’s hardly enough to commensurate with the amount of time that has gone by. I wished I could say that I’ve been busy with other important and urgent matter but fact is… no. While you might say that I’ve just been caught up with life and all that springs forth, in many ways that’s really just a poor excuse for not being more organised and preoccupied with things that should take greater priority. Ultimately, that really is it… I’ve just been spending a lot of time on things that are not that important in the grand scheme of things right now. In fact, I dare say, I’ve been spending (wasting?) a lot of time on utterly frivolous and pointless endeavours: mindless internet surfing, pointless research shopping, online chatting, Facebooking… the list goes on…

But I shouldn’t bore you with that. I should return to the point of this blog-post: to provide you with a brief update on my life and current activities.

Posted on August 26th, 2007 by jl
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