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.

Firstly, I’m still alive.

Secondly, I’m still spending a lot of time on the internet but I just don’t blog or email.

Thirdly, I’ve been travelling up to Sydney quite frequently, I’d say about every two weeks - I’ve been having a “thing” with a guy in Sydney since the end of January 2007.

Fourthly, I’m still reading for the PhD, at least in theory. I think it will be at least another year before I complete.

Fifthly, I will soon depart on fieldwork, i.e. research for the PhD, again. This trip will take me to Seoul (about 8 weeks) and Kuala Lumpur (about 4 weeks). I intend to blog more once I am underway, especially since I’ve never been to Seoul before and we all know how much I love to critically assess, i.e. whinge, about new things and places. The blog-posts should be doubly fun since I have a new digital camera and I’ve been quite good at using that lately.

This brings me to the final point - here are some photos I took while I was out and about in Canberra a few days ago. It’s a random collection of pictures entitled “A Day out in Canberra”. Enjoy!

Posted on August 26th, 2007 by jl
Filed under: Life!, work