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Peek-a-boo on the stairs #blackcat #moggie #catso Peek-a-boo on the stairs #blackcat #moggie #catsofinstagram #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitecat #shotoniphone
Picturesque Cotswolds #lifeinengland #cotswolds # Picturesque Cotswolds #lifeinengland #cotswolds #worcestershire #broadway #snowshill #wanderlust
Easter long weekend used to mean road trips; norma Easter long weekend used to mean road trips; normally day trips out of London (or York) when we were in the North on the Sunday after all religious obligations have been fulfilled. There’s always a big part of me that loves castle ruins. This is Sheriff Hutton Castle in the village of Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire; a standing structure has been in this place since the 12th century. This castle and its surrounding lands in Yorkshire once belonged to Richard III, whose remains was the one found (and exhumed) in the car park in Leicester, and the protagonist of the Shakespeare play named after him. #lifeinengland #yorkshire #england #northyorkshire #sheriffhuttoncastle #wanderlust #blackandwhitephotography
All decked up for Chinese opera #kuching #sarawak All decked up for Chinese opera #kuching #sarawak #culturalheritage #chinesetemple #chineseopera
Seeing friends who keep me sane, whom I haven’t Seeing friends who keep me sane, whom I haven’t seen in two weeks #dessert #chocolate #icecream #food
Friday night drinks #cocktails #irishcoffee #frid Friday night drinks #cocktails #irishcoffee #fridaynight #fridayvibes
Another Friday, another fiery sunset #kuching #sa Another Friday, another fiery sunset #kuching #sarawak #sunset #shotoniphone #iphone12
Familiar sights offer a sense of comfort, but can Familiar sights offer a sense of comfort, but can be bittersweet when it seems so far away and unreachable. #london #england #uk #lifeinengland
Haven’t been out of the house for a week! That’s what happens when you conference from home. #kuching #timelapse
Conferencing in 2021: dual screens, Zoom, conferen Conferencing in 2021: dual screens, Zoom, conference paper on Evernote, laptop supported by a small mountain of books for good eyeline. Missing from the screen but running in the background: Twitter #scms21 #conferencingfromhome #thisacademiclife #newnormal #laptopphotos
I write about the “tyranny of distance” in aca I write about the “tyranny of distance” in academia in an upcoming book chapter. Sometimes you have to sacrifice sleep to be part of important discussions and to hear groundbreaking work happening in the field. Sleep can come later. #thisacademiclife #virtualconferences #newnormal #scms21 #conferencefromhome
Virtual conference will never replace that feeling Virtual conference will never replace that feeling when you arrive at a venue and bump into familiar faces you haven’t seen in ages; the panels that blow your mind; the conversations and connections you make afterwards. All this while running on adrenaline from little sleep and food, and copious amount of caffeine. #anditbegins #conference #conferencingfromhome #scms21 #conferenceathome #workfromhome #thisacademiclife #newnormal #notravelallowed #13hourtimedifference
When you finally have the time to head to your fav When you finally have the time to head to your favourite coffee place this week, you get over-caffeinated😅 #specialtycoffee #coffee #coffeeshop #laptopphotos
Happy International Women’s Day to these fiction Happy International Women’s Day to these fictional characters who’ve played huge roles in my life. #danascully #thexfiles #felicitysmoak #arrow #dianaprince #wonderwoman #philippageorgiou #startrekdiscovery #iwd2021 #strongfemalecharacters #inspiration #popcultureisimportant
SCMS21 conference has an app which allows us to in SCMS21 conference has an app which allows us to input all the panels and papers we’re interested in to a calendar format. Spent the afternoon doing just that and realised it’s going to be extremely packed midnight-8am schedule between 17-21 March (in reality, 18-22 March due to timezone conversion). So many great papers, and as always, some of the most interesting ones clash with my own panel. The last time I was at SCMS, it was 2016, and we were in Atlanta, Georgia. I miss the brief time in between exploring new cities, restaurants and coffee shops with aca-friends, and running on adrenaline and caffeine once the main conference starts as we run from one panel to the next with barely time for bad coffee and a quick bite to eat. I miss the conversations and friendships after. And one day, I hope we are able to do this again, while also making way for a hybrid conference that enables more participation from those who can’t normally fly to the US or Canada for this conference. #thisacademiclife #newnormal #scms21 #conference #conferencingathome #workfromhome #notravelallowed #mediastudies #fanstudies
The longer we keep to online learning and teaching The longer we keep to online learning and teaching, the more work we have to do to ensure students are, most importantly, not feeling isolated and disconnected from their peers, and in the process, become demotivated from gaining knowledge. It’s very easy to just assume that because of their age, digital literacy is ‘natural’ for students — the assumption that they’re fine with performing on social media— but this is not always true. Starting a new semester, without the benefit of face-to-face interaction, can be as stressful for students as well, who very likely have not seen their peers since government-imposed lockdowns (and it’s been a year for those of us here in Sarawak). I haven’t seen my academic community for over a year as well, and I can definitely feel the isolation. What I experimented with this new semester: using a Jamboard, getting students to share a bit about themselves — their interests, their hopes for the semester — and then using that information, start these different channels on Discord for them to chat on. For interest of fairness, I share too. Hopefully, this will enable some friendships to be made and in the process, help them form groups where they can work together over the semester. People assume online teaching is easy. It’s not. #newnormal #unilife #pandemiclife #laptopphotos #discord #jamboard #workfromhome #wfh
More Kuching sunsets. This time on a rainy day, an More Kuching sunsets. This time on a rainy day, and shot from a moving car giving it a Wing Kar Wai-esque feel. #kuching #sunset #iphone12pro #rainyday #shotoniphone
Sunset #kuching #sunset #iphone12pro Sunset #kuching #sunset #iphone12pro
The oldest Chinese temple in Kuching. Although har The oldest Chinese temple in Kuching. Although hard to confirm, records show that a temple has sat at this spot since 1770. A river, since dried up and covered, was thought to have run next to it, and is believed to be called Sungai (river in Malay) Kuching, upon which the city took its name. #chinesetemples #iphone12pro #hipstamatic #livedheritage #history
The 133-year-old Sarawak Museum under the full moo The 133-year-old Sarawak Museum under the full moon #kuching #sarawakmuseum #blackandwhitephotography #iphone12pro #heritage #heritagebuildings #britishcolonialarchitecture
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