Monash Material. Ha. Ha.

So, hi,

I’m back.

I’m officially enrolled into  Monash University as a PhD student now. Crossing the bridge, I can say that it’s not exactly wow-ness. I can’t help but notice that intelligence has almost nothing to do with the program, even though the common stereotype is that you’ve got to be pretty smart to even attempt to permanently damage your head.

Really, it’s just a lot of work. It’s the same as a creative person in an advertising line coming up with the best ideas; same as junior footballers training and playing hard to make the senior team; same as a woman taking on a new job – motherhood.

It’s something new, and it’s something that requires a fair bit of dedication and time.

It’s really just research.

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Ok, I’m going to blog about my research over the next three years. I sense that this space is gonna be a good punching bag, venting space, toiletbowl, or even just a fun forum for discussion and ideas. I don’t mind making some ideas an open source development. Like hello, it’ll be more interesting that writing up stuff on how Samy’s idea of protecting the party is basically to sack whoever disagrees with him, right? (I once told a friend I don’t really blog about M’sian politics anymore because there are enough good writers out there who say all that needs to be said already.)

A lot of what I’m thinking about now is premature. I haven’t even really started reading up on the massive pile of books that my supervisor has lined up for me. I don’t even know what’s the life gonna be like there (I only move in to my space in the campus two weeks from today).

Who knows, it could be a breeze? (I highly doubt so) In any case, I pray for the grace of God to be in my life through this season.

To start off, here’s the working title for my research:
The Digital Church: Urban Malaysian Church Experiences in Cyberspace

Yawn.

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