Showing posts with label Blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blog. Show all posts
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy 2012!
My first post to mark the start of a brand new year :) Happy new year everyone, and here's to an awesome and memorable 2012!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
I'm still here
I know.
I know it's been more than a month since I last updated. My apologies to anyone who has been following this blog and wondering if I abandoned it. No, it has not been abandoned, just neglected for so long due to my laziness, procrastination and preoccupation with a variety of stuff. I'm writing this entry to break that long lull, and also reaffirm my commitment to keeping this blog going, for I still have the need to capture those unique moments in space and time in my life. Much has happened since I last updated, and yet due to my laziness, procrastination and preoccupation with various stuff, I never got round to preserving those noteworthy moments in my life and my thoughts about them. The need to keep a record is even greater this semester, which is the beginning of my third and last year in university (unless I do my Honours year, which would mean an extra year). When I think about how it was not too long ago when I first entered university all excited yet full of anxiety about a new phase of my life, I get a little frightened upon realizing how time slips by so quickly. Therefore, now that the mid-semester break is just round the corner and I can finally take a breather, I resolve to update this blog more frequently with my thoughts, observations and of course those unique moments in space and time. I'm thinking at least one post a week, or one post per forthnight if I am busy (hey, I am a senior student after all!). But there will be entries to come, that's a promise to readers and myself.
Anyway, here're some updates on myself. Having completed my one semester of exchange with the University of Leeds, I went back to my university in Brisbane, Australia to resume my undergraduate studies. Not much about the city and my university has changed in the six months I was away. This semester, I moved to a new residential college. I could've moved back to my old one, but I figured that staying there fore 1 and a half years was long enough. Besides, I have enough of college food and after staying in a self-catered college for six months in Leeds, I decided that I definitely prefer to cook for myself. So far, I'm liking it here in my new college, and I'm closer to my neighbours here than to the neighbours I had in my previous colleges.
It's dinner time now, so I'll sign off here. There WILL be more entries to come, so keep an eye on this space. Till then!
I know it's been more than a month since I last updated. My apologies to anyone who has been following this blog and wondering if I abandoned it. No, it has not been abandoned, just neglected for so long due to my laziness, procrastination and preoccupation with a variety of stuff. I'm writing this entry to break that long lull, and also reaffirm my commitment to keeping this blog going, for I still have the need to capture those unique moments in space and time in my life. Much has happened since I last updated, and yet due to my laziness, procrastination and preoccupation with various stuff, I never got round to preserving those noteworthy moments in my life and my thoughts about them. The need to keep a record is even greater this semester, which is the beginning of my third and last year in university (unless I do my Honours year, which would mean an extra year). When I think about how it was not too long ago when I first entered university all excited yet full of anxiety about a new phase of my life, I get a little frightened upon realizing how time slips by so quickly. Therefore, now that the mid-semester break is just round the corner and I can finally take a breather, I resolve to update this blog more frequently with my thoughts, observations and of course those unique moments in space and time. I'm thinking at least one post a week, or one post per forthnight if I am busy (hey, I am a senior student after all!). But there will be entries to come, that's a promise to readers and myself.
Anyway, here're some updates on myself. Having completed my one semester of exchange with the University of Leeds, I went back to my university in Brisbane, Australia to resume my undergraduate studies. Not much about the city and my university has changed in the six months I was away. This semester, I moved to a new residential college. I could've moved back to my old one, but I figured that staying there fore 1 and a half years was long enough. Besides, I have enough of college food and after staying in a self-catered college for six months in Leeds, I decided that I definitely prefer to cook for myself. So far, I'm liking it here in my new college, and I'm closer to my neighbours here than to the neighbours I had in my previous colleges.
It's dinner time now, so I'll sign off here. There WILL be more entries to come, so keep an eye on this space. Till then!
Friday, April 1, 2011
First Post
Aura: a "presence in time and space, (a) unique existence at the place where it happens to be" (Benjamin, 1935).
If you thought there was something familiar-sounding about the name and title of this blog, then it is likely you are either familiar with cultural critic Walter Benjamin or his essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction". Benjamin came up with the concept of aura, which refers to the particularity, authencity and uniqueness of an object or physical reality. That's just the very basic and general idea, and I won't dwell further on aura as defined by Benjamin lest I bore anyone (including myself, having written and submitted an essay on the very topic a few weeks ago and not wanting to revisit the whole thing again in all its complexity). But anyway, the idea of unique points in time and space sort of struck a chord in me, and I decided to create a blog to chronicle and cherish such moments. I don't have the most interesting life, but I do have many experiences and memories, as well as thoughts, I want to preserve. It would be nice to share them too. Hence I decided to carve a space out of the vast bloggersphere and call it my own.
This post has its aura, to revisit the term again, in that it is the first entry in this blog. Ehhhhhh... YAY :D I suppose another significance is that today is the last day of university before the month-long Easter break begins. Then it could also be said that today's special because it's April Fool's Day 2011. On a more personal level, April is a special month for me, for reasons which will be explained in later entries. Wow, this one post is loaded with aura all right.
That's all I'll say for now. Keep an eye on this space, for more to come!
If you thought there was something familiar-sounding about the name and title of this blog, then it is likely you are either familiar with cultural critic Walter Benjamin or his essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction". Benjamin came up with the concept of aura, which refers to the particularity, authencity and uniqueness of an object or physical reality. That's just the very basic and general idea, and I won't dwell further on aura as defined by Benjamin lest I bore anyone (including myself, having written and submitted an essay on the very topic a few weeks ago and not wanting to revisit the whole thing again in all its complexity). But anyway, the idea of unique points in time and space sort of struck a chord in me, and I decided to create a blog to chronicle and cherish such moments. I don't have the most interesting life, but I do have many experiences and memories, as well as thoughts, I want to preserve. It would be nice to share them too. Hence I decided to carve a space out of the vast bloggersphere and call it my own.
This post has its aura, to revisit the term again, in that it is the first entry in this blog. Ehhhhhh... YAY :D I suppose another significance is that today is the last day of university before the month-long Easter break begins. Then it could also be said that today's special because it's April Fool's Day 2011. On a more personal level, April is a special month for me, for reasons which will be explained in later entries. Wow, this one post is loaded with aura all right.
That's all I'll say for now. Keep an eye on this space, for more to come!
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