Children in Protest(s)

The Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has announced that the Education Ministry is planning a nation-wide protest against Israel’s actions in Gaza, involving about 5 million children and 360,765 teachers from more than 10,000 schools (NST, 9 January 2009). The NST reports this to be a Cabinet decision, passed on Wednesday. “Asked on the [...]

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Our Secret Lives

I have been following the One Year Bible readings along with Holy Trinity Brompton Church. The readings for each day are accessible online, and as a church, they go through these passages together. Every day, some of them post their thoughts on the readings and they continue in daily dialogue. The pastors of HTB do [...]

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Diary of a Sociology Student: What is Social Theory and What is its Function?

This is an essay I wrote for a postgraduate course I took under Prof. Bryan Turner, called ‘Social Theory and Social Reality’. The first version of it got stolen along with my laptop in November 2006. I hastily reconstructed it from memory in order to meet the deadline, which was about 48 hours later. Prof. [...]

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Diary of a Sociology Student: Rediscovering Sociology (or, What on earth am I suppose to be doing?)

I am returning to my postgraduate studies in Sociology after having been on leave of absence from the University for almost a year. Over the past several weeks, as I have been mentally preparing myself for this return, I have been asking myself the question: What is Sociology?
This is not just an attempt to [...]

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Thought of the Day: Structured Procrastination

Read through this website, and thought… phew!
I am not alone!
http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/

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