Thought I’d pop in for a chat…

Things are moving a bit faster my end now, I’m finally getting my act together with language training (after which I can book flights and start saving a Malaysia fund)

The BN achieved a narrow victory at the polls yesterday, which although understandable (they have 57 years of experience at the helm, and were never going to be an easy take-down), is significant in the loss of a great political voice, Anwar Ibrahim – who signified he would step down if PR lost.

It’s May bank holiday here, a beautiful sunny day, and yet I’ve come in nice and early to start preparing the structure for my presentation on Thursday. It is significant, for it is the first time I’ve indicated my change to a more philosophical direction, and thus needs to be seamless!

Otherwise, just trundling along nicely – have my Annual Progress Review next week, and was so busy faffing around trying to upload all of the relevant documentation that I felt really exhausted by the end of last week!

So I took Saturday off, followed the Malaysian elections yesterday but am now recuperated for the second of two tough weeks.

I taught my last seminar last Friday, I like my students – considering I’ve only had since January to know them (the groups oddly change half-way through the academic year). I wish them all the best in their exams, and am certainly going to apply to teach again when I get back from Southeast Asia, no doubt.

I’ll try and blog more frequently from hereonin – update you of my fieldwork arrangements, which will likely change on a week to week basis! X