Sabbatical
I have been away too long. I blame it on hubby who's been hogging the PC day and night with his WoW. Blame's on me too.. been busy with my MSc classes. I'm glad to announce that I have completed my final module on Wednesday. That was a hugo relief. So.. on to the thesis!
Am reading Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman now, in between my writing of the Lit. Review. His writing just pulls you in & gets you involved. I like that very much- the 'escapism' factor. And I particularly liked the 'dedication' at the beginning of the book. I have GOT to get all my Death comics from BP- I wonder what's happened to them- I haven't seen them for a long while. I hoped that Umi hasn't burned them already! There was a termite infestation at Umi's last year- oh please let my comics be intact.
What I have found about Lit. Review is that I may we ill-equipped to do it. Takes me down memory lane when we had to do our Law assignments. Similar expectation but 10-fold effort. My brain's gone mush and my vocabulary's frazzled and I don't know what to do. I have borrowed a sizable number of books and am just staring at them. My supervisor says to me that I need to read 50 journal articles yada3x. Am I beginning to sound that I am having a panic attack? I maybe am- but I have also bought a couple of what I call 'diversion books' to read in between my Lit. Review. It does my brain good to switch to the Left Lobe (or is it the Right?). Well, encarta says Right- well, Right it is!
Segmentation or specialisation? Gaiman writes about God and the Underworld while King is into the horror genre. Sid Sheldon's work is about strong women, families & scandals while Adibah Amin is the home-girl that writes perceptively about Malaysia and its people. If I become a writer, whatever shall I write about? My marketing lecturer talked about segmentation and customer focus in marketing. Can that be applied in art? I suppose Picasso did what he found interesting to do with joy in his heart, never mind segmentation and what-have-yous.
I can't write fantasy to save my life- the magical fairy world is beyond me. Politics will be another area that I will stray from. Shall I write children's book? Or I can write about a clumsy girl that is me in essence- something like the Bridget Jones diary. Truth be told, there's a lot to think about. I'll do that thinking after I get the whole Masters business out of my head.
What I 've deduced from my Masters experience is that I have had to focus so much into the subject I can't multitask. It's a very male thing, don't you think?
Am reading Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman now, in between my writing of the Lit. Review. His writing just pulls you in & gets you involved. I like that very much- the 'escapism' factor. And I particularly liked the 'dedication' at the beginning of the book. I have GOT to get all my Death comics from BP- I wonder what's happened to them- I haven't seen them for a long while. I hoped that Umi hasn't burned them already! There was a termite infestation at Umi's last year- oh please let my comics be intact.
What I have found about Lit. Review is that I may we ill-equipped to do it. Takes me down memory lane when we had to do our Law assignments. Similar expectation but 10-fold effort. My brain's gone mush and my vocabulary's frazzled and I don't know what to do. I have borrowed a sizable number of books and am just staring at them. My supervisor says to me that I need to read 50 journal articles yada3x. Am I beginning to sound that I am having a panic attack? I maybe am- but I have also bought a couple of what I call 'diversion books' to read in between my Lit. Review. It does my brain good to switch to the Left Lobe (or is it the Right?). Well, encarta says Right- well, Right it is!
Segmentation or specialisation? Gaiman writes about God and the Underworld while King is into the horror genre. Sid Sheldon's work is about strong women, families & scandals while Adibah Amin is the home-girl that writes perceptively about Malaysia and its people. If I become a writer, whatever shall I write about? My marketing lecturer talked about segmentation and customer focus in marketing. Can that be applied in art? I suppose Picasso did what he found interesting to do with joy in his heart, never mind segmentation and what-have-yous.
I can't write fantasy to save my life- the magical fairy world is beyond me. Politics will be another area that I will stray from. Shall I write children's book? Or I can write about a clumsy girl that is me in essence- something like the Bridget Jones diary. Truth be told, there's a lot to think about. I'll do that thinking after I get the whole Masters business out of my head.
What I 've deduced from my Masters experience is that I have had to focus so much into the subject I can't multitask. It's a very male thing, don't you think?
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