The boy is finally on facebook and on my friends list there. Needless to say, I am very pleased about this :). Delivered my first proper MA lecture today to a group of students. Thought I did ok but it should be better. Jon e-mailed me his thesis a while ago and as I went through it (very briefly), I realized that had I known my argument right at ( Read more... )

I arrived in Bangladesh safely yesterday morning, for which I am grateful. It was nice to see my family in person instead of a web cam after a really long time and the best part was seeing my nephews :). My flight was mostly uneventful and smooth, though the plane took off an hour late from Manchester. My mom called me a few times in the airport on ( Read more... )

I saw Ben for the last time on Friday. I'd set out to the university to see if I would be able to get a letter testifying that I was a student there. The administrator told me to return on Monday for said letter. Then I made my mom call me as I walked about on campus, taking a final look here and there, filled with memories. I chatted with my mom ( Read more... )

Just got back from Waterstone's after seeing which volumes of Death Note and Fullmetal Alchemist they had and which ones I need to get 2nd-hand from amazon. I know I've been a very bad blogger for not updating in the last couple of weeks but I've been very busy with the thesis. Right now I'm halfway through my 2nd draft of chapter 2 and I'm ( Read more... )

I don't know why but I feel really sad. I was thinking of pinning it on my late period (still hasn't come yet), but...I dunno. I think I'm just sad to have two of my roommates in London. I feel like a fish out of water, and I have to get cracking on my thesis, soon ( Read more... )

Done with my second semester (that happened on Tuesday). Since then I've been chilling and going out just about everyday because thank God the weather is so nice in Manchester now. My friend Hayley is coming over for a lunch of spaghetti & tuna and we might have a little promenade then. I get bored at home so it's good to have a friend to chill ( Read more... )

Listening to The Inheritance of Loss. Absolutely intolerable book, I'm not even paying attention to 70% of the story. I can't believe this is on my reading list. Thank God I don't have to write on it.
Gave Waiting for Godot to the boy, who was quite happy. I saw him read the first page in class. He thought I was merely lending it to him but then I ( Read more... )

I got my grades last week. They were ok, I was just a few points away from the merit range but what can you do? I tried hard enough, but I guess I will have to be more careful for the next 2 semesters. Hence I am trying to remain optimistic.
Finished The Night Watch for the class on Monday, finally! After 4 years! So now I have just one more Sarah ( Read more... )

Handed them in today. Finally, though I am still nervous...and then slept for a few hours ( Read more... )

Have about 3700 words on the Doyle/McCourt paper. A few hundred more to churn out tonight. Go me!! I might actually become a literary critic at this stage. Need to start thinking seriously about my PhD proposal. I know roughly what I wanna do but I need to discuss it with teachers so that it becomes flesh. Maybe I shall head off to Australia ( Read more... )