One of the things I set out to do during my Fellowship is to find the link between learning and dialogue. Is dialogue a necessity in learning? Last February I met an Economics Professor at Chulalongkorn University, a very senior lady who used to be a Director at World Bank. She absolutely think dialogue is … Continue reading Understand, Think and Learn →

I was in China last year for a field visit. It was my first time in China, and I found the experience haunting, though not necessarily in a bad way. The visit was expertly designed to generate anxiety, and I delivered substantially. It was an interesting time where years of building a professional persona was … Continue reading Nothing to Waste →

Once again I am in awe and fear of the powers of Internet. You can think of it as an iceberg or any other metaphors, but really, we have *no* clear way of grasping how powerful and ultimately dangerous this tool is, the one we have right at our fingertips. Like with any beasts, the … Continue reading Meddling →

March 22nd, 2014 Ah, Fitria. Outside my own family, here is someone whom I've known the longest (we met at our first day of elementary school) When I drew my River of Life, my relationship line with her was almost as long as my own lifeline. We've known each other for 22 years. It's impossible … Continue reading Living Memories →

Somehow my A.J. Jacobs book "The Year of Living Biblically" has made it under a stack of Islamic prayer books on my mom's reading corner. Poor, privacy-averse mother. I guess she thinks I'm reading something that closely resembles a Bible and wanted to save me from eternal damnation, which clearly outweighs the sin of going through … Continue reading Eternal Damnation →