Hello everybody. You might’ve noticed that postings have ground to a halt the last two weeks or so. There are reasons. The first being that I’ve just been accepted to do an MA in Gender Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London this coming September. Hooray. I’ve spent the last few… Continue reading Still here!
Category: Miscellaneous
Album review: Stereotomy by The Alan Parsons Project
My not so glowing review of The Alan Parsons Project’s album, Stereotomy is now up on Feminist Review: “Where’s the walrus?” was the question posed by an old friend of band members Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson about the lack of Beatles-esque verve in the band’s previous albums, Ammonia Avenue and Vulture Culture. The question… Continue reading Album review: Stereotomy by The Alan Parsons Project
Open thread: Guilty pleasures
I want to share with you a dark and shameful secret. So sit back and make yourself comfortable because it will be a guilt-ridden confessional joyride. Now, being a feminist supposedly involves being humourless and super-ethical about everything. All that makes it real difficult to deal with guilty pleasures sometimes. That’s because such pleasures often… Continue reading Open thread: Guilty pleasures
Busy
Dear Readers, Cycads is going to be temporarily stalled this week to make way for concert rehearsals and workshop meetings. The concert is this coming Sunday and I will be playing my man J.S. Bach’s praeludium in A-Flat BWV 886 (from his Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2) and for my choir. Also, I’ve been just dead… Continue reading Busy
I need serious cheering up aka weekend round-up of favourite reads 16-18/1
There are days when I feel like tearing my hair out and never leave my flat. I’ll just return to the world when my hair grows out again. But following my better judgement, I’m going to have to recover from an agonisingly disappointing week for a couple of days with delicious cooking, fine entertainment on… Continue reading I need serious cheering up aka weekend round-up of favourite reads 16-18/1
Happy awal Muharram and secular New Year!
I’d like to wish every reader a wonderful Islamic and secular New Year! May 2009/1430 bring us more peace and happiness. As for those new year’s resolutions, I’m planning on upgrading my library with more books on gender studies with a postcolonialist slant and Malay novels (because you can never have enough books), but paradoxically,… Continue reading Happy awal Muharram and secular New Year!
Year end hiatus
Allow me to take this opportunity to thank you for visiting my fledgling blog these last few months. I would also like to thank all the blogs that were kind enough to promote my little corner of thoughts. This blog started out as a project to practice my writing skills and an extension of my… Continue reading Year end hiatus
Open thread: Films you've watched this year and loved, or hated.
I’ve been lucky to have the opportunity to watch pretty much any film I want whilst living here in the UK. And if you, like me, love watching films, you would agree that there’s no place better than where there is little to no form of censorship. In the last few years, I have been… Continue reading Open thread: Films you've watched this year and loved, or hated.
The Brass Crescent Awards and Superior Scribbler Award!
This is what not blogging for the last couple of weeks gives me – a Brass Crescent Award nomination and a Superior Scribbler Award (thank you again Tanglad for this honour)! My infant blog has been nominated for the ‘Best Asian Blog‘, and if you would like to vote for *me* (I’m up against the… Continue reading The Brass Crescent Awards and Superior Scribbler Award!
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OBAMA wins! To the U.S.: Well done! Anyone else feels just as happy (or exhausted after staying up so late being glued to the TV) as I am?
Alicia Izharuddin 