These past three months, I have written more recommendation letters than I ever have in my career The devil works fast but Prof Melly works faster (…if she actually gets to reading your email)

Excited to see these pictures from the newly-opened Georgetown SFS Asia Pacific (GSAP) in Jakarta, Indonesia. This campus brings Georgetown University to its third global location, joining Washington, DC, and Doha, Qatar.

My 10 yo is old enough to watch Star Trek, I think. Which one should we start with? I’m think DS9 🤔

Sometimes I forget chatgpt is in o1 pro mode & I ask it some dumb question & I feel bad when it comes back after a minute or two---like I just emailed the university president to find out when spring break starts.

My favorite Philomena Cunk moment was when she asked the physicist how many universes there are in an infinite multiverse and he said - well if they exist, an infinite multiverse would contain infinite number of them 😆

As I age and my stomach increasingly has 0 tolerance towards food poisoning / food adventures, my respect towards Anthony Bourdain and his ability to bertinggung tepi jalan and and makan in SEAsia is ⬆️

Me commiserating with other academics: “we did not enter academia to be rich, we entered because we are nerds” *a sea of nods across the room*

It is my youngest baby’s 5th birthday today and therefore, is one of the best days of the year 🌟

This years feel like a milestone year for me because it’s been 10 years since I got my PhD, my eldest is 10 years old, and I’ve been heading a research center for 5 years now. It also is the prime year for severe existential crises 😆

One of my Indonesian academic counterparts introduced me to his colleagues as “somebody like us who is playing the long and risky game - trying to develop young researchers” and I died a little bit but also yes

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Me, in January, confused about whether I need to be planning raya outfits already because of capitalism and Instagram ads

JD Vance 🤝 Grad Students “The professors are the enemy”

When I was in Indonesia, when people tried to connect to us, they’d say things like “Malaysians, you guys love nasi lemak right?” and as an ambivalent-about-nasi-lemak person (literally if I never eat it again I will be OK), this really gave me feelings 😆

Beneath carved stone gods, time whispers in cracks and dust— I am but a breath. (I am but a nerdy lover of ancient ruins)

Civil societies around the world are feeling the sting of Donald Trump’s decision to freeze US foreign aid funding. In Malaysia, wildlife activism group Justice for Wildlife Malaysia is turning to crowdfunding to keep its mission going. My report. scmp.com/week-asia/poli…

The dude at H&M didn’t take off my security tags off my new jammies yesterday so I’m gonna have to do a weird walk of shame back to the store with my receipt and ask them to remove it 😆

I agree but also 1) I feel like Malay cooking in general is underpriced relative to labor costs and 2) Malaysians need to get used to paying more for quality. The reason why our food and handicraft scenes are the way they are is because low willingness to pay