I am going to hand in my Honours dissertation tomorrow, effectively completing my university education. It’s surreal, bittersweet… You name it, I feel it. In my writing, at several moments, I remembered you. Taken from my thesis acknowledgements:
My supervisor, Dr. Rebecca Suter, who has been simply indispensable in the past year – my sincerest thanks [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Yes, We Can!’
November 9, 2009
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August 16, 2009
Finesse
Inspired by Joachim (it happens more often than I care to admit)…
All evoke emotion and ambition – senses so strong that they might very well outweigh my abilities. This isn’t false modesty – little else is worse than falling short of expectations.
July 6, 2009
Vertigo
Put simply, there is no satisfactory way to describe the Roddick-Federer Wimbledon final.
I usually am very stingy about including other players in a Roger Federer post, but I would be remissed if I did not mention Andy Roddick’s glorious display of an arsenal of skills throughout the tournament, which stunned even the most staunch of [...]
June 9, 2009
Pièce de résistance
By no stretch of the imagination, Roger Federer’s win at Roland Garros was extraordinary, not to mention a long time coming. Having never won the Coupe des Mousquetaires, made worse by his fall slight decline from greatness in 2008, this makes his victory even sweeter. As a Federer fanatic, I am tired of seeking written [...]
February 26, 2009
On shaky ground
When reality hits with such severity, it takes an elephantine effort to believe in better times ahead, especially for a hopeless pessimist like yours truly. Normally one who is continually enamoured with Barack Obama, I cannot help but pay attention to what the critics have to say this time.
January 23, 2009
Young and restless
I want Jon Favreau’s job; better yet, I want to be Jon Favreau:
Who wouldn’t?
He gets to create alongside Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod and other great names – all delicious and brilliant in their own right.
To have Obama speak the words he writes… Come on!
He plays around with the written word of our time – I [...]
January 22, 2009
Great expectations
How befitting and equally rousing – a day after MLK Day, Inauguration Day also signified a turning point in American history. And it’s about time.
“Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends – hard work and honesty, courage and fair [...]
January 3, 2009
No holds barred
Words of wisdom either challenge me to never fall victim to worldly adversity, or they encourage me to live life with unadulterated audacity.
December 31, 2008
Grand master-plan
At its best, 2008 was lacklustre and I’m eager to leave it behind. Not all things will work out well (Roger Federer might not regain his Wimbledon and World Number 1 stronghold), but 2009 definitely feels like a year of possible change (Barack Obama being one paramount figure to initiate it).
And in my own world, [...]
