The march towards Q.E. Week 2 2/2

I had this list last Monday which needs checking on.

1. Read Barth's "Balinese World" DONE
2. Read Rappaport's "Ritual and Religion" DONE
3. Read Political Sociology Readings and organize study group. DONE
4. Write the paper for Political Sociology DONE
5. Attend to internationalization duties. DONE
6. Attend to A Different View. DONE
7. Review that article at the journal... DONE
8. Play HL and watch BL!  DONE

I had the chance also to read Giddens "Capitalism and Modern Social Theory," and sat-in at Dr. Work's and Dr. Deasy's class. I plan to schedule a meeting with Dr. Work regarding finally proposing to her as my dissertation advisor. We had a nice chat this week on my writing style and I do belive it will be a good decision to practice with her.

For next week, the To Do List is:

1. Read Scott's "Seeing Like A State" and write a response.
2. Attend the two sit-in classes.
3. Schedule meeting with Dr. Work.
4. Read Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought (as much thinkers than can be had in a week)
5. Attend to internationalization duties. 
6. Attend to A Different View. 
7. Play Marvel Snap and watch BL.

The march towards Q.E. Week 2 1/2

I've already begun with qualifying exam readings while balancing them with my final academic course this sem. Both of these are further balanced by watching BL and playing Hogwarts Legacy.

One of my former RAs, Paul, helped me complete the set of documents during the weekend.

It was also that weekend when I was feeling the jitters. Got lots of readings and a life-changing exam in the end. But I looked at the books and told myself, I've read Wheel of Time, you're nothing.

Hence, I've begun James Scott's "The Art of Not Being Governed" and Ann Swidler's "Culture in Action."

As usual, not easy to digest at the start, but I found what I'm looking for and noted all ideas and pages.

This week, the plan is:

1. Read Barth's "Balinese World"
2. Read Rappaport's "Ritual and Religion"
3. Read Political Sociology Readings and organize study group.
4. Write the paper for Political Sociology
5. Attend to internationalization duties.
6. Attend to A Different View.
7. Review that article at the journal...
8. Play HL and watch BL! 

The march towards Q.E. Week 1 1/1

I'll be taking the Qualifying Exam on the last Friday of March of this year. It's the exam which when passed will raise me from Ph.D. Student to Ph.D. Candidate. I feel like an Accepted of the White Tower about to take the test of the Hundred Weaves. 

It's now the first week of the Spring semester and I decided to journal my progress in preparation. Few among the IDAS (Internationa Doctoral Students in Asia Pacific Studies) students take the track that I chose, hence little few people to be study buddies.

I dedicated this week by:

• Searching for the readings list documents.
• Inputting their citations into Mendeley.
• Securing them into my GDrive and organizing them into an IBooks Collections folder.

I've also reached out to senior Society and Culture track IDAS students for the four that I still couldn't find.

I also should visit the IDAS Director for advice to check with this semester's examiner.

I'll begin next week with a checklist which I will close by checking every Friday.

The harvest for now is good. Readings begin tomorrow.

Valar morghulis,