the short wanderer

“Archaeology is about everything.” – Mark Roberts, 11.06.2018 Memandangkan tak ramai orang buat course ni (setahu aku), mungkin orang tertanya-tanya apa yang ada dalam archaeology degree ni sebenarnya.  Bila lecturer aku cakap ‘everything’, memang dia maksudkan  everything .  Maaf kalau agak bias sebab besar kemungkinan aku akan kongsi daripada perspektif seorang pelajar UCL, instead of pelajar arkeologi secara amnya huehue Arkeologi ni, nak dipendekkan cerita, nak kaji cara hidup orang zaman dulu. Tapi, cara nak mengkaji tu sangatlah luas, therefore this subject is very, very interdisciplinary.   Hmm jadi, arkeologi ni, pasal apa sebenarnya?  1.        It is about history , politics , and economics Kalau nak faham orang, kita kena cuba letak diri kita kat tempat orang tu kan? Macam itulah arkeologi. Kalau nak tahu macam mana dan kenapa certain things happened in the past , kita kena ta...

I keep waking up in a foreign town Beneath the obstacles trying to put me down The voices that heal me were once around Have I completely lost the fading sound? I walked to see in life, what’s fair? I stopped while thinking I got time to spare But I halted too much yet I don’t really stare To find the answer to what do I have to care So many good people I do admire But is there even one that I really aspire? The hunch leaves myself being unsure And let me live my life like it never matter I laugh, I cry, and I try to run Yet I always end up standing at the edge I know, I might fall down anytime But I still can’t trade a word of pledge There are times the sea gets too rough I can’t swim; drowned amidst the wreaths They always told me “I need to be tough” But not about the struggles I'll face till my last breath Sometimes I  feel like life has been great Then I wish it becomes finer and better But reckless me; life lifts and ...

"Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson." Thanks dear Holmes, I really appreciate your word of encouragement (as my post introduction hahaha jk). During my first year, I joined an ongoing volunteering programme in UCL, with an organisation named UCL Special Collections, Archive and Records for five months (used to be known as SCAR but has been recently called as UCL Special Collections). We were initially allowed to apply for five roles out of 11 roles offered in the organisation. Long story short, I was given the opportunity to work with my supervisor Elizabeth Lawes, whom I frankly call Liz, who is in charge of the Poetry Store, Little Magazines, and Alternative Press collection sorting team. What motivated me to start volunteering? It was just because   I have a natural desire in venturing out into something new, really. And I have this habit of keeping myself occupied hehe Oh yeah, some background of the collection we worked on... 'Poetry Sto...