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Study abroad, neoliberal education, and lockdown students
I’m putting this together for my students at the University of the Philippines Open University who missed our video conference this term. A friend had suggested I teach at UPOU after returning from my studies abroad. I said yes to one semester, while working for an American newswire and hustling for commissioned international projects. A […]
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That Day I Arrived in London
The day I arrived in London in 2018, nobody was around to welcome me at the airport, unlike most times I landed in a new home. In Singapore, it was my sister who was at the gates to hug me. In California, there were three relatives. In Aarhus (Denmark), our landlady was waiting outside the […]
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Shooting Memories, Robert Frank’s Street Photography, and Why I’m Not on Instagram
The California that is exhausted of how the political situation has impinged on private lives, but recently managed to surpass the United Kingdom as the fifth largest economy in the world.
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Asia’s Dragon Rises
By 2025 global political power will shift towards the east. As of 2018, super power China and other major powers have the strongest influence in Asia. In seven years, the world’s most powerful states will be in Asia. If you want to see where the center of global political economy is heading, look east. In 2018, […]
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GDP Per Head in Three Asian Powers Catches Up With Europe’s Big Three
In 2013 Singapore overtook the United States in GDPPC for the first time, and continued to stay above it in 2014.
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What's in my Blog
Like other blogs, this is a website for personal views, stories, and memories.
What's in my shelf
I read biographies, literary novels, short story and poetry anthologies, thriller from that late Swedish author, French language books, and historical nonfiction.
What's on my shelf
An owl, a samurai, a mini microscrope, a vintage luggage from Bangkok, a popcorn bag from Singapore, a bamboo rainmaker from Palawan, a framed drawing of the Game of Thrones’ night’s watch, a purse from India, a mini lamp post, and more.
What's in my closet
Vintage and modern dresses, corporate attire, coat and jackets, scarves, pantyhose. No jeans. Someday, jeans And jeans - finally, after 30 years, I bought a pair.
About Me
Aileen Macalintal is studying Business & Finance Journalism at the City, University of London. Her works have appeared in Australia, Philippines and the US. She has published more than a hundred articles on education, healthcare, business, trade, science, technology, culture and arts.
She has lived in Los Baños, Manila, Singapore, Aarhus, Milan and Berkeley. Currently she's in the heart of London probably reading free newspapers and magazines.
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