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Raw Passage: The Open Office
The open office can become a constructor of identity. It is what philosopher Michel Foucault calls ‘heterotopia’. A concept in human geography to describe places and spaces that function in non-hegemonic conditions. Places and spaces that possess no authority or domination over others. Places and spaces that offer you an important philosophy, it proposes true…
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Travel Journal: Early Days in Sukasaba
14th October 2013 10:25PM (Indonesian Time) Sukasaba, Indonesia Tonight is the night I start a travel journal. I’ve been contemplating this for a while now especially since I’ve been in Indonesia for the last 2 weeks or so. I can’t point to the sole reason why I’m starting one. However, one of the reasons would…
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A Daring Adventure or Nothing at All
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller. After almost half a decade (close friends know that I’m a workaholic and this addiction started at a very young age) of working my ass off, there are things that I’m doing that doesn’t feel like an adventure anymore or at least…
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Noticing the Ordinary
Let’s consider the socially awkward Clark Kent. He constantly makes a total fool of himself in front of the charming Lois Lane. He stumbles, falls and never fails to embarrass himself when he’s around her as she overlooks the ordinary Clark. As beautiful Lois is to Clark, we know that she feels inadequate in front of…
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The Stranger
He is an undeserving prisoner of a very broken reality. The stranger cannot accept any standard answers of why they are the way they are. He sees hypocrisy and sentimentality everywhere and cannot overlook it. The stranger is an individual who cannot accept the explanations that are normally given to him to explain about the workplace, educational system,…
Hello there! My name is Faizul (ファイズル)
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Brief Overview of Curriculum Vitae
Social Research Experience
Research Assistant to Special Academic Advisor
Universiti Brunei Darussalam | 2019-2021
Research Assistant (Part-Time)
Centre for Advanced Research (CARe) | 2018-2019
Research Assistant (Part-Time)
Institute of Asian Studies (Universiti Brunei Darussalam) | 2015
Work in Japan (Part-Time)
KLC International | 2023-Present
Native English Teacher
Universal Campus | 2023-Present
Native English Teacher
Education Background
Kyoto University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Southeast Asian Area Studies | 2022-Present
Attending a 5-year integrated doctoral program at the Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS).
Kyoto University
Master of Arts (M.A.), Southeast Asian Area Studies | 2024
Awarded a Master’s degree under the 5-year integrated doctoral program at the Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS).
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Master of Arts (M.A.), Anthropology (By Research) | 2020
The Reasonable Writer by Faizul H. Ibrahim 