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Quietly, to You I Wander

April 1, 2025by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

Beneath Vaux & Mould carvings, a most puzzling version, enough for me to wish that time could bend, just once, a little longer for us,  so we may squeeze just […]

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Once Upon a Kétszemélyes Tábor

February 27, 2025by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

The world has turned many times since camp ended, and the raindrops on my shoes, long dried to oblivion— I press my tongue against the roof of my mouth chewing […]

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In my bowl, in my soup

March 15, 2023by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

So leisurely, I mount — by the rims of my bowl, bent a perfect dive into the broth. . In my bowl, in my soup, my arms reach for backstrokes. […]

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kürbisrisotto

September 5, 2022by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

In small hill folds, whistling melodies of wind and farmer nestles a timid pumpkin seed in the helm spouting fast a giant fruit in explosive joy anchored paths and rooted […]

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Solastalgia & Econostalgia

July 27, 2022by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

Anxious Notes at Gardens by the Bay: Searching in Hybrid Spaces “What am I here for?” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14) In the lush tapestry of urban wealth—spanning the remotest of wilderness to […]

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Academic Writing

Through Nostalgic Landscapes of Ruin

May 19, 2022by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

by Dk. Siti Zulaikha Pg Hj Ishak Ethnographic exercise submitted to NUS. Photos by author. On the choppy wooden boat, I squint at the scenery through the lens of my […]

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Nayla

May 19, 2022by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

She’s two years old now, asleep at last for the afternoon. These days, she’s at peace with powdered milk, negotiating like a grown woman “yes, now, more, no, yes” — […]

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összefoglaló

May 19, 2022by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

All afternoon I sat across you. My mind snowing delicately, peering your glistening orbs, blue. I’m thinking of glaciers, sharp frosts ballerinas imported from Boyarsky’s Mariinsky Theatre, salchow ethereally across […]

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Negotiating God, Nature and Man: The Subak System of Paddy Fields in Bali

January 11, 2022by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

by Dk Siti Zulaikha Pg Hj Ishak The Interweaving Nature of Subak System Splashed across the likes of Lonely Planet booklets and Global Trekker articles, photographs of Bali feed tales […]

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Academic Writing

Is the Cult of Memory Sufficient to Reconstruct Singapore’s National History?

January 10, 2022by zulaikhaishak Leave a comment

by Dk Siti Zulaikha Pg Hj Ishak Reflecting Blackburn, K. (2013). Family Memories as Alternative Narratives to the State’s Construction of Singapore’s National History. Oral History in Southeast Asia: Memories […]

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