apparently i got a voting slip for the upcoming indonesian elections. realized i haven't been following the politics for quite a while since my internship, but it's so exciting... a voting slip, i don't even get one here. of course, i won't be able to vote. it's a genuine mess-up, i guess when you have 200 million people in your country you can't really figure out whether someone has turned in his passport or not. good to see the incumbent is doing well, stability is always good. he's also coming to the lse to speak.

gaining some traction on dissertation. perhaps it's because i'm doing the singapore section now, and reading up on singapore sovereign wealth funds and politics sounds more like gossip than some abstract thing happening in another country.