I promise you that I will not sing. I will spare you that, at least.
But I am a historian
with a background in philosophy,
and my main area of research is basically the history of Southeast Asia,
with a focus on 19th century colonial Southeast Asia,
and over the last few years,
what I've been doing is really tracing the history of certain ideas
that shape our viewpoint,
the way we in Asia, in Southeast Asia,
look at ourselves and understand ourselves.