My Profile
Si Wei Lim
An avid reader, A budding writer.
On a journey of self-discovery.
My works so far:
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Navigating the Third Culture
Through comparative case studies of Japanese students in Singapore in different school types, this research paper examines the factors that affect the development of the English language in third culture kids.
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This is a dissertation submitted as partial fulfilment of a Master's degree in Education (English) in Singapore in 2023.
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Papa, Father and He
Based on my personal experiences of growing up, this short story features fragments of memories of the dysfunctional relationship of a boy and his father, and how it changes between them .
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It was selected as a finalist short story in the London Independent Story Prize (LISP) 2022, and was published on its website in February 2023. You can read about my interview here.
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Just a New Way to Roll
Based on a true story, this short story explores the subliminal ways of how food forms part of our identity, and how respecting the identity of others is as important as acknowledging our own.
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The short story was published in the Southeast Asian Review of English (SARE) Journal in its special issue of Food: Culture, Consumption, and Representation in December 2022.
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Stepping out of the Magic Circle
Through semi-structured interviews with players of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), this study seeks to understand how these players delineate the boundary between play and life when it comes to their game-originated romance.
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This paper is presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in Denver in August 2011. It is also published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Comunication, Volume 18, Issue 3 in April 2013.
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The Beauty of Tohoku
This short story describes the kindness of strangers I have personally experienced during my first trip to Japan in 2010.
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This story was one of the many short stories contributed by writers who have lived in Japan, compiled by volunteers and published in the e-book entitled, Write for Tohoku, published in April 2011, whose sales proceeds went to the relief efforts of the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011.
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Currently, the kindle version of the e-book is still available for purchase on amazon.
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