Decided to work from home today and probably till I get to the part of explaining the use of NVivo in this chapter. I suppose the good side of everything that's happened lately is that I'm forced to focus on the most important, i.e. my thesis. Yes, 'forced' is the right word there ( Read more... )

It's unbelievable how much time can be wasted on Facebook. It's like a drug and makes on want to go and check up their newsfeed. Sometimes I would deactivate my account as a last resort to get focused and get something done without distractions and one of them is Facebook ( Read more... )

This chapter is so boring and actually needs to be very substantive. All of a sudden everything that I know just disappeared and it feels like I'm a 1st year undergrad student trying to crack the first assignment. I was thinking last night as I was desperately trying to finish the subsection that's still not done that I wish my brain had known how ( Read more... )

My supervisor is quite happy with its structure, but what struck me was that my research question (or the idea of what I want to look at) is not covered at all. I can of course carry on writing what I started, but how will it help me answer my research question and/or build an argument? I can't be angry with my supervisor anymore, as I've got no ( Read more... )

Submitted this paper a couple of hours ago and feel so relieved. I of course hope that I did well enough and will get a good grade. I think the lecturer might even feel happier than me that this paper has finally been submitted. I've just emailed my supervisor and let her know that I'm now ready to focus on my thesis. She must be pissed off with me ( Read more... )

Damn, I should've started working here right from the start. It's not as comfortable as working from home, but I'm definitely more productive here. There are only 2 things that annoy me sometimes - a fellow student having hot food during lunch time and the aircon is set for s low temperature, so it gets quite chilly here.

Ok, looks like 2/3 of this paper is done. I have to edit and revise the main part following Kate's feedback, introduction and write up discussion and conclusion. Editing and revising is not the most exciting type of work, that's for sure. But at least it's easier than writing something from scratch. So hopefully I'll manage to do as much as I can ( Read more... )

I'm trying to develop a habit to get up in the morning, go to the gym, have breakfast and do my work at a postgrad room. That way I'm hoping to be much much more productive. I have a feeling that my supervisor isn't too happy about my incredibly slow progress. And fair enough if I were her, I would've been mad :) So I do need to organise myself and ( Read more... )

Time to have a break and nourish my body with some protein and fibre ( Read more... )

I'm really trying to make it as clear and simple as possible and finish it by tonight. Yes, tonight. I'm just sick of all those undone things that piled up and create an unnecessary stress ( Read more... )