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Well, that’s just a tittle of the movie, advertised all over the Paris these days. Yesterday, I took a break from my furious writing as I thought I had deserved it and rewarded myself with petit trip to Paris.
I will let the photos speak for themselves and go back to my *writing*, as today, I am not even close to my 1000 words quota yet. And not going home until I am!
A bientôt;)
By Nana | June 21, 2006 | Topics: Les Voyages, PhD | No Comments »
Mixed books?
My UCL supervisor (professor Benoit Rihoux) just left my office and I am laughing out loud.
Benoit: So how do you manage that bunch of books there (pointing at what you see at the picture - which is half of my office desk)?
Bojana: Well, here are the books and articles on mixed methods (pointing at the upper left corner), here are the articles about online research methods (pointing middle left), here about data quality …
Benoit: No, no here are mixed books, not mixed methods!
Nothing so funny when reading this, but he said it with such tone of voice and such look that I couldn’t help myself but bursting into laughter.
By Nana | June 16, 2006 | Topics: Les Voyages, PhD | 2 Comments »
1001!!!
1001 words today!!! I am hyper happy! Tho, yesterday I wrote 0:)
By Nana | June 9, 2006 | Topics: PhD | No Comments »
The newest!
Yesterday, I think I gave the most awful presentation in my whole conference/seminar/workshops history. My English was extremely bad, my sentences quite fuzzy and the structure of the presentation unclear. Reason? Unknown, so far!
But I love how I managed to put so much on such small slide;))
By Nana | June 3, 2006 | Topics: Conferences, PhD, Research | 1 Comment »
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… banana … London … the model … temperatures in Ljubljana … Depeche mode’s June concert … blisters on the feet … green pina colada tea … Jana’s wedding … online focus groups … USB air conditioning … the loo … contact lens … flight tomorrow … my mom … creative commons … May … pilates … white skirt … firefox upgrade … feedback-loop … virtual ethnography … morning run … Brix (a dog) … lip butter … diving suit … hair wash …
These are just some of the key words, which distracted my head in the last 10 minutes. No wonder I get so little work done!!!
By Nana | April 25, 2006 | Topics: PhD | 3 Comments »
Finally
I submitted it!
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No, not the PhD, but the article;)
By Nana | April 19, 2006 | Topics: PhD, Research | No Comments »
Rules on my desk
For more disciplined writing, I wrote down some rules I am trying to follow more or less successfully:
Rule 1: Make writing a daily activity, whether feeling like it or not!!
Rule 2: Write on a regular basis (!), even if small amounts!
Rule 3: Organise writing tasks in terms of time and sequence!
Rule 4: Keep daily charts of: –> time spent for writing;
–> pages written!
Rule 5: Send your work to people to receive much appreciated comments!
Rule 6: Writing is not to be subjected to weather conditions!
Rule 7: If you fail to follow these rules, bear in mind, that there are no exception to these rules!
Rule 8: “Easy cheesy” , “piece of cake” , “no problem” , “I can do it”, “I love it!” …… are the words to be used whenever you encounter with a writing blockage!
Anything else to be added?
By Nana | April 10, 2006 | Topics: PhD | 4 Comments »
Robbed
This morning I woke up from most awful dream. My laptop, mobile and wallet got stolen. Of course I was most worried about my PhD file on the laptop;)) Then, I remembered I got backups on external disk and on usb stick;) Not only with PhD file, but also with all EndNote references. I was happy! I didn’t mind being robbed at all anymore.
By Nana | April 4, 2006 | Topics: PhD | 3 Comments »
Bojana fighting Bojana
Brain: Wooo, groovy, I am so efficient, just keep on working!
Body: Oh, I can’t. Listen, what about heading off to ..
Brain: Shut up and sit here. All you have to do is sit, I am the one doing the real job, huh!
Body: Yes, but let me remind you, that if I decide to collapse, you won’t be doing any job … so let’s make a compromise and let’s call it a day.
Brain: You must be kidding! Tell me when did it go so well as yesterday and today? Let’s just insist a bit more …
Body: I haven’t came across anything as stubborn as you yet. Why don’t you simply get it that I bloody can’t sit here anymore. I case you didn’t know, there is another day tomor …
Brain: Lalalalalala, can’t hear you, lalalala
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(Brain, knocking next door: Listen eyes, I have a brilliant idea! Eyes: Yes? Brain: You see that book over there? Eyes: Lalalala, can’t hear you.)
By Nana | April 2, 2006 | Topics: PhD | 2 Comments »
Giving birth to a PhD
is a difficult task. Much more difficult, as having a baby, according to these 11 reasons:
REASONS WHY WRITING A DISSERTATION IS HARDER THAN HAVING A BABY
1. Three months before your due date, your doctor doesn’t say, “I want you to go back and re-do the first trimester’s work.”
2. Unlike advisors, you can switch doctors without having to start over.
3. Conceiving a baby is WAY more fun than conceiving a topic.
4. You know exactly how long a pregnancy takes.
5. Friends and relatives don’t question the worth of a baby.
6. You don’t need to explain repeatedly to friends and family what it takes to make a baby and why you’re not through yet.
7. No one will make you go to grad. school before having a baby.
8. Everyone will say your baby is cute and you’ll believe them.
9. Babies don’t require proper footnoting or adherence to a style manual.
10. You can freely borrow other people’s stuff if you’re having a baby and not be accused of plagiarism.
11. No one will complain if your baby is too similar to another one.
But, then a friend, who already completed her PhD and also gave birth to a beautiful little girl, says having a baby is much harder than writing up the thesis.
So, what’s harder then? Huh, I still have to do both to find out;))
By Nana | March 28, 2006 | Topics: PhD | 5 Comments »
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