writing up too, or more precisely not writing because it's not going well

could that be called writing down in that case?

sorry to hear that shani. Are there any other places you can apply for funding?

hello back

Hi shelleyanne, have a look at this thread where we've discussed it before. I hope it will be useful.

http://www.postgraduateforum.com/showmessage.asp?thread=6204&cat=4&keyword=4th&newview=1&stype=TM&category=0

it comes from Viva Voce. Viva is the voice/in-person examination where you get to defend your thesis to external and internal examiners and answer their questions. At the end of this (usually around 3 hours) session, they decide whether you pass or not. In some cases, they decide before you do the exam but they test their decision with this exam. I thin in some countries there are public presentations instead of vivas. I don't mean the usual conference presentations.

(and avoid milk for a few days)

A very strong (but more remedy-like) hot toddy
1 Lemon
Double whiskey
Cinnamon stick and Cloves
Lots of honey (organic if possible)
Hot water

Cut the lemon in half, stick the cloves and cinnamon stick in the lemon then squeeze the juice (if you want you can crush the cinnamon and cloves separately into the drink). Put this juice and whiskey in a big mug or glass and top up with hot water. Add as much honey as you want according to your taste. This tastes great even if you hate whiskey

Get well soon.

I remember seeing coastman a couple of days ago on the big thread.

I will try my best to imagine you with dark blonde hair Piglet

I'm sorry to hear about the job, but I'm sure you will find something more appropriate soon. I hope it won't annoy you so much in the meantime. I suggest wearing a t-shirt with the sign "I have just done a PhD in..." so one of those wine-loving academics would see it when they come to your shop

Piglet, I searched her pictures on google and to my surprise there is a bit of resemblance, she is how I used to be (looooooong time ago) and how I wish I could be now. My hair got far too long and out of shape, I no longer wear the things I like. Hmmm you made me think about how I look these days. Well, hopefully only a few months left to the end

But the funny thing is, I sometimes imagine you very similar to this Missy Higgins person too, but sometimes different. You always have long dark hair though. A bit like Holly Golightly when she was younger.

How is the job going? Any more news from other jobs in the meantime?

lol oz & sue

shani, good luck with your funding application let us know how it goes.

Yes Walminskipeasucker, I agree with Piglet (and hello Piglet, nice to see you )

bye

I know what you mean sue, really weird. Was it DanB (or someone from that era), saw a few people from the forum in their dream, even though they've never met those people

Good luck with your thesis sue, and good luck with that something juno. I'm supposed to be writing my methodologies and hand in last friday. It's sooo difficult.

it's like a ghost town here.

On their way to the forum sue and 404 met an old man wearing a straw hat, sitting on a rocking-chair at the porch and smoking his pipe. "Don't go there" said the old man. "Nobody has gone there for 30 years" he continued with his cracking voice. But sue and 404 did not take the old man seriously and went to the forum anyway. It was so quiet, so scary. They've realised that they were the only 2 in that ghost town. Apart from the rolling hay-balls nothing else was moving...

Not really, I am just trying to attract people back to this forum.

What do you think sue, do you think it will do the job :-P