Hi Ruby :) I agree it's so nice having you guys for company today. great that you're going to be around for the evening/night shift! :-)

the best thing about xfactor are the auditions, they are hilarious!
true, i would rather be working on my laptop then being humiliated in public lol.

your right Ruby, the nearer you get to submission, the more you think your entire thesis is complete trite and in my case, resembles a middle school one week assignment lol. i dont know why i have such a distorted view. i wont be at all suprised if my supervisors (should they even look at it) will say, "its all wrong and rubbish and not detailed enough. go and do it all over again, oh you have to submit by next week ? well then you better figure out a way to stop time ontop of rewriting your entire thesis "

but yah thats exactly what i say to myself, just submit the damn thing and then hope the examiners give me major or minor corrections to do, and wont outright fail me, or tell me i can only submit for a mphil. but thats for the future to worry about.... as JB said, the best thesis is a done thesis and it will never be perfect. i dont even think my thesis is good. its probably well below average borderline failure. i love how optimisitic i am about my work lol.

but its *something* to show for my hard work. and no matter if i fail or pass, i know in my heart i tried my best and that was the best i could do. i really did try my best and this is what i came up with.. if its all wrong then well, hopefully i might get a second chance to improve on it and correct it. but for now. i just gotta keep looking at getting it *done*! as to the best of my knowledge and ability.

well i just came back from a little break, freshened up abit, walked in the garden for abit. and now i am drowning in papers, and am about to start work on the introduction chapter. it's going to be a longgggggggg night, i have to get it done by end of tonight!

okay going to work non stop until 7pm. that's one hour.
here it goes ! (battle face) :-s

Hello everyone!!!!
There seems to be an aura of gloom in the thread ....I have nothing to say except click on these links!!!

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=124
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=47
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http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=877
& http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=905
Feeling better??? I thought so......
Back to work everyone!!!!(up)

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AND THIS ONE TOOOOOOOO!!!!!;-)

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http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=47 was HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks Pari!! :-) :-)

when are you going to finish writing your thesis... *SMACK*

and Dull hypothesis LOL! love it. thanks Pari, that really cracked me up :-)

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Ruby, how funny was xfactors lol!!


although i always shed a tear for the ones that really bomb at the auditions their poor little faces when they get ripped, really breaks my heart!!! i missed so many of the episodes, but itv has catch up! hurrah!! i can watch some of them during my breaks muwahahahha
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okay xfactor is finished, i missed most of it, but saw x-tra factor. now i better get cracking on the introduction chapter. i'm clocked in for the whole night! who's with me ??

I know, very good- the pizza man at the end was the best. I wish they'd show more of the acts and not the judges sniggering though, they're so odd I'd like a bit more to get the full flavour of the performances, if you know what I mean.

I'm off to bed now, so you'll have a lone ticket on that train to deadsville tonight! Unless Armendaf pops over, I wonder how he's getting on?

To be honest, my brain's not been terribly productive for the past few hours - I've only got up to page 21. I'm supposed to be going to a research-related thing tomorrow that I really don't want to go to, plus it'll take up the best part of the day so writing will happen which is worrying me a bit, so I'll decide in the morning after breakfast.

Good luck on the night shift, you'll get there - it's nearly finished :-s

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I'm here... I've been working on this chapter for a couple of hours now, although I stopped for some 25 minutes to have a Skype conversation with my family, but I'm now back to work. I'll stay as late as I can possibly manage, although I'm not very good at it.

Rubyw and Pari, have a nice sleep and we'll be here tomorrow if you'd like to drop by to say hello.

Lara, come on lass, battle face!!! :-s

Wooooooow!!!! all of us seem to have not worked in the last few hours....And we seem insanely happy!!!! is that POSSIBLE???????????8-)
One of my friends called me in the middle of the night and said in a very serious and urgent tone"I think I need to see a physcatrist soon!!!' and I asked her why?? and she replied "Because I am enjoying writing my thesis-so something has to be seriously wrong with me!!!"......
Lets all get down to the buisness of seriously enjoying our writing!!!!
P.S- yeah!!! i know i need some psychatric help too..... wats life without a little madness!!!!;-)

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lol Ruby, yah the pizza guy was hilarious, but i felt so sorry for him when the judges said no, his face! poor thing bless him, my heart went out for him.

have a good night sleep! and on page 21 already, great progress well done!

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Armendaf, i am so happy to have you on board the train to deadsville!! we will keep each other up *hands Armendaf a cup of coffee*

yap you're right, lets get ready and fight this (battle face) grrrrr.

i havent done any writing yet, took a longish break ooops and sorted out stuff for my intro chapter. now i have to write my introduction chapter for my thesis. i am gonna do as much as i can. my deadline is 6am sunday! if i start to feel sleepy, i will make some coffee. and wash my face and stand outside in the garden to wake myself up.

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Pari, your message gave me the much needed burst of enthusiasm, thats a good idea, i will act as if i like writing my thesis!

okay folks time to get cracking!!!

i have about 7 or so sections to cover. some of them are half done, some are empty. time to cheat and use lots of review articles muwahhahahahaha will worry about reading the original articles for viva prep.

okay first aim:

1. section 1: clonality theory of cancer. deadline 1.15am. *Starts egg timer* will report back in the hour and confess how many words i have written and whether it is done or not.

*looks around* how you all holding up?
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okay my hourly update: total words written in the hour, 242 words. half done section 1, probably need another 30 minutes. and then i must move onto the next section. being strict with myself now!
will report back when i have finished my 1st section.

i just went to wash my face with cold water and brushed my teeth, to wake myself up. apparently brushing your teeth and washing your face with cold water wakes you up, something to do with the minty flavour lol. i think at around 3.30am, i will have another cup of coffee, i never drink coffee, so the caffiene works for me. i was wondering why earlier on my heart was palpitating! then realised it was cause i drank a cup of coffee.

okay back to writing *sets egg timer for 30mins*

Armendaf, you still up? hows it going? Pari you up too?

I'm up... but I do not know for how long. Still going very slow and since I've run out of ideas to link sections I'm re-reading some literature. Not thoroughly though, just to pick up the discussion. I've had my coffee, but unlike yourself, I think it only relaxes me... must be because it is a hot drink... who knows :p

I'm sort of focus anyway, so I'll keep going as long as I can handle it. Can't see me going any later that 3am, so I'll try to make the most of it.

more work :-s

you're doing great! well done you. 3am is good if you can work till then. i've lost the motivation and will to carry on! but i found a nice article that clearly explains what ive been trying to write about for the past 2 hours! so everything i've written seems really crap now, so going to rewrite it again, and then one section will be done! okay giving myself 30 minutes to get it done. i really dont want to though, i just want to go to bed and forget that i have to write a thesis! :-s

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I think that's it for me... I'll just try to finish this paragraph to wrap up this section and link with the next, which I'll pick up again tomorrow. Good luck with your 6am deadline, it's just one more small push... Come on Lara, you are already there.

(up):-s(up)

Thanks Armendaf, you put a smile on my face - was feeling sick. but i will push through it. we're soldiers, grrrrrr (battle face) no pain no gain!

i needed that burst of encouragement from ya, thanks matey :-)

okay here goes, im lying down now, feeling abit nautious but hoping it will pass. i just really want to get the introduction chapter done tonight!!!:-s just gotta do it section by section.

Hey, you're doing great, you'll get there. :-) I know I don't normally post on this thread, just filling in temporarily for people who have gone to bed!