Oh but moomin, I have actually finished all my research work and written up my thesis in the first year of my PhD. I also had some papers submitted. It just seemed a waste of two years of funding so my supervisors told me to pretend that I still had 2 years worth of work to do. This is the sad story of why I spend too much of my time on this forum

do it again!

a cow-herder?

you might as well, its not going to do you any harm and if you have a basic template then it wont take long.

lol @ moomin, love that post!

>>I am a Canadian PhD student, and reading some of the posts on this site bother me due to the immature nature of the comments.
-If you don't read them then you wont be bothered.

>>Dont people have better things to do... like work on your research!
-No, some of us like to take a break from our work, we are only human after all.

>>On a regular basis I worked 14 hours/day in the lab.
-I also saw the comment regarding only a few weekends off. Well this sounds like madness. I do a PhD to get further in life, my PhD has not become my life.

>>Does anybody else feel the same fustration!?
-Maybe you should question why you are having to work so many hours, is this the case with all the other PhD students at your uni?

Do you mean being preggers and writing up or actually writing up with the baby having been born?

What a bizzare thread.

jradetzky, it sounds like the christian girl of your dreams will be marrying another so forget her. If she knows you like and is still with her bf, you should say bye bye.

Mine is in 6 months, I can't wait until its over. Why do people keep asking me if I'm excited? I'm not, its a drag and a waste of money

Well considering Terik didn't post on this thread again since July 2005, he/she either topped themselves, or didn't really mean it or managed to get a Phd place.

Wanting to kill yourself because you cannot get a Phd just indicates underlying problems. We can't always have everything the way we want, thats life and before anyone starts, I speak from experience. You learn from things that happen and then move on. I would have suggested counseling.

but they were there before xmas

I don't understand writing words without the vowels, what's that all about? I've noticed it is highly related to indian students....do they think it is normal or something?

where did ulug go

I fell asleep at 11pm even though someone in the hotel was singing really out of tune on a mic....

I feel like I missed xmas and the end of 2006