Armendaf, you should definately go to the proms next year!!

i know what you mean, i have this list in my head of all the things i want to do once i submit my thesis. i want my life back!!! i'm so out of touch with friends, i just called one of my old best friends but he was busy so only had a 1 and half minute conversation. and my other friends i've emailed and spoken to them probably like once in over 2-3 weeks!

but the sacrifices we have to endure, cant afford to get distracted right now, so friends are in the freezer for now.

i'm currently listening to some Damien Rice. and i am on the very very last bit on the last section of the results section. so close to finishing!!
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Armendaf, well done on getting so far ahead in chapter 3, that is absolutely brilliant! well done you.
nice to have you on board for the night shift though.
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well back to chapter 3, as soon as i am done, i am taking a break! i've been glued to the chair since 7.15pm.

Thanks so much for the message Armendaf, you really made me smile :-) battle face indeed! how is your chapter 3 going? I am determined to get mine done today hopefully!! grrrrr :-s i'm still working on the last results section. and then once that's done, i gotta write a discussion section, which will take ages no doubt!
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Pari, thank you so much for the lovely compliment, i appreciate that! nice to have you attending the night shift later on tonight, i will be happy to have the company. hope you had a lovely dinner with your friends :-)
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Hi Ruby :-) Thanks so much for your message. i like your idea of bringing forward the bubble bath. i might just do that!
glad you had a nice afternoon at your moms. and that's really good that you were itching to get back to work. sounds like you're in the zone ! hehe.
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well update so far: i've worked for about 3 hours, then took a break and just had dinner, now i am clocked back in. and have glued myself to my chair until i get my last section of the results section done. :-s like Armendaf (btw what does your nickname mean?) said it's war!! take no prisoners grrrrrrrrr. lol i am determined to get the result section done once and for all!!!

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Well done Armendaf for pushing through!!! very impressive (up)
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my update from last night, i forced myself to finish section 2 of my results section, so i ended up staying up till 5am. and finally finished section 2 (hurrah!) total productive time i worked yesterday was 8 and half hours.

then went to bed like at 5am. have realised the maximum hours i can work in a day, no matter what, is 8 hours.
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and then today, i wake up at 12pm, and for once, i am looking forward to finishing the last section of the results computer. and feeling all positive and happy that there is a chance i might get my chapters done.. so i turn my computer and then.. .

NOTHING!.

yes my computer has decided to take a vacation, it's tired and does not want to work anymore, it doesnt care that i have a deadline in less than 2 weeks. and i am thinking the "powers that be", decided its just not dramatic and exciting enough that i have a deadline at the end of the month and 7 chapters yet to write and complete, so 'lets thrown in a crashed computer into the mix that should make things abit more interesting'!
:-s

after spending a couple of hours trying to get it to work, and using my padwan powers of mind control *willing* to turn on, nothing has worked. so screamed and threatened my comptuer that i will throw it out of the window. eventually through tears of frustration, i gave up, tried everything, system restore, using safe mode. what happens, is that the windows logo turns on, and then it just goes blank.

i have given up now, after eating three packets of hula hoops (i eat when im stressed) and i am now transferring all the files from my d drive from my desktop computer to my 2nd back up external harddrive, (luckily the computer turns on in safe mode so i can access all my files).. and i will have to use my laptop now, which thinks its in the prehistoric era, it is excrutiating slow, but i am lucky i have a backup laptop to work on. so i cannot complain. its not ideal working on the laptop, but with the deadline looming, i will have to make do!

in the meantime, will find out if i can get my desktop computer fixed, will ask my dad to phone a family friend who fixed it last time.

i;ve said it before and i will say it agian. your computer is in two states, it is either CRASHED or it will CRASH within the next hour! so backup as much as you can, and then backup again and again.

anyways moving forward! have to stay positive and not dwell on what i dont have but what i do have. so going to work on my laptop for the rest of today. and then think whether its worth trying to fix my desk top computer or working on my laptop for the rest of my thesis and just get my chapters done. and then get it fixed once i've finished writing my chapters.
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my aims for today:

1. complete section 3 of results section chapter 3.

2. write discussion section of chapter 3

3. transfer all phd files from external hard drive 1 to external hard drive 2

once, i have finished chapter 3, will reward myself with a long hot bubble bath and relax. my body feels tired today, probably cause of the late night last night. my brain is awake though.

*looks around* anyone else burning the midnight oil ? working away on their thesis tonight?

Hello fellow night-owls! *waves*

this is just a quickie message, just for attendance hehe. i just had a break and now i am back at my desk. my break lasts the same amount of hours that i've worked! naughty me.

but i am glued to my chair for the next two hours, with Elvis keeping me company ;-)

from my last update, i have completed half of section 2. i got the second half now to tackle :-s this face isnt cause i am frustrated, its my "battle face" as Armendaf so cleverly coined the term hehe.

Pari WELCOME! nice to see a new recruit, good luck with your assignment, and you will definately have company this weekend!

Ruby, loved your message, really cracked me up ! and i agree that would be a very cool song title hehe thanks for liking my term deadsville lol. and yah thanks i will definately get some sleep once i have done the results section. and WELL DONE you for doing so much today! you're a star. and you should definately rejoice in those lovely praises and comments, you clever girl you ;-) well done

Armendaf, hope your writing is going well!! and good on ya for coming in for the night shift. (up)

okay i am clocking in for the evening shift.

anyone else around?

it's going to be a lonnnnnnnnnnng night! but will take a ickle little break after 2 hours. okay time to get cracking.

how was everyone else's day?

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Hi Armendaf! thanks for the advice regarding the table, you are so right! it does make it easier.

and you dont have to "write as much".

and i have just finished subsection 1 (out of 3) of my results section for chapter 3.
i now have 2 more sub-sections left, i must get them finished by tommorow morning. that's my deadline!!

so yes count me in for the night shift for sure!

that's a good idea about getting your thesis written by end of september. and good that you will get an extention. cool!.

thats a nice artifical deadline to give yourself. and plus i am happy to have the company on the train for deads-ville!!

i am clocking out now for a break (today have done about 3 hours of productive work), going to eat something, and then tackle section 2. :-s (i love that face)

lol nice one! that was funny!! and i agree with the poster below, maybe we can use this in our defence in the viva.

wow your message really brought back memories! i used to love the raggy dolls, and danger mouse, thunder cats, and he-man. and transformers ("robots in disguise") those are classic. i agree the stuff on telly now for kids, just isnt in the same league! or perhaps we're biased and are all nostalgic.

wow top tips has gotten a sticky ;-)

nice one admin.
i've yet to post my tips, will do soon though, probably be a repeat of all the great advice already given!!

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Thanks walminskipeas !! you're so kind
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Hi Ruby :-) lol at your swamp anectode lol

yes you have plenty of time so you can just work consistently and slowly get through all the chapters, you are doing really well! i wish i had started on my thesis as early as you. so well done you (up)

you're right about the table thing. thanks for that.

well i cant remember what time i stopped, i think it was around 2ish. i was knackered, and hungry then got something to eat, and then afterwards had no will to carry on so went to bed. woke up around 11ish and takes time for me to actually wake up. now i am going to work on the 3rd figure which hopefully wont take too long and then i can be on the next section. i just have to keep working on the chapter section by section and then it will be done. i am aiming to get it finished by this evening. but who knows how long its really going to take!!
glad to have the company today Ruby :-)
and it must be hard juggling work commitments and writing thesis like you and Armendaf have to do.
love that song by Elvis hehe. i once went to an "elvis" concert, it was his concert footages and they had a live band, if you didnt look for him on stage, it felt like you were at an elvis concert hehehe. was really cool. although i did keep looking on the stage for him hahaha.

anyways late start for me.
wow cant believe its friday already. days are just zooming past arent they?
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Tractorgirl thanks so much for your message! hope you have a great time in Wales.
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Swantje, again well done on completing your MA and good luck with the next one!
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Armendaf, how are you ?
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And hello to anyone else reading this *waves* and working today on their thesis. feel free to drop by and post a message declaring your aims for today or your progress
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My aims:
complete results section of chapter 3 :-s

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