Thanks Bobby! so nice of you to check up on me.

well i got an idea of making another results table from a paper that looked at a similar thing.
so i will send it to my supervisor later on this evening. as long as i send it by tommorow, it will be fine.

i want to spend a few more hours, to bring all the data together and summarise it..because based on this first draft, and my conclusions of the results, she will decide whether the results are worth putting in my thesis! and whether i can write a chapter on it. if not, i would have wasted alot of time!!

so i really need to prove the results show something significant and interesting.

my subject is in biology.

what's your phd in? and what year are you in?

how's everyone going with their monday deadline?

i have a few more hours till i have to email my results to my supervisor. which is good, because i can just forever keep working on it, and might end up in the wrong direction. so better to send it than keep working on it...sometimes you just have to let something go!

good luck everyone!

miss spacey, that's fine, i am sure you're thesis will be fine, i wouldn't worry too much about the originality of your work. as long as you make it into a nice easy to understand story. you'll be fine!

17,000 is very impressive chris! and i am sure it's not as bad as you think...

i wish i had even one chapter that was that long. at least you got it all down, now you can improve on it. i've heard its much easier to improve on writing than it is to write it from scratch, so you've accomplished alot! good on ya for getting the chapter written!

feeling less depressed now... got my results tables done. but noticed a few mistakes, but corrected it.

total productive time - approx 4 hours.

wow cakegirl can't believe you're still up writing away. my brain has turned into mush. i'm done for tonight. have done most of my data analysis, fixed some inconsistencies aswell, finished with the tables...

just need to do abit of writing to explain the tables, will do tommorow, when my brain is awake, and then email it away... i should just email it to my supervisor, because i can literally just carry on messing about with tables and results and my own theories, and she just wants to see a rough version.

nite nite all. thanks for keeping me company! see you all tommorow

oh no what a complete nightmare!!

i had abit of a scare early this week too, so took out two days to backup my computer, upgrade my antivirus software, do a complete scan, treat any virus..

at the time, it seems its sucking up valuable time you could be working on your thesis. but backing up and other stuff, does pay off in the end.

glad to hear you managed to salvage your work! what a relief.

well done tetris, chris and cakegirl! you have done very well!!!

i took a long break to watch a chick flick. down to you. so back to my results section, just rechecking my data before i email it tommorow morning to my supervisor.

you all did really well meeting your deadlines!

thanks Tetris. i appreciate you understanding.

wow well done you. you've done well!! good on ya buddy!! proud of you

aww cakegirl you're being so productive and positive. well done you!

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sometimes i feel that life is passing by and i'm stuck on phd planet. and there's no escape! and getting older by the day! and that i'm missing out on life and all the fun..
sorry guys, don't mean to put a downer on things. i don't know what's wrong with me today.

Thanks cakegirl! that's really encouraging to hear

i feel like i'm working in slow motion today.. and feeling abit depressed

That makes me feel better that Bakuvia said, not to worry about word counts to monitor progress, thanks for that bit of advice

that's a good idea! because it is inspiring and comforting to see what other phd students are going through and accomplishing..

i know tetris. feelings mutual there buddy!!

why oh why do we do it??

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just saw the end of gattaca, really inspiring movie, after being told he just doesnt have it genetically to succeed, he does it, he gets to the stars. just goes to show, hard work and determination can overcome natural inadequecies such as not having natural intelligence and intellect....

but that determination sometimes wavers!!

tetris is right!

i too worry about how original and ground breaking my work is. but science it's not really THAT original. usually stems from other peoples ideas. even when you do think of an idea. later on you find someone has already done it, or a similar way, and you're like , damn it!!

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i must say, it's nice to know you all are working away on a sunday evening. don't feel so alone and lonely.. misery loves company as they say!!