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Never been to Hong Kong, so couldn't say about that really. But went to Prague for New Year, was fantastic, beautiful city, lots to see and do and good cheap food and alcohol! What more could you ask for (oh and we stayed on a Botel! hehe)

yes i'm doing cell culture too. Cells take a while to grow, so have to wait!

yes me too! Have been here 5 months and just don't seem to spend much time in the lab. My experiments seem to take a long time to plan and set up, but only a day to perform. Spend a long time at my desk.......

Not too worried i guess as have some interesting results, but other people seem to be working such long hours, i'm doing 9-5pm at most.

arr thanks so much you've made my day! I'll keep watching!

seriously, i haven't seen sammy the shark or any of the others and feel very sad about this! hehe

Your advisor has an abligation to you and you are fully entitled to talk to her confidentially. I would recommend this approach. Sounds like you can't continue the way things are. Just take a deep breath and go and talk to her, i'm sure it'll be helpful and go better than you expect. Good luck!

I too started my PhD in October and have been working pretty much office hours. I haven't been doing extra reading at home though I would say concentrate on having a life, at least in the first year, if you work crazy hours you'll never last the 3 years. It's important to do fun things and you need to be able to switch off when not at work in order to go the distance!

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It's so good to read about everyone else feeling the same as i do. I started my PhD in October and have been doing reading and planning mostly. I'm starting to feel guilty for not being busy enough though, What stage should i be up to by now?

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