Hiya,
You're not the only one staying up
Hide and seek is one of my favourite games, NOT
And my sister Procrastination must be our common relative. I feel you're not alone in your misery. Anyway, I hope you will be fine, though I am trying to find the reasons why I am behaving like this myself. I guess it's troughs and peaks, all the way. And my supervisors warned me that I won't always be this enthusiastic. So bloody right. I guess I need to talk to someone. Any volunteers?

Well, I thought I'd try it here :-)

I am looking for people who are into software modelling (or other software engineering activities). I simply would like to talk about geeky stuff from time to time.

Thanks.

Yes, I agree with you. I am in the computer science discipline and I used to work as a software engineer. At first I thought I could manage doing my PhD and not work at all (I am kind of being supported by my wife now). Unfortunately I need a job (part-time as a software engineer again) to get back to the freedom I was used to and to help me cover the expenses of travelling to my university from time to time. And actually being back in business rather won't impede my future career, whether in education or not (or at least that's how I see it at the moment). I wish things were easier, but they are not. I moved to the UK last year and it is all new. Nevertheless, I am trying to manage and I hope I won't regret anything. Of course, it is all about learning and find the best way out of this. That's how I am managing, and it doesn't have to be right for anyone else.

Heh, me too! I am working on the draft of what my supervisor called a "can of worms". Or rather trying to change it so that it can be the can no more. Bleh.

I am paying the fees only, and yes, it is rather hard for me at the moment. I used to work full-time and now I am back to no job situation (hardly coping, but that is maybe going to change soon, as I am willing to work part-time). Living in the UK is not cheap (I had lived in Holland before for some years), so especially that I have to pay for everything myself (mostly) makes it quite a challenge. But I want to believe that it is all worth it (so far I don't regret it at all).

Well, I am actually paying for my part-time external. I don't see why not. It all depends probably on what your motivations are.

Congratulations!

Heh, I like all the eyelids idea :)
I am so far from even thinking about the completion, so who know. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. The time will show (provided I last this long).

I have just been accepted, so far it looks like a group (MSN type), and I am trying to find how to chat (there's something about a chat room, with a link broken). So far no success, but I will post here once I find out a bit more. There is a message board there, but I don't really need that, as we have it all here (with less annoying banners at least).
So the next step is to find out the chat room there :)

Thanks!
I have found this http://groups.msn.com/PhDStudents and I subscribed to it (and waiting to be accepted).

Hello all,
My name is Dariusz and I am a part-time computer science student (software stuff) and I was wondering if anyone has bumped into IRC (Internet Relay Chat) where postgraduate students (also from different disciplines) "meet" to chat.
This forum is fine, but I miss some things like RSS feeds (to keep me updated in an easier way).
Thanks.