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I couldn't live here, but that doesn't seem to stop some people
21 August 07 09:20 AM | wayne.griffiths | 1 Comments   
I never cease to be amazed at how most other students in our building appear to live at uni. They return here (after being here all day) after dinner at around 8:30pm, a bit before I leave for the day to have my own. Presumably, they would then work for Read More...
So much to do, so little time
17 August 07 08:25 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
I'm sorry to say, but today marks my 4 1/2 year mark of being a PhD student. And I am even sorrier to say today that my scholarship expired. So, I'm going to be 'roughing it' until I can find any sort of employment, the search for which is still being Read More...
Pressure, pushing down on me...
13 July 07 04:45 PM | wayne.griffiths | 3 Comments   
(a small diversion - has anyone else ever confused the beginnings of the songs "Under Pressure" by Queen and "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice? 'Cause I have...) Well, I've just finished a meeting with my supervisors. The first piece of news was that one Read More...
Mission: Impossible
10 July 07 03:45 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
Following my previous Tom Cruise movie-themed post, I'm writing this short entry to highlight how difficult this Friday's meeting with SupA is going to be. I have just received comments on a chapter back from him. There are aproximately 100 things to Read More...
Veni, vidi, sed non possum vicere
27 June 07 04:29 PM | wayne.griffiths | 5 Comments   
It seems sometimes that these days I just can't win. A big part of the problem is having two supervisors to satisfy. Let's say SupA is currently overseas and SupB is here. Now SupA is the main supervisor so ultimately it's them that I need to appease, Read More...
How long is too long?
11 June 07 12:36 PM | wayne.griffiths | 1 Comments   
No, I don't mean about thesis length - I'm well within the limits there. Instead, I'm talking about how long one should be expected to wait to hear back from employers. I am still dumbfounded by the lack of response from many of the employers to whom Read More...
Unwanted Milestone
04 June 07 02:40 PM | wayne.griffiths | 2 Comments   
On the weekend I passed a milestone that I had hoped I would never come to in the first place - my fifth birthday whilst a PhD student. How naïve I was to think all those years ago that I'd be finished in three years, three and a half at the most. It Read More...
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Happy anniversary...
18 April 07 12:38 PM | wayne.griffiths | 1 Comments   
...to me! With all the talk of weddings on here lately, I thought it only appropriate to recognise my own anniversary. And no, I'm not married. It has been exactly one year since I started writing my thesis. Sure, I started planning its structure well Read More...
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Right here waiting for you
21 February 07 05:25 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
I was recently informed by a third party that my co-supervisor has had constraints imposed upon them by an employer so that apparently they are only allowed to spend half an hour a week on me! I have a one hour meeting each fortnight, which translates Read More...
Dead____
15 February 07 12:53 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
And so I now have a hard deadline (although technically I had one before, just not so much in bold print ) to submit my thesis in the next six months. With that realisation comes pressure...pressure to get it done, so that all my supervisors (and I guess Read More...
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Readjusting
09 January 07 11:30 AM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
I've been back in Perth for two weeks now, however there are some things that are taking a bit to get adjusted to. Obviously, the main one of these is the time difference i.e. jetlag. Sweden was six hours behind WA time when I left here. With the move Read More...
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