Bright week

'Concrete and Honey' came up with this brilliant idea of hosting a Bright Week , so here are my photo's of some gorgeous flowers in New Zealand.

Taconcubano needs (according to Google)

Taconcubano needs not to wait too long. Taconcubano needs not to go on forever weighing up the pros and cons of these decisions.

Taconcubano is enjoying good health. Taconcubano needs not to worry about a few tiny 'irregularities' in this sphere. That is how it is when Taconcubano gets older.

So yes, Taconcubano needs a hug. very badly.

Taconcubano needs to turn 2 more or gain 26 more Vampire points to reach the next level: Vampire Temptress! Taconcubano should get out there and bite some people!

Taconcubano needs some flowers!

Taconcubano needs not to always be afraid, sooner or later, there will be a triumph over difficulties! Yes, Taconcubano is strong enough to get over this.

Musical chairs

When you want to pursue a postgrad degree, say a PhD or DPhil or whatever you want to call it, the trouble is not to get accepted into the degree, nor is it to get a free RTS place at the uni. The biggest problem is to find a desk to call your own for the duration of your studies. Although the uni is obliged to provide each doctoral candidate with a desk, a computer (that works), a cabinet that can be locked (with the key) and access to a printer (again one that actually prints stuff when you want it), this is not as easy as it sounds. There are no free desks and everybody that has one allocated to them holds on to it as desparately as if we were playing musical chairs. Yet the irony is that most postgrad cubicles seem to be empty most of the time. Uncluttered, though dirty, they show there yellow surfaces to the passers by: no papers or books anywhere in sight and the happy deskowners are nowhere to be seen. So why oh why can't I get one of these nice deserted cubicles, pronto? I'll clean it myself!

Estimating

Just started entering data from my questionnaires and I realise that some people have no clue on estimating either time or distance: already came across 2 people claiming to driver 15-20 hours per week, but then mentioning a TOTAL of 80-100 km for that week?!? Is the rest of the hours on rollers in the backyard???

Well, was I lost or what?

It has been ages since I wrote anything here. First I couldn't write about what I wanted to write about (my boring supervisory problems) and then I was busy trying to make up for lost time (due to my boring supervisory problems). Today I entered the age of Facebook in a workshop and I am required to create a blog (haha, already got one) and link this to Facebook later. We are curious. ;-)

Could my future be this bright?

Or is this whole study a waste of time?



Just some random thoughts while in limbo (waiting for the results of my last unit). Sigh. (Both photo's made in Tonga, last week.)

Back from holiday

And still no grade for my last assignment. How surprising (not). No tutes anywhere in sight, due to the uni's new policy of teaching without sessionals. Good thing I'm really relaxed at the moment, thanks to my Tongan holiday. Plough on with the ethics proposal. Yay! Part of my data will be generated at another institute, so I have to put in 2 ethics forms. The person at the other institute has vanished of the earth (email came back as undeliverable) and the research office he was working for is nowhere to be found (or so the receptionist tells me). It is sooooo Monday!