हत्ती गेला अणि शेपूट राहीली.
(Translation: The elephant is gone only the tail is left.)
Almost five and half years of my Ph.D. are over. Just another few months before I finish. This is now the wrapping up time. Now I am almost done. But for this one last thing. Thesis typing!
And believe it or not, this seems to be the hardest part of my Ph.D. years. Mainly because it is boring. But also because it is always at the back of my mind. I wake up and and I am sipping a cup of coffee and there it is, the half finished chapter 3, standing in front of me and asking me why I slept off the previous night when it had been in a middle of a sentence. I am checking my email or writing the blog and it comes and taps on my shoulder and says, "time to get back buddy". It almost yells in my dreams "I need attention!" It's like a person in my life now. And no, I am not a schizophrenic. It is really there everywhere! You won't believe this, but I am literally sneaking out to write this rant. I am looking over my shoulders and I suspect I need to hurry up else I'll be caught whining about it behind its back!
This new attention seeking forced friend in my life is however failing miserably at getting me to do what it wants me to do. The more it asks for attention, the more I go out of my way to do to some other things. Recently, I have been engaging myself into a whole lot of activities. I have been sleeping like no man's business. I am watching movies, writing in my blog very often, cooking, learning an art form and what not. Just to escape the company of this relentless buddy. But ironically, the only way to get rid of this pal is to spend more time with it.
Is thesis typing as boring and as tiring for every one? Clearly, not. See for example this thesis (I have only read the non-technical parts). It has enthusiasm written all over it. How!?
I can rant forever, but at the fear of getting caught by my friend, I'll end my post here.
(Translation: The elephant is gone only the tail is left.)
Almost five and half years of my Ph.D. are over. Just another few months before I finish. This is now the wrapping up time. Now I am almost done. But for this one last thing. Thesis typing!
And believe it or not, this seems to be the hardest part of my Ph.D. years. Mainly because it is boring. But also because it is always at the back of my mind. I wake up and and I am sipping a cup of coffee and there it is, the half finished chapter 3, standing in front of me and asking me why I slept off the previous night when it had been in a middle of a sentence. I am checking my email or writing the blog and it comes and taps on my shoulder and says, "time to get back buddy". It almost yells in my dreams "I need attention!" It's like a person in my life now. And no, I am not a schizophrenic. It is really there everywhere! You won't believe this, but I am literally sneaking out to write this rant. I am looking over my shoulders and I suspect I need to hurry up else I'll be caught whining about it behind its back!
This new attention seeking forced friend in my life is however failing miserably at getting me to do what it wants me to do. The more it asks for attention, the more I go out of my way to do to some other things. Recently, I have been engaging myself into a whole lot of activities. I have been sleeping like no man's business. I am watching movies, writing in my blog very often, cooking, learning an art form and what not. Just to escape the company of this relentless buddy. But ironically, the only way to get rid of this pal is to spend more time with it.
Is thesis typing as boring and as tiring for every one? Clearly, not. See for example this thesis (I have only read the non-technical parts). It has enthusiasm written all over it. How!?
I can rant forever, but at the fear of getting caught by my friend, I'll end my post here.
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