Entries for March, 2005
working on a thesis is a very traumatic experience.
picture this out...
-not being able to go home to sleep
-instantly deciding to stay over at a groupmate's house to continue working until daylight and actually not getting anything done.
-wearing the same clothes for two days (and everything that comes along with it)
-having no sleep at all
-worrying too much
-being mentally and physically drained out
-getting unconstructive criticisms from our professor
and we're not yet done. we still have 20-25% to work on! aagghhhh, I can't see any way out of this.. will we be able to get this done? i'm feeling so...worried!
the only "high" i get from having this research work is being with my friends, spending longer times with them, and building unforgetable memories. excluding the horror of the thesis work itself, this is what we do when we're together... (notice our clothes... no change for 2 days, eeeewww!)
Written by annagwazee at 01:18 AM.
The day i have long dreaded has arrived-- our judgment day! today was the day we defended our thesis. and whew.. it was quite a day!
-it all happened with a wrong start -- one of our panels backing out just the night before and us not being able to find a replacement.
-then just as i have arrived our room, two of my groupmates were already panicking.
-next, the CPU we have brought along did not work and the LCD was not responding.
-another, our groupmate george, who was supposed to take care of the technicalities, arrived late so the problem with the CPU was further prolonged.
- again, george did not bring the needed cords for the CPU even when we have instructed him to do so. fortunately, in the end, he was able to produce a copy of our powerpoint, by copying the presentation to a CD, which took him 10 minutes (but felt like forever)!
- so... our defense started 20 minutes late and our professor having to leave after an hour, having only two panelists, and already stressed even before the defense started.. what could be worse than this?
but things took a turn when we started our presentation. everything happened so smoothly. our professor and panel seemed impressed. and when the frying part arrived, we were able to answer questions convincingly.. and we were shocked, our professor was there all along defending us whenever she thought the panel were asking questions not included in our topic. the best part of the day was when she gave me my grade.. and all our efforts paying off. finally, i can breathe easy again. i'm actually getting nearer my finish line.
(only one person to thank for all these - God Almighty)
our thesis, our work of art:
haay... my two panicky groupmates and our panelists:
happy after our defense (anj and geepz and lunch with miss karen):
spending special time together after the trauma we have gone through:
darlene and myself pigging out, finally able to relax:
Written by annagwazee at 12:09 AM.
Keren and me!! (life is always sooo much nicer having the "goodest" friend around).
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Written by annagwazee at 06:44 PM.
