Hello! I'm still here.
What I've been up to the last 2 weeks does not exactly warrant blogging about. Suffice to say it involves a lot of typing, copying, pasting, colour coding, editing, e.mailing, reading, referencing, multiplying, justifying, formatting, etc. What it will produce is a massive piece of work that will determine my fate as a lowly diploma-holder or the proud owner of a legitimate Masters degree. Worryingly but probably predictably, it is becoming more and more like a hallowed firstborn child in terms of it's worth to me. HOWEVER, in 3 days I will get a lovely escape from academic reality by going to Finland!!!! This is my saving grace; even though I will still be editing a massive dissertation and working on an additional 3,000 word reflection piece, I'll be doing it in Nokia Land! Almost 2 weeks with dear old Ina, who I normally travel around Africa with, and Matilda, who I last saw on a dusty road in Goa, India. I have been told numerous times the last few years that I must come to Finland, but only in the summer. So I'm going, while it's summer, and while I am a mere 4 hours away vs. 14.
Things I have been doing lately when not writing my head off:
I miss you all. The countdown to coming home seems to be dragging at the moment, but I'm hopeful Finland and a particular sister coming in just a few weeks will speed things up. Lots of love to each of you.
What I've been up to the last 2 weeks does not exactly warrant blogging about. Suffice to say it involves a lot of typing, copying, pasting, colour coding, editing, e.mailing, reading, referencing, multiplying, justifying, formatting, etc. What it will produce is a massive piece of work that will determine my fate as a lowly diploma-holder or the proud owner of a legitimate Masters degree. Worryingly but probably predictably, it is becoming more and more like a hallowed firstborn child in terms of it's worth to me. HOWEVER, in 3 days I will get a lovely escape from academic reality by going to Finland!!!! This is my saving grace; even though I will still be editing a massive dissertation and working on an additional 3,000 word reflection piece, I'll be doing it in Nokia Land! Almost 2 weeks with dear old Ina, who I normally travel around Africa with, and Matilda, who I last saw on a dusty road in Goa, India. I have been told numerous times the last few years that I must come to Finland, but only in the summer. So I'm going, while it's summer, and while I am a mere 4 hours away vs. 14.
Things I have been doing lately when not writing my head off:
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| Visiting triangular-shaped pubs with my friends Megan and Tricia. This one turned out to be a dump inside, but afterwards we found a new one in the city called The Great Gatsby. Needless to say it was cool. How could it not be? |
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| Having one last departmental meeting for the year with all my coursemates and most of our professors.. |
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| Observing the installation of very oddly-placed exercise equipment in the neighbourhood. To the right of these is another set of apartments, so the presumably slightly self-conscious overweight person using them has not one but TWO buildings full of people watching them do their quad curls every morning. |
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| Noting how much my feet GREATLY dislike shoes after a summer in Birks. |
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| Enjoying the wild variety of unique and colourful homes Sheffield has on constant display..... |
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| Wondering what the logic behind the construction of this was, in light of the above. |
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