Thursday, November 02, 2006
The practical reality
Well i guess i've been rather busy over the past few weeks, first the pure relaxation of bumming around and not doing anything much, then gym the following week, then "work" at
Earring Addict and school starts next tuesday. Wish i had more time to do my earring stuff and research on my thesis. I'll most probably end up doing a topic on parental influence on body image or smtg. Not the ideal topic i was looking for but apparently the topic i wanted to do was too simplistic. But what annoyed me more is that i'm doing some sort of a replication study, which i could have done with a autism topic and i would have a higher chance of getting my article published 9 mths down the line. I guess they don't really encourage you to do anything groundbreaking at this level, i'll research some more and see how it goes. Sigh, the practicalities of life. Had dinner tonight at kuishinbo to celebrate my ex-colleague Lilian's birthday, and finally handed over a bracelet to Cheryl, my first commissioned piece. Someone who actually had faith in my abilities to make something nice, hopefully she'll like it a lot (I would only buy a piece of jewelry if i fell in love with it). Spent $9 on the bleach figurines from those 'tong tong' machines. Somehow it's rather addictive, after u get the first capsule, you wanna get another one, coz you're never satisfied with just one. So i ended up with 3, trying to rationalise that one is for my Jon, another for my brother and another for me. But Celeste said since all 3 figurines are different why don't you keep them all. Still deciding. Hehe.
Feeling rather stressed out about the prospect about my honors thesis, i keep getting reminded about the flop of a FYP project that i did in poly. Started out very ambitious only to come out with only 1/3 of the specifications. Thus the worry of doing something very ambitious yet torn by the practical aspects. Argh. Had a morningmare on tuesday after the briefing on monday night. What a way to start my honors year. Hopefully everything passes by quickly and i'll survive it and complete a proper presentable project that i can be proud of. Frankly speaking i am VERY worried about my thesis. But who isn't?
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