Eeeep, Honours Orientation was today.
So for the past 2 weeks or so I was trying to work out how to get there without, you know, driving *smirks* Have decided must get Ps. I had to bus it from home to Parra, then from Parra I could either bus and walk, or taxi. Well guess which one I decided, yep I walked there, all the way from Westfield Parra to Cumberland Hospital, took me around 40min and a gentle slope as well. Have decided to take the train or bus to Westmead next time and walking from there, even though I liked the walk, I don't know about walking through quiet streets much.'
Eeep, I have to do a LOT of reading, no not ff either. I need to do a lotta on implantable defibrillators, outcomes and cardiac rehab *sigh* then I gotta go to Cumberland probably twice a week or so. Gaaaahhhhh... I really don't like that hospital, bad memories.
So I'm nervous but a tad, only a little bit, very little bit less nervous than I was earlier. The thesis has to be between 15000-20000 words. The phD student who's co-supervising me showed us his, around 22000 word thesis and he's on a scholarship from the NHRMC for his phD *hyperventilates*. But I'm gonna look at this positively, the main part of the thesis is just 6 essays, yep, yep just 6 essays. Not including the huge 25 pages of references, 10 pages of contents and acknowledgements, and of course all the appendices costing around 40 pages. *grabs paper bag*
I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine.
In other news, I'm most likely attending a 2 day conference on heart failure (Tues/Wed) at Brighton-Le-Sands in 2 weeks time, with a free night's accommodation paid by alphapharm. ;)Also there's a dinner on that Wednesday night at Darling Harbour that I have to go to. ;)
Oh Cat, do you mind if I crash at your house that night?? Wed 22nd?
AND I've decided to sell my uni nursing uniform, the oh-so-very-NOT-polymer-made-uniform. I think I'll miss the dress though. It was so bloody created by a man dammit, the whole zip-up, zip-down white nursing dress *mumble*. Sliding out of it wearing a slip and skin-coloured stockings. I should just keep it, oh yea, yea I'll keep it, I've just bought a white suspender belt a few weeks ago... although I don't have any thigh high white stockings.
But then again, I hate it when you guys make fun of 'naughty PVC nurse' so I really shouldn't encourage it eh? And there is a lovely emesis stain from first week of first semester, first year clinical. Hmmm... what should I do ladies, keep it for fun or sell it for $50?
Anyways, homework this week, do a LOT of lit reviews. Dammit. Probably have to go into uni this week again. But I think I'll go get myself a USB 1gig, and this laptop is dying on me. Hmmm, my dad is coming back next month... perhaps for my 21st I can beg him to get me a laptop which isn't dying on me, with Endnote 7. Hmmm...
Current background noise: Prince - Cream
Current craving: water, feel dehydrated, also blueberries, blueberries currently very very nice, blackberries quite sour. Still have more than half a plum cake at home... can't eat by myself...
Concurrent webpage: Dick Smith, kinda expensive, must go searching.
Oh oh I'm wearing my new pyjamas ;) Zee light blue XL men's FCUK T shirt ;) Tis quite big ;)
Eeep, I have to do a LOT of reading, no not ff either. I need to do a lotta on implantable defibrillators, outcomes and cardiac rehab *sigh* then I gotta go to Cumberland probably twice a week or so. Gaaaahhhhh... I really don't like that hospital, bad memories.
So I'm nervous but a tad, only a little bit, very little bit less nervous than I was earlier. The thesis has to be between 15000-20000 words. The phD student who's co-supervising me showed us his, around 22000 word thesis and he's on a scholarship from the NHRMC for his phD *hyperventilates*. But I'm gonna look at this positively, the main part of the thesis is just 6 essays, yep, yep just 6 essays. Not including the huge 25 pages of references, 10 pages of contents and acknowledgements, and of course all the appendices costing around 40 pages. *grabs paper bag*
I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine.
In other news, I'm most likely attending a 2 day conference on heart failure (Tues/Wed) at Brighton-Le-Sands in 2 weeks time, with a free night's accommodation paid by alphapharm. ;)Also there's a dinner on that Wednesday night at Darling Harbour that I have to go to. ;)
Oh Cat, do you mind if I crash at your house that night?? Wed 22nd?
AND I've decided to sell my uni nursing uniform, the oh-so-very-NOT-polymer-made-uniform. I think I'll miss the dress though. It was so bloody created by a man dammit, the whole zip-up, zip-down white nursing dress *mumble*. Sliding out of it wearing a slip and skin-coloured stockings. I should just keep it, oh yea, yea I'll keep it, I've just bought a white suspender belt a few weeks ago... although I don't have any thigh high white stockings.
But then again, I hate it when you guys make fun of 'naughty PVC nurse' so I really shouldn't encourage it eh? And there is a lovely emesis stain from first week of first semester, first year clinical. Hmmm... what should I do ladies, keep it for fun or sell it for $50?
Anyways, homework this week, do a LOT of lit reviews. Dammit. Probably have to go into uni this week again. But I think I'll go get myself a USB 1gig, and this laptop is dying on me. Hmmm, my dad is coming back next month... perhaps for my 21st I can beg him to get me a laptop which isn't dying on me, with Endnote 7. Hmmm...
Current background noise: Prince - Cream
Current craving: water, feel dehydrated, also blueberries, blueberries currently very very nice, blackberries quite sour. Still have more than half a plum cake at home... can't eat by myself...
Concurrent webpage: Dick Smith, kinda expensive, must go searching.
Oh oh I'm wearing my new pyjamas ;) Zee light blue XL men's FCUK T shirt ;) Tis quite big ;)
11 witty remarks:
At 22:07, Alicia said…
Hmmm... Well $50 is $50...
You'll be in cumberland... Does that mean the Usyders can meet up to see you :D?
At 22:59, Minerva said…
Cumberland Hospital dude, North Parramatta. Where are usyd people? You mean the Lidcombe campus?? No.
At 00:11, Catie said…
i think you should keep it for fun! we only make fun of pvc nurses uniforms so much 'cos we know it makes you angry... ;)
oh, and get off by prince (or is it gett off? something weird i think) is the song. yay! took me a while, but i remembered!
and good luck with honours stuff! crashing at my place should be fine, you can have the spare room and everything, maybe i should check first but it should be fine.
At 00:53, Minerva said…
Yep, "Gett off 23 positions in a one night stand", it's so wrong but I love that song ;)
Spare room?? Can't I just crash on the couch? *puppy dog eyes*
At 10:12, Vivian said…
sigh....i totally understand your honours related stress...except I am more stressed about the fact that I have to get at least credits in all my subjects this Sem to be allowed to progress to 2nd Sem honours. And I just found out that to actually graduate with Honours at all in pharmacy, you have to have get at least a 75 (?!?!) in the honours subject, AND a WAM of at least 65!!! Otherwise you would have done honours just to graduate with a normal degree (grrrr at stupid pharmacy course.)
(And Cat, that is what I didn't get around to telling you on msn the other night.)
Oh, and btw, we got told Endnote 9 is better...
And *ewww* at 3yo emesis stain...maybe you should sell it to some poor unsuspecting person =)
At 15:45, Catie said…
spare room, couch, whatever you want. feel free to have less comfort and privacy if you want, i'm not going to tell you what to do, i just thought, y'know, that maybe it would be better the other way. But whatever *mumbles*
honours is very, very stressful. so everyone tells me. but you'll all be fine, o.k.? and if anyone wants someone to edit their honours theses for them, i am free and bored. although i don't know how long it would take to edit 20,000 words... probably best to give me advanced warning then :)
At 16:04, Minerva said…
Yea, I've heard that with Endnote 9, you can't transfer the citations back onto Endnote 7, so that means I can't work at the R&D unit with the newer version coz it's not transferable. So *shrugs* I'll prob work with Endnote 7 first and then update when all the other networks I'll be connected to update to version 9 as well.
lol it could be an emesis stain from year 1 but it could also be just a food stain from one of my many lunches. *shrugs* but that's what makes me hesistant about selling it. ;)
No worries, I need to send out my Ethics proposal to soem lay people to proofread, and you know, Track changes on the document. Meep! Meep! Meep!
At 16:06, Minerva said…
And Viv you're a smart cookie, if I can get credits in everything, you sure as hell can get credits in everything. At least it's not an extra year of uni and paying student fees for you...
At 02:42, Alicia said…
Mmm. With Engo's it's the same. You need a 65 WAM to graduate with honours (even though there is compulsory 'fourth' year thesis!) 75 WAM for first class honours...
At 11:23, Catie said…
Yeah, it's a worry. I don't know what my average is... Last I checked it was a credit, verging on distinction but not quite there, dammit! If only I didn't just get a pass in latin... stupid latin. :( But then, I have a feeling that it's easier to get credits in Arts.
lol, meep meep meep :D i'll proofread your ethics proposal! if you want. i mean, i don't want to force my proofreading on you or anything.
At 22:53, Minerva said…
no no, not forcing, it's called 'getting-your-absolutely-scrumpdullyumptious-friends-to-proofread-stuff-because-they're-lay-people-and-(probably)-have-nothing-better-to-do'. Heeheehee.
Anyway, it's best to have a layperson to proofread it coz laypeople are on the Ethics Committee on Sydney West AHS. Meanwhile, you'd be one of many people proofreading, and re-proofreading. And guess what, apparently Sydney West AHS Ethics Committee are the most say... "cumbersome" Ethics Committee to go through in the load of AHS's in NSW.
AHS: Area Health service
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