research

that familiar intertwining of excitement and hints of despair.

okay, maybe that's a little too melodramatic. the data's coming in, and i'm finding more and more relevant articles everyday and understanding more and more....but i worry about whether i have sufficient data, and whether i understand enough to write a full paper.

i've learnt to skip the math when scanning journal articles, to go straight to the implications and conclusions....though perhaps now is the time i should really be going through the math if i want to reproduce some of it in my own paper.

research! dissertations! at some point i know i will want to say - to hell and damnation with all this - but not yet, not yet. it's still too early. will save the despair for later.

on a relevant note, i submitted my undergrad thesis to the Social Science Japan Journal maybe 2 weeks ago? I should hear back by end of March whether they are submitting it for further review. :) credit goes to my thesis advisor for continuously pushing me in that direction...I would never have done so otherwise.

phd???

i don't know...