Got my first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine today! 💉 I have to wait twelve weeks before the next dose, but at least this is step one! And you even get a Freddo… although, full disclosure, I hate chocolate, so this will be a nice present for my partner (who […]
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One of the reasons I’ve been MIA this month is because I moved house! It was actually an already planned event for the year. My housemate and I had both finished our Ph. Ds, and we were going to move out and go our separate ways in late July/early August. […]
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Given that a lot of people are stuck at home with nothing else to do but to write their thesis/manuscript/Literature Reviews, here’s a short post on what I do to ensure I get some level of productivity in a day. 1.Have a rough plan/layout. It might sound a bit silly, […]
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With this ‘stay at home’ period being extended for the foreseeable future, I’ve been doing all sorts of things to pass the time. My last post was my first foray into a proper cooking blog post, but I’m not rich enough to be cooking all day every day (also I’d […]
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It’s the Easter long weekend, but we still need to stay at home as much as possible, so! In lieu of my usual Easter activities (which involves some family get-togethers), I’ve decided to pre-occupy myself with some cooking. Because I love cooking. I had a thought about ingredients that people […]
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I’ve been writing up a series of posts with some students’ experiences on how life has been during this global pandemic. Here are a couple more responses. Student number 6: What degree are you currently completing? Doctor of Philosophy. How many months/years are you (with your degree)? 11 months. What […]
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I had a few more responses to my questionnaire, so here is another rendition of how this pandemic is affecting fellow students. For those who want to read Vol I. the link is right here. Student number 4: What degree are you currently completing? Ph. D. How many months/years are […]
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WELL- as of last Friday, my lab has effectively been shut down! We have one individual who’s been granted special permission to continue with their experiments (and provide some bare minimum assistance to maintain some other peoples’ essential experiments), but that’s it! All other lab members are working from home, […]
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I finished the LEGO Treehouse! … but it also means I’ve finished it. 😱🥺 I wish I could run away to a hideaway treehouse like this one and wait out this global pandemic. Everything seems a little scary at the moment, so focusing on hobbies like these are helping me […]
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2020 has seriously been a weird year so far! First it’s been bushfires, and now it’s this weird, novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)… Aside from political issues, the world is seriously falling apart (*coughs ‘also climate change’*)! The institute I work at has recently been featured heavily on the news, as one […]
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