life, it continues

Thursday, August 14, 2008

life, it continues

Back from Northern Ireland and Scotland and I feel awesome. The trip was definitely needed. I’m so grateful for having the opportunity to visit both places. Glasgow is by far one of my favourite places. The architecture throughout the city is just purely phenomenal. What can I say about the shopping other than it is just superb. Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy Glasgow as properly as I should have because I didn’t spend the night there. I know Glasgow is this massive party city and I so want to go back there just to party. Belfast City, on the other hand, is really laid back and a true British town, in Ireland. The town of Bushmills, however, was truly a patriotic British town. I’ve never seen so many British flags, not even in London itself. Overall, I truly enjoyed both places. I will definitely make it back to Glasgow.

So now that I am back from holiday I have to sift through hundreds of data. So far I’ve managed to enter 120 survey replies but that doesn’t even come close. My main supervisor is on holiday herself, and the second supervisor is massively busy with her own work. I sort of feel bad because I don’t have the guidance I need at this stage. Yes I’ve collected all this data and I should move forward, but I need pointers. First, I need feedback as to whether my data entry stuff is correct. I’m still lost on which statistical method to use. Second, and more importantly, I’m still unsure as to what my actual thesis question/hypothesis is.

The thesis work is in itself definitely overwhelming but what is also stressful is my impending move to New York. I still have to iron out plenty of details before I can go. The guy who was going to be my roommate hasn’t replied to my email in a week, so I’ve decided to repost the ad. So far I’ve gotten pretty decent replies but still things could get complicated. I’m really hoping things work out smoothly. To tell you the truth, I’m still unsure as to why I’m really heading back. I love New York, want to save the apartment, and desperately need to make a pay check, but at the same time it seems silly to be over there for a few months. All I know is that I need some sort of income, any income. Those loans are definitely not going to pay themselves. Ironically, most of the income I make over there will going into paying rent, credit card debt, and loans. I’ll be pretty much left with about 400 dollars for myself and savings. Well at least it's a whole lot more than I’m making now, which is absolutely zero.