I haven't updated this since July I see, and another movie post is just not right so lets at least have a few words before the year ends.
So this yeah has been pretty eventful for me personally. Started it off in a whole bunch of confusion as to what I wanted to do, and by action or inaction I made a decision and stuck with it. Was it wise? - only time will tell I think but so far I don't regret it.
Was able to go to a conference and present as well. Now that was exciting! There was some sense of accomplishment in doing that. Conferences are a good experience but they are far easier to get accepted for so, New year resolutions - get some papers published.
Completed all my modules this year too which means hopefully no more written exams! - dare I say forever?
One thing is I wish for a nice long rest after all this is over, but that is still a long way to go. Our perception of time seems to vary with how we want things to be, and seems to flow contrary to how we want it to go. If you have had a long tiring day and and you want to go home the hours just stop moving, but if you want more hours to finish something under a deadline everything just zooms by (or at least thats how it seems). Life however always seems to be moving faster and faster. Though it feels to me like just yesterday that I came here, I realize it has really been a very long time. I don't even know who the first and second years are and when introduced they always look at you like they are looking at some ancient tree with some sort of reverence. I don't feel like an old tree yet!
The perception of your age is also very confusing. Working in the lab although stressful and all that, you never feel live you've left school and entered the real working world that you still tend to act and talk like you were an undergraduate. We aren't exactly irresponsible or something but there seems to less real world worries plaguing us. When I compare that to some of my high school friends who are married have kids, buying homes ... it seems like these tasks are so far away from us and the worries they may have still elude us.
Re-reading this bit not a lot of it makes sense to me but I'll leave it as it as a reflection of this blog's title finishing the year on a random note.
