Greetings from France!
Sorry, I've gone for a while. July was a very busy month for me. I spend a lot of time with my parents, who came to Edinburgh to see me. And then, I was preparing to go to Grenoble, France, for a 9-day scientific visit.
Now, enough of the excuses. :p
I've seen a lot in Scotland during the past 9 month, I mean, as a foreigner. And, of course, as a Phd student, I've known a lot. I wasn't trained as a researcher when I was at college, but a vet. Clearly, my supervisor figured it out very soon :(. Being a Phd could be hard, if only you see it that way. I admit you have to be very determined and diligent to work it out, and yeah, with good attitude. That's all. I do the Alzheimer stuff and biophysical thing, which I absolutely had no idea at all, so I started from all the beginning. I'm not a quick learner, but I knew I had to learn by heart, or I wouldn't get through the Phd life. At the start, it was difficult, since you had to be an active learner. No one force you to do anything, neither do you get any pressure from the exams. You are alone! But, if you don't behave yourself, you know what happens next- no Phd degree. So, to me, after months of struggling, I started to know what to learn and how to learn things by myself- either to ask people, your supervisor, your colleague, anyone handy; or, to look into literature. That worked pretty well on me. So if you ask me what I am doing right now, I can talk about it for several hours. That's what I'm supposed to learn at the first year of my Phd, to know how to be one.
So friends, Phd life can be dull and Phds can be nerts. But it all depends on what you want from your life, and how you live it. I will talk to you later about the motto I have about life. Bye for now! Big smile!
