Yes, that's right...I'm not only a grad student...I'm a newlywed as well! My husband and I got married on January 23rd so I've been working on my review of literature whilst planning a wedding, and now, from the island of Moorea in the South Pacific where internet time costs about 5 US dollars an hour. I don't recommend writing one's thesis from one's honeymoon! Haha!
Interesting enough though, my thesis topic is disaster relief and and we're having a bit of a natural disaster as I write this! Cyclone Oli is holding court over all the South Pacific Islands and we're waiting to see if it heads straight to Moorea, which is just off the coast of Tahiti, (it's already hit Bora Bora) or if it veers south as the weather websites seem to all predict which means it would miss us and we'd just get some rain and wind from the tail end of it. Right now, they've evacuated us all (it's the low season so only about 10 or 15 couples are here right now) from our swanky over-the-water-honeymoon-bungalows and into regular bungalows that are the furthest inland on the resort. I tried watching some of the weather reports, but of course everything in French Polynesia is in French so I didn't understand it. I was excited though to see that they are running PSA slideshow things on the local TV showing to avoid flooded areas, to boil water to prevent sickness, etc. The health educator in me was thrilled. And, I'll admit, while I want to stay safe, the grad student in me is sort of hoping that some catastrophe occurs so that I can get some first hand accounts for my disaster relief thesis. Maybe that's a bad thing....but with thesis deadlines approaching...it's how I think now! I'm sure you all can understand. Hopefully I'll leave the island of Moorea behind this weekend as planned...unscathed, but with some good first-hand research. I'll keep you all posted on Cyclone Oli!
Good luch to you asll as you work on your Reviews of LIterature and Proposals. I can't wait to read about everyone's progress this semester! It will be good therapy as I know I'll get frustrated and it will be good to know I'm not going it alone!
Au revoir!
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Really interesting.
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