May 22, 2007

• Thesis Progress Report

  May 28, Mon

  真討厭~ 持續"皮皮剎"中~還沒寫完chapter 2...龜速前進的我~ 已經整整坐在電腦前面--不知道幾天幾夜了-- 緊張到睡不好又"嘴破"canker sores...~還被人誤以為說是會傳染的cold sores... different OK.. shoooot... 小怒... anyway.. =)

  • Well, Chapter 1 & 3 completed... I think.. should go back and double check.
  • Chapter 2 ....80% completed??
  • Going to talk to Umezu on Wednesday.. so he can tell me what to do w/ the survey results...grrr
  • taking a little break after Thursday.. hehehhe... Will deal w/ Chapter 4 & 5 later next week.  I can do it!!

  May 22, Tue

  • 90 surveys completed... but still gotta go through and toss out a few incomplete ones I think.  Hopefully I can get about 20 more people to fill out my survey.  Any volunteers? Pretty Please! Online survey will take you less than 10 minutes to complete and you gotta be currently working in the US and not part of Senior or Executive management teams.
  • Chapter 3 Methodology section nearly completed.
  • In the process of outlining Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Literature Review.   it's taking forever to do >_<"
  • Target: Finish Chapter 1 and 2 and 3 by next week.  Chapter 4 Findings and Chapter 5 Discussion.. Finish before mid-June. grrrr....

   

  April 19, Thu

  • Turns out.. more literature review.  keep finding things online to read and print out.
  • Online survey 40/100! Whoohoo making good progress.  But I think from here on out, the numbers will increase @ snail pace... since most of my friends and family and their working contacts have already filled it out  ... 
  •  Still waiting for the company that I used to work for to respond though, hopefully the HR Sr. VP will distribute it for me, so I don't have to email it one by one to my ex-coworkers... should have kept a full contact list    ... 

   

  April 16, Mon
  

  • Set format for thesis.
  • Finished literature review... so much reading..  
    
  • Completed survey, cover letters to managers of companies, and letter to research participants.
  • Sent several letters to potential companies (doubt they will respond)-- and emails to friends and family asking for help.
  • Survey online as of 4/14 -- waiting for results.
    • 2 out of 100 target surveys. (Actually I would like more than 100 responses... but gotta be realistic.  Would be lucky if I get any where near 100.

  
  
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  i have this horrible feeling that as i go along in completing my thesis, the number of pages I have completed will be directly correlated to the numbers i see when i step on the scale. 
  i mean, it's been just about a week since i've really started to work on my thesis and i feel like i am stuck in finals week forever.  and when i go in the 'finals' mode, i am glued to my desk and muching away-- grrr!
  

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