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Tall Chai Latte

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Tall Chai Latte's blog > Back for an entry

Posted 20 November 2011

Hello GradCafe,In this somewhat chilly afternoon, I am trying to produce some progress before I head home for thanksgiving. I haven't visited this site (and the blog) for a while, it's a good time to take a moment and write something.After my journey with numerous rotations (let's say, more than 3, to remain anonymous on the internet), I settl...

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Tall Chai Latte's blog > Finally committed.... I guess?

Posted 21 April 2011

First year of grad school is almost over. Although I don't like the class I'm taking (ugh what a passive aggressive prof... whatev just let me pass), things are alright. Comparing to the first semester, It seems we are more on track. Rotation project accomplished, boss man has no complaints, looks like we are good for the next 3-4 years (I hope)....

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Tall Chai Latte's blog > Another dilemma

Posted 30 March 2011

So I'm writing once again to vent. One more month until the end of this semester, our program already sent out information regarding declare a thesis lab and a home department.Things did improve a lot compared to the last semester, which I'm glad. While fully engaged into science, what's lacking this time is the human interaction. A brand new...

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Tall Chai Latte's blog > First semester blues

Posted 12 December 2010

The first semester as a grad student has come and gone. Seeing another round of application season coming upon us just made me realize how fast time flies, I was just in these applicants' shoes last year!Honestly, I didn't like my experience this semester at all. I followed the recommendation of our program director to sign up for 3 courses, w...

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Tall Chai Latte's blog > Slowing down

Posted 12 October 2010

10/7 marks the first month of my grad school career. Over the past month, I saw a lot of things and experienced a lot of things. One of those is speed in research progress. My fellow scientists on this forum probably understand well that research is never a speedy process. Rather, it's an iterative process of observation, hypothesis, trial and error....

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