July 25,2005 00:16
Progress report due soon
I guess I never got around to writing down those ideas.
They were kind of small anyway, but I'll get back to them.
I have an annual progress report due in less than a month, expected to be around 20 pages long.
Oh, dear.....that's what I'm working on at the moment, and it's pretty daunting so far.
I hate writing fluff and padding, yet it seems that that is what's expected.....
" What research is....?" ......>_<
What a silly question it is ?????
Should I write an essay about this weird question?
But actually I've been thinking about the essence of research since I came to KCL in 2003...
Imagine you're in a swamp.
A dank, dark swamp that is so foggy you cannot see beyond the length of your arm.
You're standing on the porch of an old shack in the middle of this swamp, and the porch light is loudly humming, illuminating a small distance into the fog.
You tenaciously move forward, and with each step away from the light you know less and less about what is around you.
Your outstretched hands feel around for something to touch, anything.
Anything to grip and hold on to.
It seems like you will never find anything of any substance as you attempt to navigate through this unknown environment.
Without warning you walk straight into a tree, a nice solid oak tree.
At last! Something solid, something tangible! Oh, the excitement!
This is what I feel about research.......but could I just write it down on the progress report ?
