Categories: phd
Tags: Sibiu, conference, Romania, shopping, fieldwork, PhD
Date: 02 October 2007 15:31:19
I decided to pop along to the supermarket today, as when I was here in the summer they were selling 2GB memory sticks for a tenner so I thought I'd get a couple more while I had the chance. Sadly, they weren't there anymore (they had 2GB memory sticks but they were more than 4 times the price, so I didn't bother). To make up for the disappointment I have bought a couple of DVDs instead from the bargain bucket, and some vaguely healthy food so I don't have to spend the entire week eating crisps and pizza (it's a right pain not having a kitchen!).
In other news, I have just had to give my supervisor a provisional title for a conference talk that I will hopefully be giving next year, based on preliminary findings from this period of fieldwork. I'm kind of looking forward to it, except that everyone else on my panel is really experienced and has published tons of stuff and know what they're doing, whereas I've published nothing in my field and don't really have a clue what I'm doing. I'm going to have to be so careful not to leave it till the last minute (what with wedding planning and possible house moving between now and then leaving it till the last minute is a distinct possibility) - if I'm organised I'll be able to blag my way to sounding knowledgeable and authoritative. If I'm not I will just be embarrassing.