Focus

its an itchy feeling when i really truly badly wants something. i need my second book to be published, i am very sad that I wont be in dubai (abudhabi for that matter) for the November session for the follow up of last March's meeting. i wish i was there.

when i get distracted i start looking at short courses in creative writing

http://www.icslearn.co.uk/creative-interest-courses/writing-skills/writing-childrens-books/

and this is one of them!

must FOCUS. and get back to my phd work.

Familiarity

Its interesting being in the same place for two years, (or just starting the second).

coming back you would think, i've seen this, i've done that, what else can we do this year. Then when you look at people's lost expressions you understand the blessing your in. Seeing the coffee lady for a whole year, knowing the number of coffee outlets at the university. Knowing where to go if the printers go off, understanding that winter and its mersmerizing snow, will bring in tardiness to all transportation systems is not a dreadful thing, just a matter of timing.

Freshers are back, and its nice to see that its a NEW YEAR with new resolutions and NEW expectations and NEW plans.

Picking up

Picking up where we left off,

What was the last to do list? what were the tasks, where am i? what am I doing here.

The best feeling is that I am able to type again, able to look at a screen and not feel sick , and also able to concentrate for more than 20 minutes. :) I better put that to use.

What is required from me is to
1) pick up the pace of my reading,
2) formulate taxonomy of all the CBA's and HIA's (Cost benefit analysis, and the Health Impact assesment articles that are already on file). That would formulate a big excel sheet that can be incorporated into the analysis part.
3) Have a September plan
4) Write a report on the feild visit.

Criteria of inclusion :
Not outdated (1990 - 2011) (Validation of this point is neseccary)
Relevance to either CBA / HIA (if not then formulate a third sheet that needs to be under a smiliar type)


Reflection :

Make use of the "HIGHS!" of the year.

If I were a millionaire

We are often asked this question within a circle of friends, what would you do with a million dollars if you had them? My answer would always look like : 30% to charity , 30% to children's funds, and 30% i would spend it on whatever I want. My current question is, what if i dont want anything? what if I dont want anything that i want to buy for myself. But what i want is my loved ones to buy for me (and that list is never ending)? Is that selfish? Not that I am a millionaire but i sometimes wonder, does it make a difference if I had bought the Cartier watch or my loved ones have?! Is it the possession of the good, or is it the sentiment behind it? I am not trying to prove to anyone what my status is by having those goods, so they need to show some value and as the monetary value is out of the window. I would say the sentimental value is what matters. But that simply means, I dont want to be a millionaire, i want people around me to be millionaires and spend their money on me?! that sounds funny even typing it. Brand acquisition something I have been thinking about for quiet a while, why in some societies in some circles if you dont put your child into the latest brand for the next gathering you would seem less than the others, while in other circles it doesnt matter( although we have corrected for yearly income)? Why is it always sensitive to discuss financial issues with people?

Challenge

Challenged myself to a monthly peice. that is worth the wait !

* Book club meeting 19th April CHOICE FOR APRIL : The Long Song - Andrea Levy

Waterhead

Comming back to waterhead. For good ?

I have had a couple of issues with this building, the first is that it is isolated from the rest of the university which should serve as a plus point. But I wish to see hard working people at the library or readers who fight over the last copy of a reading lists book. Competition is a great driver.

So for the past couple of months I have been doing my work at the University main campus in the library as they have quiet areas.

I have decided to pay my office a visit today, and decided to leave the door open for any person to come in meet and greet and let each other work in peace. But the people in the next room decided to talk for 30 minutes about their experience what should be done and how I should consult my heart on why I am doing what I am doing.

I should feel like a scholar by the end of this journey and that would all happen if I meet the people in the feild,teach at a university, publish journals, and be part of conferences (attending, talking and WINNING AWARDS <3)

well ... to the SCHOLARLY FEELING ....

ITS READ READ READ FROM now on .. :)

Crime Rates

Some interesting crime research areas, amenable to secondary analysis of survey data,
include:
• Gender differences in the experience of crimes
• Public Perceptions of Crime Rates
• Gender, age and class differences in the fear of crime
• The impact of fear of crime on behaviour
• Regional differences in victimisation


I have to decide which one will i use to finish both my assignments for data analysis. Any preferences anyone out there reading this?

REFERENCE

Ethics Dillema

Because I have no one to think of who would listen and fully comprehend my dilemma. I decided to take it to cyber world.

The problem starts when the deadline dwells over my head and makes me not think of anything but the days are passing and nothing is being done about it.

Ethics taking a relationship approach ; one by one things need to look clearer. First the methodology needs to be somewhat clear, so if we decided that everything that is going to be documented is documented in Video format, then all issues are clear from an ethical perspective.

I feel its taking a twirl into my head; spinning into black and white, and NOT STOPPING.


STOP.

ok back to ethics, all i need is to say it. I am worried my research will negatively affect people in misunderstanding what the purpose is.

If the purpose was clear, no one would misunderstand it, would they??

Issue number one: I need a filing system . Files with read , and files with unread material, both with the same dividers so I can keep track of my reading. and that definately is not an ethical issue. its a random issue.

another random issue is i need highlighters, proper ones and not 6 for one pound ones.

Back to ethics. Ethical issues in research ? Will I contact people at any stage? Which stage?
Incentives? No incentives?

Consent form? Written? partial ? full ? reasonable?
confidentiality? annonymity?
no harm ?!
beneficence??!?