I am just in-between finishing off urgent work assignments and taking a holiday. So the Ph.D is on the backburner. Phew! I've got to meet my guide next week. Most times I wish I enrolled for a full time Ph.D.

But on second thoughts, I really don't want to live in an academic ivory tower nor do I want to get so involved in the commercial work force that I forget the intellecutal gusto of the academia. So here I am doing my two bits.

I never thought a Ph.D would be so intellectually fun yet one helluva anxious roller coaster ride. Sometimes it is a crisis of motivation, on other days you just can't get the concept clear and on certain terrible days you wonder if the work your producing will have any kind of impact or in any way be taken seriously.

It is hard to be intellectually active, self-disciplined and strong.But you've got to do what you chose to do.