Feina feta no té destorb

February the 6th, 2015, 11:45

12:37, Reniu listening the examinator's comments, as I also did!

13:31 The match is over!

Poor me !. What I'm going to do from now on?

I've got it!

More than five years after the first post I can show the thesis, ready to be delivered to the examiners, for the presentation to be held the 6th of February 2015, two days before my 57th birthdate!

from 1975 until 2014

The dissertation covers from 1979 until 2011, but my relation with the University is still wider.

In 1975, the year of the death of the dictator, I started my failed studies of chemistry, which I stoped since in four academic years I only passed two courses. I knew my wife and some of my best friends. Not that bad!

... but in 2014, the 20th of May, I had the pleasure of explaining the conclusions of my Doctoral Dissertation to the students of the last academic year of the Degree in Political Sciences, following the lessons about coalitions

There is a possibility that the University of Barcelona considers me as a sponsor rather than a Student, after so many years paying fees.

200 pages

In May 2013 I was celebrating 170 pages.

It took me nine months to add 30 pages. Many had been deleted, and many added, but I expected that the goal of 200 pages was nearer that it has been,

Certainly, the number of pages can not be the goal of a doctoral dissertation, but the same way I could write it in Catalan rather tan in English, which is making my life much more complex. Well, you know, we need shot-term challenges to reach the long term ones.....

How to burn a Doctoral Dissertation

Many months away from the Dissertation Document, I was unable to write one single word. Some days willing to defeat and forget the nightmare of being confronted with a document which looks like a mess of ideas and proposals.

Two weeks ago I had a session with Dr. Reniu, in which we agreed some goals, as to have a first version at the end of January 2014.

He gave me final recommendations on what to change in the setup of the document, but for the first time I was not requested to add more pages.

I have, even, decorated the cover page!

Some days in Poland

This is the last of ten days in Poland.

I wonder how long will it take untill the end of their construction bubble. All along the country you can see a number of cranes, new (cheap constructed) buildings, and shops with fournitures and supplies for the house.

I wish them that the authorities cope with their responsibility of protecting t'he citizens front an uncontrolled raise of the prices which is only in benefit of the specularors

noch mal urlaub machen

this time the title is the right one, since we are having holidays in Germany.

here you see what a couple does in Frankfurt when they get engaged.

I wonder if, like in Paris, they throw the key to the river, promissing love forever....


Already two months unable to write one single word in the doctoral document..... I will throw the key to the river