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| While talking to A, who has just finished his Master's in Econ...
A: I heard you're doing a PhD
Me: Yes.
A: What is your area of specialization?
Me: Well, I'm interested in health and education but I specialize in procrastination.
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| I hate that you laugh at my jokes.
I hate that you call me names that I pretend to dislike but secretly love.
I hate that you make me laugh.
I hate that you want to make me sing.
I hate that you know what I'm thinking before I've said it out loud.
I hate that you push the buttons you do.
I hate that you call me to cheer me up when you feel I'm low.
I hate that you pretend you don't care when it's so obvious that you do.
I hate that you won't let me go, though I'm relieved that you haven't yet done so.
I hate that you still get under my skin.
I hate that I wake up thinking of you.
I hate that I hope it's you on the other end of the phone.
I hate that I being friends with you is so damn difficult.
I hate that I need your reaffirmation.
I hate that I want to tell you about my day.
I hate that I find excuses for you.
I hate that I can't let you go.
Currently Playing: Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie
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| I feel like a 9 year old because I'm counting days till I go on holiday. This is one of those long family holidays when you know you're going to fight about what stuff to see, get crabby when you're tired after the sightseeing, long train rides where you argue with siblings, eat all the candy and cake you can see, stay up late and laugh like a mad coot, partly because you're happy and partly because you've drunk too much Pimm's and lemonade. 15 days to go. Man, I can't wait! | | |
| So the man in question took two days to find the aforementioned numbers, which is not really a Herculean task - they're freely available on the labour ministry's website as well as the Central Statistical Organisation's website. A simple Google search will also get you those numbers. Incidentally, these numbers are the consumer price index. It took him another day to figure out that in order to find out inflation rates (whether year-on-year or point-to-point) you have to calculate the percentage increase in the index over time. It's fine, some people don't pay attention in class. It's cool. I get it. I mean, I found macroecon a snoozefest. BUT when he asked me how to calculate percentages, I almost cried. Also, he does not know how to use Excel to draw graphs, so someone had to give him a tutorial. A week after my previous post, I am still waiting anxiously. | | |
| Okay, okay, okay, soooo, I have an intern to boss around. Well, it was my boss's idea; I'd never dream of doing such a thing. Me? Bossy? Controlling? Nah! I'm supposed to be writing a mother of an article. (Clearly, that has turned out well, since I'm blogging instead) And my boss thought that it would be a good idea to involve him so he could learn how to do simple statistical analyses and write academically. Now we've sent the intern to the dungeons to pull some numbers I need. I wait anxiously. | | |
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