Woo... I'm floating on air right now!

I just got home from the oral defense of my Master's degree thesis. I passed!!!!

I was so nervous, but all went well. Two of the professors even said it's the best Master's thesis they've ever seen. Yeah!!!

I'm so thrilled! (And relieved -- no more thesis work!)

Just wanted to share with all of my friends here. :)

Just awesome DBF! We knew you could do it. Congrats on such a well done job!

Many congrats on your super news! :)

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow!!! That is majorly wonderful!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! I can see why you're floating! MAJOR congrats!!!!

Yea! Please forgive my ignorance, but what was your thesis on?

--Cheryl

Congratulations!!!!! Way to go!!!! You are one bright cookie, DBF -- all those languages, all your talents, matched with a great personality (not to mention gorgeous hair) -- the sky is the limit for you!!!!!

Congratulations! That's a major accomplishment, you should be very proud!

Yea! Please forgive my ignorance, but what was your thesis on?

--Cheryl

Hey now, you're not ignorant! :) I just didn't mention my thesis too much 'cause I didn't want to jinx it. (How educated is that? Ha ha ha!) My thesis is about the perception of Japanese accent by native speakers of various languages. Got some quite interesting results.

But now I'm done..... hurrah!!

Thanks everyone!

Congratulations! that's an amazing accomplishment. Sounds like a great topic of study too!

Cheers, Sheba

That sounds really interesting. I had a year of Japanese, and the accent is HARD! (especially when you normally have a southern drawl lol)

--Cheryl

Woo... I'm floating on air right now!

I just got home from the oral defense of my Master's degree thesis. I passed!!!!

I was so nervous, but all went well. Two of the professors even said it's the best Master's thesis they've ever seen. Yeah!!!

I'm so thrilled! (And relieved -- no more thesis work!)

Just wanted to share with all of my friends here. :)

YIPPIDY DOOOO DAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<doing the master's thesis is finished dance>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know that is a HUGE relief!!!! Congratulations, dear!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

Congratulations!
That's fabulous :D

Now relax, enjoy some free time and do something especially nice for yourself that you haven't had the time to do before (shopping? spa? movies? a great novel? ...)

I always loved pampering myself after finally finishing some academic work.

Woo hoo! Congratulations!!! :D 8) 8) 8)

COngrat! Well done, I would do a little happy dance for you but my feet hurt too much. :D Anyways...good for you!

Thanks everyone! :)

Already I'm doing a bunch of stuff that I didn't have time to do while working on the thesis:

1) Get 8 hours of sleep!
2) Read a book -- two, in fact! I devoured Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan last night and this morning, and now I'm reading another! It's nice to read for fun again!!!
3) Shopping -- I went and got a Denman brush today (20% coupon! I thought it was only 15% off, but was pleasantly surprised at the store. :) )


And so on! ;)

Wow! I did't have to defend mine...that just've been nerve racking! That sounds more like a PHD than a Masters. I just did a project, that included a loooong research paper. I know how much work it is doing the research.

Can I ask what your thesis is? I'll tell you the topic of mine if you tell me yours :)

Again, WAY TO GO!

THAT is AWESOME!!! Big congratulations! :D Where's the party? Your place or mine??? ;)

Two of the professors even said it's the best Master's thesis they've ever seen. Yeah!!!


That is very cool! 8) Congratulations!

Congratulations, DBF!! ::throws confetti:: That's wonderful! :DD

Big, H U G E WHIPPEEEEEEeeeeee ...g[/b]

congratulations!

That is truly wonderful!

Gren

Excellent news lovely.........really chuffed for you !!

YEAH BABY YEAH!

Bees xxx

Great!
CONGRATULATIONS!

Wow! I did't have to defend mine...that just've been nerve racking! That sounds more like a PHD than a Masters. I just did a project, that included a loooong research paper. I know how much work it is doing the research.

Can I ask what your thesis is? I'll tell you the topic of mine if you tell me yours :)

Again, WAY TO GO!

Thanks! At my school, you have to defend EVERYTHING, even the thesis proposal before you can start reseaching! A little overkill, anyone?

The only real difference between an M.A. defense and a Ph.D. defense (well, besides that a dissertation is usually a lot longer than a thesis....) is that Ph.D. defenses are open to the public and M.A. defenses are not. So for M.A. defenses, only your professors can throw questions at you, while anyone who wants to can attend a dissertation defense and ask you torturous questions. :)

Topic, topic... well I posted it already since it was asked... but it was perception of (Japanese) pitch-accent by native speakers of various other languages. Interestingly enough, I found that regardless of the person's native language, they had the same difficulties with Japanese accent. Anyway... don't want to bore you nice people! :)

So what was your topic, Sun?

That IS cool! I'm so happy for you, now it's onward and upward to better things! 8)

I am so happy for you :D

Angel Hugs and Love

Big congrats to you DancingBarefoot! I'm sure it's a huge relief to see all of that hard work pay off :D

And it's always a pleasure to meet a fellow Kurt Vonnegut fan 8)

Queenie

Congratulations! This definetly calls for celebration

Pol :D

Congratulations!!! That's wonderful.........you should be very proud of yourself!!! :scholar:

Congratulations!!! that is so cool!! those things seem sooooo scary!! What was your topic?