Tips
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10 Tips on Surviving PhD Defense and Coming Out at the Top
A friend of mine is defending her PhD thesis in a couple of weeks and was asking me for some tips and advice. This has brought all the memories back from my own PhD journey, some of which I discussed here. I realized I still has lots of tips and hints on PhD viva (defense) I could share. I hope they will come handy and help others to prepare for one of the most exciting and important events in their professional and academic career. My 10 top tips on surviving PhD defense: About 10 days before viva, start rereading master copy of your thesis. Go through it carefully highlighting important and interesting points,…
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3 Top Recession Alternatives to a Hotel Stay
In the times of economic recession and trying to find alternatives for a cheaper travel (think budget airlines), a hotel stay for many avid travellers just doesn’t cut it. They are often too expensive, while lacking originality, personal touch and ways to meet/socialize with fellow travellers. So, then nomads like myself consider alternative places to crash for the night during the travel. Today, I am sharing my experiences with three great and affordable (or even free) types of accommodation: hostels, Airbnb flats and Couchsurfing. Hostel For travellers on the budget but who don’t want to give the idea of a hotel entirely, I would recommend hostels. Even though sceptical about…
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TSV Tips: A Simple Shirt Saves a Day!
So you are travelling and realized you forgot your cool dress or a top. What to do? If you are travelling with a male companion, better your boyfriend, borrow his shirt and make yourself a fashionable outfit in few mins. Just watch and learn!
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TSV Tips: Making Keepsake for Chinese New Year!
Today is a Chinese New Year! This year is a year of Snake so I decided to make few keepsakes as good luck charms for 2013. I made snake Father Frost (Russian Santa Clause), Snegurochka (Father Frost’s granddaughter and helper) and snake ballerina (since I wanted to become one as a child). But you can make any character you wish as they are easy and fun to make. You just need to use your imagination and creativity! You will need following supplies: Thick felt (preferably white or bone colour) Thin felt (different colours) Pencil Round cup Threads (different colours) Needle Scissors Glue-on wiggle eyes Cotton ball Other accessories, such as feathers,…
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TSV Tips: Snake Jewellery for 2013
It’s a year of snake and people like me, born in this year, have to have something with snake design in their wardrobe! Source: Barbara Palvin Askew London Snake Bracelet Likewise, many retail companies jumped on this opportunity making snake pendants, earrings, bracelets and rings. I am, however, going to show you how easy it is to make your own snake design jewellery that can suit your own style. To match snake earrings my mother gave me for New Year, I made necklace and bracelet. For necklace you will need: 20 snake charms Needle and gold tone threads like these Pair of golden clasps similar to these 10 gold tone round…
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TSV Tips: Fashionable Gift Wrapping at No Cost
So, trying to be eco-conscious and to save on the cost of gift bags, I came up with a fashionable, easy and pretty much costless way to wrap gifts. This is example of few gifts I prepared last year. Pretty cool, huh? So, here are things you’ll need to wrap your gift: fashion magazine (the more colourful, the better!) scissors clear tape gift ribbon Here I used D&G ad, which I tore out and taped pages together in the middle. Make sure the spread is big enough for the box and all sides will be covered properly. For bigger gifts, just tape more magazine pages together. Once you placed the…
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TSV Tips: Travel Light or How to Pack Like a Pro!
Moving every few years and not wanting to lag heavy luggage around, as well as paying additional charges for extra weight, has taught me over the years to travel light. I have even earned compliments from my travel companions, men in particular, who sometimes had more luggage than me. For short vacations to Italy, Spain and Portugal, Turkey, Grand Canaria and Malta I went just with a small backpack. How did I do it? Well, my answer is less can be MORE and packing has to be strategic! Today, I am sharing my practical tips on how a female traveller like myself can pack for a short summer vacation (4-6…
