Turning around

After such a bleak year, things seem to start turning around 🥺 (alhamdulillah) This week, many important things occurred almost at the same time it feels like Christmas in July. Or an early Eid. Whichever suits you. That paper that was rejected 13 times by the journal? Published this week. 😭 It took me almost …

I’m a doctor… finally!

A week ago, I did my doctoral thesis defence. It was definitely one of the highlights and memorable days in my life, so I thought I would recap the process as best as I could here. 5-6 months before... Usually, the whole defence preparation process began with submitting your defence application to the Dissertation Committee. …

Just Like That – 2021

Just like that… we’re already on the last day of 2021. Not gonna lie, this year has been a tough year for me. Even worse than last year, if I may say so. None of my studies were published this year. One of them was rejected by 13 journals. The other one by 8. I …

(A Rather Long) Highlight of 2018

I’ve seen so many bloggers wrote their 2018 highlights on their blog, and I can’t help but feel, ‘I want to do that, too!’ (Yes, I’m easily influenced 😅) so here goes... January It’s our wedding month, so I wanted to do this post-wedding photoshoot (again) with the winter wonderland theme. Luckily, we had enough …

How I obtained the PhD student residence permit

I have always been a fan of Swedish efficiency in terms of public service. Coming from where I came from, it certainly is a huge improvement. It is, of course, not perfect. I heard stories of hiccups here and there, but never have I thought that I would experience such hiccups myself. I am talking …