Diary 1: counting down for my PhD thesis

I have no idea how much time I've been wasting since July, when I promised myself I would study harder in the writing-up year. And here we are... I still cannot fully concentrate on my studies even though I could strongly feel the time pressuse and stress on me. By the way, the research that I am focusing on is conversational code-switching between Taiwanese and Mandarin. Back to the confession, I have to admit that...don't know why, I just have such talents, that is, I can easily make up some excuses such as Fresher's Week or Friend's hanging-out nights for getting myself out of the bloody horrible situation, i.e. writing the thesis and getting started. For God's sake, what am I doing? From today, I'd better face the reality and do something except fooling around or dreaming. Let's hope it's gonna be a great and actual start!! Goodbye for all of those bad habits that have been lingering around me for ages. All I need is the inspiration, or.. the magic, magic, magic?!