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After reading an article in the newspaper about the possible dangers of re-using plastic bottles many times (due to chemicals leaking into water from the plastic), I decided to look for a reusable safe plastic water bottle. Found a really cool one with a narrow mouth and very simple design from an internet shopping site and now I use this bottle (Nalgene narrow mouth bottle)and I have ended up drinking alot more water than I used. I carry it around everywhere and I think because I went through the effort of buying it on the internet (costs 5$) it makes drinking water from it more fun and special. So if you are having trouble drinking water, maybe buying a special reusable water bottle (e.g a sports bottle) might help you too!

For me making friends is a real struggle, even when I find people who I like and would like to be friends with I usually just shy away because I find the whole process so stressful! Anyway I just wanted to share a link to a site that I have found very helpful. It’s written by a guy who used to be really shy but now has a good social life, it has heaps of tips on how to be social, have good conversations etc. Best of luck on your friend finding missions :)

http://www.succeedsocially.com/

I have just started my PhD, about 4 days ago. I am very scared and am not sure I can do it. Even when I was doing my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, I would end up doing so much research for even the most minor essays that by the end I was completely swamped and overwhelmed by all the literature. With a PhD I think it will be a hundred times worse. I wish I was really organized. Also scared I will not be able to come up with something original enough….