i just got offered a PhD

shall i fugking do it?

im' pissed

but il lbe lookign at the fucking subduction zone at the Kermadec trench, banging around on this German seismic research ship and shit

i could go to fucking TONGA

shall i do it, watmm

no brainer...

yes.

no don't :(

  On 1/21/2010 at 10:42 PM, 42Orange said:

no don't :(

wasn't he a member here once

if the subject is interesting then do it.

otherwise it will be three shit years to become an expert in something you're not interested in

How relevant is Tonga to what you're studying?

On the other hand, it could be the adventure of a lifetime...

my left nut for tonga.

edit: maybe both.

i've heard the klezmer scene in tonga is pretty good

if it means you won't return here, then absolutely.

I thought this was a drugs thread!

LOL I thought you meant you got a spam offering you an "instant" PhD from the University of Tonga

Tonga is a beautiful unspoilt island with little in the way of mod cons, but friendly, chilled out people.

It also has an actual monarchy and a crazy backward corrupt government for you to LOL at.

King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV moved the International Date Line by decree in 1999 so Tonga could beat New Zealand to the claim of "first country in the new millenium". Tonga's time zone is now GMT+13

Also never accuse a Tongan of molesting his kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUfpYBX6AXo

  On 1/21/2010 at 10:51 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

if it means you won't return here, then absolutely.

lol

elaborate on the opportunity and what you study/want to study!

should you go? depends where you are now

Tāufaʻāhau says you should definitely do it.

Once in a lifetime, pretty much.

If the weather's better then go. Although I'd imagine it's pretty crazy out there in the middle of the Pacific. I'd absolutely jump at the chance though. Pure Rum Diary.

i'd be all over that.

I bet Tongan girls taste like guavas

I think that's a fucking YES!!!!

looks well shit

Sure, why not.

Take me too. I know all about German whatevers and the thing you're doing.

If I thought the subject was interesting then I would absolutely take that.