And here we go.
Good morning, hard-working people!
I'm back!
Oh, no! Can you hear the renovation works again?
Wait...
Never mind. I'll be filming during the day, so you'll be able to hear.
Where can I place you?
This time the weather is nice outside.
It's sunny, so you can see me properly.
That's good news.
Um... I don't know if you checked my Instagram,
but yesterday I posted a photo,
I think it was... How do you say it in Serbian?
How are you? = Kako si?
And, yeah, as a caption I wrote that, currently, I'm
very busy, and that, um, I haven't washed my hair...
As you can see, I washed my hair this morning
It's drying right now. It's still wet,
Especially here, at the roots.
Um, so, yeah...
I'm working all the time. I think that I'm wearing this T-shirt for three days now. Um...
I worked out yesterday, today I'm going to the salsa class.
I filmed a vlog on Wednesday last week as well. I can't believe it.
It looks like Wednesday is a day for filming a vlog.
And, um, so...
Since I didn't take care of my looks.
I didn't feel like filming.
I mean, you can see that I don't use
makeup that often.
Maybe only when I go out, or sometimes for video.
And if I use it, then I use only eyeliner and mascara,
so...
I'm not
really... How to say it? It's not that I don't like
getting ready. I like it. But, on the other hand, I also like to
I like my natural self. I mean, I'm the way I am
and it's important for me to see...
Not to wear a mask every day. Oh my God, a mask... And it's important for me
not to put makeup every day. I have to see
what my skin is like, if there is any change, because
I have rosacea, that's a skin condition
so I get red, as you can see,
and I have tiny pimples,
and if it gets worse then it can get really red,
it can harden somehow,
my nose... I mean, a thousand things...
I'm only at the beginning stage, how to put this, the mildest form of
the condition, um...
And if I come to, I don't know,
the worst stage, then I can even lose my sight,
at least one part of my sight.
And not only because I didn't want to get ready,
but also because I want to finally do the correction
of my thesis, and I'm currently working on that,
and, yesterday I... I'm working every day,
from the moment I get up until I go to sleep.
And sometimes I work out.
I'm not seeing anyone, and I'm home the whole day
and now I'll need next... Because I'm planning to submit
my thesis on September 14th, on Monday.
However, I have to print it before that, I'll
print it next Friday, most probably,
and, um...
So, that means that in about ten days,
yeah, ten days, I should finish it.
So, I'm, like...
I mean, ten days look like a lot of time, but I have 300
pages to correct. Text
only.
And then, on top of that, references and
appendix, I don't know how to say it in... like additional
material, and, um...
And of course, I have to check all of that, not only to
make sure that it's written
well, but also
the formatting, that everything is as it should be,
that all tables and figures
i.e. charts, that each one of them
is marked according to the standard, and that means
that I have to check 300 and something pages
so that I could check every table
and every chart, that's...
I think that I have about 200 tables.
I have two more chapters, that's
90 pages.
I'm planning to finish one chapter today.
Tomorrow
maybe to finish the other one.
Considering that the last chapter is a discussion,
and there will probably be most changes because...
Um... I...
You write your opinions there,
and if my professor disagrees with that
then I have to redo it.
So, it's going to be interesting.
What I'm planning to do right now? To go to the store...
Should I go while my hair is wet? I don't know.
To go to the store, to
work on my thesis,
and then to go to the salsa class at eight o'clock.
And that's it. Nothing else. I promise,
when I finish my thesis, after... I'm talking about my thesis
for years.
When I finish my thesis, then I'm going to
chill a little bit
I'm going to relax a little bit. I shall see. Maybe I'll go to Serbia.
That's also a plan, considering that now...
Considering that it's...
Okay. That Serbia is now
a risky country.
I don't know if I should go.
However, I made coffee.
Let me
move you so that you can see.
The foam is gone, but it's fine.
But okay.
I wanted to talk to you about something that has to do with Patreon.
Um, I made
a big mistake, and, um
On the one hand, I'm annoyed... That site
annoys me a little bit, because
They annoy me because they've changed some
rules
since the last time I was there.
The thing that happened... But it's not the fault of those
who joined on Patreon, that's just... That's how it turned out.
Um...
I... I adjusted it
to download, that is to...
That patrons are charged at the end of the month.
But then I realized that people can change
"subscription"...
Subscription, ha?
And that, literally,
they can choose to "pay" for something,
to pay for access to videos
and so on, and then they can switch to some
other subscription... Why can't I pronounce it?
Which costs less,
which doesn't allow access to some other things,
for example, to the book, or videos,
or I don't know, whatever.
So, I adjusted it.
And, when I realized that they can switch those
literally within a second,
then I tried to
adjust that the charge is immediate, because
otherwise, everybody will have... Everybody
could have free access to my materials.
And, um... When I
wanted to change that the charge is
at the beginning of a month... That was around August 3rd
I suppose
And subscription is charged on August 1st which means
that all of those "subscriptions" that I got in September...
Sorry, in August,
I didn't receive at all, and now
money that I planned to spend for
translation, but okay
So, some people
probably wanted to pay only for one month, which is totally fine,
and then they decided not to pay for September,
again, it's normal, I understand, however
that means that they had access to all of those things for a month
but they didn't pay.
Again, I mean, it's my mistake, it's my mistake
that I didn't know, I didn't read in advance
about that new rule,
but, of course, I am a bit sad because of that money
because I planned to use that money for
other translations. Now...
Um, I don't know how it's going to work now, um,
I think that there are only two people left on
Patreon, thank you so much!
And if you want
to help me with translations, um,
you can join either one of the subscriptions
or "tier", or whatever the name is, I don't know what "tier" means.
So, if you want to see translations in vlogs
in English, if it's important for you...
I mean, I don't want to say "pay me". It would be nice if
I had your support. By the way, I can't
do all of it by myself, considering that I have to
finish my thesis, to find a job, um...
I also worked on some other things, and I just
don't have that much time to dedicate to YouTube from which
I don't get any money. It would be
a bit stupid to spend all of my time on something that...
From which I have no income.
So, yeah, because of that
I don't have enough time to translate my videos.
If translation means something to you, translation from Serbian to English,
English to Serbian, whatever you want, let me know
what you are interested in, and if you could help me it would be great
if you went to Patreon, to the website, and to
subscribe, if not...
That's how my channel will grow,
how much support I could get.
And that's it.
And don't forget that I have a book!
Now that I'm already promoting myself. I have a book, "Zdravo Srbijo"
if you are interested in learning something about Serbia, about people,
about the language, you can read it
this book. You can order it from Amazon.
And I hope that you'll like it.
I didn't drink my coffee at all.
And now, my dissertation.
Just to let you know, I started to work, I finished a couple of
pages, 84 pages more to go.
 
 
So, slowly. Let's go. We will succeed. Till Friday.
The plan is till Friday.
And we'll see.
Okay, lunch break, and now
I reached page 227
which means 75 more pages.
You can see how slow this process is, and
some people say "You can do it in one day"
How creative.
Update: 56 more pages.
So, today I'm going to finish the 4th chapter, yay!
 
The table must shine! (Astal da blista). I'm having a short break.
I have 50 pages left, so I'll definitely need a couple of hours. Definitely around...
3 more hours, or so.
Maybe around 3 or 4 hours. I wanted to
show you what I made yesterday, it's cold, right? I made rice pudding.
And rice pudding is usually made,
I mean, it's quite simple, sugar, milk, and rice.
However, since I'm a vegan,
I don't use milk, but I use some type of milk, like almond milk
and I put a little bit of coconut milk.
Um, and I usually put...
Yeah, sugar is fine, any sweetener that you
want, so I made that, but I can't eat rice pudding without
Yeah, this is cocoa, in Germany it's called
Kakao, I suppose.
You just use a different accent, they're spelled the same way
I'm really hungry while working. I don't know.
When I
spend a lot of energy,
my brain spends a lot of energy,
my mind, then I have to eat a lot. Here.
5 pages left to finish the 4th chapter.
I have a few more pages of discussion,
that is, like, conclusion.
And then, we continue.
 
I shall finish this because nobody is paying me
for writing my dissertation, so...
And then, printing a book.
That's where I'm going to lose all my money.
I can't do it anymore... It's enough.
I just finished the 4th chapter.
So the 5th, the last one is left for tomorrow.
And, oops, my hand is shaking a bit.
So I'm really happy.
And I'll see you in my next vlog. I hope that the next vlog
that I film, which will probably be next Wednesday
 
Oops. That I will finish with all
the details, like formatting and all of that,
and that I will know where to print the
book, and how to print it,
so, there is still some work, but I think that this is the largest part,
the part on which I'm currently working, and everything else,
everything else is just some details.
Of course, I'll be nervous during a defense.
Of course, I'll be... I'll have to work a little bit,
to publish the book, all of that is okay.
To me, it's important to submit this, so
that I could focus to find a job, to focus on programming,
to do some projects
I can't process the fact that I won't have to write my
dissertation, that I won't have to do anything related to
my dissertation. Of course, before the defense, I'll have to
revise, to read, to prepare myself, prepare some
possible questions, so,
it's not going to be easy, but
I just have to work on myself, and if I have good
qualifications, then I will find
something, somebody will recognize my potential
and, um...
And, yeah...
Work, work, and work. Enjoy your weekend, I hope that
you enjoyed this vlog, um, and...
Till the next video.
See you! Bye!
