A research students life and my take on it !

I may not be the right person to write a post about research, but will express my views based on a years experience in my research elective. Albert Einstein once said about research "If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be research", which sums up to say, if we have solution its not research there can be improvements not solutions, solutions are depressing for scientists as they leave no room for improvement. There are two facets to a research in a students life, the professors angle, the research student's so called research mind.
The first one is the most complex angle, it is as hard to understand professors as is to understand women, when you think your nearly done with the job, and meet him with your head high, he politely lets you know he needs a totally new implementation or this is not what i expected kinds off, great !!, so what next ? start slogging again. In a professors terms 'we' means 'you' and 'soon' means now. PhD Comics is a wacky cartoon strip site worth visiting.
Having said all &%$$#@? about the prof, we should be thankful to them, cause the so called 'research mind of the research elective student' never pushes harder unless external prodding, a great momentum of laziness can only be overcome the 'professors polite words'. Well this holds for me at least my best research interest is always not my research elective topic somehow, guess this hold for most research students.
Research is something which can be your best dream or worst nightmare, there are frustrations about last moment implementations, total confusion about the research topic itself, burdening presentations and meetings especially when you realize all your thoughts get invalidated because of a new found fact, hours before the meeting.
Despite these facts, research is very rewarding especially if you are the inquisitive kinds, getting humbled by the sheer amount of information existing is a awakening experience, there is a thrill, a conquest to solve something unsolved, or be the little creator in your own world. It is purely intellectually satisfying and simulating.
BadCareer is a wonderful article to read about becoming a good grad student, and make sure you don't forget to read PhD Comics, after all life is all comical for a research student as long as his results are not approved :)