Can we please not have company names in the titles of these posts ? <| sep |> LF Porygon 2 and PorygonZ trades . I have a Porygon , it would be most efficient if you had a PorygonZ to trade for my Porygon with an upgrade and trade them back . <| sep |> As a highfive man myself , this both tickles and infuriates me <| sep |> He ' s a geed <| sep |> I don ' t know what the requirements of your PhD are , so I might be about to make some really stupid suggestions . But if what you ' re working on in the Chinese lab doesn ' t really relate to your work back in Germany , is there a reason you can ' t for lack of a better word skip it ? I don ' t know if it forms a major requirement of your studies , but if they let you skip this part and continue on with your course that might be better . In terms of funding , if they can ' t make it available to you now , you could perhaps look at getting teaching work in your department , or doing private tutoring . Plus I would think that German universities , like UK ones , have hardship funds that you might be able to apply to . Also , I don ' t know how strongly you ' ve expressed your unhappiness to your supervisor , but I would think most departments would work very hard to keep a second year student if they said there was one single factor making them seriously consider leaving . From the sounds of it , being over there isn ' t doing any favours for your mental health , which is perhaps another thing you could mention . Good luck !