SLCP Conference

School of Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy (SLCP) Conference

As you know, research students are required to take AW and RM classes. I took AW under Dr M, from SLCP. Kes kurelakan jiwa, kena jadi committee untuk postgrad club sana. haha! most of the committees are my classmates je. imagine how small we are. So, awal-awal tu memang dah kena brief that we are going to organize a conference. Sort of mental preparation kan. 

Weeks passed by, meetings, underground works and taraaa! conference is on Dec,4 :)

A day before conference memanglah rasa nervous sebab i've never been to any academic conference. Lepastu volunter jadi chairperson. kartun sangat. of course, the theme itself deviates far from quantitative sciences.

On the other hand rasa seronok sebab well, academic is ageless, limitless. kau umur berapa sekalipun, family background apa pun, as long as you are willing to have an open heart and open mind, this is the platform to acquire more knowledge. Sebab, bila buat research ni, ada masa kita lost, ada masa rasa method/lr/data tu dah paling cun. Tapi, bila masuk conference, present your work in front of panels, peers and public, just know that you won't only received good comments and appraisal. 

Logic thinking, panels gonna say, 

"why you don't do A? why B?" 

"what are you write actually?"

"i think A is much better than C"

Even the simplest thing they will noticed like, 

"how do you know it is A?"

Serious peeps, it is not that easy to explain what are you doing and defend it even you are studying it in depth for few months/years. That is why some students still unable to proposal defend (PD) early. Yo have to have a very strong basic to know what you gonna do and involve for your postgrad life. 

Even me, now, i start to lose myself. rasa lost. 

"apa benda la yang aku buat ni." 

"1 sem dah cari data tak dapat-dapat." 

Duk buat Chapter 1, 2, 3 tak habis-habis. Apa pun, jangan give up. 

S (2018) said PhD sometimes stand for Personal head Damage but M (2018) clarifies yang kepala dia still attached sampai sekarang. teehee

parallel session 1

parallel session 2

Long Time No See

Merry Christmas!

banyak betul benda jadi since the last time i wrote.

Ada conference SLCP, symposium SQS, ulang alik u-assist-NCRC-SQS offices untuk mintak surat data, and latest, roommate (namely R) dapat kerja. paling best, i,ve got my first payment as GRA! These series of event membuatkan aku hilang fokus and agak demotivate untuk writing.

Cuti semester untuk postgraduate dah start 2-3 hari lepas. lagi 2 minggu terus sem baru. rasa macam baru semalam dapat duduk kat bilik postgrad ni. time really flies. proposal aku nasib baik dah berjaya naik kolek. tinggal nak cari pendayung yang sesuai. dalam mendapatkan ritma dayungan nan indah, haruslah ada dayungan yang salah. 3 chapters je Akaliah.

4 minggu lagi my sister nak kahwin. so, 1 minggu 1 chapter. 1 hari 3 pages of writing. insya Allah. insya Allah.


p.s.: conference and symposium will be in the different post. :)

p.s.s: Happy Birthday, Nor Akaliah! May you always seek Allah's forgiveness and blessings. buat master ni untuk diri sendiri and family. reset goal semula. nak kejar cita-cita kan? ini untuk masa depan ni. innallaha ma'na

XOXO

Research Journey Stage 1

Hi!

Well, basically research students (Master in my uni) are required to register for Academic Writing and Research Methodology classes for a semester. That is where I  met more people, regularly. 

Overall, i've got both excellent lecturers with superb experienced. it's only a small scale class with at max 15 students (PhD and Master). the students come from various country and different working background. so, i started labeling myself as one tiny creature who just lost in adult swimming pool but no worries i will act like im good at swimming but the real thing is im gonna drowned myself and of course they will just let me be. because, nobody cares about you except your lecturer and sv.

more unfortunately, my one and only PhD malay girl that i knew in both classes is exempted since she scored well for those subjects before during Masters. NOW, I AM ALONE with the lecturer. should i talk to others as well?

this week gonna be Week 7 and we only have 5 more classes to go. o my god! i just realized something. its November now, and semester break is around the corner which is end December. but i still not finished reviewing 30 journal articles. sobsob

my sv now urges me to try my method. that is far away from my RM class. i hope i can manage my time so well. should i buy planner and alarm clock? because i am immune with my handphone alarm and the time it's in my hand, i am addicted and distracted with those social medias. i hate myself again but still, cant help it.

#chantoftheday: i know i can do better. i just need some push to balance myself in the water so i can stroke my hand. oh, passion. please come to momma!

till then! x   

ps. i need my cooking session. its my therapy. because i keep on hungry lately. haish

honey kelulut extraction is easy. you just need a glass suction/dropper and give a gentle push onto the sac and suck it. hint: closed sac = honey

Where Should I Start

Actually, my first post dah hilang. Seronok edit-edit, tak tahu tekan apa, then hilang 😢

Content pun dah lupa tulis pasal apa, sebab yang tu fully english, n dah lama gila buat. But, it's okay. Kita type baru je la. 

Better bubuh intro la kan?

Firstly, this blog purposely created to jot down my postgraduate journey. Bukan tak nak letak dekat social media, cuma rasanya ranting akan jadi lagi panjang and blog is more proper platform, i guess. Sebab tu la nama blog ni macam tu.

Sambung Master kat mana? 

Ambik course apa?

Berapa lama?

Macam kebanyakan orang dah tahu, I've got my bachelor degree (BSc) from UUM, specifically School Of Quantitative Sciences (SQS). Course Decision Science. Belajar pasal operational research, data science, decision making techniques, optimization, statistics. Tu keyword dia la. Boleh google dulu or bila ada masa, I'll explain in the future insya Allah.

Buat postgrad dekat school yang sama (MSc. Dec. Sc.), course yang sama. Students can pursue postgrad studies lain dari previous undergrad field sebenarnya, but I prefer to stick with Decision Science. Baru je register awal Oktober haritu.

Since I am doing full research, maximum period of study is 3 years untuk full time. Tu in case nak defer ke apa lah. Normally orang buat 1 to 2 years. Depends. Ada je yang nak sambung part time, so period of study elongates. 

Sama macam undergrad jugak, full time dengan part time obviously beza dia dari segi period of study and fee. Part time selalunya lagi murah & lagi panjang semester.

Postgrad studies normally ada 3 mode; coursework (kelas), mix mode (kelas + dissertation), research (full thesis). Requirement untuk grad for each mode pun berbeza mengikut universiti.

Macam mana nak apply postgrad? Generally, kena buat ni:

• determine prospect studies (nak sambung course apa). Dulu waktu undergrad mesti ada suka certain subject/master certain software kan? Try la seek advice with experts related dengan field interest tu. Ilmu dalam dunia ni tak boleh berdiri sendiri, mesti connected dengan something else. 
• pilih universiti. Ada orang prefer yuran murah, ada orang prefer yang dekat dengan rumah, ada orang nak gain new experience. You?
• cari iklan dekat website/social media universiti. Keyword: academic, postgraduate, Master, HEA. Dulu, I direct google my school's website. Dia attached link. School pun ada blast email dekat students.
• alert tarikh application. 
• go thoroughly for fees, offered mode, requirement. Lain universiti, lain sistemnya. Spend more time on compare and contrast before decide nak submit application
• contact person in charge for further details. Dekat hujung iklan kebanyakannya ada contact number/email PIC ni. They will entertain you accordingly.

Previously, in my case, I've determined nak buat research mode, dekat SQS. Sebab:

• nak masa sendiri
• tak nak pergi kelas on weekly basis for a long term
• sebab ada lecturer offer grant so, boleh jadi Research Assistant (RA)  
• dah tahu sikit-sikit cara kerja SV
• sebab memang nak buat research

In all, postgraduate studies is still a commitment. Some people may want to secure job first, some may want to build marriage. Jangan buat something sebab ikut-ikut orang. You're already grown up to be affected by peer pressure. Maybe some of us opt for further studies as their last resort, again, jangan rasa pressure, jangan ambil mudah.

Wish me luck and I hope good things come to you too!