sharing is caring #7

i jumpa my sv last Tuesday and he told me that he wanted to go through my references, which I had not printed out. The reason I did not print out was because I have yet to properly susun it according to alphabetical order. sigh. Maka, sejurus selepas balik rumah, I set out to arrange the references.

Needless to say, I found the task to be tiring. Its not easy to go through pages of references and susun it accordingly. So I thought, I might as well give some tips to those who are about to embark on a PhD journey or even tengah buat masters.

You see, when are a postgrad student doing research, you are bound to read hundreds of books and articles, some of which you may use in your thesis. The list may be loooonnngggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg and the work it takes to susun it would be quite arduous.

So, I gave an idea to my Dr Sunshine, who is about to embark on this research journey himself, regarding this --compilation of references.

I propose that he creates a file for references in which there are sub files with each alphabets. Maka, there will be 26 sub files altogether. So, whenever he reads an article/book, boleh terus type out or cut and paste the source to the respective alphabet file.

NAnti, at the end of the day, all he needs to do is re arrange the source accordingly in the files, and then combine everything together. I think, this would be a more efficient way dari what I am doing right now. Yela, masa I tulis allmy source,I thought I was being efficient already, but apparently, there's still room for improvement.

MAka, itu saja my tips of the day yang ingin di sharing-is-caring-kan.

hope it will benefit you!!!

february is here

i met my sv yesterday. Pastu, dia finally skimmed through my thesis and asked me to add 5 or 6 pages in my chapter 1, I guess to make my argument clearer. Honestly, I think I just need to re-structure my chapter 1. Tapi tulah...maka ai akan re-work on my chapter 1.

Then, he asked me to add the page numbers for citations yang I tulis. That, my friends, would need a lot of work because I really need to korek balik buku and articles that I reffered to.

So,my list of things to do is:

1. redo chapter 1
2. write abstract and sent it to be translated
3. update reference (citations dengan page numbers)
4. Print everything
5. write cv
6. write acknowledgement
7. edit everything
8. re-edit everything
9. re-edit again
10.print
11. HANTAR!!!!

i hope to finish 1-5 by this weekend.

on top of that, I still have a journal article to write for an assignment, which, sekarang, credit hournya tak diperlukan pon sebab i am done with collecting credits since my contirbution to a book would be given 5 credits. woot woot!!! but, i would still need to write it la kan. deadline adalah 15 feb.

other than that, I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy and bersyukur yang I am done with collecting credit hours. Betul kata orang, biar terover-over ambik courses and ada extra credits in hand, dari sikit dan alih-alih tak cukup pulak!

aside from that, sv finally contacted that prof from Klagenfurt and she agreed to be the second reader of my thesis. Alhamdullillah.

So now, all is left to do adalah no 1-10, and I will be done, well, at least until VIVA.

I can do this right???

InshaAllah.

sharing is caring #6

Kali ni, i nak sharing is caring pasal tempat beli lampu, kipas dan water heater paling murah di Klang Valley!!!

Ia adalah di:
No.33, Jalan BPU6, Bandar Puchong Utama

Sila pergi ya!! Memang murah sangat.

Mula-mula, we went there to beli lampu. This was when I was back last year. We bought a bunch of lights and 2 kipas jer. Harga kipas dia, memang murah berbanding dengan kedai lain yang we ols survey. Even the lights pon!! I saw the same light I bought for my living room dijual di Nilai 3 dengan 300% lebih mahal dari apa i beli kat houses lighting. the same lights!!! sama sejibik sejibun!!!

Anyway, a few weeks ago, Dr Sunshine started to cari storage water heater plak. He went to a lot of shops. We have decided to intall Joven storage water heater. Maka, dia dok compare-compare la prize kan. Kedai joven sendiri, mak aii...mahal uols! So, i cakap la kat Dr Sunshine, cer check kat Houses Lighting, ada jual tak storage water heater. Cos the last time I went, I nampak that water heater biasa tu ada. So Dr Sunshine pon pergila. Dan...harga yang dijual di sana almost 40% less that harga kat kedai lain!!!

Maka, Dr Sunshine akan ke sana lagi sekali untuk memborong lampu, kipas dan juga water heater. hehe.

So, if you all are in the midst of buat rumah and etc, do visit this shop. Memanglah, macam jauh sikit kan. Tapi berbaloi baloi!!

sharing is caring #5

lately, my skype sessions with dr Sunshine will be filled with talks about our house. He has been surveying harga furniture, curtain, water heater dan sebagainya. And, masa dia dok survey-survey furniture tu, dia tengoklah jugak wardrobe. haa...ni la yang i nak sharing-is-caring-kan today!!!

you see, in our master bedroom, there is a space for a walk in wardrobe. saiznya lebih kurang 7ft x 9 ft. I have been dreaming of doing a built in wardrobe to fill up the space, tapi banyak yang mahal uols!!! Tapi, masa dr Sunshine pergi survey furnitures tu, dia nampak la wardrobe kan. And he suggested to me, why not kita beli like 2 wardrobes and put it next to each other, so nampak macam ala-ala walk in la kan. i was like..errr...

pastu, on another one of his surveys, dia jumpa wardrobe yang L shape!!! wah..menariknyer. Jadi dia pon tanya la tokei kedai tu, cemana depa jual wardrobe tu. Tokei tu kata la, well the wardrobe comes in a few sizes, and you can pilih what you want to put inside. We just give the measurements, and they will pasangkan at our house. Well, bunyi macam buat built in wardrobe jugak kan?? well ya!!! memang macam buat walk in wardrobe. EXCEPT, untuk deal macam ni, kita yang kena ukur sendiri ruang tu! No one will come to our house and ukur2 exactly how big the space is.

BUT, the quote which the tokei gave is way cheaper than getting a built in wardrobe, in which orang datang ukur kat rumah tu!!! untuk L shape wardrobe (satu side tu 7 ft, satu side tu lagi 9ft dan tinggi 9 ft), will cost us less than 5K. And, dia guna solid wood, not melamine atau chip wood.

Actually, I rasa harga ni murah lah. Sebab, I have been surveying on the net and rata-rate dorang quote between 330 above untuk 1 feet (tu paling murah i jumpa on the net for built in wardrobe). Bila kira untuk size yang ai nak, it is more than 5K.

So, I rasa, this ukur sendiri wardrobe adalah seswai untuk sesiapa yang mengimpikan built in wardrobe, tetapi is on a budget. You still get to pick how your inside looks like, the type of pintu you want and etc.

Cer try!!! Dr Sunshine is going to ukur the room again and will book the wardrobe soon.

p.s: The bunk bed we bought has arrived!!! Next is to beli curtain and kipas and the boys' room will be almost complete.

risau

Dr Sunshine told me that my mom's hand is swollen dan ada puss, katanya mungkin tercucuk ikan bilis. I am sooooooooooooooooooo worried!!!

I am also guilty sebab if it was ikan bilis, mesti thats the ikan bilis for me which she kirim-ed through my friend.

and maybe uols rasa, why nak risau bagai kan??

Well, my dad had a swollen ibu jari kaki as well, and ada puss. And, he had diabetis, which made it difficult for it to heal. They had to cut the toe off. And a few days after that, he passed away. :(

Memang technically he died because of heart attack. But, the thought of my mak having puss on her anggota badan scares me!! Hubby is going to perform a minor op to clear up the puss. I really really really hope that it will get better soon. Thank god she does not have diabetes. Tapi saya tetap risau. TSK.

ok. saya dah selesai buat presentation terakhir dalam karier saya sebagai pelajar phd. :) (this does not include viva ok)

next, is obviously assignment terakhir. tapi assignment terakhir ni tricky sikit. instead of buat paper berdasarkan soalan yang dia dah tulis siap-siap like the other students, my prof nak i buat journal artikel. tula, buka lagi mulut kan, tanya cemana nak get my papers published. well, it is good, kan? At least, when she reads it and corrects it, I boleh dapat feedback to improve my paper and hopefully can send it to an established journal.

anyway, she extended the deadline to feb 15th (syukur!!!). I am sooooo glad because i would not have time to write it, otherwise. yela, dengan nana nak datang, pastu nak pi paris, and not to mention, nak submit my thesis. *lap peluh*

oklah. i don't really have the mood today. actually, i plan to correct my chapter 6 since i edited in on paper yesterday. tapi.....heheh

worait.

berpeluh

berpeluh di musim sejuk??? bukan secara literal, tapi metafora ajer.

Today, I finally finished writing my text for my presentation next week. Alhamdulillah. Esok nak print out and edit. Pastu, nak kena prepare powerpoint plaks. Kalau dulu, mesti buat powerpoint dulu, pastu baru pikirkan text. But now, i do my work the other way round. I find that it works better for me.

After that, I need to siapkan my final assignment (hopefully!) for my phd studies. woot woot!!! tak sabarnya nak submit, actually. Tapi tulis tak habis lagi. hehe.

Lepas tu, haritu ai pergi jumpa the lady yang uruskan pasal phd studies ni, mikusch, just to check on the borang I sent to be approved. Actually, I minta approval supaya paper yang i present last may to be acknoledged dan diberi mata ects. i ingat dapat 3, tapi depa bagi 5!!! Syukur sangat sangat. Ini bermakna, ai dah ada 2 extra credits, dan tak perlulah nak sit for the exam (that I thought i need to sit for this month). Selain itu, I submitted another borand, requesting for my contribution to a book chapter be given ects credits as well. I really hope I will get some, inshaAllah (hoping for 4ects!).

Then, I also met my SV. Ingat nak discuss what I have written so far. But he said he wants to see the completed thesis on the 31st. Maknanya, I dah kena print out, macam nak pi hantar binding already. Just for him to see. Ok boss. So, sementelah nak pi edit my presentation text esok, ingat nak edit my chapter 6 as well. I see that I need to add some more stuff for my chapter 6. So, since Dr Sunshine pon oncall esok, maka I forsee myself spending some time at Stabux with sidekick in tow. :)

I also met one of my friend who has completed her phd just recently!! She told me that she submitted her thesis in June and was called for viva in october. But another friend, yang his visa was about to expire was able to get his viva done before he left. So, I am hoping that luck will be on my side and that I sempat viva before I leave. However, if tak sempat, I akan balik dulu. :( Cuma a bit the hassle lah nak kena apply for viva from Mesia. Oh well, inshaAllah, all will be ok.

All in all, I cannot wait to perabiskan my assignment.

On my trip to paris, I plan to write my acknowledgement page.

Selain itu, other stuff I need to do for my thesis are:
1. resume
2. abstract (english and deutsch!)
3. check references
4. double check spelling
5. formating
6. check table of contents

maybe i can get nana to help me when she is here. hih hih.

Tarikh target submit thesis: 3 Feb 2012.

Doakan ye kawan-kawan.

Lepas tu, bolehlah merdeka kejap sebelum viva. huhu. :)

Oh..kawan ai kata, nanti kita akan dapat kertas yang examiner tulis review. Pastu dalam tu akan ada soalan2. Maka untuk viva, kita prepare untuk jawab soalan ittew and also prepare to explain our work. fuh.

Oh..lagi satu, katanya, convo di sini is in January and October. Maka saya sangat amat berharap akan berkonvo October 2012, inshaAllah.

Ya Allah, permudahkanlah urusan ku. Amin.