Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Pasal post doc

So, 2 unis replied.

1 said i can come anytime. :) The other didnt understand the concept of post doc and ingat haku nak apply for phd. hehe.

So now, i nak kena pikir betul-betul dan masak-masak.

I wished there is a way for me to do my post doc with prof.s. Must enquire.

Friday, May 3, 2013

mencari

esok will be exactly six month since i registered for work! And now, saya dah sibuk cari tempat untuk buat post doc.

Tapi, susahnyaaaa nak cari tempat!!!

Pertama, susah sebab saya nak buat dalam negara. Ternyata, masih kekurangan professor dalam bidang yang saya plan to specialise in!! *pening*

Ada satu, memang secocok dengan bidang saya, tetapi dari uni tempat saya bekerja juga. Unit latihan kata, majikan tak favour untuk kita buat post doc di tempat kerja. *nanges*

So far, I have enquired at 3 places. I have looked at other places tetapi memang tak ada tempat yang betul-betul sesuai dengan my bidang. Hmm..baru terfikir, post doc ni, seolah-olah sub-specialty for doctors or surgeons. Dan, not everywhere ada bidang yang kita interested in, which makes it difficult.

Kenapa sibuk nak cari tempat post doc? Sebab, I only have 3 years dari tarikh dapat phd to do it and also because hubs may be posted at somewhere in Malaysia, so I am looking at ways in which I will be able to follow him!

Doakan yang terbaik buat saya ya.

Allah knows whats best, kan?

Friday, April 26, 2013

penat

its so tiring, this juggling thing of working and taking care of the house. It feels like I am holding on to two seperate jobs with two seperate job description.

anyway, just did the laundry and washed the dishes. I am supposed to buat kerja sekarang, finish off my book chapter to be exact but I feel like updating my blog.

It has been 6 months since I came back. It has also been the longest time since I left Vienna. How has it been for me? Nak cakap senang, tak. Susah pon tak. I get by. Sometimes I feel like there's so many things I need to accomplish. Tapi at other times, I feel like, eh...whats the point of doing this.

Right now, I am in the midst of finishing a book chapter for Srikandi PhD, a book on women doing PhD. If you are currently pursuing PhD atau planning to do it, do buy the book when its out nanti, ok??

Lepas buat book chapter ni, I want to work on my post doc proposal. At first I thought of applying for frgs tetapi nanti if i go for post doc, i would have to pass it on to someone else pulak kan.

I am also planning to publish a book but that needs to be well planned. Am quite excited with this project.

Another thing in the pipeline is journal article for a niche research group. And lagi satu, an old friend called me u yesterday and asked if I would like to edit a magazine he is publishing. I, of course, jumped at the opportunity. Hmm,...which reminds me, I must really start writing for papers or something. I aim to have a column or something tapi cemana nak capai angan2 if tak buat apa apa kan??

what else?

cannot wait to balik vienna.

ok...must start doing work. I only have 15 minutes to spare before I go and fetch dani.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

cuti semester

its the sem holidays so no classes this week. yeay!!!!

i finally sorted out all the papers in my room. threw a lot of things out.

have things to do but i feel like i deserve some time to relax sat. :)

btw, i still havent purchased my tickets to vienna. sigh. i know. i shouldnt leave it at the very last minute kan? Will do it soonest.

ok. nak pi school run.

Monday, March 18, 2013

headache

 i have been having this recurring headache for the past few days. Selalunya, I can tolerate it...i could still force myself to do work and etc but last night, the night i had to do my lecture notes and compile some documents for a meeting, the headache was so unbearable. on top of that, suami wasnt home because he went to fetch my IL and was supposed to sleep over at his sisters and head to work terus from there.

Lepas dah muntah, i texted him and told him about it. He said he will come home. But I told him not to, sebab by the time he will sampai rumah, it will be about 2am. But he did anyways. And he came back, and urut2 my head before falling asleep.

I feel so grateful to have him as my husband.

At times like this, he makes me feel really loved.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

menjadi lecturer

semenjak memulakan tugas ni, memang tak menang tangan nak buat kerja.

hmm...i thought working to get my phd was tough enough, rupanya dunia pekerjaan adalah lebih mencabar. Sekarang ni, bila jadi lecturer, tugas kita bukan semata-mata bagi lecture, malah kena juga buat research, fight to get grants, publish articles, present at conferences. On top of that, you are also involved in multiple admin work, ie: kena jadi ajk itu ini, help out with program itu ini and etc. *lap peluh*

I have been so busy that there are hardly room for me to breathe! On top of that, there's the school run. My days are so loonnggg....it starts really early and ends really late. Yesterday I actually wondered if Dr Sunshine can survive if I wasnt around...if I yang kena oncall or pergi kursus. Why? Sebab basically, I yang uruskan anak pergi sekolah, pack their bags, iron their clothes, make sure their breakfasts are ready, that they wake up to mandi, do the laundry, make sure theres dinner on the table. Semalam dalam I rasa tak larat pon, I had to pull myself up cos nak kena iron Andi's school uniform cos Dr Sunshine sangat busy prepare presentation for today.

Hmm...kalau nak cakap pasal stress, I rasa I pon stress juga (cos Dr Sunshine semalam cakap jgn ganggu dia sbb dia stress nak prepare presentation). I have a lot of things which I kena accomplish at work and my 'work' doesnt end there, when I am home, I have more work to do!!!

Honestly, I never bring work home because I know I will never be able to do it. Dr Sunshine kadang2 heran and tanya, you tak de keja ke, bila tengok i rehat kejap (lepas sidai kain or basuh pinggan or mandikan anak2). I do. I memang banyak kerja cuma I choose not to bring work home. Bila nampak I seolah-olah tak ada kerja, then I guess dia rasa dia lebih busy dari I. :(

Hmm....I rasa orang yang jadi lecturer je yang faham how:

a. stressful it is to be asked to teach a subject that you are not familiar with. That means you'll have to study the subject really well...and on top of that kena prepare lecture notes pulak tu!!
b. we have to strive to get our articles published. Kalau tak kang tak cukup KPI pulak kan?
c. kita kena fight to dapat grants so that we can gerakkan our research. no grant, no research. no research, how to get datas for articles that we were supposed to publish???
d. endless admin stuff to do.
e. layan karenah pelajar....

jadi, jgn hairan if i tertidur while feeding aaron. tak payahlah komen yang i tidur cepat hari ni or hairan why i nmpk penat sangat. cos you dont know what i go through every single day. you think its very easy, but it is not.  

Thursday, February 14, 2013

no time!!!

i think there are just too many things to accomplish in a day but masa memang selalu jealous dengan i.

Anyway...good news first. The book I contributed a chapter to is out!!!! :) silalah beli ye.

Ok....so, some of the things I am supposed to buat are:

1. chapter for wanitaundphd. due March 13
2. journal article due March 15
3. lecture notes due feb 18
4. abstract for another journal article
5. cari conference!! Must attend at least one this year.
6. suitable articles for postgrad class.

I have drafted out what I plan to write for the journal article due on March 15th but I need to do some readings to update myself with the issue. So, dah jumpa dah pon article but I am the kind who prefers to read articles on paper rather than on screen sebab on paper boleh conteng dan garis dan etc while it would be difficult to do just that on screen. Masa cari articles tu, tetiba terkenangkan masa cari articles for my phd dulu....that was not too long ago. Baru ingat boleh relaks lepas PhD tetapi apakan daya uolssssssss. My faculty requires its lecturers to produce at least 4 journal articles in a year. Honestly, I tak tahu if it is achievable. Bukan senang ok nak publish in a journal. I know of some people yang bonceng aje on other people's article. So far, untuk 2013, publications that are in the pipeline includes:
1.jpacjournal
2. book chapter WnP
3. book chapter from my department, yang i tak tahu if jadi or not nak publish!
4. book on penulis skrip...ni baru ada orang ajak i tulis.
I need moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee journal articles. *stress*

Anyway, I also need to study in order to prepare my lecture notes so I shall spend tomorrow drafting what I plan to teach.

oklah...nk cari conference sat.