Extension Week 16

To be honest, writing up is tiring!

i am so going to reward myself big time once i am done with this!

2 months & 2 days from the start of extension

midnight at Bedford Library :)

typical student food

i wish i could have those..

but, since i'm considering to reduce some amount of fat off my body, i decided to have this..

oh dear!

salad pun saladla..

but still, my eyes couldn't stop watching those food above the salad...

(saliva almost dripping...)

Extension Week 4

yes, i am in my extension period now. (good luck to me!)

my progress?

1. never-ending writing for sure!

2. compiling ideas for another publication. this time, i will have my name as the first author, insyaAllah. Amin

3. suffering financial hardship. extension allowance from the sponsor still pending. bila la nak masuk ni??! 

pembakar semangat!

recently, one of my colleagues has been awarded a PhD from his UK university and i am totally happy for him and his wife

6 more months to go for me to complete my PhD journey and hopefully all of the hurdles and suffers end by the time i hand over the thesis....... for hardcover binding! ;p

email dari Malaysia

Tutor/Felo yang telah pulang dari cuti belajar setelah tamat pengajian PhD TIDAK AKAN terus diberi Gred DS51 kecuali telah berjaya menerbitkan sekurang2nya DUA PENERBITAN. 

Mohon kepada semua felo dan tutor JSB agar dapat mempastikan tuan/puan menerbitkan sekurang2nya 2 penerbitan "by the time you finished your PhD" agar lantikan ke Gred DS51 dapat dimohon dan dipertimbangkan

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gulp!

Year 3 Week 52

i am turning into an owl . sleep during the day, work during the night.

@_@

Year 3 Week 50

Thursday.
Another successful and productive meeting with mr. sv today. Yet again, more tasks to be completed and will be meeting him in another 2 weeks. The short-term aim is to complete Chapter 4 at the end of the month.

Picture of the day.
This is what i've been working on in the past two weeks. @_@

I have found a very useful site for me to refer to and i thought it would be beneficial to share it with you guys. Check it out!

http://3monththesis.com/

less than 7 months left

Today. Email from the employer (Malaysian uni) came in.
Gained my 6 months study extension starting from August onwards.
Thank you Allah.

scroll and mortar board

it is the time of the year again -- the graduation ceremony

i hope it will be my turn next year, insyaAllah

i.will.work.harder

a movie dedicated to a people like me

(^_~)

Year 3 Week 48 - How Computers Meant A Lot To You While Writing a Thesis

before this, i thought my seniors were just playing around by using 2 PCs at the same time while working on their thesis, but now i do know each and every machine's job. it sorts your life out!

Lappy: for writing and checking emails

PC: referring journals and printing

Sistem Pemantauan Kemajuan Pelajar (SLAB/SLAI)

now open!

you can check your progress here

Year 3 Week 45

There has been a progress in my writing since the past few weeks. Good job Qila! Good job! Thanks to the supervisor for being straight and ensured that i will send any written draft every two weeks, no matter how many pages i could write, even though i was only able to write just 3 or 4 pages within the given time. Thanks for putting up with me, Prof!

Here i want to share my writing technique that i'm currently practice. This technique was taught by a lecturer (pardon me, i'm so bad with names nowadays) during my research skills programme. Even my supervisor has encouraged me to do the same.

1st, I will start with writing my methodology, which is the easier part in the thesis. If you are in your final year, like myself, we should know and recognise all techniques that we are going to apply in our research study, right?

2nd, write on results you obtained. Before you start writing, ensure that all results that you need to put in one chapter have been compiled together. If you didn't have a complete result, you could still write on a certain part of your results, don't wait until it's all there in front of you and only then you would start to write. Clock is ticking, and you don't want to waste those precious time.

3rd, once i have completed the results, the next step will be a bit tougher --writing for discussion. To survive this part, i should prepare myself with supporting facts which mostly obtained from journals and books. I have to ensure that my arguments in this section are strong, relevant and also supported by  actual facts that can be trusted and came from highly recognised sources. I mostly spent considerable time in this section compared to others as it requires a lot of attention and every argument must be put into details and well-written.

done with the hardest, here comes the relaxing part, the introduction. By this time, i should know enough what is going on in that chapter. i bet, it won't take longer than writing the discussion part.


so, for those who are struggling to write like me now, what have you been up to so far? mind to share?
:)


 "i'm here at this stage and won't look back now, i'll just move forward and get what i want!"

Year 3 Week 43 - just read!

Here i am again. No post for ages and the blog is becoming lame and boring. According to the study timeline, i am nearly approaching the end of my 3 years study duration but looking at what i've gathered so far, it seems nowhere near enough to be called a full- draft thesis, let alone a thesis for viva! :( 

the feeling that i hate the most came once again -- panic attack! it was yesterday, when i remember waking up in the morning wondering whether the amount of work that i've done so far were enough for the time remaining. To tell you the truth, it was creepy and it feels like suddenly all the sweetness and the excitement of living abroad has utterly diminished from my mind.

i don't like this feeling. this has to be stopped before i became mrs g.r.u.m.p.y

better get the ass off to work now! 

no shopping and no holiday for the time being!
full stop.

i'm stress, but i can't stop now!

spotted them...this time not in the forest :)

by the way, Happy New Year 2012!