Current Progress

Tajuk entry nie macam nak hantar report kat ministry aje hehehe..by the way, to those who are sponsored by ministry (hinting to Ms Lurpak) report dah hantar ke belum? Karang allowance tak masuk, baru la gelabah hehehe.

Despite all the hardship and arduous fieldwork in Summer, I managed to get all the data necessary for my research. Unfortunately, I have to repeat the very same experiment next year (Malangnya, saya telah memadam entri pasal research saya awal-awal dahulu sebab terlalu banyak kutukan kepada penasihat saya hahaha). Thanks to the farm manager who refused to manage my trial plot necessarily. If only I can drive the complicated-to-maneuver fertilization tractor, I won't be complaining at all right now.  Alhamdulillah, I finally finished all the major processing work for my data. All left are minor data, waiting for the lab to send me the chemical test reports. So no more tight breath and boiling brain, at least at this time of the year where it is all about Shopping Holiday. I should, nonetheless start to write for my manuscript and dissertation. I am trying to graduate in July 2012, so I have thoroughly plan my schedule. 3 classes next Spring, research hours in Summer and Fall 2011, 1 class and manuscript and dissertation writing in Spring 2012.

US educational system for graduate studies, interestingly, compared to UK's, just like comparing an apple to an orange. I believed, people are more acquainted with UK's system, which mainly consists of research work (sebab tu research work depa power-power hehehe). In US, it is compulsory to complete certain number of credit hours of coursework (I am talking about classes, exams, quizzes, homework, term papers, etc - no auditing classes here, folks) and research hours (total of these should make up at least 60 credit hours, at least for my university) before you can submit an application for graduation. Basically, it is juggling acts between class commitment, research work and marriage (Balik rumah nk kena masak, kerja sekolah tak siap lagi, esok ada group dicussion bla bla bla. Fortunately, I can cross out baby from the list). You will be just damn lucky if you can manage to graduate within 4 years or less. You need more than crossed fingers, lucky charms for this.

Last nor the least, I care to take pictures of my cold, gloomy, sumpek graduate room that I shared with other 8 students.

  The quiet, dark graduate room that haunts me every now and then, keep asking me, Kenapa malas sangat nk ke sini dan buat kerja kamu????

 Care to guess which of these desks is mine?

(A) Meja hari-hari dikemas

(B) Meja berkepah-kepah dan serabut - tak pernah kemas

Let me give a hint. Those 8 aforementioned, never show up except for my funny-yet-kekadang-terlampau-laser Serbian friend. It is totally weird because every time the department kerani comes and checks for vacancy desks for new enrolled students, all these desks are occuppied. Kan betul saya cakap, graduate room nie berhantu, semua orang tanak datang buat kerja tau!! Bilik nie haruslah mandi bunga!!

Salam sayang.