My 9th PhD Graduate : Congratulations Dr Kayode Adenuga!

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The different journeys…

Today I had a meeting with 4 of my PhD students.

First, Congratulations to Dr Kayode Adenuga, inshaa ALLAH he will be submitting his hard bound thesis next week after the Chinese New Year holidays. He completed his PhD thesis on time – in six semesters! Alhamdulillah. Not easy though, wife and children is in Nigeria all the way he is doing his PhD. Came all the way from Nigeria with NO sponsorship at all. Alhamdulillah, when he arrived here, applied for a scholarship from the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia and HE GOT IT!

I would say, Alhamdulillah, MOHE has invested to the right person. Dr Kayode Adenuga has been an active postgraduate student. Academic wise, he has published few indexed journal articles of which one of them is in a Q1 WOS journal. He has participated the 3-Minute Thesis Competition (as far as I can remember 2nd runner up at the faculty level). On other aspect, he was the President of Nigerian Student Society and has involved as committees of a few conferences held and oragnized by UTM Research units. One of them was icriis.org

AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS DR KAYODE ADENUGA!

On another note, the other three students whom I met:

I have advised one of them to defer his study for this semester due to his work commitment (doing PhD part time)

Another one, will be reporting duty at the university that she is working at. It is the end of the full study leave. This will be a great challenge, but I believe she can manage inshaa ALLAH. We aim that she will complete her PhD by December 2018, inshaa ALLAH.

The third student, alhamdulillah completed his data collection. He has requested to travel back to his home country for his wife’s medical treatment. He has requested this since last semester but I have advised him to make sure that he complete his data collection. We aim that he will submit his thesis by end of August, inshaa ALLAH.

Difficult decisions have to be made from time to time while on the PhD journey, but hand on there. Make doa, ask from ALLAH. May ALLAH ease the journey.

Your Viva-Voce is Coming Soon? – Some Tips

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This morning I attended a mock viva session of one of my PhD students whom I co-supervise with Dr Mahadi Bahari. While listening to the presentation, these things came into my mind…

Each PhD student has a very different, very unique journey. Do not compare your journey with your fellow PhD researchers! NEVER!

These are some general tips that I would like to share:

  1. When the viva session comes, DO IT ALL OUT, DO IT THE BEST THAT YOU CAN. ENJOY IT because you have spent 3-5 (or more) years of your LIFE for it!
  2. Normally you are given time about 20 – 30 minutes for the presentation. Make the slides informative and attractive. Highlight the points, PLEASE!!! Do not full your slides with texts! Sell your idea, your contributions.
  3. During the day, make sure you and your supervisor bring the hard copy  of your thesis.
  4. Print slides for the panels, your supervisor and for yourself.
  5. Bring a notebook (paper) and pen to jot down the examiners comments.
  6. Yes, you should defend your thesis but do not be too defensive.

All the best!

Instructional Development Grant Recipients Meeting

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Date : 14 Feb 2018 (Wednesday)

Time: 10am

Venue: Bilik Mesyuarat Utama CICT (Blok D07)

Outcome of the meeting:

  • Date of Symposium is set to 28 May 2018
  • For projects that already have papers published, the papers will be compiled as output of IDG. Else, paper(s) need to be submitted which will be published as Symposium proceedings.

Durian Law of Attraction

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First day of the week dimulakan dengan meeting khas Pengurusan RMC.  Saya lambat! Padahal PA dah masukkan dalam kalendar, tapi tak jengah kalendar langsung.  Saya dengan yakinnya ingatkan meeting pertama hari ini pukul 9.30 pagi. Hmmm. Lesson learnt: Silalah jengah kalendar malam sebelumnya.

10:30 pagi meeting di Fakulti Alam Bina bersama Dr Kherun Nita yang juga merupakan Ketua Projek Penyelidikan Kontrak yang kami baru terima bulan ini. Alhamdulillah  🙂 Dalam mesyuarat ini, adalah selingan tentang DURIAN! Dr Kherun ni dah lama betul tak makan durian. Katanya dah 5 tahun. Hebat betul! Tapi katanya dah terdengar-dengar orang makan durian, teringin pulak. Ditambah pula dapat gambar durian sebonet melalui Whatsapp yang dihantar ahli keluarganya di Segamat. Siap di mesej nya orang Segamat tu ditanya, tak nak hantar ke JB ke? heheh. Takde maknanya org yg tengah menikmati durian sebonet tu reply. Tak reply langsung ok!

Haishhh! Tiba-tiba saya pun teringin nak makan durian. Last makan was last 2 weeks kat rumah parents dengan begitu berhemah sekali. Makan 3 ulas sahaja! Hihihi, diet lah tu konon. Boleh la control sebab durian tu dah dikopek dan dah dimasukkan dalam bekas. Durian baru keluar ‘esbok’ (peti sejuk) kata orang Johor.

Begitulah keadaannya. Suami saya tak makan durian, bau je dia dah pening. Maka, setiap kali musim durian saya tunggu je kakak atau ayah calling-calling: “Jom makan durian”. Atau saya buat je muka tak malu, “Long, kalau ayah beli durian, cakap tau” heheheh. Ayah kita memang superb. Dia memang suka BELI and KOPEK durian. Dia akan sikit je, lain-lain isteri, anak-anak perempuan, memantu lelaki sorang, menantu perempuan sorang (kalau ada di JB) and cucu-cucu perempuan bedal. Yang lelaki lain dalam family kami tak kisah langsung. Untung lah kita yang suka ni, boleh amik kuota dorang.

Berbalik kepada meeting pagi ni, saya terfikir-fikir ni, mana nak dapat durian ni? Geram pulak, terbayang-bayang. Mana nak beli ni???

Lepas lunch, sambung pulak lagi 2 meeting di RMC. Habis je meeting, terus balik.  Dah lupa kisah durian.

Semasa nak menunaikan solat Isyak, baca Whatsapp yang dikirim oleh seorang student PhD saya:

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Ha! Kannn ni namanya Durian Law of Attraction! Tengah hari tadi teringat-ingat, terbayang-bayang durian. Rezeki tu! Alhamdulillah.

Walaubagaimanapun, durian di banned dari masuk rumah. Durian yang dihantar oleh stduent saya tu sempat transit kejap je kat luar rumah saya. So saya decide untuk share dengan Dr Kherun Nita @ Jiran kat hujung jalan (yang juga teringin durian). Suami dia pun tak makan durian!

Alhamdulillah, nasib baiklah ada anak saudara lelaki dia – Amirul. Makan lah 2 orang jiran bersama anak saudara ni kat luar rumah. Sib baik lah rumah jiran sorang ni rumah corner. Makan lah mereka bertiga di bawah open air. Alhamdulillah, sib baik juga tak lah teruk sangat jerebu malam ni. Walaupun dua biji sahaja, ketiga-tiga manusia ni makan durian Segamat tu dengan hati yang puas. Ya ALLAH, nikmat betul!

Maka tercipta lah satu sejarah hari ini MAKAN DURIAN KAT RUMAH JIRAN! OK tu je nak story, tak amik gambar sebab makan durian pakai baju kelawar  😀

Note: Kalau nakkan sesuatu, kene nak sungguh-sungguh. Bayangkan ada depan mata. Inshaa ALLAH, ALLAH akan bagi rezeki. THANK YOU ALLAH for the nikmahsss given to us today.

M&M Kitchen – Masalodeh & Kuih habuk-habuk

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Husband saya suka kuih-kuih tradisional. Kalau kuih Melayu contohnya kuih habuk-habuk, masa bulan Ramadhan kelmarin selalu cari kat Pasar Ramadhan. The one that we bought kat Pasar Ramadhan dekat area Kolej Siswa Jaya UTM KL memang superb!

Kuih resipi Indian kegemaran husband pula is Masaladeh/Masalodeh.

Bulan ini dia insisted nak buat sendiri heheh. He IS THE CHEF, saya co-chef aje 🙂 Best juga rupanya buat kuih-kuih ni. RARE lah sangat, biasanya kuih ni main ‘tunjuk-tunjuk’ aje.

Ini lah hasilnya.

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Masaladeh Garing M&M Kitchen

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Kuih Habuk-habuk M&M Kitchen

CAPAM 2016

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Dua hari minggu lepas 19 dan 20 Ogos 2016 saya bertugas di Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management Biennial Conference (CAPAM 2016)  di Putrajaya International Convention Centre. Tugasnya penjaga booth UTM RADIS-UTMFin pemenang Anugerah Inovasi Pengurusan Kewangan 2015. Aik, lecturer pun kene jaga booth? Ye lah, ganti-ganti. Event ni lama betul, mula hari Ahad 14 Ogos 2016. Sejak 14 Ogos tu staf-staf lain dah tolong jaga, so last 2 days ni saya dan Timbalan Pengarah (Pengurusan Projek) RMC Prof Madya Dr Shukor pula take over.

Jumpa ramai juga alumni UTM bertugas di sini. Gentleman yang siap ber’coat’ tu alumni jabatan Sistem Maklumat, juga pelajar di bawah seliaan Mentor saya iaitu Prof Madya Dr Azizah Abdul Rahman. Seorang lagi pula, Shidah pelajar MSc IT Management. Excited betul jumpa budak sorang ni!

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Sempena break panjang hari Jumaat 12:30 – 2:30 petang, ronda-ronda di booth yang ada. Booth yang tak boleh saya elakkan is booth MPH. Jengah-jengah buku ternampak buku My Name is Hasmah. Terus teringat Encik Suami yang sungguh mengkagumi Tun Dr Sti Hasmah (saya juga). So 1 book for him and 1 for me. Inilah hasil tangkapannya.

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Al kisah, suami saya dah selesai baca buku tersebut, tak sampai 3 hari selesai dibacanya!

TNB oooh TNB!

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Pagi ini saya dapat video SuaraTV melalui Whatsapp berkaitan isu TNB yang kecoh-kecoh sejak kebelakangan ini. Memang diakui bil elektrik dapat lambat dan tiba-tiba melambung 2 kali ganda. Isu yang ditimbulkan mainly adalah isu autodebit, autopay menggunakan online banking, juga pihak TNB tidak memaklumkan kepada pelanggan perubahan yang berlaku. Pendapat saya:

  1. Upgrading system dari masa ke semasa tidak dapat dielakkan berikutan perubahan teknologi dari masa ke semasa.
  2. Kebiasaannya memang akan berlaku kesukaran kepada pengguna/pelanggan apabila sistem baru diimplementasi/ditambah baik, tetapi seharusnya ini boleh dikurangkan seberapa boleh dengan pengujian sistem yang lebih teliti.
  3. Sebagai pelanggan, kita harus peka agar kita tidak dicaj secara yang tidak sepatutnya
  4. Kita mesti ambil masa untuk baca bil bahagian depan dan belakang. Rupanya dalam bil terkini ada dinyatakan tentang perubahan nombor akaun (baru perasan hihihi)IMG20160826132832
  5. Dapatkan maklumat sahih dari TNB. Ini yang saya dapat dari website TNB berkaitan isu ini : https://www.tnb.com.my/faq/bm-pengebilan/
  6. Hari ini pertama kali saya lawati facebook rasmi TNB iaitu www.facebook.com/tnbcareline. Tujuannya saya ingin kenalpasti ada tak pihak TNB maklumkan tentang pertukaran no akaun. Nampaknya ada satu pos, namun hanya dipos pada 3 Ogos 2016. Tiada pemakluman tentang bil akan dihantar lambat untuk bulan Julai.Screenshot_2016-08-26-14-27-33-255
  7. Pemakluman lain pula baru dipos semalam 25 Ogos 2016.Screenshot_2016-08-26-14-24-02-213
  8. Yes, it takes time for us to visit office TNB tu, tapi untuk dapatkan kepastian lebih baik pergi dan dapatkan maklumat tepat dan not trust and rely 100% dengan apa yang kita baca melalui media sosial seperti Facebook dan Whatsapp.
  9. Kongsi maklumat dengan ahli keluarga, kawan-kawan agar masing-masing tahu apa yang berlaku and dapat hak masing-masing
  10. All in all, kekecohan ini serta kemarahan pelanggan dapat dielakkan sekiranya pihak TNB membuat makluman terlebih awal. Apalah sangat untuk TNB war-warkan melalui media massa mainstream terutamanya TV. Persepsi pelanggan kan TNB kaya! Pelanggan perlu dilayan dengan baik dan adil. Itu je.
  11. One statement from TNB meminta maaf kepada pelanggan dan akan pastikan pelanggan akan mendapat hak masing-masing PASTI akan meredakan kemarahan. Would they do that? If they do, TNB is a HERO!

 

Another PhD Graduate – Maryam Salahshour

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Last few years, this lady met me to request change of Supervisor since her supervisor is trasferring from UTM Skudai to UTM Kuala Lumpur. She insisted that I become her supervisor, however I was reluctant since at that particular time I was really occupied and committed supervising other PhD and MSc students. As the PhD Information Systems program coordinator at that time, I proposed Dr Halina Mohamed Dahlan as her supevisor and I became the co-Supervisor.

 

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Alhamdulillah, she had passed her viva in March 2016 and yesterday we met for me to sign on her thesis as a co-supervisor. Alhamdulillah, finally, the hard bound thesis were on the way to be submitted. She will be graduating soon during UTM Convocation Ceremony in October 2016. Congatulations Maryam! YOU DID IT!