Perihal Viva n Master Study

Bismillah..

Seronoknya tak terkata coz last week berakhirnya sebuah pengajian selama 2 tahun setengah di USM. 

:) *lega*

Utk MSc study, especially research mode like me, everything depend on own self. Start proposal, sampling, analysis data, compile result semua sendiri usaha. Kalau lambat, maka lambatlah habis studynya. Kalau push n tak malas maka cepatlah habisnya. Lain drpd coursework n mixed mode study yg more or less assigned by School or University. Rajin ke malas ke, tetap kena siap dlm study range yg dah ditetapkan. Coursework n mixed mode lebih selamat. As for me, perhaps i assume the duration of my study ok ok la.. x la cepat, x la lambat.. sebab masih dalam tempoh cadidature. (max 3 years)

Alhamdulillah kupanjatkan syukur xterhingga kpd Allah s.w.t kerana mengabulkan doa.. memudahkan urusan.. meluruskan jalan.

Bila ingat-ingat balik masa sampling activities, memang byk sacrifice. In terms of money, time n even dealt with own guts whether to proceed or not). Meh nk share sikit. Pengalaman best during the sampling, pernah kena kejar anjing. Tak sangka anjing tu tgh guard rumah kecik die. Aku n my accompanying friend leka menganalisis vegetation n tunduk terbongkok2 examine plants kat area rumah kecik anjing tu sambil jalan sloww. Tak sedar kami akan lalu belakang rumah kecik tu. Bile sampai, tibe2 nampak anjing yg terkejut jugak tengok kami muncul tiba2 di belakang rumahnya. Tibe2 die menyalak,then panggil kawan2 lain n kepung kami. Ahh masak. Aku siap azan lagi! Syuhh~ syuhh~ *dgn sopan*

Nasib baik sorg uncle cina halau anjing2 tu.

By the time anjing2 blah, kami da xde mood nk sampling, lutut ketaq xhengat..

Kadang tu sampling berdua with one of my girlfriend. Memang tawakal n byk berdoa. Masuk tempat2 agak pedalaman, some tempat agak sunyi, asing n terdedah dgn bahaya. Tak termasuk kena ngorat time sampling. Ahaha. Semua aktiviti adalah berkat sokongan kawan2 yg sporting n rajin menimba ilmu. Sanggup tolong n luangkan masa. Tak kisah panas terik, debu asap disamping gatal2 kaki n tgn (sebab research aku lalu semak samun). We practice win-win situation. Simbiosis. We lend hands after each other. :) Tu yg mudah. Kerja panjang cepat siap. 

I also got strength drpd postgrad students yg buat labwork. Especially in another School where i collaborated my research with. 

They all sacrificed their weekend in lab. Their enthusiasm to finish workloads buat aku semangat n nak jadi part of them. Alhamdulillah dpt kawan2 yg kuat semangat. 

By the time to submit 10 copies of thesis for examination before viva, one of my friend dah viva n will grad soon. Bertambah lagi semangat.


Ini adalah copy of thesis given to me after viva session. For corrections.

Then after 2 months, i got e-mail invitation utk viva (final presentation). 

Sebelum hari viva, jantung kencang berdebar, senak perut, n panik. 

Padahal ada masa 2 minggu lagi sebelum presentation. 

Org kata its normal. And from my experience, its good to feel that way instead of feel nothing. 

Supaya ready utk berdepan dgn sebarang kemungkinan. Ready utk menjawab segala soalan yg berkaitan dgn research. Ye dok?

During the viva, felt like nothing. Half an hour sebelum presentation session, nervous hilang. Risau pulak, adakah ni petanda aku akan dihentam masa Q&A? Tawakkal.



Plain feeling. Sebelum viva session.


Semasa viva.


Sesi perbincangan.


Sesi Q&A yg sangat santai.

Alhamdulillah. Sesi Q&A pn lancar. Ni nak share sikit dgn korang yg bakal Viva, for your info, kadang-kadang examiners suka tanya soalan2 yg depa memang dah tau. Saja nk test student. Cara kita jawab boleh mempengaruhi markah tau. Kalau boleh elakkan argue kalau examiner kritik. Kritikan diorang bukan nak menjatuhkan, tapi nk bagi panduan supaya next study level boleh improve. Kalau rase kita betul, explain lah elok2. Tapi kalau die menyampuk, jangan pulak kita sangkal. Just dengar dan angguk. Kalau kita ternyata salah. Nasib kaulah. Admit kita salah dan kita akan perbetulkan kesilapan berdasarkan recommendation die. Kadang-kadang tu they just love to ask general knowledge, and its not included in markah penilaian pun. Saje2 nak borak. :) 

Alhamdulillah berkat doa hilangkan nervous n doa dipermudahkan urusan, finally they congratulate me atas 2 perkara: 

i) Layak dianugerahkan Sarjana Biologi Persekitaran. and what make me even happier is

ii) Thesis dicalonkan utk thesis terbaik USM

Alhamdulillah.. 

mak abah lah paling happy :) my hubby too!

Most precious moment when i see the relief and proud smile of my supervisor. He seemed unexpected too, knowing that my thesis being nominated. At least i have proved to him that i did my work not just only neat, but with quality. And better yet, he has prepared a topic for my PhD! Baiknye Prof.!
InsyaAllah Prof. Im working on it.

Two copies of thesis have been submitted to IPS.
One under my possession. And one for myBrain15.
Thank u Allah.
Pray for my Graduation day pulak eyh. Moga semuanya mudah. 
Amin..