Master's Engineering

*18 Sept 2006*

Dat was the exact date of my master’s registration day….ms dpt tawaran nie trsgtla hepi compared to ms dpt tawaran msuk utk Master’ Education…juz dun have any idea y i reacted dat way masa tu.. …

but time tu even my parents pn xnak msuk cmpur utk plih mana satu (Master Edu or Master Eng)…but d real thing is..aku mmg pttnye go for Master’ Edu …since dpt scholar dr KPM ms degree...but dun know y my instinct says ‘NO’…papa adala jgk bsing2..n he keep saying dat ‘klu kerajaan hntr letter saman mcmaner’…2 tell u d truth, tkt tu mmgla…maner nak cr duit sebanyak 64k (keje smpi tua pn blm tntu dpt duit byk tu)..but all my frens supported me 2 go 4 master’s engineering…act dlm kpala terfikir jgk, if I go for Master Edu, d only chances I will get is jd lecturer kat Politech or maybe Kolej Komuniti...but if I go for Master Eng I wud have d chance to cr keje in technical line or I pun blh jd lect at d same time..so dat will b an advantage for me kan...tp ms tulaaa..rite now bl fkr btapa sshnyer nak hbskan research master nie…myesal ckit 2 adala…but not 2 regret d whole thing..coz doing research nie ada bestnya jgk…

frankly speaking, doing research byk ajar aku jd org yg sgt independent especially in doing sumthing yg baru..i mean blaja instrument yg baru n hi-tech, deal dgn supplier n also org luar n of coz d best part is nak deal dgn SV yg byk jgkla kerenah…@#%??…other than that, u akan blaja mcmana nak manage duit grant yg u dpt dr FRGS (Fundamental Research of Grant Scheme) utk research u…SV will juz let u to decide kat mana ptt hbskan duit 2..so pndi2 laa as long as u x hbskan kat Summit or BP Mall..haha..(bkn ckit2 tau MOSTI bg...4 dis project dorg dah kluarkan 82k)…so u hv 2 work harder to make sure dorg puas hati wit ur research as been proposed dlm paper work b4 tu….

Ms 1st sem bt research nie ok lg..wlupun xdpt mana2 allowance..pki duit parents dl…but ms 2nd sem brla MOSTI pgl for interview…interview tu mcm haram je..ssah gler..n interviewer dia pn mcm best sgt jer…yg kluar after kna interview tu smua muka biru…including me I guess…yg dipanggil interview around 10 students dr 3 faculties; mechanical, electrical n civil..luckily after few months ktorg dpt gud news..semua dpt tajaan from MOSTI…smua dgn muka happy coz terbayang2 dah every month akan dpt elaun RM1,500..mcm gaji plak..n all study fees akan ditanggung sepenuhnya….yahooo!!! but hepi 2 kjap jer…coz procedure utk process n everythin ambil ms yg sgt lama…ms 2nd Sem barula duit tu masuk dlm account…sdih btul…but ‘backdated’ oke….mcm bulan jatuh ke riba..hahaha..

But then again happy 2 kjap je…coz ada prob lain plak…we had prob 2 buy instrument n chemical stuff yg urgent utk guna bt experiment…ms tu FRGS x luluskan lg grant..bl follow-up…the only respon yg ktorg dpt…’in process’…I know bukan snang nak kluarkan duit yg bsar but at least universiti has 2 play their role tlg student rather than juz biarkan research kna stop semata2 xder bhn chemical or instrument x ckup…Faculty dah xder budget utk keluarkan 4 student master research coz btl jgk like they said, klu smua budget dkeluarkan utk student research bli instrument mahal2..how bout student degree…coz student degree mmg juz ada budget dr fac je..compared to student master blh apply grant dr luar…so bl dh ckp mcm tu, nothing much u can say selain dr u juz stop complaining smpila grant research masing2 dpt…..so can u imagine grant tu dpt ms ktorg dah nak msuk 2nd year….sethn jgk hbskan ms bt testing yg simple2 juz bcoz u xder duit nak bli instrument n bhn chemical…n I had xperience where I hv no choice than juz guna duit sndiri bli chemical yg beratus jgk ..nsib allowance dah dpt ms tu…but xpelah tu smua asam garam bl u bt research..n ms tu pn I realized dat I wont b able 2 finish my master within 2 years dgn byk mslh2 yg mcm nie....but I juz go wit d flow…

n alhamdulillah I have finished all the lab testing…n rite now juz keep waiting for my draft thesis to be accepted…dorg akan check d whole thing including format, content n bla…bla…bla….then barula blh hntr ke external panels to approved whether u layak x utk VIVA…hmmmm…k laa...i think dis entry yg plg pnjang skali so far…so better I stop dl…nnti I crite ckit psl research I plak k….daaaa…