Hola ladies!
How's going on? I haven't
updated anything recently. I've been so busy with my proposal review
presentation and working with my experiments which always turn out to be NOT
OKAY! I'm so stressful you know. But now, I'm so glad that finally the
presentation date (8 May) has been confirmed after waiting for so long. Well at
least, something to cheer me up!
Pheww...almost 5 months my SV
keep postponing it. And now it's officially over. Not actually OVER yet...it's
just the beginning of my adventurous journey of discovery!
The presentation happened last Tuesday. They were 6 panels. Two of them are from environmental science,
three are from membrane technology & wastewater treatment field and the
last panel is from material science department. All of them have gathered to
review on my phd proposal. BTW this presentation is important because it’s a
part of my scholarship fulfilment. If the proposal has not been accepted within
one and half year, then I have to return back to Malaysia. That has been
written in the scholarship agreement. The faculty’s rule is the same. All the
research students need to complete the first year research review. Well, it’s
important to know how significant your study is and its novelty. Plus, just to
ensure that the uni has all the equipment or facility to complete the research!
I guess that is essential because even though you have superb proposal but
without the facility there’s nothing you could do rite?
Anyways, I feel so relief. I
always had a bad imagination about my proposal presentation day. The thought
that it will be thrown away in the bin always scared me. Well that has actually
happen to my cousin who also doing phd in UTP. He has a wonderful idea that
none of the panel could understand (I guess) and so they claimed that the proposal
is stupid and even not up to master level. Cruel eh? One of the panels dares my cousin to send it
to overseas and he was so sure that the proposal is going to be rejected too.
But my cousin hasn’t give-up. He even took the challenge and sent it to a few professors
in different universities in overseas including Singapore. To their (the
panels) surprise those professors thought my cousin’s idea is brilliant and
genuine and they are eager to know the outcome of the study. In fact all of
them gave him encouragement to proceed with the research. The panels must be
shame that they arrange another session to review back the proposal. Haha- so
funny! Though you’re a professor that doesn’t mean you’re the smartest person
on the earth and the fact that you know everything. Only God knows everything!
Hope they learn their lesson.
Back to my story, the
presentation went well. Alhamdulillah. I presented my idea for about 20 minutes
and the next 45 minutes was filled up with lots and lots of questions. I admit
that some of them are beyond my knowledge that I only can answered, “I don’t
know” or “I’m not sure” or “It’s just my thought that bla..bla blat”. Hah! And
nobody really knows the answer. We see some potential on this research but we
have no idea is it going to work or not but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try
and discover them rite? So, here I am taking the risk for something that is
uncertain. But, with tiny little faith and lots of prayers, hope I will
discover something new & something interesting along the way & towards the
end.
Oh by the way, right after the
presentation I had small celebration with a group of friends. Kel baked a
carrot cake for me. Auww… so sweet. They’re such a great friends who give me
lots of courage & support. Love all of ‘em! XOXO
Fuhh..kecut perut baca!!
Nak present lagi kecut perut...hehe
chaiyok2! :)
u can do it