Fine end to a fine week....

I had an informal class by dr y thursday morning, a second of several part sessions. we'll be having this class sampai habis discuss every part of a phd thesis. i missed last week's as i was in kl. met with fellow boat occupant who drove all the way from jitra, she registered july 14 and a northern uni lecturer. ok la at least made a friend. this week dr y discussed writing a literature review, he started off with the common mistakes made by previous candidates like summarizing, reporting previous studies etc. basically lit rev makes the framework "visual" to a reader. to have the framework, that's where one needs to read "thousands and thousands of paper". and not all the papers are used. :)
another analogy dr y uses is that being in the journey is like driving. when you start, you're actually starting your engine and slowly (must be surely). first gear is where you're still trying to find your thing. and this my friends, is done by nothing else but...ha ha READING, READING and READING and READING and ......READING! and you'll gain speed, will go into the second, third and fourth and fifth gear. by a year's time (depending on how fast you change gears) one should be in the fifth gear. how do you know? according the dr y, when you only need to look at the title, read abstract and conclusion, and you can tell what methodology used and what previous research referred, then you know you'll in fifth gear. masa tu lah proposal defence nak dekat. lepas defence, can turunkan gear sikit...:). there is this one guy who is already in fifth gear, and he's planning to present in a couple of months after 6 month being on the boat. word has it that he reads 12 hours a day!!! me???
lepas being at us @ png, went over to mbk. to bayar hutang, duit kutu and of course to catch up with buddies. they had academic meeting at 230 so only managed to talk a little bit. stayed at kd's room and did some reading while waiting for eh. had late tea with eh @ cafe bandar lama :). it was nice to catch up and update each other.
next week, MAJOR MAJOR changes in the household of mfh:
1) fasting month begins
2) helper is no longer around, gone back home
brace yourselves........

p.s. selamat puasa to all!