Friday, April 24, 2009

IPG oh IPG

I just realised that to conduct a research in IPG (if you don't work there like me), you need to get the permission from JPN first (this is after you got the approval from MoE). Ya Allah, so practically I can distribute my questionnaire to the IPGs in Johor only. Luckily, there are two IPGs in Johor yet to find someone to help you with the distribution is another thing.

What a challenge?! Anyway, I "screwed" up with the key in of my raw data. So, I have to redo it again. Alhamdulillah Allah Guides me with a little uncomfortable feeling. I double check the whole thing with my senior (who is willing to help me). There. I have to key in again and this time around, I have to create three separate files. One for the in service, one for the pre service and another one is the combination of in and pre service.

Alhamdulillah. I realise it now rather than later.

As for that, I gave myself a little treatment. Yup. It seems that I am suffering hair loss symptom and thus I cut my hair short. Very short. Either "beruban" or "botak", it seems that the tendency for me is more on the latter symptom of doing a PhD. I am only in my early 30s! Well, it seems that thinking too much makes my hormones go crazy!

Abg L***** advised me to take things slowly. Thinking takes time. So, now, I will stop doing what I am doing and start thinking. Ayyyy

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Tax ... oh tax...

It seems ages since the last time I fill in the form. Yup... the Tax form. It is due end of this month.

I got the printed form but somehow I misplaced it and I have to resort to using the e-filing. I forgot about the password etc and thus I have to ask my cousin who happens to work in LHDN JB for the password. Yeah. Won't it be better if I can ask her to fill the form for me? Aiyoo.. dah kasi betis, mau peha pula.

So, here I am trying to fill in the e-form. Gosh, is it the server or is it the website? Government website. Like always, I wonder what the webmasters do. Don't they do anything at all to improve their server?

I am so lazy to go to LHDN to get another form. So, here I am still waiting to get myself to log in to the e-form. Errm... I think it is a peak hour or what? Gosh, the keciritan kebiritan symptom is here again! I can easily get a stomach upset when I am stressed. Aiyoo... isi borang LHDN pun boleh stress ke? No. It is not about the LHDN only. I found out that the students in IPG TI are around 200 +/-. Gosh! Alamak, what's this Borang Nyata Tersemak 108 aka e-R?.... Where is the normal form? Aiyoo... cannot choose pula tu! Sorry for the distration.

Coming back to the IPG students. What should I do about it? Ok. So far, I already got about 180 students from UPSI. Plus the nearly 200 or another 180 students from IPG TI, the total will be around 380+/-. I need around 1000. So I have distributed about 100 to IPG Melaka. I haven't distributed any to IPG Batu Pahat. If the total number of students from 4 institutions are around 800 (if the number of students are around 200 each), 4 x 200 = 800. So I need another institution more. Correct? Yeah. It seems like that. Gosh. I need to be specific in this sense. Back up plan. I think I have to resort to another back up plan.

LHDN website. Ya Allah, where is the form? I have waited for more than half and hour. Ke tidak cukup masa menunggu lagi? I should wait for more than an hour, like always. Hahahaha Like always. What can I say? Cheers!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

It's Friday.....

Another Friday came by..... It has been a month since I arrived and started my data collection.

What have happened? Lots of things have happened actually. To summarize (a bit), settled things at Putrajaya with sweats and tears, distributed my QA and got it back (even though half of it, Alhamdulillah, at least some returned it after completed it), started to key in some of the QA (sikit-sikit lama-lama habis juga), met friends and old foes who are friendlier than before (Alhamdulillah, I am blessed with that), have the opportunity to drive a lot (travel a lot) and expand my driving experience, ... so many things have happened other than that... countless ... Alhamdulillah it helps me to enrich my experience - errr... research experience specifically. When I got the QA back with "that" return rate, I am not panic. Surprise? I am more surprise myself. This is not me. Where is the panicky girl who will panic and start to act "weird" and recklessly? Alhamdulillah. I have the opportunity to improve myself. Alhamdulillah.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

A follower?.. Huh?

A bit busy with lots of things to do. Went to UPSI couples of days to distribute my questionnaire. Met some of the most treasured gems and germs (this is intended). Why do I call them that? Who are they? The former, they are true educationists. I don't dare to use the term to refer myself even! The way they speak about their research etc... I wish that I could be like them. The funny thing is, met someone who said that just in case there is no one interested with what I am doing now, this person asked me to come to UPSI. There are lots of things can be done from my research. Ya Allah, Alhamdulillah, I have the chance to meet those people. I don't think I will work in UPSI. I don't think that my current big boss will let me go that easy.

The latter? They know who they are and what make them fall into that category (if they have conscience at all). I pray that I will not be one. Meeting them is a blessing too. I learn many things from them. Indirectly.
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I haven't updated my blog lately and when I check my blog today, I found out that I have a blog follower. Aiyooo... Who's on earth interested in what I wrote? (my inner thought screaming inside). My first reaction is, I should find out who this person is. Do I know him/her? My second reaction, I should finish the letters that I am preparing right now. I have to send it to the principals tomorrow. Send? The right word would be "give" since I will give it personally to each of the principals tomorrow. Alamak! The small token? Shoot!!! I have to go to Taman U right now to place the order. Darn. I should do it couples of weeks ago. For that reason, I kill my curiosity to find out the identity of my blog follower there and then. That's all for now.