preparation of collecting data

The new sem begins , last week. I manage to arrange for a brief meeting with my sv on the data collection which is planned this sem. Alhamdullilah, based on the pilot test that I did in May, there wasn't any major thing that I have to changed related to the instruments and materials in my study. I am happy that I had to removed 22 items in my questionnaire (which still is better rather than if I had to add in something) and add few questions for a semi structured interviews with the participants. Though I am almost ready for the data collection which is scheduled right after the Eidul Adha, I am still worried , praying that nothing goes wrong during the actual collection of data.Oh, recently I also found someone mentioned about the use of intact groups in study where she says that  it is pedagogically realistic (Adams, 2006). Thanks to Rebecca Adams , she is the sv of my sv.

Ramadhan

This Ramadhan is totally different for me. Since I have successfully completed my proposal, so my sv said that I can have a rest for this  month. Glad to hear that. This is because I will be collecting data for my study in he next semester, and at this moment, the sample of my study is on not around due to sem break.
So, what do i do?? I spend my time at home, being a housewife. I dont send Auni and Musyrif to nursery, I fetch Mursyid and Mukmin from school and send them to KAFA. I cook, I do housechores. This time around, I am happy that I manage to finish reading the Holy Quran by the 19th day of fasting. syukur sangat.
Well, I guess being a housewife is not so bad at all.
Tiap2 hari aku akan masak not only lauk2 untuk berbuka n sahur, tapi jugak dessert. Aku masak puding tembikai, puding milo oreo, popia goreng, karamel and many other kuih muih. Just untuk habiskan masa kat umah. Plus I am so happy to see my kids makan beria bila aku masak . I remember once aku masak nasi Mendhi dengan ayam bakar sekor, makan dalam dulang. Diorang makan berebut2 ayam sekor tuh,, smpai ke tulang. Habis licin ayam sekor masa  berbuka. Not to forget, julung2 kalinya aku buat kuih raya. Aku suka masak lauk2 and other dishes as long as bukan kuih2 yg kene sukat.I cooked malaysian dishes, western , timur tengah dishes etc. Kuih tradisional tak payah sukat2, so aku boleh je buat. Tang sukat2 tuh mmg aku x minat. Tapi disebabkan tahun ni aku dah puas masak mcm2, aku pun nk la try sekali. So, aku pun pilihla kuih paling senang dibuat di dunia iaitu cornflakes madu. mmg sng, tak payah sukat2 bagai, lebur je sume. taklah sebest mana pun, org lain buat kuih lagi mcm2 tapi aku puas hati la sbb nya aku mmg tak suka n tak penah buat kuih  raya. mmg la jadi , kalo tak jadi mmg buat malu la kan kuih punya sng nk buat pun x reti. ni la outputnya..

harap2 nya nexr year pun aku dapat mem'free'kan diri during ramadhan. so  i can spend more time with my family and my ibadat. many doctorate people say that this is the time for me to do whatever i want to do , coz once i have graduated, i will be given a bundle of tasks to be completed and responsibilities, make me wonder, am I ready for the world after i graduated?????

menjelang Ramadhan

semalam, lega rasanya aku dh dapat beli baju kurung Auni untuk raya. baju Auni tak susah nak carik cuma yg susah nya nak carik baju untuk Mursyid, Mukmin and Muusyrif coz I need to find 3 different size. so bila kami g beli last week, the first thing that we look at was the size, colour becomes the 2nd priority. Nanti dah pilih kaler bagai, tup tup takde size. so  it's btter to search for the right size, no matter what the colour is. Baju2 raya yang lain aku dah beli awal2, masa cny. aku  mmg suka beli awal2 supayat tak payah berebut2 dgn  orang. lagi pun time posa mmg malas la nak g shopping kan, baik dok umah j buat ape yg patut..
Anyway, semoga Ramadhan kalo ni lebih bermakna dan lebih baik for me and my family

It's a relief

Alhamdulillah, after all the struggles I had for the past few months, I finally had passed my first stage of proposal defense, last Tuesday. Thank you Allah for making it ends with goodness.It was a tedious, exhausting process where I woke up as early as 4 in the morning to ensure I manage to complete the proposal. The first comment given by the reviewers was- it is really mind-boggling to read the proposal since it is 120 pages, including appendices. Still, I feel it is rather insufficient as I know that there are many other studies that I have not put in due to time constraint. Same goes to my sv and field sv where they also mentioned the same thing. Usually a proposal will be around 30-50 pages. Well, I guess giving more is better than less, right.

For the next 2 months, I will focus more on the papers that I am going to present this November and publishing my study. Hopefully in this 2 months I will be able to complete the submission to the conference and perhaps at least one complete paper for publication. It is quite frustrating because I had to cancel my plan to present my paper at Vietnam and Canada due to inappropriate time. Since hubby is also studying at the same time, it is really difficult to arrange time to go abroad. However, alhamdulillah I managed to attend MELTA conference at  Persada last month, with my family. Though I feel guilty as my husband had to look after the kids in the hotel room and preparing for his final exam at the same time, I guess it is worthwhile.
I also plan to collect data some time in September when the new semester begins.

And this weekend, I am giving myself a few days of break, to spend time with my family. Mak, Along and Angah are on their way to come here and it makes me so excited.

macam2

wow..lama betul tak jenguk blog ni. sejak aku pindah kuantan semula, baru sekali aku update.
well, life has been busier for me. hubby pun dh start kelas master dia, every weekdays till 11pm..he has to go through what i had been gone through last 5 years. tapi skrg lagi kelam kabut sbb dua2 blaja..takpelah, bak kata mak, bukan sng nak carik senang..btw, mum has been here for the last 3 weeks, it has been almost a month and she's going back to PD this weekend. aku amik mak bawak balik sini otw aku balik dr CH during the CNY . It is not just me who is so happy that she's here, my kids the merier. mana taknya, makanan is well served, cooked. nenek pun manjakan cucu2 lebih lagi..huby pun suka sbb hari2 mak tanya nak masak ape..mak kan, mmg mcm tuh. ape2 pun mesti dia dulukan anak dia, taapi dlm kes ni mak aku dulukan hubby aku..huhu, ni yg jeles ni.

Cuti-cuti Malaysia 2012

Alhamdulillah, baru balik dr trip with my husband and kids. This year we went to 2 different location:

15/11/12 : bertolak ke Melaka. Stay at D Village Ayer Keroh. Places visited - Taman Buaya & Reptilia, Zoo Melaka. And of course hubby and I love to try foods which are famous. so we managed to go to Umbai, Selera Kampung (depan menara Tamingsari) & Ikan Bakar Leman (MITC). ok la not bad, but still tak memenuhi piawaian yang ditetapkan.

17/11/12 : balik PD, along dgn angah baru balik haji

18/11/12: Ke Serkam Pantai, kenduri kahwin sepupu hubby. Mursyid n Mukmin tinggal kat PD sbb nya next week kitorang nak balik PD semula

Then,  I had a MUET meeting for 2 days (20-21/11/12). I am supposed to mark the scripts in 2 weeks time, tapi nak buat camne aku dh beli tiket flight 2 bulan awal. so cuti je la..scipts?? bior je la, balik nanti aku mark la..

21/11/12 : Pas meeting MUET kami bertolak ke PD

22/11/12 : Kol 5 pagi abg Farid hantar kami ke LCCT, flight kol 7.05 pagi. sehari ada 2x je flight Air Asia ke Kepala Batas, Alor Setar. Thank you Tony Fernandez, sbb lyan emel aku, and bagi aku credit shell untuk beli tiket lain, tinggal tambah couple of hundreds ringgit je to buy new tickets. The journey only took 1 hour to arrive at SAH Airport. Sampai sana, kete sewa yang aku book dh ready. so kami ke Alor Setar dulu. Nak g  makan laksa kat kedai bawah tangga tepi city point yg aku sellau makan dulu2, tapi dia bukak tengahari pulak. keciwa..kedai tuh bawak bangunan ukur. dulu mmg sedap sgt laksa n cendol dia. so kami teruskan perjalanan menghala ke UUM. Banyak kolej baru. kolej2 yang dulu pun ada yg dh tukar nama, sekarang sume kolej dipanggil Dewang Penginapan Pelajar (DPP). Antara kolej yg dah tukar nama ; kolej Sime Darby (Guthrie), BSN( Perwaja), Pernas (Tradewind) n kolej2 baru macamMuamalat and ada lagi 3 aku x ingat namanya..sebelum tu , masa Otw ke UUM, singgah kat Joe Cendol Pulut. makan mui ,laksa nof course cendol pulut. mmm, sedap la..tapi aku rasa dolu2 punya lagi ada umph.Changloon sekarang dh membangun, dah ada C-Mart, jalan ke BKH...then kami roda uum. asalnya nak tido EDC Hotel tapi penuh, padahal aku tipon 2 bulan awal. last2 dok university inn, dolu2 kolej maybank..petang tuh kami ke BKH, tapi dh tak best. walaupun dh ada bangunan baru tapi tak menarik mcm dulu. akak yangjual jeruk buah tuh pun dh takde.dah 10 tahun kan, apa la aku nih..pastu kami ke Kuala Perlis, apa lagi, makan seafood la kat Mona Ikan Bakar. Malam, budak2 sume dh penat xo tido' awal..

23/11/12: aku g beli breakfast kat Petronas. aku tengok tasik dah tak seceeria dulu, rumput2 pun panjang je. Pas check out , kami menghala ke Perlis, tukar plan sbb University Inn takbest. so i manage to get a seaview room at Putra Basmana Hotel, Kuala Perlis. sampai kat sana,hubby ajak g Kak Su Laksa Beras, dalam internet byk entries pasal kedai tuh..memang sedap la, kalah laksa joe cendol. memang kami makan beria. pastu ke Padang Besarm otw, hubby solat jumaat kat masjid Padang Besar. kat Pdang Besar, kami gilir2 shopping. mula2 aku. hubby and anak2 dok kat tengah tuh, nasib baik ada kerusi. then hubby plak shopping. mmg bankrap la aku, mujur takde ATM kat situ, kalo tak mesti aku cucuk duit lagi bankrap..heheh..pastu kami balik ke hotel..and mlm tuh, apa lagi makan seafood kat K.P lagi la..kami saje amik hotel tuh sbb nya boleh jalan kaki je kat  kedai2 makan tuh. boleh tengok sunset lagi. dolu2 tempat tuh tak la cantik mcm skrg. skrg dh proper and menarik

24/11/12: pas breakfast and check out, kami ke Plaza K.P, beli barang sket lagi sbb semalam tak habis shopping kat Pdg Besar. Bertolak ke Alor Setar, ke Pekan Rabu, shopping lagi. dah tentu aku borong ikan pekasam. risau jugak kalo exceed limit utuk luggage flight.ah, lantaklah..kalo lebih bayor je lah kan. pas shopping  tuh hubby kata nak ke Tanah Merah, Jitra ada Char Kue Teow sedap katanya. Nasibbaik la laki aku ni jenis rajin survey kat internet so senang la, pastu guna GPS je carik kedai tuh. Kedai tuh ada, tapi kedai lain. orang kata Gani Char Kue Teow tuh dh pindah Kuala Neranag..Huh, hampa plak. Then husband kata kami ke Alor Setar plak g kedai yg famous kat sana. So patah balik, ke Iman Char Kue Teow, jalan nak ke Shahab Perdana.. Ramai giler org. nasi ayam and roti arabdia sedap. kami tunggu  sejam dah alang2 sbb dia kata bahan2 CKT tak siap lagi. Isy, mula2 takut x sempat je sbb flight balik kol 9.10 malam ..mujur sempat..ok la CKT dia cumanya kami expect akan makan CKT yang moist, basah2 dgn telur tuh. tapi yg ni lebih dry, so tak kick la..tapi sedap jugakla kalo nak banding CKP lain..so setakat ni pakcik yang jual CKT kat Changloon tuh yang paling best aku makan seumur hidup aku..

lepas makan, kami terus ke airport. kol 10.30 mlm baru smpai LCCT sbb trafik kat udara so plane kene pusing2 kat IPoh dulu. smpai sana, abang farid amik, bawak balik PD semula. before that, masa nak amik luggage, ada 1 bagpack takde, bag tuh ada kerepek2 je tapi sbb bag notebook an barubeli kat pdg besar, syg jugak. so aku buat report kat 'lost n found'..

25/11/12 : bertolak balik ke kuantan..smpai dlm kol 3 ptg. kol 6 ptg, agent delivery air asia dtg, hntar bagpack kami yg tak jumpa mlm smlm tuh..bagus service dia, x psl2 kene hntar beg tu saje ke kuantan

aku memang suka sgt dapat bawak anak2 naik kapal terbang. seronok sgt diorg. diorg happy, makabah lagi happy kan..btw, gambar2 tak sempat nak upload. nanti la pas marking aku buh

now, aku kene pulun marking MUET plak, tuh la dah poya2 4 hari..kene la catch up kan..but I am realy really happy this 2 weeks. next year nak cuti2 kat mane plak ye??

23rd consecutively

23rd Sept 2012- my last day in UNITEN (on paper) in which the new journey begins
23rd Oct 2012 - I am moving (furnitures) to Kuantan
23rd Nov 2012 - I am going to bring my family and my hubby for a trip to Keda. back to UUM after 10 years, actually 11 years after my graduation..yeah..tak sedar diri tuh, time tuh la kene marking MUET writing..huhuhu..lantak la yg penting aku dapat g jalan..