September 17, 2009 at 9:19 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Another year passed, a little older.
I’m the type who forgets my own Birthday. Not that age matters to me, I simply am too busy about other things in life sometimes I neglected what is important to me.
By important I mean, the older you get the more you should be alert of how significant your body changes. Few days back, I noticed something really troubling about my upper arm. True enough it’s a wake up call. Now to think of it, it all make sense…why I’m constantly having this throbbing on my right arm. I thought I was just using too much of my right hand side. If it doesn’t feel right, well maybe it isn’t. I shouldn’t have neglected my instinct. It doesn’t hurt to be careful, it actually hurts when you’re not.
Another year passed, a few more trips to the doctors.
The reason why I’m sharing this is simply if you feel you have been procrastinating to have that doctor’s appointment, think again.
Somehow age does matter.
September 3, 2009 at 8:21 am · Filed under Uncategorized
I’m making more effort to be more pro-active these days as my life as a student begins…again. I’ve finally been accepted into the PhD program at Universiti Malaya after contemplating for few months whether it’s wise to do my PhD locally. Of course, there are many factors need to be considered but the most important factor in deciding where to do your PhD is to be very sincere why you want to do your PhD at the first place. Forget the Dr title, you know that it’s not going to be easy. My current situation tells me that UM is the best place considering I’m not applying for scholarship, I still need my job (I’m still new to teaching) and most importantly, I need to be confident enough to write papers (regardless where I’m studying).
I’m thinking of creating my PhD blog ~ part of doing research is to keep an exhaustive journal of your progress…making sure that you jot down all the processes and of course, at the same time to ensure you’ll stay sane.
Reading is important when you’re doing PhD…I find it helpful not only to be engrossed in your research materials but also to read blogs of other PhD students (it’s great to know that I’m not the only one suffering haha) and savor the motivational books on how to survive this journey.
I realized that PhD students are just human and this is in fact a very humbling experience 
