the golden rule of dissertation

There are 3 golden rules of dissertation according to these guys.

1. Don't lie (berkata benar walaupun pahit, ataupun betulkan thesis sampai jadi perfect)
   
2. Don't try to be funny (serious as steel)
   
3. Don't blurt out the truth (biar pecah di perut, jangan pecah di mulut)
   

As to why is that, you got to read the book. Very informative and funny too.

A B C

In How to get a phD book, the authors did recommend that the thesis be written as soon as possible. This is to avoid being stuck during the last part of phD duration and having problems such as writer's block etc. That is a very good advice, seemed logical and could prevent any catastrophic incident during 3rd year phD.

My supervisor really fond of that idea and had asked me to give him the skeleton draft of my thesis in my 2nd week being here....

It was quite hard to start because I don't know where to start, what kind of format etc. So I asked fellow phD student for a copy and I found several phD thesis lying around in my office.
I followed the format etc. and handed it over to my supervisor. It was as what he wanted, a bare skeleton draft.

But I think it worth doing in early stages of our phD study. Since then, the thesis is developing as I keep inserting what I read for my lit review etc.

So start writing early. Write what you read and keep that piling up :)

Membaca amalan mulia

Being a phD student means you are going to embark on a whole new thing in your personal life as well as your academic life.You have to be prepared, really prepared. One way to prepare yourself is to read about it, and i found these books to be very good.

I personally recommend these books for those who want to do their phD or for those who are already doing their phD, it doesn't hurt to read these books.

Basically these books tell you about what is phD and what is going on during phD study. Anyway, one of the points that I found very enlightening is that phD is just a training ground to be a researcher. Having passed a phD viva-voce /dessertation submission just means that you are now eligible enough to carry out your own research in a prefessional manner.

Anyway, the second book is quite fun to read. I laugh a lot :D

How to get a phD

The unwritten rules of phD research (study skill)

well, happy reading

awkward...

during the third official meeting.

sv : so how's your progress?
me : okay i guess.I did the reformatting you asked...bla bla bla...
sv : ....
me : and bla bla bla...
sv : hmm....
me : not much though.
me : i'm a little bit awkward, coz i didn't present you much progress as i hoped.
sv : that's good. my job is to make you awkward if you don't really make any progress.
me : yes... (dlm hati : adehh....)

moral : make sure you have progress every week.