10,000 Words

Selepas berhempas, dan berpulas, sulas berjaya!

Hahahahaha

Anyway, this is the first completed draft, which takes exactly 4 months. I started writing this review paper on 7th August 2018, according to my logbook. 

 

Officially printed the first draft on the 7th December 2018

In total: 10,749 words without bibliography

^______^

Sekarang bolehlah kalau nak estimate berapa banyak masa diperlukan untuk tulis thesis, ahhaha. Nak kira jap:

1) Hari menulis dalam 1 minggu: 5 days

2) Jumlah keseluruhan hari menulis (dalam 4 bulan): 5 hari x 4 minggu x 4 bulan = 80 hari (I would say less than this, sebab ada minggu kau mengelat!! hahahah)

3) Average of words/day = 125 words

Hahhahahaha....patutlah slow mcm kura-kura. 

So berapa average length of PhD thesis dalam engineering?

According to this, average electrical engineering thesis adalah 125 pages, and lets say kita pakai double spacing (UM's guidelines memang kena double spacing, and maximum word length adalah 100,000 words). Dengan menggunakan review paper aku ni sebagai benchmark (with 3 figures and some tables in single spacing), 10,000 words constitue of about 30 pages. 

Jadi bolehlah estimate berapa banyak masa aku perlu untuk siapkan thesis writing, dengan assumption 125 pages:

Estimated no. of pages = 125

Estimated no. of words = (10,000/30) x 125 pages = 41,667 words

Estimated no. of days = 41,667/125 = 333 days

Writing 5 days per week = 67 weeks

Estimated no. of months = 67/4 = 17 months!

Kannnnnnnnn!!!

Now I should look back at my Gantt chart, does it make sense or not. But I think it is reasonable sebab bukannya kau tulis thesis dekat hujung terus. 

 When I look back at my Gantt chart, ehmmmm......this is an ideal Gantt chart, hahahahah (of course)

Tapi betullah tu, kau memang patut tulis thesis throughout your study, bukannya towards the end.

And my review paper is part of literature review, so kiranya I'm still on the right track.

Pergh....ape benda aku membebel hari Jumaat yang sejuk dan hujan kat luar ni.

Tapi sesungguhnya aku sangatlah happy, sampai rasa nak celebrate, tapi too lazy untuk jumpa kawan2 ajak makan kek. Nanti balik aku celebrate dgn tgk movie je (cehhh...bosan..)

Till then, 

GOOD JOB SULAS!!!!

 

Writing Mojo

I just need to type something, anything, everything.

Just to keep my fingers pressing the keys on the keypad.

Ya Allah, susahnya menulis ni.

T_____T

Memang rasa nak nangis laju-laju, tapi apa yang kau dapat pun kalau kau nangis laju-laju sulas?

There's an art in writing, not just for novels, short stories, blogs or your captions-for-an-Instagram-picture. Technical writing also needs this, and frankly speaking I don't have one!

Kau tau, your paper is like these items:

• Nasik putih (mungkin nasik putih pun lagi sedap)
• Air kosong (pun sedap kalau kau minum time kau dahaga)
• Robots, citing summarized technical papers
•  Kailan-ikan-masin tapi takde ikan masin

Orang lain senang-senang je boleh tulis 20,000 words.

Kau, berbulan-bulan, still terkedek-kedek, omg apa nak jadi.

Such.A.Pointless.Blog.Entry

#sulasmasak Banyak Episod

Episod memasak masih berjalan seperti biasa, cuma untuk update the menu in my blog is too time consuming, hakhak. Since I've started cooking my own meal, I lost about 2kg! Nampak sangat selama ni makan dekat luar adalah faktor penyumbang kepada badan yg montel, bwahahahha. 

Tapi, walaupun aku dah start makan 'sedikit sehat' daripada dulu, still, sesungguhnya dugaan Allah tu takkan pernah takde. After being diagnosed by mild hypertension (iyee...penyakit inherited from my mak and ayah dan juga because of my unhealthy lifestyle), doctor suggested to lower my stress level, cut on those carbs and salt, and exercise regularly. Kalau nak makan roti, amik yang GI rendah -__-

But when to think of it, my stress level will not go away anytime soon, and the most efficient way to stabilize my blood pressure is by taking medication (will be reviewed after 2 months), controlling what I eat, and definitely exercise! So, being a good patient (yelatuuuuu), aku pun pergilah beli stationary bike untuk dikayuh di dalam bilik sambil mengadap TV, bwhahahahahah. At least I feel good that I took the time to exercise ^__^ And then, nak kena adjust menu pulak. Itu sangat susah!!! Nanti aku menambahkan stress lain bila kena makan rebus2, kukus2, pastu takde rasa, hahahha. 

Soooooo, my approach untuk tackle masalah nak jaga makan ni adalah, kita amik langkah bersederhana. WASATIAH bak kata Ustaz Rosdi dekat Jasin dulu :p

Kita berpada-pada lah, nanti kalau semua tak sedap, ko stress, bila ko stress, BP ko naik, bila BP ko naik, ko stress, and the cycle goes on ^_____^

Wish me luck for healthier lifestyle!

An apple a day, keep the doctor away, gituuuu!

Sandwich kengkonon sehat.

 Nasik goreng tak berapa sehat, tapi sebab doktor suruh makan tempe, so aku letak tempe dalam nasik goreng, hahahahahahah (menipu diri sendiri namanya)

 Another so-called sandwich sehat. Taruk tuna and kobis, since sayur tu paling susah nak rosak. Beli sayur untuk sorang can be tricky you know. It seems like forever for the kobis untuk habis .

Kailan tumis, and tenggiri masak asam jawa and I put a lot of onions!

 

Tenggiri goreng and buncis tumis telur. Ni semua menu sebelum being diagnoed with mild HT.

 

 Ni rasenye menu masa puasa 6, itu pasal ada air manis kat situ.

Kobis goreng kicap, tumis sardin and telur dadar.

My favorite menu for breakfast! Nescafe Gold dgn susu full cream Dutch Lady, tortilla wrap taruk apa2 yg ada (tuna, grilled chicken, or sometimes isi ikan tenggiri goreng, heheh), kobis/lettuce and cheese! Letak 2 keping, toasted them atas bawah, best giler! This portion, makan 2 kali.

 

 Grilled chicken (ye ke grill, ko taruk minyak kot, hahahahahah), and mashed potato! Basically the mashed potato was my first attempt, and I like the potato but not the gravy. Kena tweak lagi gravy tu, sbb too thick.

Chicken breast masak campak2 apa yg ada, dgn tumis kobis

 

Ni mesti dinner ni, kengkonon taknak makan nasik. Ikan merah goreng, kailan tumis and sambal tempe yg biasanya buat banyak2 and simpan dalam fridge.

 

Nasi goreng, sambal tempe and daging masak kicap. Aku rasa, pinggan ni mengandungi 2000 kalori, bwhahahahahahah... Gila kau sulas :D

 

Menu bukak pose (sbb ada kurma sebijik tu), tenggiri goreng and salad, pastu kicap. Ni sure aku malassss giler sbb cuma goreng sekeping ikan tenggiri je.

 

Menu bukak pose jugak, dan biasanya pasta akan direbus untuk 3 kali makan, dan the sauce akan dibuat dalam jumlah yg banyak, dan di frozen untuk makan pada minggu akan datang :D Aku tak reti masak sos dia sikit2

So-called grilled chicken breast with carrot, and nasik taruk kicap :p

 

Nasik goreng daging, my favorite! Tapi calorie count sure mencanak. Arghhhh...persetankan! hahahahhahahahaha

Sekian sahaja episod #sulasmasak kali ni, semoga sulas akan berusaha dengan lebih baik untuk memperbaiki skill memasak beliau yang tak seberapa ni.

Ciao!

ps: aku tengah sangkut nak tulis review paper, due in 1 month, and I just want to type anything, so kita update blog :p

#sulasmasak Ep 2

Sup ikan merah taruk kentang, carrot, tomato n daun sup, sayur lobak and nasik putih.

Mahal rupanya ikan merah ni, muahahahahah. Hari tu tenggiri 2 potong harga RM14. Ini RM17.90 dapat 2 potong besar tu, and masak sup ni sepotong je, dan boleh makan 2 kali.

#sulasmasak Ep 1

I should use #sulasmasak for all pictures of meal that I cooked during my PhD journey, hahahaha.

Nah nasik putih, daging masak kicap dgn kentang, and buncis goreng telur.

Otak kurus kena perah

Cooking is really not my thing, but since the status is changed to student, kitchen somehow becomes my sanctuary, muahaha

Contoh menu di atas, sambal bilis dgn tempe, kobis masak lemak putih, bebola ikan tenggiri made from scratch! 

Maybe by the end of 3 years of study leave, I might compete in Master chef jugak 

^__^

hihihi

Iqra'

These...untuk rehatkan otak.

Sekian.

Status Update

Not my marital status by the way ^__^

From a lecturer by day and couch-potato by night, into a wireless nerd...day and night.

 

Who knows kan...dalam masa 10 tahun lepas, kau decide untuk amik masters, tak terfikir langsung untuk jadi pensyarah sebenarnya. Lebih kepada "ehmm...semua orang amik masters, kita amiklah". And then you ended up jadi pensyarah, dan eventually PhD is the way to go :) Sesungguhnya, bila kau jadi pensyarah, kau akan rasa yang "Ouh mannn...banyak nye benda yang aku xtau". Then ko akan rasa "Macam mana aku nak mengajar kalau aku pun tak sure"

So here I am, jadi student balik.

 

The study leave started from 5th February 2018, until 4th February 2021! And I pray hard so that I could finish my PhD on-time and get my senate letter before by birthday that year, a big FOUR and ZERO (ya Allah, tua sudah diri ini...)

 

Jadi dalam masa 3 tahun, inilah bilik sewa tempat tidur, tempat study, tempat makan dan menonton TV. Not much, compared to rumah-kau-yang-tersergam-indah-dekat-kuantan ^__^

Cubicle dekat fakulti, petang ni baru dapat access card. Jadi, start esok or next week kita akan jadi student-for-real (the past 5 weeks were trial weeks, muahahhaha...alasan tak boleh blahhh)

 

 Jadi Kuala Lumpur, please be nice to each other OK? Semoga Allah permudahkan perjalanan PhD ini. Aminnnnn.