Entertainment Weekly

Dah lama x post apa2 psl Aisyah. Let's put uo some vids of her singing then hehehe... Video pertama nyanyi 'Old McDonald' dgn 'Baba Black Sheep'. Yg kedua plak nyanyi 'Wind the Bobbin Up'. Hayati lah, dan kalo nak ikut bgn berjoget mcm Aisyah pon bole jg.

PS:
(1) Aisyah punya hidung sopeng sket sbb kesan terjatuh 2 mlm sebelumnya
(2) Aisyah pakai sandal pet pet pet pemberian Nek Mi nya
(3) X pernah bg dia pijak2 bantal, but this time kasi chance sbb esoknya mmg nak basuh semua sampul bantal pon, sbb mlm sebelumnya ada guests dtg bermlm kat umah kitaorg Kena jelas kan, nnt my Mom terperanjat! hehe...

Plagiat?

Baru lps balik workshop on Academic Writing psl Avoiding Plagiarism: Paraphrasing. Baru aku tahu sbnarnya, mcm byk gak dah terbuat silap selama ni. Benda2 yg ku sangka kan ok, rupanya x ok. Amat berbahaya sbb bole disqualify kan thesis kita kalo dikesan. Dan aku yakin ramai jg pelajar2 lain yg buat silap yg sama, even native English speakers pon (ni kata cikgu tu la), atas sbb x tahu. Even kalo dah ubah words, dah ubah passive ke active, dah add connective words here and there bila cuba menggabung kan beberapa ayat daripada different passages and sources, pon adalah masih mencuri rupanya.

Ada beberapa level daripada yg paling teruk kpd yg paling ringan ialah: (1) outright copying, (2) paraphrase plagiarism, (3) patchwork plagiarism, and (4) stealing apt-terms. Aku paling byk mungkin guilty of patchwork plagiarism kot. Sudahhh... nak kena look back at most of the stuff that I have written.

Ni example yg unacceptable paraphrasing, which I thought mcm dah ok pada asalnya, but obviously not la kan huhu. Then we all had to paraphrase, the one yg ada tulisan buruk tu adalah my handwriting lah. Lps dah kena correct sket2 ngan cikgu nya, she said it was good, tp aku nya writing styke adalah sedikit berbaur emosi e.g. 'far too many..', patut kena tune down kepada 'many' sahaja. Eheh, that's not a first. Masa tulis transfer report hari tu pon rasanya dah kena jgk sebijik mcm tu, haduhai, mcm mana nak detach kan emosi drpd writing yek? Anyway, back to the main story, lega la jgk sbb I learned that it's not impossible to paraprase, just extremely difficult. It took me dkt ten minutes kot nak paraphrase paragraph tu, for goodness sake paraphrase berapa baris aje. Imagine tulis the entire thesis, yikes! At least now I know jgn underestimate the time it takes to write a GOOD thesis.





Mujur lah di UoP ni ada English Language Support Group, so kalo setakat 250 words at a time nak suh diorg check by email, bole aje (baru tahu ada facility ini!). Also, kalo nak book one-to-one tutorial session nak discuss quality of English dlm homework or other written material, so book for half an hour. Ooh la la!

In the interest of sharing, aku letak satu slides di sini, yg ala2 summarize the class td la. Of course nak parrot everything here adalah mustahil, so aku share satu slide ni dgn korg. Pada pandangan aku, not too useful without actually attending the session, tp bole la. Pokoknya kena faham context, then tulis keywords or summary (without looking), then start writing based on your key points tu. Dah selesai baru tally dgn paper asal, check if ada tertinggal apa2, and make sure guna quoatation mark and reference pada yg selayaknya. Sekian. Jgn jd pencuri lg ye lps ni, dah kasi tips tu (peringatan pada diri sendiri jg). Bak kata cikgu BM aku dulu, 'siakap senohong gelama ikan duri, bercakap bohong, lama2 mencuri... kalo x curi duit org pon, curi nafas masa mengaji.....' (Latifah, 2001) <---- kena quote ni, kang x psl2 plagiat plak aku kat blog ni. And hampun guru ku, hamba x ingat nama cikgu binti apa hence guna first name ajo :P

Just Another Post-SV Meeting Entry

Aku rasa, kalo korg ni an avid follower of this blog, dah bole agak la kan std content kalo lps jumpa SV ptg2 Jumaat tu kan? Ehehheeh...

Alhamdulillah... the meeting went better than expected. Actually nya, the result that came out at the last few minutes tu yg better than expected, and my SV in turn, adalah nampak very pleased and happy, which makes me a very, very happy bunny lah of course. Byk minggu dah dok main benda ni, konar sana, konar sini, bukak jurnal sana jurnal sini nak cari supporting evidence (feeling2 mcm lawyer pon ada kalo bab cari gali point nak kasi support defendent, erk, I mean, hypotheses kita :P). Then try algo tu, try algo ni, nak kasi fit in dgn problem yg ada ni. Nmpk bits of pieces here, bits of pieces there, tp x bole nak lengkapkan the puzzle. At the eleventh hour, the jigsaw puzzle came together in the end, Alhamdulillah skali lg... Tp jgn terlebih teruja, itu baru one teeny tiny part of the whole pic, tp I take each day as it comes, and I try to savour each small accomplishments, walaupon sebesar hama je sebenarnya <--- tulis mcm org dah dpt Nobel prize, x bole tahan!




Lately asyik ber'camping' dalam lab sampai pkl 10 mlm like that, just to get the work finished. Granted, I don't actually arrive at my desk until after noon on most days, but it isn't spent on sleeping in or anything like that. Kalo bkn working, I would be swapping childcare with Hubs yg pada masa tu ada kelas. The picture above was taken I think last Wednesday kot. It was around 9.30 p.m already masa tu, and at the ground down below ada open air cinema anjuran Student Union, tgh tayang cerita apa ntah, dari dlm lab pon bole dgr soundtrack nya, but I cranked up my classicals out loud, so as to drown the noise. Pah... undergrads... tah bila diorg ni study pon x tahu la aku, seems like Uni Plymouth ni keja nya promote fun activity je utk students dia. Foam party la, Big Cheese Night la, x termasuk kalo weekends tu Live Football on big screen la, dah tentu arak menjadi offer utama. Kalo udah ada hangover all weekend tu, bila masa ntah study? X paham betul la. Anyways, with the days being shorter now, mmg by the time jalan kaki balik umah it feels like dah midnite, syukur lah byk lg manusia berkeliaran, thanks to the bars and pubs all the way home, coz there'll always be people around and music blasting, but that isn't necessarily a good thing kdg2 tu especially kalo ada yg dah drunk tu, but that's another story for another day la ye.

Ooo teringat satu tips aku nak share (still pasal research). Aku ni programming kan mcm slow sket, so kalo setakat nak tahu keberkesanan algo kita tu, aku start off dgn buat formula2 tu semua dkt spreadsheet aje. Even yg calculate things like Eigenvalue ke hapa ke, buat kat spreadsheet dulu. Dah kuar result n nmpk ok, baru la start getting messy with the codings. Nnt bole compare dgn yg kat Excel, kalo2 ada salah logic kita di mana2. SV aku pon setuju aku buat gitu, sbb computer science ni hard core nya bkn lah programming (altho necessary). Saja je nak share, it works for me, and it might save your time too. I share bcoz I care :)

Tp bkn bole bersenang lenang lagi. Progress report ke KPT, ke IPTA, ke UoP semua due by end of this month. Plus we are chasing the deadline for a paper submission, and we are intending to use the result from this afternoon, so lots and lots of writing, plotting graphs, and some more korek korek korek supporting documents are in the agenda for next week. For the time being, nak rest and relax sket this weekend hihi. Maybe perabihkan buku 'P.S. I Love You' drpd last week start baca x abis2. Bukunya dah beli lama, tp x baca2 jg sbb aku ni mcm sappy sket. Aku plak kalo buku sedih agak reluctant nak baca. Tp bila dah baca halfway ni, mcm x sedih sgt la plak, high expectation ke hapa x tau la. Btw, ni aku ikut pesan CheFadh la ni psl baca buku cerita, dulu2 rasa guilty jgk nak pick up and read buku2 fiksyen when there's knee high reading yg perlu dibuat utk academic papers, tp mengikut kata beliau, 'Kena cari masa, mek'. And baca buku adalah aktiviti ilmu jg apa, better la drpd tgk TV tu ye dok? heheheh... Have a nice weekend, all!

My Friend, My Inspiration

Masih busy, tp this is worth pausing work for a few minutes.

My close friend merangkap my mentor, CheFadh telah selamat men-defend thesis beliau pada pg td, 14 October 2010. Tahniah Dr. Nur*fadhlina!

Smgt berjuang membakar terus utk siapkan pengajian daku jg. Ni tepek gmbr kita bersama masa kat Barcelona hari tu. Sayu tgk gmbr2 packing beliau di FB. Lps ni kalo nak contact2 kena pandai2 congak what time bole call beliau bcoz of the time difference, and bkn lg main helo2 angkat tepon spt skang ni. She doesn't know it, but the trip together has helped me get on my feet so much, sbb prior to that I was feeling my lamest in terms of study. I will surely miss her!

Semoga when my time comes, aku pon beroleh kefasihan menyampaikan, keyakinan diri yg jitu spt beliau dan lulus jua akhirnya. Ayuh kawan2 yg masih menyiapkan PhD, kita pulun kasi habis!

State of Desk Mirrors The State of Mind

Kalo smlm tunjuk state of the mind, hari ni tunjuk the state of my desk plak. Gile messy desk, tp asal messy ada hasil x mengapa lah. 10 minit sblm meeting ngan SV kang pandai2 lah aku kemas tee hee. Konfem x bohong kan tgh busy. I miss writing entries, tp apakan daya, lom berkesempatan. This takes precedence over blogging, for the time being. Ada beberapa gmbr terbaru Aisyah pon x sempat nak hapload, harap bersabar ye ahli keluarga ku yg pastinya tertunggu2. Actually ada video dia yg menyanyi dgn ter-over kiut nya, will try upload that lah later2 sbb lom transfer and rotate and pre-process bagai lg video nya huhu.