advanced research method short course day 1

what a long day today! yeah, this week will be fully occupied with the short course for all research students in the faculty of education. since i'm only in my first semester, i need to attend this course. today, the first topic was the overview of the research, presented by Prof Dr Rashid. It's early in the morning but he has successfully made all of us wide awake with his style of presentation. no ppt slides. no use of projector. no notes that he referred to. 'chalk and talk' was his approach, but WOW! it was really good. i learnt a lot today from his 2 hour session. he showed us how mindmapping could help research students in producing all the important components in the proposal. he also showed the 'funnel' way to organise the background of problem, review of literature, statement of problem, research questions, objectives, and significance of problem.
one simple question - who is the reader of the proposal?

after the break, the 2nd topic is about plagiarism. i've attended this talk previously by the same speaker. frustratingly, he used the same slides today and his previous talk. and the content was the same. the style was the same. frankly but sorry to say, i did not learn anything new in this session.

after lunch, the topic is 'literature review', presented by Prof Ismail Kailani. He's my lecturer in Leadership class, and today, he looks really different. Leadership class is on Friday so he puts on baju melayu, but today, he's in formal attire, without songkok :). this topic is important, but probably because it's in the afternoon, and everyone is full, the class was a bit quiet. and Prof mentioned it clearly, that he knew the topic is boring and all looked bored. hmmmmm.....

besides that, i also met Dr Yusof to get the supervisory book for my SVs. then I met Dr Mahani and we talked about the conference in Spain. I also had the chance to discuss with other students about their research, and they said they want to learn more from me (which made me LOL!)

but, one of the sweetest things is that, i dont drive today. my dad, yes, my dad sent me to the uni. it feels like when i was still a child when my dad sent me to school. and yes, he fetched me up when i finished at 5, and he was still in his Imam's attire! terima kasih, Papa!

i look forward to tomorrow's session ;)