Jumpa Supervisor 17 Feb 09

Hemmmpp...

Saya baru keluar dari bilik My Makcik Supervisor..
Dia tak puas hati dengan proposal saya.. tapi bukanlah tak puas hati banyak.. sikket jer..

Dia nak saya buat introduction to dual systems of law kat Mesia, in one chapter.. dan kasi dia lepas ni.. mahunya dalam sebulan kot..

Saya sebenarnya tak tahu sangat ..
betol ker saya berada di atas jalan yang lurus ni... hehe..

Sebab sekejap dia kata.. ok
Sekejap dia kata tak ok..
Mana satu ni..
isy isy..

Saya mintak nak proposekan Co-Supervisor dari Mesia.. Dia suruh saya finalise dan inform dia lepas ni..

Pastu dia tanya saya kenapa Mesia ada dua sistem, boleh tak tukar jadi satu jer macam Ostolia..no Syariah Court for the Muslim, just one court for all...
Saya kata...'emmpp....I dont think we can change.. It has been there for more than 50 years. I want to study how Child Support for children after divorce can be formed under the two legal systems but it woks for both muslim and non muslims..'

Then dia kata, 'I want you to elaborate further on the two systems, what are the philosophy, principles underpining the system..with critical analysis...'

'uh mmp ok .. I'll submit it soon.. Do you want me to submit chapter by chapter?'
"Ok.. whatever you have, just submit then I'll read it ...'

Hummmpppp....

So sekarang saya akan bermula langkah..
searching, surfing, digging, collecting, printing, binding, filing...
tapi readingnyer bila yer
pastu writingnya bila pulak... adoiiiiii...

Proposal

Haahhh letihnyer..

After a few days struggling to finish the draft... haahhh leganya finally I can email her (my makcik Supervisor) on time ie 12 Feb 2009.. To be exact at 2 am Australian hour to her mail box at the university....

Haaah leganya....

Semuanya hanyalah berjumlah 11 muka surat saja.. tak penuh pun lagi hanya sebahagian besar saja.. Literature Review tak buat sepatah pun lagi....

Sebelum dia tegur saya tak buat dalam masa dia nak, biarlah saya sacrifice tidur saya... Dahler sekarang ni sejuk.. dalam 14 degree rasanya.. Bila dah di-email pada dia, barulah saya rasa ngantuk...

Ngantuknya...zzzzz

Perkembangan Tawaran PhD

Tadi aku bersembang dalam telefon dengan salah seorang kawan baikku Niza berkenaan tawaran PhD ini. Niza dapat tawaran ke Sweden dan dia masih sepertiku juga- dalam proses menyelesaikan beberapa urusan melibatkan tempat, Supervisor dan lain-lain.

Kami bersembang hampir 40 minit. Niza ingin memohon pertukaran dari Sweden ke Australia.. dan aku mencadangkan ke Melb Uni... Banyak juga input baru yang kami kongsi.. Semua orang tahu bahawa Melb Uni sebenarnya tempat yang tinggi rangking-nya dan boleh dikatakan antara universiti terbagus di Australia. Sebab itu agaknya depa ni banyak songel kot.. hehe..

Sebenarnya setiap kami yang dapat tawaran biasiswa melalui proses yang pelbagai-bagai. Ada yang mudah dan cepat seperti kawanku Fadhlina dan Hamizah. Begitu juga dengan Jaizah.. Dan ada juga yang melalui perjalanan yang berbelit-belit.. contohnya aku dan beberapa yang lain.

Tapi Niza ni seorang yang positif dan aku sangat suka dengan kelebihan dirinya.. Dia seorang yang ceria, sentiasa bermotivasi dan sangat berpandangan jauh. Katanya.. 'Kita tak boleh tengok semua masalah yang kita lalu tu sebagai masalah.. Tapi sebagai cabaran.. Cabaran itu yang bagus, menjadikan kita kuat mintak tolong dengan Allah..' Betol ler Niza.. Saya setuju sangat..

Niza siap buat cadangan..'You tulis ler macam-macam mengenai cabaran yang dilalui, sebelum, sepanjang dan selepas.. pastu buat buku... mcam Prof Kamil, dia tulis buku, 'PhD kecil tapi significant..' You tulislah buku 'PhD kecil tapi significant 2' dari perspective you sendiri..'
'Wahhh power ler cadangan awak ni Niza.. Nanti saya buat yer..insya Allah dengan izin Allah..'

Kesimpulannya..
Kita perlu berlapang dada, berfikiran positif, yakin diri dan sentiasa ingat bahawa Allah akan memberi bantuanNya setiap kali kita memohon padaNya.. Ingatlah sama-sama yer.. Bila kita cuba mendekati Allah sejengkal, Allah akan menghampiri kita sehasta.. Dan sesungguhnya apa yang kita lalui sepanjang perjalanan ini perlu dilihat sebagai cabaran, bukannya masalah..

__________________


Jadi apa yang aku lalui adalah :

• Cabaran 1- Mendapatkan Band 7 untuk IELTS
• Cabaran 2- Mendapatkan tawaran yang dipersetujui oleh UiTM, MOHE dan Univ di sana..
• Cabaran 3- Menyelesaikan tugasan dan permasalahan di sini sebelum ditinggalkan nanti...Seperti rumah sapa nak duduk, kereta bila nak jual, motosikal Abah sapa nak pakai. Rumah-rumah sewa yang lain sapa nak jaga.. (kalau ada ler rumah sewakann..). Begitu juga kerja PGSM nak passkan pada sapa, bila dan bagaimana.. Begitu juga dengan kerja-kerja di UiTM, sekarang aku tengah siapkan buku teks untuk Islamic Legal Maxims untuk pelajar Islamic Banking UiTM. Mesti siap minggu depan... masuk UPENA bulan depan. Buku-buku lain yang berada dalam pipe-line UPENA..
• Cabaran 4- Mencari dan mendapatkan tempat tinggal, tempat belajar dan kawan sekeliling di sana yang baik dan membantu..
• Cabaran 5- Apa-apa yang lain selepas ini..

Semoga perjalanan kita dimudahkan Allah..

Berita Gembira Result Temuduga PhD

Berita Gembira...
1 Feb 2008

Hari ini aku dipanggil oleh Boss di ofisnya, masa tu jam 6 petang dan masih ramai lagi officemate kami yang belum balik walaupun waktu kerja habis jam 5 petang.

Dalam biliknya, Bos memintaku menghubungi Profesor Abdullah Saeed di Melbourne Universiti secepat yang mungkin untuk pertemuan dan perbincangan antara dua buah institusi pendidikan akan diadakan dalam masa terdekat. Dan Bos meminta aku mendapatkan beberapa data mengenai Centre for Islamic Law and Society di Melbourne University. Dan aku akan membuatnya secepat mungkin selepas selesai vetting soalan final untuk subjek yang aku ajar.

Sebelum aku keluar, Bos ucapkan tahniah dan katanya, 'Nanti get ready, prepare yourself, periksa Bahasa Inggeris dan apa-apa yang patut.. Tak boleh tunda mesti tahun ni jugak. Jadi semua urusan kerja mesti siap sebelum akhir tahun...' ' Aku tersipu-sipu..' hehehe...

Petang tadi, jam 6 pm aku telah mendapat surat yang ditunggu-tunggu....
Surat apa tu? suspennya...

Suratnya bertajuk:

TAWARAN BIASISWA DI BAWAH SKIM LATIHAN STAF UiTM BAGI TAHUN 2008

Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa puan telah berjaya ditawarkan Biasiswa Staf UiTM bagi tahun 2008 iaitu:

Peringkat: Ijazah Kedoktoran

Bidang: Undang-undang

Tempat: Australia

Tempoh sah: Sebelum Dis 2008

Ya Allah.. aku lepas temuduga hari tu.. syukur...ALHAMDULILLAH

Wahai Allah, aku ucapkan syukur dan puji pada-Mu di atas segala nikmat yang Engkau curahkan kepadaku. Hanya Engkau Pemberi Rezeki..
Terima kasih kerana memberiku rezeki ini... amin.

Interview Biasiswa PhD

On Wednesday 28th November, there were few things happened to me actually.. I wished to write some entries in this blog, but time was pretty constraint. ..

But the most important event happened on that day was the interview session for PhD scholarship, and I was there, as one of the candidates to apply for the scholarship offered by the University.

There were 7 candidates in total from my department . We were asked to be there at 2.15pm to get ready for our turn to be called. At the same time, there were ten other candidates from other departments with the same hope, to get the scholarship in order to pursue for PhD degree in different fields.

My tummy was not ok on that day..Memulas-mulas, Ya Allah.. gabranya nak kena interview.. I felt nervous, and there was butterfly in my stomach. I could not control my tummy anymore.. Ayyooo.. I went to the ladies more than 4 times .. Adoiii..

While waiting, I tried to calm myself by chatting with other candidates- asking questions such as, "if they ask like this, how to answer yer... If they ask like that, how to answer yer.." Alhamdulillah that helped me a lot to calm myself...

Jam 3pm Abah hantar mesej.... tut tut... (bunyi mesej!)

Abah tulis, 'Maam, Selamat berjaya. Tadi pukul 10 pagi Abah dah solat Dhuha dan solat hajat untuk Umi. Abah yakin Umi boleh, cuma kena
cool supaya dapat menjawab dengan rational. UMI BOLEH!'



'Thank you Bah....'



My sisters pun hantar mesej bagi semangat dan doa..
Thank you yer...

At 4.30pm, sampai turn aku... I was called together with my two other friends Y and N at the same time... "Ya Allah.. permudahkanlah aku dapat jawab soalan panelist ni.."

There were 4 panelists waiting for us.. .My friend Y had to start first. Then Prof A posed the question to me, "Ok now we go to you, tell us about your proposal.."

I told myself, ' Calm down hidayah.. relax.. tawakal to Him and try to explain the best that you could...' Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

"Assalamualaikum, my topic is about family law.....bla bla... I want to focus on ..... bla bla... This issue is very important since the statistic given shows that.... bla bla... Objectives of this study are..... bla bla.. This research is very crucial since it deals with human capital which will affect our nation bla bla.... At the end of the research, I will present a mechanism in......bla bla..."

Prof A then said, 'Oh.. it's interesting, tell us about your methodology of the study. How you can ensure that all of the objectives can be achieved.. Have you dealt with any potential supervisor? Tell us about you plan.."

Prof H then asked another question, "How about your place of study. You state here that you already have a place under part time basis in IIU and you wish to do twinning program with Melbourne University ..Tell us about that. Why you choose twinning program instead of state to one place?"

I tried my best to answer all questions, the very best that I could..

I told them that I have sent my proposal to Professor Abdullah Saeed, Head of Asian Law and Islamic Centre in Melbourne University and he had answered my email saying that he has no objection to supervise my thesis. Prof Abdullah Saeed is a very prominent figure in Australia. He leads Asian Law Centre and had supervised more than 20 PhD students.


Actually I met him in the International Seminar on Human Right organised by AG Chambers last year and unintentionally, during the lunch he took the food and sat beside my friend and me. We discussed a lot especially on human right and the gender issues. He then gave me his card and said to us, 'Please contact me if you come to Australia...' and I also gave my card to him and said, 'Sir, if I want to go to Melbourne U for my PhD, will you be my supervisor?' He answered, 'Of course, please contact me..'

Prof A then said, 'I think based on your experience, you have a clear plan on what kind of field and issue that you want to focus..I dont have any other question to ask.. How about other panelist?"

Prof A then continued with few other questions to N as the last person for that day.....

Alhamdulillah, we finished our session around 5.20pm..

My prayer will remain the same..

.'Ya Allah, I wish to continue my study, to search for Your knowledge, the best that I could in order to fulfill the duty as your Caliph on earth. I want to be one of the scholars in Islam, to be somebody on earth that can give contribution to my religion and my people. Hopefully what ever I do in this world can help me in the day after life..I want to be somebody who can speak for Islam. Grant me what ever best for me in your eye... Amin...'