Process of collecting data

The process of collecting data started from October 2010.
i. Letter of approval to MD (Okt 2010): no reply
ii. Interview with branch EO: most data are P & C
iii.Email to AGM CCs (end Okt 2010): no reply
iv. Letters of approval to HR & AGM CCs (4 Nov 2010): still waiting for the reply!

What's next?

My PhD Proposal 2

My supervisor's comments on Research Methodology:
i. Introd-needs further discussion
ii. Research design-too brief & needs further discussion
iii. Population & sample-needs a larger sample size
iv. Data analysis-needs to link models with objectives
v. Framework-needs further discussion

My actions now:
i. Re-search & extend discussions on relevant parts as required

Writing & publish

We are not trained to be a writer. As a child, we learned and practiced writing only for school exercises. The same experience continued at the university level i.e. writing only for academic purpose. Writing a diary or making notes is not common in our daily live. We are actually 'don't like to write' and 'don't know what & how to write'.

My experience of writing a book is very challenging. I found it is very difficult at organizing facts and elaborating them. Feeling fear of giving wrong points is there, almost all the time. I failed to give some 'life' to the book. In other words, the book is of 'no life' i.e. 'too dry'. But it serves the academic purpose well.

Next move is to start writing articles for conferences & journals. If compared to books, writing articles is short but must be very specific, very current, follow certain standard of refernce, preferred empirical & fully analyzed. So, lets start writing...we can start by writing blog!. Enjoy writing. Lets writing enlighten and broaden our live!

Melancong ke Hatyai, Songkla, Thailand

Lawatan 2h 1mlm ke Hatyai anjuran PEWANI, UiTM Kedah. Walau pun masanya singkat tapi berbaloi sebab banyak juga tempat yang sempat dilawati. Hari pertama ke Nora Plaza (brgn kulit & kraf), kedai aneka kacang & mkn ringan, mkn tengari di restoran Kay Tod Daycha (makan nasi kuning ayam goreng), Robinson supermarket & night market. Tidur di hotel Mayflower Garden-selesa gak. Hari ke2, breakfast nasi lemak di Salma restoran, kemudian ke Hatyai old market-beli baju & kain yg murah berbanding di SP, Carefour, naik kereta kabel di bukit Khao Tung Kuan & Samila beach. Akhir sekali ke Khlonghae Hatyai floating market untuk menikmati mknan & minuman yg dijual dlm perahu-suatu yg unik! Bertolak balik ke SP pada jam 8 mlm. Penat! Tapi rasanya nak pergi lagi ke Hatyai.

Panduan syarak berkaitan pakaian wanita Islam (Muslimah):

i. Pakaian itu hendaklah menutup aurat

ii. Pakaian itu hendaklah longgar, tidak sempit atau ketat hingga menampakkan susuk tubuh badan.

Usamah bin Zaid pernah menceritakan bahawa rasulullah s.a.w telah menerima hadiah sejenis kain Qibtiah yang kurang tebal daripada seorang yang bernama Dahiyah Al-Albi dan rasulullah s.a.w pula menghadiahkan kain tersebut kepada beliau (Usamah bin Zaid) , untuk dibuat pakaian tetapi Usamah memberikan kepada isterinya.

Suatu hari rasulullah s.a.w bertanyakan Usamah : "Kenapa engkau tidak memakai kain Qibtiah itu?" Usamah menjawab :" Saya telah berikan kepada isteri saya". Lalu rasulullah s.a.w bersabda kepada Usamah :" Suruhlah isterimu mengalaskan kain tersebut dengan kain yang lain di bawahnya, kerana aku bimbang jika kain Qibtiah itu tidak digalas, maka akan kelihatanlah besar kecil tulang-tulang badan isterimu (bentuk tubuh badan isterimu)".

iii. Pakaian itu diperbuat daripada kain yang agak tebal, tidak nipis atau jarang yang boleh menampakkan bayangan tubuh badan.

Selain daripada itu, pakaian wanita hendaklah dibuat dari kain yang tidak terlalu licin dan lembut hingga melekat di tubuh dan membayangkan kulit pemakainya. Pakaian yang dibuat daripada kain-kain tersebut boleh mempamerkan rupa bentuk anggota badan wanita yang boleh mengghairahkan lelaki yang memandangnya.

iv. Pakaian itu tidak berbentuk hiasan yang boleh menarik perhatian orang melihatnya.

v. Pakaian itu tidak menyerupai pakaian lelaki.

Abu Hurairah r.a telah meriwayatkan bahawa rasulullah s.a.w bersabda maksudnya: "Sesiapa jua wanita yang memakai minyak wangi kemudian melintasi khalayak ramai dengan tujuan dihidu bau yang dipakainya, maka dia dikira berzina".

vii. Pakaian itu tidak menyerupai pakaian orang-orang kafir atau musyrik.

Dengan memakai pakaian yang menutup aurat, seseorang wanita telah menunjukkan harga diri sebenar seorang wanita dan sekaligus menghindari perbuatan tidak senonoh di kalangan para lelaki terhadap wanita.

Petikan dari http://www.jais.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=98&Itemid=1

My PhD proposal

My supervisor's comments (15 Jul 2010):

i. a short title is preferred

ii. certain parts of background of study should be excluded to other relevant parts

iii. problem statement should be more focussed especially on efficiency & productivity

iv. new key terms should be included

v. other parts: OK

My actions now:

i. amend the proposal

ii. search for new information especially on efficiency & productivity

iii. plan for a pilot study

iv. start writing a new chapter on development of banking in Malaysia.

Poster presentation

My 1st attempt to present a paper from a thesis proposal is at 1st NAPAS 2010 (6 & 7 Jul 2010, The Grand BlueWave Hotel, Shah Alam). I was sponsored by IPSis to present at the conference. This is only a part of the proposal submitted to IPSis, UiTM. Unfortunately, this paper was only accepted for poster presentation but included in the conference proceedings. So. this is how the poster looks alike-too simple-because of no experience in poster presentation before!