I lost again. Despite my earlier vow that I would reduce reading non-academic books until I complete my PhD + reduce my expenses on books, the temptation was just too strong. I spent three hours at the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair last Friday, after attending a seminar at UIA. It was [...]
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KLIBF 2010
Posted in My Journey, Readings on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Distraction
Posted in My Journey on March 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I came across this paragraph last night: Generally speaking, part-time students take nearly twice as long to complete their PhDs… I think the attrition rate of part-time students is higher… can be easily distracted from their PhDs due to the demands of their jobs or simply boredom… A PhD requires a lot of thought [...]
Struggling
Posted in My Journey on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am struggling to finish this book. No doubt, the topic is very interesting + it relates to my research area + the author is the guru of organizational culture + my supervisor has reminded me to finish this by end of this month. And yes, I can read through the pages quite quickly. The [...]
The End, Totebags and Pak Ungku
Posted in My Journey, Personal Development, Ramblings on October 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I – The End Last Monday was my last official class at UIA. It was quite disastrous actually, having to present part of your proposal to your own supervisor. He wasn’t utterly happy with what I have done and believed that I should have done much more. And yes, maybe I have not done enough. [...]
Islamization of Knowledge
Posted in My Journey on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We had an interesting discussion in class last Saturday. The topic was generally on the concept of marketing from the Islamic perspective, which is very new to me. We discussed about ethics in conducting international marketing, what Islam thinks about marketing, what is ‘halal’ technology and a few other really interesting topics. For example, [...]
