I'm Confused Too...

Thursday, 15 January 2009
Assalamualaikum,

If Aini is confused with PhD, I am also confused but with this Master thing. So I YM my mentor, the Wise Man (WM):

Me: En. busy ke? Nak tanya ni, apa beza MBA & MSc.? Mana yang susah? Or dua-dua susah?

WM: Masters level dua-dua tak mudah. Dua-dua memerlukan analysis of the fact. Cuma yang satu not so technical and the other is very technical. contoh: MBA in Construction Business (UIA) and Msc. in Project Mgt.

Satu mengajar construction bisnes n the surface. Belajar jugak project mgt tapi sekadar untuk kenal dan ambil tahu. Msc akan mengkaji benda tu sehingga that detail, mcm mana buat, software apa, dan scenerio2 lain. Mcm juga MSc tu ada belajar Finance, tapi sekadar memahami mcm mana nak interpret kedudukan kewangan kontraktor, ada idea mcm mana nak buat project finance dan kegunaannya, tapi tak lah sehingga memungkin kan seseorang itu menjadi penganalisis kewangna. Mcm tu la lebih kurangnya

Me: Oohh..paham-paham.Tengah duk pikir nak buat disertation apa utk final sem, walaupun lambat lagi. Kalau boleh nak choose tajuk yg MAYBE LATER ON boleh buat phd Angan-angan tinggi nih..haha

WM: Angan-angan tu akan jadi cita-cita kalau diusahakan. Tapi kalau setakat tu je, dia jadi mat jenin la

Me: Tu la En..saya duk memperhalusi option yg ada ni. Saya bab-bab dissertation ni kena start awal.Kalau tak, nanti final sem dah blur. Scope jadi general sangat. I really want to do dissertation that is something worthwhile that can be contributed to the industry

WM:
Wish u luck. I am glad u have that vision

Me:
I guess MSc. ni suits me fine la En. I love going into DETAILS! Tapi takut juga if I lost the big picture. That's why I'm planning dissertantion now instead of next year.

WM
: Master memang le gi detail. Tapi I rasa U ok

Me
: Semua cakap macam tu kat saya..haha..well I guess I have to accept that i'm ok
So finally I've reach to a decision. I'm going to start looking & collecting materials for my dissertation from now on. I intend to use my current project as a basis for my dissertation. (Macam nak buat PhD pulak..)

Oh no! This means more reading! I get sleepy & distracted when reading academic articles or books *sigh* not good...not good (shaking my head) Guess I have to draw lots & lots of mind maps Buzan style.

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