Thomas Cup 2014 & my PhD

Although Malaysia has to stay number two in Thomas Cup 2014, again, I would like to congratulate the Malaysian players for making that far in the competition. I am proud of our Malaysian players! #MalaysiaBoleh . I always believe we can make it one day. On the other note, what I really see from the Japanese players is they are really determined and stayed focus to win the competition. They never miss a chance to score a point, they tried their very best to pick up every single serve, and they didn't really lose point on not picking a thought-to-be outside serve. 

The determination of the Japanese really motivates me in working on my PhD research and also the post-PhD life. Honestly, I have slightly lost my confidence after the annual presentation. I find that my work is not as solid as I thought it would be, hence I lost focus and feeling a bit depressed. However, what I realise it as long as I don't give up and keep staying focus, and I would be able to complete my PhD degree in time. It depends on how much I want to complete in time, how much I really dare to dream about the post-PhD life. Therefore, my reflections are, if I bloody seriously want the PhD that much:

1. Dare to set a finish date for the PhD

2. Dare to plan the activities (do whatever to freaking finish the bloody PhD)

3. Dare to accept the constructive feedback or sometimes not really conveyed in a nice way 

4. Dare to write even though it may be a rubbish draft at the beginning

5. Dare to spend time doing something outside the PhD that you like

All and all, just bloody Stay Focus, Keep Calm and Get Going!

顺其自然

兜兜转转了那么久, 觉得累了的时候,其实不需要逼自己去想或找个solution让自己好过.反而应该放轻松,step out from the puzzlement, 想时间告诉你接下来的路应该要怎么走,是谁会陪你一起走你的人生路.

活好每一天,活在当下, 才是最重要.专注于应该专注于的事.其他的都不想,不断提醒自己,与其花时间去闹情绪,或让其他事情影响到自己的情绪, 倒不如每天保持开朗的状态,完成每天给自己定下的目标.至于感情事,就一切顺其自然吧!

Last PhD Annual Presentation

This could be my last PhD annual presentation in BISA (Business Informatics, Systems and Accounting) in the Henley Business School, University of Reading. In fact, this is one of the best PhD annual presentations I ever attended. I love the interaction between the informatics and accounting students during the Q&A session. The attendance was great! The school has expanded so much compare to a few years ago, when I did my MSc here. Now we have both informatics and accounting disciplines sitting under one roof.

Some reflections are:
1. Be careful with the flow of the presentation slides, make sure it is logical
2. Don’t use big terminologies that you are not fully confident with
3. Pay attention to details, don’t think the assessor won’t pick on the citations and references
4. Try to avoid terminology like ‘prove’ as there is no absolute truth in scientific inquiry whether you are a positivist or interpretivist
5. Learn from others although their research is not related to yours. You never know when the theories they use may appeal to you one day

I did feel a little bit emotional after the annual presentation, as my time is almost up. And finger crossed, hopefully to submit by end of this year!