Alhamdulillah!!!

Last week after reviewing my transcript to be sent as part of my progress report to KPT, I noticed that the course codes for my subjects during two semesters were a bit funny. It was registered in Masters course code. I must have accidentally registered using the wrong course codes. Mula2 ingat nak diamkan aje, mungkin boleh settle kemudian tapi lepas tengok Graduate Handbook jadi seram sejuk. "As part of the graduation process, a doctoral candidate has to finish these following subjects at the 7++++ level". Alamak!!! Macam manalah careless sangat dulu!!!

Memang risau tak keruan. Tak caya tanya hubby. Almost dua minggu tak lena tidur + makan. You might think I'm being dramatic here, but my school has heavy course loads. Apa nak jadi kalau bende ni tak settle? Dahlah subject yang terlibat tu sekali setahun je offer. Haiya! Pastu pergilah kat Registrar office tanya macam mana nak settle. Dia cakap kene fill in form, pastu kene suruh TIAP2 instructor course yang terlibat, hantar statement melalui e-mail untuk sahkan yang kita ni memang doctoral student. Sangat fussy. Tapi betul lah kan, macam mana dia nak tau kita tipu ke dak. Satu lagi yang x best ni... I am the type of person who loathes asking for help. Malu x bertempat sbb tak suka menyusahkan orang lain. Ha ha ha. Tapi sebab terpaksa, tebalkan muka mintak tolong. Nasib baik dari 4 lecturer, 3 memang prompt dan tolong tanpa banyak tanya. Supervisor lagi best; dia siap salahkan diri sendiri dan mintak maaf sbb tak notice bende ni. Yelah course code master dgn phd sebijik, beza cuma angka pertama (master = 5/6 and phd = 7/8). Kat malaysia takde masalah macam ni sbb kalau kongsi subject, course code sama. Ataupun system akan block kan kalau kita termasuk salah section. Lepas submit form, dan mintak tolong lecturers yang terlibat, hantar form. Pastu tunggu, selama SEMINGGU. Bayangkanlah dalam seminggu tu tak keruan lagu mana. Aduh....

Alhamdulillah pagi tadi dapat jawapan. "Your retroactive petition has been approved". Shukur!!! Sememangnya belajar kat sini, dari observation memang diaorang ni memudahkan cara. Kalau betul2 genuine application nya takkan ditolak. Dan diaorang kalau boleh akan bantu. Lessons for me however, next time to be really2 careful and to double check everything. And hikmahnya nampak kat sini: supervisor memang very2 nice. Walaupun dia tu lain agama, tapi dia ikhlas membantu. Dan walaupun dia tu laser gak lah, tapi cara dia perli2 yang indirect. So tak lah sentap sangat. Ha ha ha ha.

In the meantime, ada classmate sorang tetiba ajak buat paper sekali. He was interested in a proposal I did in my lifespan class last week. (pasal poligami, apa kes!!). Mungkin sebab dia ni paderi jadi dia minat bab2 poligami ni. Ha ha ha ha. But it's a good opportunity for me. He says it has a good chance to be presented a student conference tahun depan ke. I don't mind working with him since he is a fantastic writer. I can collect the data in Malaysia next year if I decide to go back. Hopefully, this will really turn into a real paper, Insya-Allah...