Dude you doing your postgrad? In which field?

Thanks for the praise man, much appreciated
You are here for a longer time man, you deserved much, much more credit ~~

1. I've no idea how many research-based postgraduate students in Malaysia But I'm sure there are ALOT

2. I'm merely giving some advises based on what I've been through haha... my concepts and ways may not always be right. But thanks again for the praise~

3. I'm not so sure about writing a book haha, can't really see much benefits from it since there are already a lot of books about this I think? Forums are much more interactive imho. Still, good idea.. I might add this into my blog when I start writing again lol T_____T

4. I'll probably just earn less than RM20 for the 1st copy. The rest will be photocopied by everyone. This is Malaysia haha . Still, me and my supervisor are working on publishing a small,simple and educative booklet on Kappaphycus and Eucheuma Sea Bird's Nests~

Thanks again bro XD

Yup.

Organisational Behaviour

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Don't mention it, buddy! You really deserve better. Correct me if I'm wrong, you specialize in Molecular Systematics and Taxonomy or Aquaculture, don't you? I'm not sure if seaweed cultivation in Malaysia is in its infancy but I heard National Seaweed Research Institute is going to be set up in Tawau. When you complete your postdoc research in Institute of Biological Sciences, then what's your next meaningful plan?

By the way, is it safe to eat roasted seaweed (small pack) everyday?

Nice one! Masters or PhD?

PhD

Good. That's the best way to do research. Which uni?

USM.

U're in NUS, rite? Engineering field?

Prestigious uni, man! Not bad at all. Yup doing PhD in Mechanical Engineering in NUS and I met nearlee before he left.

Anyway what do you do in Organisational Behaviour ehh?? Is it one of the branches in Social Science?

Hahaha nearlee. So, he has graduated eh?

Organisational Behaviour is one of the common subjects in the Management field. And yes, it covers mostly social science/psychology topics.

Psychology students will learn the same thing under the subject - Organisational Psychology.

@Critical_Fallacy Love your posts, always so illustrated

I'm with the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and publishing papers are not required here for graduation. That said, of course your research group wants you to publish and all students tend to publish anyway, some in rather high impact journals!

Thanks again
Yeah, my work is on Molecular Systematics and a bit of in vitro Aquaculture work.
Seaweed cultivation was started in Sabah at around the 1980s and has been around since then, again mostly on Sea Bird Nest only. The seaweed industry is pretty important to the economy of the country, which is why the development of the seaweed industry has been given due emphasis by the government in the recent Budgets. There is still a lot of room for improvements to the seaweed industry to be honest, especially in terms of management and logistics.
I think setting up a Resaarch Institute at Tawau is a great idea in the long run although at 1st there will surely be logistic problems since chemicals and equipments will have a hard time being delivered to that place
But good also la, we can just work there instead of the constant flying from KL to Sabah all the time.

I will become a lecturer 1st,then aim for promotion and get married?

Oh, that is Nori (Porphyra sp.). Yeah, its good to eat them everyday. My supervisor always steam them along with rice

Oh I see. Thanks for the explanation pal! Since you are in the Social Science area, I am not sure if you have heard somebody by the name of Dr Teh Yik Koon. She is quite a prominent person in Criminology.

I heard there was a chemistry lecturer in UKM who is also working on seaweed. For energy, for chemical extraction etc.

I don't like seaweed like that.. but seaweed with sushi is fine..
Sigh.. now making me miss good sushi.

Anyone else here like me? Experimental biologist turned wannabe computational biologist? : )

Imagine 10 years ago when internet is not that prevalent yet. How do you think those PHD student write their thesis? Through a lot of hard work and advise from their professor. That's what university professors are for. To guide you.

If you have so many things in life then you don't have time for your thesis, who is it to blame? Most people doesn't take up phd because they don't have time for it. They need to make a living to support themselves. You are lucky you have the chance to go for phd. So appreciate what you have and put more effort into it. The professor marking your paper will look at your thesis and see how much effort you put into it. They can easily know if you are using shortcuts or did not put enough effort into it.

hmmm...
I don't think I know Dr Teh.

Publish or perish

1. Do a literature review on the topic you are researching.

2. Set aims and hypothesis.

3. Do the experiment and publish the findings.

4. Submit you master/PhD thesis by publication

Whether someone agrees with us or not, the very first thing most of them do in response to other people is usually the very last thing we care about: They defend themselves like Dr. Jekyll and Hyde. What's the best reaction to Dr. Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome? Could you share some kind of riposte responses you learned from OB, please?

MANAGER: “This issue wouldn’t have become a problem if you had paid attention to it.”

COLLEAGUE: “The problem is that we are understaffed here!”

By anyway, are you teaching any specific course as an assistant professor in University of Malaya?

TJ is an assc professor? Gulp.. so young.. I'm older and just started my Phd..