Based on my experience, the fastest way of writing thesis is to focus on publishing papers 1st.
[phD students in UM are required to publish 2 ISI papers 1st before they can plan to submit their thesis]

After publishing that 2 papers (related to your field, that is), its more or less just copy and paste + a little bit of elaboration to finish up your thesis writing. I spent alot of my time instead in doing paperwork for thesis submission and also polishing (putting in figures, formatting etc.) the thesis

Good advice~
Its best to learn from other's mistake rather than to go through them yourself
But always be sure to be appreciative of your seniors' advice and guidance

Thanks for the input bro

Whether one can publish paper quickly depends on a lot of factors i.e. supervisor quality, facilities, helpfulness of lab members etc. and even luck! haha
Most of these factors are not really in our hands anyway, so what we can do is try to improve ourselves

Apart from dedication and hard work, a postgraduate student should read more articles related to his/her field, so that he/she will have a better idea on what to write and focus on for the paper. This is especially true for those with poorer command of English
And the other thing is to try to publish paper as soon as possible. I noticed that most of my colleagues tend to accumulate ALOT of data (even more than what's required for a paper) and have yet to start writing anything. This may be because of:
1. Supervisor being "greedy" or "pessimistic". 1st timers (us) wouldn't know how much is enough for publication anyways so we listen to our supervisors, who are not always correct .

2. Poor command of English/ Scared of writing. This appears to be true among my Chinese friends who seemed to have a harder time expressing their thoughts and ideas in papers. I've noticed that the Westerners can simply write ALOT out of something simple, whereas we write very little out of ALOT of data

My advice is to write early. Don't worry too much about language since you could always ask friends/supervisors or even pay for proofreading anyways. What's important is the data, which will undoubtedly "expire" if not published ASAP. Its a competitive world
As for how much data is actually required for a decent paper; it will be hard to "estimate" for the 1st paper (especially if the supervisor is not being helpful), but it can only get easier as one publishes more papers. My advice is to try consulting seniors or other supervisors who are more helpful, they will show you the way

Just my 2 cents~

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

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

You will notice alot of the brightest students/people are actually spending a lot of time spamming and causing havoc in Kopitiam just for fun
All the best in your degree

Wah, you are pretty knowledgeable in this kind of stuffs yo
Good to see you are constantly updating yourself with info ~

Red tides or algal blooms are caused by dinoflagellates at places with high nutrient contents (be it natural or man-made ones). The biggest effect of algal blooms is that they will destroy the entire habitat i.e. coral reefs and any other seaweeds and organisms in that specific area.
I've never heard of red tides growing at the same areas as where seaweeds are farmed, probably because all the nutrients are already absorbed by the seaweeds , leaving no chance for dinoflagellates to grow, so its not going to be a problem near farms. But its a different story when we're talking about wild populations of seaweeds, corals, etc.

Food safety-wise, they are alright to eat, no worries haha

All the best man~
I have to admit some reviewers can be pretty demoralizing

Yeah, it will be much easier if our command of English is better
Still, one of the most important things about a scientific writing is to be as conservative as possible. Most reviewers (being one myself) hates to see people who exaggerates too much