April 16

Yesterday, Dr. D and I were supposed to read master and phd thesis in PTAR1. And apparently, it’s hard for us, lately, to sit and do things together. We’re doing okay inshaAllah, but I think it’s Dr. D’s packed schedule which turns us this way. And plus I should’ve be more independent and mobile as what I used to be once, anyway.

Oh, I’ve somehow lost my handphone. I mean, the very one which Bang Pis lend me last time when I screwed up my flip phone for uncountable times that I’m tired of sending it for ‘ribbon treatment’ again, and again. Due to my indifference, I only noticed the lost on the very evening when I should get myself ready to a trip to shah alam. When I say a trip, I mean, a bus trip, to shah alam. Not a vacation. And consequently, I got no Dr.D number phone and a sim card to get myself connected to everybody. So there goes the frustration and miscommunication. Alhamdulillah, ‘I’ve lost my phone’ is kinda valid and acceptable excuse for me to get rid of Dr.D’s anger that it saved me for the day :).

Now here it is, some items which I really need to work on for this couple of weeks:

1. Data collection

- Classify (purely service)

- Lenght (average lenght)

- Date

- Number of sample

2. Read on hedges

- Functions and classification

- concepts

3. Revisit strategies or types or language features for hedges

- What different shcolars said

4. Revise research questions

- See if present ones are doable :p

5. Revise step and procedures. Or even the focus of study

- Choyy...! this is research. Just do what it takes :p