Sambung Degree atau Nak Kerja Dulu

Post- College Graduation Stress and Anxiety adalah satu kebiasaan yang dihadapi oleh mahasiswa dan mahasiswi yang telah pun habis belajar.

Tak lama lagi aku akan graduate. InshaAllah kalau tiada aral yang melingtang, aku akan tamat belajar pada bulan September 2016 dan seterusnya terus konvo pada Bulan Oktober. Jadi sekarang ni aku menghadapi satu dilema.
i) Kerja Dahulu kemudian sambung Master..atau ii) Terus buat Master kemudian terus sambung kerja.
Jadi aku tak tahu apa pilihan aku sekarang.  Dan ini apa yang aku jumpa dekat Internet. Harap akan dapat dijadikan panduan oleh aku dan sesiapa sahaja yang sedang dalam dilema berkenaan apa perancangan selepas graduasi.

Post-College Graduation Stress and Anxiety

22 Perkara Perlu Tahu sebelum Sambung Master
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Pengenalan:Post ini adalah bertujuan untuk berkongsi mengenai kepada sesiapa yang ingin meneruskan pengajian ke pringkat yang lebih tinggi. Sehubungan itu, dibawah ini terdapat 22 perkara yang perlu anda tahu sebelum anda sambung master.

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1) Anda boleh sambung belajar dalam bidang yang lain selain bidang waktu Degree.

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2) Anda perlu menghadiri penerangan oleh pihak Universiti dan anda perlu fahamkan buku tersebut dengan supaya tidak terlepas perkara-perkara yang penting .Setiap proses dalam pembikinan kajian memerlukan masa yang lama. Mohon semak buku ini dan rancang sebaiknya.

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3) Anda bersendirian semua orang akan buat assignment sendiri. Dan anda akan presention di hadapan kelas sendiri. Belaja anda perlu belajar sendiri. Sebab anda dah mula masuk ke alam kajian bersendirian. Tidak dapat dinafikan, anda masih boleh belajar secara berkumpulan kerana dengan cara itu lebih banyak anda memperoleh segala maklumat yang telah dibincangkan bersama rakan-rakan anda tambah lagi apabila waktu peperiksaan sudah hampir.

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4) Ada terlebih banyak sangat waktu yang panjang. Bayangkan dalam satu semester hanya ada 4 subjek. Satu subjek 3 jam seminggu. Setiap minggu ada satu kelas sahaja. Kalau ambil full time memang banyak masa.

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5) Adakalanya, banyak buang masa ketika dahulu kita seorang yang kurang berdisiplin, ketahuilah peluang untuk anda berlengah juga tinggi. Apatah lagi, yang full time study dan tidak mempunyai sebarang pekerjaan.

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6) Boleh dikatakan assignment dan presentation setiap minggu pasti ada. Dari situ anda perlu berubah menjadi seorang yang lebih rajin dan bertanggungjawab.

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7) Ada 3 pilihan mode pembelajaran yang boleh dipilih mengikut kesesuaian masa dan kebolehan masing-masing.

Yang pertama:
Mode Full Research : Kajian Sepenuhnya. Boleh sambung Ph.D dan terus sebab ada kajian.

Yang Kedua:
Mode Coursework : Belajar semua subjek yang diwajibkan bagi sesuatu kos dan menulis artikel/mini research adalah untuk mendapatkan sijil Sarjana. Perlu buat kajian terlebih dahulu, baru anda boleh sambung Ph. D

Yang ketiga:
Mix mode : Belajar beberapa sahaja subjek ditambah dengan penulisan tesis untuk mendapatkan sijil Sarjana. Anda boleh sambung Ph.D terus.

Full time study : 2 – 3 tahun
Part time study : 2 – 4 tahun

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8) Kita boleh tukar mode pembelajaran di sepanjang perjalanan menggapai segulung ijazah Sarjana. Tak semestinya kita tetap dengan pilihan pertama kita.

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9) Ambil coursework sahaja, dan tidak perlu risaukan sangat pasal kemampuan anda. Akan tetapi, bagi anda yang mengambil research. Lebih baik anda mula tesis dengan awal agar penulisan anda tidak tertangguh dan tidak risau.

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10) Cari tajuk kajian pada semester satu dan cari penyelia. Anda harus rajinkan diri berkenalan dan minta pendapat para pensyarah. Sebab segala informasi dan maklumat dapat dibincagkan dengan baik.

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11) Seterusnya, anda akan mahu habiskan seawal yang mungkin. Finish what you’ve started. Anda akan fikir hendak mencari kerja tetapi selalunya belajar tidak tamat lagi, jadi anda terpaksa siapkan juga.

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12) Pergi kursus menulis dan format tesis.13)– Ambil short sem untuk terus menulis research proposal atau sambung menulis.

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14) Walaupun anda ambil Full Time, anda harus mencuba mencari kerja supaya dapat bermotivasikan diri anda dan menjadi lebih proaktif dalam melaksanakan sesuatu tugasan.

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15) Rajinkan diri ke perpustakaan agar anda dapat segala input dan bahan rujukan yang lebih banyak.

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16) Selain daripada bekerja untuk membayar duit yuran, anda boleh memohon pinjaman MARA atau PTPTN. Biasiswa kerajaan MyBrain pun ada. Penerangan untuk cara memohon banyak boleh cari di google.

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17) Kalau ada duit lebih, bolehlah beli printer sendiri. Kalau dah tak nak guna lagi, boleh jual semula. Printer penting juga sebenarnya untuk siapkan thesis.
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18) Keluarlah dari bilik dan join program universiti. Walaupun anda yang paling tua di situ, sebab banyak lagi ilmu yang boleh anda dapat selain daripada pengalaman. Bersenam, berenang dan sebagainya.

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19) Disiplin fokus.

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20) Jangan malu bertanya dan minta bantuan usahakan berkawanlah dengan kawan yang lebih baik dan pandai.

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21) Selalu baiki niat dan kembalikan semangat “Kenapa aku mahu sambung belajar?”. Ada yang mahu mencapai cita cita, ada yang mahukan untuk kepuasan diri, ada yang atas permintaan ibu bapa. Apa pun, kalau hilang diri, cepat-cepat cari.

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22) Anda mungkin menangis kerana terasa susah sangat dengan fasa hidup yang baru ini. Anda mungkin rasa hilang (lost) beberapa kali. Dan adakalanya anda rasa mahu putus asa. Tetapi pengalaman ini akan menjadi suatu titik tolak baharu dalam kehidupan anda. Anda akan lihat kebaikan yang banyak hadir selagi mana anda senyum dan bersangka baik dengan ujian dari Tuhan. Jadi teruskan kejayaan selagai nyawa dikandung badan. Semoga segala pengorbanan anda dirahmati oleh Allah swt.






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Big money in oil? I’ll take a pay cut just to get a job now, undergrads say

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 ― They used to dream of a RM7,000 basic monthly salary in their first year of employment, with thousands of ringgit more just from allowances. But now, petroleum engineering students say they have doubts about their career choice as they witness the oil & gas (O&G) industry lay off tens of thousands of workers worldwide.

Malay Mail Online spoke to several petroleum engineering students who said much of their optimism and confidence for a solid career in the O&G industry has been shaken after seeing the unexpected prolonged oil price rout ravage what was once considered the most stable and lucrative job market.

They related how they were lured into studying petroleum engineering by expectations of a five-figure salary during the oil boom years. But now these students are sobering up to the fact that they may be jobless as the industry takes a scythe to their skilled workforce.

“I don't mind taking a pay cut. Anything. As long as I get a job. I know it's hard to get a job in O&G now so getting a job itself is already good enough,” said Jason, a 21-year-old engineering student with HELP University who had planned to take up petroleum engineering in the US.

According to a Forbes report last October, today’s “great depression” in the oil market has claimed more than 200,000 jobs worldwide, with 2 per cent of the casualties from Malaysia.

More cycles of retrenchment are expected this year as the oil price slump is forecast to continue up until 2020, industry observers said.

State-owned Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has also predicted the next two to three years will be tough as it grapples with falling crude oil prices while seeking to keep its multi-billion dollar projects on track. Brent crude oil price dipped below US$28 (RM123) a barrel yesterday on the prospect of more supply from Iran amid a saturated market.

For Jason, even the prospect of an oil price rebound in the coming years has failed to rebuild his confidence in the fossil fuel market.

He has since changed his study course to mechanical engineering, a career he deemed to be more stable than the volatile O&G industry.

But the study swap mid-stream comes at a high price. A year at a private university like HELP costs around RM25,000. Jason was already in his third year.

Career change an option?

Not all oil students are as fortunate as Jason who admitted his family is well-to-do. Arif Hazman, a second year petroleum geoscience student at the prestigious Universiti Technology Petronas (UTP) in Perak, said starting a new study course is not a viable option due to his middle-class background

“To be honest I am quite worried about my future. It looks very tough… when I enrolled, my course produced among the most sought-after graduates. But that was of course before the oil price drop,” he told Malay Mail Online.

Like many of his peers, Ariff never thought he would see the kind of panic gripping the oil industry today. When he applied for a spot in UTP, he expected to make big money in oil after graduating. According to salary consultancy firm, Payscale, the average pay for a petroleum engineer in Malaysia was RM119,358 a year as of September last year.

Now Ariff says he is thinking of pursuing a Master's degree in hopes it could lead to wider career options than what his current degree can offer. For a petroleum geoscience student, the career option is in upstream, which happens to be the sector with the most layoffs. But again, doing a postgraduate course means coughing up more money. A year at UTP costs upwards of RM18,000 in tuition fees and accommodation.

“Maybe I can teach. I'll have a few years to wait it out,” he said, hoping for the oil market to stabilise, “And then see what I can do.”

KS Ng, director of executive recruitment firm Career Channel, said the hiring prospect in the upstream sector is virtually non-existent right now. Providing a glimpse into the bleak employment situation in the O&G industry, Ng revealed how his company was forced to close a newly set up division that was meant to specialise in poaching talented upstream oil workers.

“We had set the division up mid last year but it was tough and it didn't really kick off. This side of business did not give us the desired results so we had to shut it down,” Ng told Malay Mail Online, adding that the company has shifted its focus back to recruitment for O&G's managerial jobs, which Ng said was still surviving.

“Even so, companies are still retrenching,” he added.

Adjust and adapt

Malay Mail Online reported last Monday that skilled foreign workers, upstream and downstream, were the first to be laid off due to their high salaries. Although this gives Malaysian staff temporary relief since their lower salaries means their employers can still afford to keep them, uncertainties remain.

Malaysian Employer Federation president Datuk Shamsudin Bardan said petroleum engineering graduates must now adjust their expectations and adapt to the volatile environment by adopting and honing new skills, the best bet to secure employment.

“For graduates without experience, it is very bleak,” he told Malay Mail Online when asked about employment chances in the O&G industry today. “Be realistic. You need to try and seek employment that is not related to the field. Don't be sticky about wages. Since it is the private sector, they pay based on your performance. So if you perform they will pay you accordingly,” he added.

But not all options are lost even as massive layoffs means graduates face stiffer competition for limited jobs. According to Ariff, many of his seniors who graduated amid the oil market bust had surprisingly landed jobs ― but in smaller companies or contractors and with much lower pay.

“That's quite a surprise actually. A lot of the seniors I know got jobs. But with smaller companies lah. But I think that's good enough for now considering the situation. If me I wouldn't mind getting a lower salary too. As long as I get a job,” he said.

Despite the uncertainties clouding over the oil industry today, there are no hard data to show the number of students changing courses or a drop in enrollment in petroleum engineering. There was also no data to show how many of these students managed to secure a job or are jobless.

One of the local varsities that offers the course, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, claimed they have not seen a drop in applications for their petroleum engineering course.

“It hasn't affected the applications yet. But I'm not sure about the future though. Let’s see in the next few years,” said a marketing official.

Women

At the beginning of time, Twashtri--the Vulcan of Hindu mythology--created the world. But when he wished to create a woman, he found that he had employed all his materials in the creation of man. There did not remain one solid element. Then Twashtri, perplexed, fell into a profound meditation from which he aroused himself and proceeded as follows:

He took the roundness of the moon, the undulations of the serpent, the entwinement of clinging plants, the trembling of the grass, the slenderness of the rose-vine and the velvet of the flower, the lightness of the leaf and the glance of the fawn, the gaiety of the sun's rays and tears of the mist, the inconstancy of the wind and the timidity of the hare, the vanity of the peacock and the softness of the down on the throat of the swallow, the hardness of the diamond, the sweet flavor of honey and the cruelty of the tiger, the warmth of fire, the chill of snow, the chatter of the jay and the cooing of the turtle dove.

He combined all these and formed a woman. Then he made a present of her to man. Eight days later the man came to Twashtri, and said: "My Lord, the creature you gave me poisons my existence. She chatters without rest, she takes all my time, she laments for nothing at all, and is always ill; take her back;" and Twashtri took the woman back.

But eight days later the man came again to the god and said: "My Lord, my life is very solitary since I
returned this creature. I remember she danced before me, singing. I recall how she glanced at me from the corner of her eye, how she played with me, clung to me. Give her back to me," and Twashtri returned the woman to him.

Three days only passed and Twashtri saw the man coming to him again.
"My Lord," said he,

"I do not understand exactly how it is, but I am sure that the woman causes me more annoyance than pleasure.I beg you to relieve me of her."

But Twashtri cried:
"Go your way and do the best you can."

And the man cried: "I cannot live with her!"

"Neither can you live without her!" replied Twashtri.

And the man went away sorrowful, murmuring: "Woe is me, I can neither live with nor without her."

Anxiety

Ramai yang mahukan kebebasan. Kebebasan dalam memilih dan kebebasan untuk melakukan apa sahaja. Tapi kebebasan bukanlah jawapan kepada segalanya. Kongkongan dan penderaan adakalanya perlu disertakan dalam setiap kebebasan yang wujud.

Penderaan terhadap kebebasan menyebabkan manusia menjadi lebih menghargai kebebasan dimiliki selama ini. Kebebasan mutlak menjadikan manusia mengalami kebingungan

"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom".

What Is Your Dominant Desire Based On What You See?

Jadi, nak dijadikan cerita, aku buat satu test ni. Hurm



LOVE

You are ruled by your desire to be connected to others. Whether it is a romantic connection you seek, or the deep abiding intimacy of family or friendship, it is what fuels you and keeps you motivated. You have a warm and compassionate soul and a nurturing spirit which draws others to you. You see people for everything that they can be and all the wonder that they contain within them; and this drives you to connect to them. It is no doubt that no matter where life's journey takes you, you will always be surrounded by those who care for you and a bountiful love which encompasses you.

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Being Too Nice Might Be Making You Depressed

Depression is a strange phenomena.  If you have ever been depressed or have been close to a loved one who suffered from it, then you know that it crops up in the most likely and unlikely of places, and seems to drag the life out of you like a plague of the mind.  And while it’s easy to hide your depression, there are a few things you can start doing right now that may have a positive effect on the way you view life at the moment.

It starts with how nice you are to people.  Yes, it’s generally always a good idea to be nice to people, because why not?  But there is such a notion as being way too nice, too caring and too “understanding.”  Many people, including myself, tend to have a need to gain people’s approval, which is a large obstacle in overcoming depression.

Thinking that your opinion is worthless, that your thoughts don’t matter, and that you bring nothing to the table are all things that can lead you down dark paths in life.  The first thing you can do is stop caring about what anyone else thinks.  The only person that’s ultimately going to change your life is you, and because of this, there is only one person you need to please, only one person you need to care about, and only one person whose opinion actually matters, and that person is you.

There is a balance to be had in everything in life, and how we interact with one another is no different.  If you care too much, someone will care too little. If you are too available, others will always be too preoccupied.  You’ll always be waiting for people, feeling like your time is less valuable than theirs.

Never let toxic people fill your life.  Being alone is more than okay, and no one should have to suffer for companionship.  Give yourself the time and leniency that life demands of you.  Figuring out who you are and what you want out of life is what you should be focused on, always be chasing after your needs and wants.  Be good for you, and others will follow suit.

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Help Yourself Before You Help Others

If you’ve been on an airplane then you’ve heard the safety walkthrough that takes place on every flight.

They show you the exits, walk you through their emergency procedures, and tell you about the oxygen masks that will come down on their own if the plane loses cabin pressure.

This is the part you really need to listen to:

“Please put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.”

At first, this sounded weird to me. I thought that children were supposed to be helped first. Why would they make it a point to tell everyone to help themselves before aiding anyone else?

The idea is that if you’re trying to put on an oxygen mask for someone else, you may lose consciousness and you’ll be unable to assist others (or yourself) later. However, if you fit yourself with a mask first you’d be able to remain conscious and aid people as needed.

This got me thinking… Whenever I’m in a bad place, when I don’t have the oxygen mask on, the one thing I’m unable to do is help others.

Why?

When you’re in a negative mindset you’re unable to make a positive impact on others because you don’t see the point in it.

When you’re sad you don’t have the will to try to make someone else’s day because you’ve got your own problems to worry about.

When you’re angry the last thing you’d want to do is put on a smile for others because you don’t think it’s necessary.

It’s dangerous to be in a bad point in your life for long. You’ll get jaded and you’ll stop trying to do good.

Your positive impact on the world only comes when you’re happy. When you help yourself first.

No matter how hard it gets, you’ve got to keep trying to climb out of the hole.

You may not feel better today or tomorrow, but hang in there. You’ll wake up one day and feel something different. You’ll feel better.

Help yourself so you can help others.

Put the oxygen mask on.

Read more: Help Yourself Before You Help Others - Self Stairway http://www.selfstairway.com/help-others/#ixzz3phKjlsfu