It's been a totally beezee week for me..so are the weeks ahead of me. It's work, work, work...calls, calls, calls...print, print, print...and plan, plan, plan.
Currently, the research is at its critical point where arrangements for data collection needs to get done. A difficult task will be contacting the 73 schools from all over Melaka, Selangor, Penang, Kelantan and Sabah. At of today, I've only gotten 19 schools' approval and another 54 more to go by the end of April, which is just another few more days left.
Not forgetting the editing job I've got to do as a side income. It's due on Monday and I've only started editing the abstract. The major part of lit review will be a headache. That's going to take up my Saturday.
Next week, another beezee week... In fact, in April...it gets worst. But, I can go back to Malacca every weekend..and probably a few weekdays too. For work purpose. >.<
Okie..got to go pack my bag now. Heading back to Malacca in the morning. Yiipppeee.... =D
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Life as A Research Assistant 1
Hie hie! For those of you who are too bored to scroll down and read my previous entries, here's a new start.
I'm now a 1st year 2nd sem student in UPM, pursuing Master of Science in Psychology of Child Development. A supposedly full-time student, yet, a full-time research assistant to a professor here too. We are currently working on a nation-wide study on parenting behavior and adolescents' well-being. A 6 digit funding from the university.
Together with another 2 colleagues, Sandy and Chiah, my role as a research assistant is to be the research manager. I manage accounts, filings, documents, minutes, meetings, research report. In one word, I'm a MULTI-TASKER!!
I'm also Prof's Personal Assistant (PA), doing some of her personal admin work. A list of my tasks?? Filling up forms, claims, finding articles, writing abstracts, scanning and uploading for her KM Portal, banking in cheques, translation, writing letters..these are just a few of admin work. Research related work?? Questionnaire, writing report, reading, reading, finding articles, writing, application, presentation....
Working time? Officially, 8am - 5pm weekdays. Unofficially, 24/7!! Anytime of the day, when there's work to do, the folder on my email that says 'RUGS' will be bolded with a (1) or (2) or (??) beside it. Just in one day, that folder can be bombarded with 10+ emails. A nightmare at times.
Well..got to head back to work. Adding another 2 scales into our extreme questionnaire.
I'm now a 1st year 2nd sem student in UPM, pursuing Master of Science in Psychology of Child Development. A supposedly full-time student, yet, a full-time research assistant to a professor here too. We are currently working on a nation-wide study on parenting behavior and adolescents' well-being. A 6 digit funding from the university.
Together with another 2 colleagues, Sandy and Chiah, my role as a research assistant is to be the research manager. I manage accounts, filings, documents, minutes, meetings, research report. In one word, I'm a MULTI-TASKER!!
I'm also Prof's Personal Assistant (PA), doing some of her personal admin work. A list of my tasks?? Filling up forms, claims, finding articles, writing abstracts, scanning and uploading for her KM Portal, banking in cheques, translation, writing letters..these are just a few of admin work. Research related work?? Questionnaire, writing report, reading, reading, finding articles, writing, application, presentation....
Working time? Officially, 8am - 5pm weekdays. Unofficially, 24/7!! Anytime of the day, when there's work to do, the folder on my email that says 'RUGS' will be bolded with a (1) or (2) or (??) beside it. Just in one day, that folder can be bombarded with 10+ emails. A nightmare at times.
Well..got to head back to work. Adding another 2 scales into our extreme questionnaire.
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