Debbie's viva

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,

This afternoon, I was in the Phd room in my faculty writing the final bit of my Chapter 3 and suddenly the door was crowded with my colleagues, talking so loudly. No one is supposed to disturb anyone in the PhD room. I walked out and realised that Debbie has just passed her viva and the good news is that she passed without any correction. The examiners are happy to give her the highest result any PhD student can have though she has 4 tiny little typos. But, that is such a great news, inspiration and motivation for us lots who are still struggling to finish writing-up our theses. She was soooooo happy and she kept laughing by herself in front of the computer next to me while writing emails to friends and family, conveying them the good news. I can't stop laughing together with her as she laughed by herself next to me intermittently.

I wish that I will have the same ending as Debbie but I know that Debbie worked really hard for this and I attended her presentation in one of the Self-regulated Learning research group meetings. She presented an extensive and comprehensive PhD work and I have learnt from her during that one presentation. Now I also remember that we have been presenting in one of the Student Lunchtime Seminars together in the faculty. She is now already a Post-doc in Institute of Education, London, even before she submitted her thesis. There is no surprise that she can achieve such an excellent result today at her viva. I wish her well in her future and maybe she can go back to Chille and contribute to her country when her post-doc contract has finished.

And btw, one of her examiners will inshaALLAH be my internal examiner too. My supervisor has spoken to him last year regarding getting him as my internal examiner and he has agreed. Anyway, this doesn't mean that I will definitely be getting the same result, but I pray as long as I pass my PhD, that would be more than enough for me, alhamdulillah. Oh ALLAH, please grant me my wishes, indeed YOU are all-Hearing and All-Knowing. Amin.

Wassalam.