A pass with minor corrections

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,

Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, thumma alhamdulillah. Nothing more that I can say about today's viva. Out of my expectation, really. Before I go on, let me thanks everyone who has given me your kind supports and encouraging words throughout my PhD journey. For you that make dua for me, inshaALLAH the Angels must have made dua for you as well. Passing my PhD with minor corrections means that I need to complete some minor corrections, hand it to my internal examiner and he will check on behalf of both the examiners, endorse it and then I can submit the hard-binding thesis. That's it! This will probably take two weeks, then I will go back to Malaysia, for good.

The viva took one and a half hour. It was quite relax and I really enjoyed it because the examiners were very kind, supportive and funny too. I think I laughed a lot during the viva and they didn't ask me any mean questions, most of them were to clarify things, create some kind of argument, debates and discussions, and to help me think deeply about my findings. At one point of the viva, the two examiners started to have some kind of dispute. They were debating with each other over a concept and I was like sitting there watching them arguing. Then we talked about sports and other stuff as well during the viva. So really, it's not stressed at all and I had had some great time.

After that viva session, I went out of the room and they were having discussion about my results before they called me and my supervisor in to inform us the result. Alhamdulillah, they really like my thesis and research. The only problem is that I need to be more confident and braver in claiming my research findings. So, most of the corrections suggested are to help strengthen my thesis. I am very happy to have such encouraging and supportive examiners. 

Alhamdulillah.

Wassalam.