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Firda Hariri

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

Firda Hariri (b. 22 July 1999) sing a song — Sapporo 2001. Please note that FlashPlayer is required to view this video.

Good quality durian from Malaysia

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

How many types of durians?

Global Outreach Program at Osaka University in Newspaper

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Global Outreach Program at Osaka University in Berita Harian newspaper — 19/05/2011. The photo of my son, Farid, in Prof. Matsumura’s laboratory was seen in newspaper.

Click here for photos of Global Outreach Program at Osaka University.

Flying children

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

My lovely children, Farid Rahman Hadi, Firda Hariri and Fahima Zikra are flying.

My Proton’s car

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

I bought this Proton Satria (1995) in 2002, and remains in use today.

My Proton Persona (2008). I have sold this car in 2011.

My Proton Inspira (2011).

Panggil saja saya ‘Cikgu Hadi’

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Panggil saja saya Cikgu Hadi kata saya kepada mahasiswa saya. Walaubagaimanapun, tidak satupun mahasiswa saya yang berani memanggil saya dengan perkataan tersebut. Mereka tetap memanggil saya dengan gelar resmi di universitas, iaitu Doktor Hadi atau Prof. Hadi. Hal ini beralasan karena panggilan terkait dengan makna sosiologis dari gelaran tersebut, yang dalam ilmu sosiologi disebut sebagai status dan peran. Karena alasan status ini jugalah yang menyebabkan beberapa kawan saya marah kepada mahasiswa yang tidak memanggil diri mereka dengan panggilan yang mereka anggap tidak sesuai dengan prestasi mereka, yang (mungkin) sudah dengan susah payah memperoleh gelar doktor dan profesor tersebut.

Dalam ilmu sosiologi, status didefinisikan sebagai posisi dalam sistem sosial, seperti orang tua atau guru yang juga berkaitan erat dengan peran dan prestise seseorang yang mengacu pada perilaku yang diharapkan orang dalam status tersebut. Nah, dalam hal ini sangat beralasan jugalah saya menyuruh mahasiswa saya memanggil saya dengan gelaran ‘Cikgu’ karena inilah sebenarnya peran utama saya, iaitu mendidik dan mengajar para mahasiswa di universitas. Saya memperhatikan bahwa peran atau peranan sosial ini sudah mulai tidak diperhatikan oleh para dosen atau pensyarah yang sebenarnya adalah ‘Cikgu’ atau guru, karena mereka lebih mementingkan penelitian (research) dibandingkan dengan mengajar dan mendidik. Wallahualam bi shawab

Selamat merayakan hari Cikgu 2011!



Scientific research is enjoyable

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Eleven years ago (2000), when I was a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Bunsho Ohtani laboratory at Hokkaido University, I read the introduction of the book authored by Prof. Akira Fujishima, a very famous scientist in the field of photocatalysis about his view and experience on enjoyable scientific research. Until now, I am very impressed with the sentences written in the introduction of the book. Prof. Fujishima has written in his book as follows:

ti1Scientific research is enjoyable. Of course it seems difficult when progress is slow and there are no results of our efforts. Serious mistakes can be made through lack of consideration. However, the joy that comes from making a new, unexpected discovery can not be compared with any other. It is like climbing along, steep mountain path: as you finally reach the top, the clouds part, and you are greatly moved by the spectacular landscape that appears before you. Furthermore, the suffering of not being able to explain the results of an experiment on the basis of past experience and the joy of finally being able to solve the problem by coming up with a new idea are just like mountain climbing.

So, the question is, if you are a scientist, have you seen the beautiful panorama from the top of the mountain which we struggled to climb?

Hadi Nur, how old are you?

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Now, I am getting older. I was born 43 years, 0 months, 14 days, 15 hours, 38 minutes ago.

Evolution of my face

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Metamorphosis of my face from 1970 to now…