Catatan Hadi Nur http://hadinur.com/catatan Hanya sebuah blog, jadi jangan dimasukkan ke hati Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:39:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Saya.. saya.. dan saya.. http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/03/04/saya-saya-dan-saya/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/03/04/saya-saya-dan-saya/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:31:06 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=594

[renungan dan nasehat untuk diri sendiri]

Jadi ingat dengan sebuah teori dalam ilmu psikologi, yang menyatakan bahwa jika kebutuhan fisiologis, kebutuhan akan rasa aman, kebutuhan akan memiliki dan cinta, dan kebutuhan penghargaan sudah terpenuhi dan terpuaskan, barulah kebutuhan yang lebih tinggi, yaitu kebutuhan akan aktualisasi diri yang perlu dipenuhi.

Kebutuhan aktualisasi diri, menurut teori tersebut, yang biasa disebut dengan Teori Kebutuhan Maslow, merupakan suatu kondisi puncak dari perkembangan individu. Apa ciri-ciri orang yang masih belum sampai pada tahap ini? Salah-satunya adalah selalu mengatakan… saya.. saya.. saya dan saya. Maksudnya adalah, orang tersebut selalu berusaha menarik perhatian orang lain dengan menyampaikan prestasi-prestasi yang telah diraihnya kepada orang lain — baik melalui media massa, mailing list ataupun melalui pembicaraan sehari-hari. “Lihatlah kehebatan saya”, “lihatlah hasil karya saya”, “kalau tidak ada saya…” merupakan sebahagian dari perkataan yang memperlihatkan bahwa orang yang mengatakan hal tersebut masih merasa belum diakui oleh orang lain (atau memang benar-benar belum diakui). Inilah bukti bahwa kebutuhan orang tersebut terhadap penghargaan masih belum terpenuhi dan terpuaskan. Orang ini sebenarnya masih belum mempunyai “kearifan”.

[setelah membaca tulisan ini, istri saya mengatakan bahwa saya juga sering mengatakan.. "saya.. saya.. dan saya..". Jadi, tulisan ini memang cocok ditujukan kepada diri saya sendiri.. he... he...]

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Sisi manusiawi kasus Century dan plagiat Prof. Banyu http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/27/sisi-manusiawi-kasus-century-dan-plagiat-prof-banyu/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/27/sisi-manusiawi-kasus-century-dan-plagiat-prof-banyu/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:19:55 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=588 [Sebuah renungan]

Ada dua peristiwa yang menjadi perhatian saya akhir-akhir ini, yang banyak diberitakan di media massa di Indonesia yang melibatkan dua orang tokoh. Pertama, kasus Bank Century yen melibatkan Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia, Prof. Boediono. Kedua kasus plagiat yang menimpa Prof. Anak Agung Banyu Perwita, dosen di Universitas Katolik Parahyangan.

Saya dapat membayangkan tekanan yang dirasakan oleh kedua orang ini. “Cobaan itu bagian dari hidup. Hidup itu mengandung risiko. Kalau hidup tidak mau risiko, ya tidak usah hidup,” kata Boediono. Jika dikembalikan dalam pandangan agama, tidak ada manusia yang luput dari kesalahan, dan keadilan yang benar-benar adil hanya ditemukan di akhirat. Inilah yang harus menjadi pegangan dalam hidup.

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Objects at home http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/26/objects-at-home/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/26/objects-at-home/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:57:01 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=581

Objects at home

From this corner a lot of ideas are born. Including this posting.

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It is indeed a very difficult to be a famous scientist http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/25/fame-and-skill-required/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/25/fame-and-skill-required/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:02:37 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=574 Hmmm, it is indeed a very difficult to be a famous scientist...

Hmmm, it is indeed a very difficult to be a famous scientist...

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Awareness of the need to hard work http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/24/awareness-of-the-need-for-hard-work/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/24/awareness-of-the-need-for-hard-work/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:06:03 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=561 A professor from Japan told me the reason why workers in Japan and Singapore work harder than workers in other countries. This is because they are aware of the importance of hardworking — since they realized that their countries do not have enough natural resources. This awareness is believed as a driving force for the hardworking culture.

On November 2008, I attended a training on the electron microscope conducted at JEOL company factory in Tachikawa, Tokyo. During training, I really felt the spirit and hard working of Japanese workers. This training was also attended by three other participants from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Kenji Ohara, our trainer from JEOL, very surprised to know that the laboratory at King Saud University is opened only from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. At Hokkaido University and National University of Singapore, two prestigious universities in the world, the laboratories are opened for 24 hours. So, what about us?

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The mentality of professors http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/23/the-mentality-of-professors/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/23/the-mentality-of-professors/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:27:28 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=552 Assistant professor, associate professor and professor are teachers. So, the main aim of being a professor is to be a champion in the field of teaching and, of course, research. To me, this is the main task and the core business of a professor. I will be happy if I can manage to educate students who originally come with low academic record to be successful in the academic world. This is the challenge. This is a satisfaction as an educator.

I am sad to see students with low academic record who actually have the intention and spirit to continue their study can not be accepted as MSc or PhD students by most of the professors. This is because these professors assume that students can not contribute to their prestige as a professor.

So, what is the purpose to be a professor?

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Three types of people: past, present and future tenses http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/22/three-types-of-people-past-present-and-future-tenses/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/22/three-types-of-people-past-present-and-future-tenses/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:56:08 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=544 [This posting was inspired by facebook status of a friend who is a commissioner of a leading company in Indonesia]

I always find three types of people as follows:

People who always use the past tense sentence
These people are usually always tell to everybody on their achievements of the past. Usually these people are very proud of their origins.

People who always use present tense sentences
These people are very realistic and pragmatic.

People who always use the future tense sentence
These people are usually very ambitious to achieve something. Having a strong impetus for progress. However, sometimes very selfish and only thinking about himself.

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What is an expert? http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/21/what-is-an-expert/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/21/what-is-an-expert/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:22:36 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=526 Sometimes we find people who recognized and regarded as an expert, and there are also people who claim they are expert.

This is my explanation on definition of expert. For me, the expert is “someone who has mastered in his field of expertise, so that he can provide very fast response (sometimes occurs without thinking – and may emerge from the unconscious) when he got stimuli associated with his expertise“.

For example, an experienced professor who teach ‘chemical thermodynamics’ will quickly answer students’ questions (with correct answers) about the areas of his expertise without thinking hard. This professor is categorized expert in ‘chemical thermodynamics teaching’.

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Who’s the authoritarian boss? http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/20/whos-the-authoritarian-boss/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/20/whos-the-authoritarian-boss/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:46:26 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=486 [The above question will be answered at the end of this posting]

What does the authoritarian boss look like? To answer this question, it is necessary to know the characters of the authoritarian boss, i.e.,

/1/ There is no consensus;
/2/ Not willing to accept suggestions from subordinates;
/3/ Self-centered;
/4/ Always ruled;
/5/ Always give sudden job;
/6/ Every decision must be obeyed;
/7/ Possess an absolute power;
/8/ Ignoring suggestions from subordinates;
/9/ Nice to be praised.

Click HERE to find out who’s the authoritarian boss. At home, we call her “BIG BOSS”.

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Born in 1969. Online since 1999 http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/20/born-in-1969-online-since-1999/ http://hadinur.com/catatan/2010/02/20/born-in-1969-online-since-1999/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:05:29 +0000 Administrator http://hadinur.com/catatan/?p=482 This post is about the history of my personal website, http://www.hadinur.com. I began to know the Internet when I came to the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 1995 as a PhD student. In 1999, when I was a postdoctoral fellow at UTM, I created a website at http://www.angelfire.com/mt/hadinur. In 2000, I created a new account in http://www.geocities.com/hadinur when I was a postdoctoral research fellow at Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University. After I returned to UTM, in 2003, I moved my website to http://www.ibnusina.utm.my/~hadi. In May 2007, I decided to rent a domain http://www.hadinur.com.

Hadi Nur - View 'My website's frontpage' set on Flickriver

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