Received Official Approval from MoF for MOCVD Purchase

Alhamdulillah, after 3 months of waiting, finally, I received official approval letter yesterday evening from Ministry of Finance on our application for direct negotiation procurement of TNSC MOCVD equipment from the manufacturer itself through their Tokyo-based sole distributor. We also receive approval for direct negotiation purchase of gas distribution, gas purification, gas abatement and gas safety system through TNSC Malaysian wholly owned subsidiary.

The MOCVD has to be direct from Japan to allow for direct payment in Yen currency to the manufacturer, to prevent any occurrence of "currency exchange risk" and any third party charges. We save more than RM800,000 of Malaysian taxpayers' money by doing this kind of direct negotiation purchase.

The approval shows that the project is strongly supported by all top parties in Malaysia. At the same time, the project is also strongly supported by Japanese parties (including Japanese government) for the benefit of Japanese industrial investment in Malaysia.

Insya'Allah, we do the best for the future of Malaysia.

Pasal Duit Research

Masa makan2 utk Prof R masa meeting jabatan Jumaat lepas, Prof K suruh aku bagi tau harga alat MOCVD yg aku nak tu. Tapi ari tu aku tak sempat nak email kat die details sebab aku ade appointment ptg tu ngan Dr Su & Dr Fai kat Engineering. Petang/amalm tu pulak aku pegi Sug Buloh, pg tgk rumah.

Petang Ahad, time aku tgh pegi shopping kat Houz Depo, Prof R telefon bg tau VC welcoems for proposal utk dapatkan duit. Malam tu, pukul 8 malam, Prof R & aku prepare proposal dan listkan alat2 yg perlu, termasuklah duit utk HVPE yg aku tgh nak buat, dan banyak commercial instruments utk III-V semiconductor research yg lain, termasuklah MOCVD, mask-aligner, magnetron-sputtering, RIE/ICP, microscope, etc. Lepas abis ngan Prof R malam tu, balik rumah aku revise sket ape yg perlu... sampai pukul 3 setengah pagi, baru hantar balik yg dah revised version kat Prof R. Pagi dlm pukul 10 gitu, Prof R hantar ke VC, dgn CC kepada aku, Prof WH, dan Prof S.

Petang tu aku dlm kol 4 aku pegi sign Memorandum of Transfer (MoT) utk kondominium unit yg aku bali kat Cheras kat Messrs. Zulpadli & Edham kat Jalan Semarak. Dlm perjalanan balik tu, Prof R telefon bg tau VC agree utk bagi (allocate) RM13 juta utk research centre kami (ikut proposal yg kami buat tu). Alhamdulillah, rezeki nih kengkadang datang tetiba... tapi, Alhamdulillah...

Hari Selasa, Prof WH suruh buat 3 helai slide utk part aku nyer proposal, that is for III-Nitride Epitaxy and Device Fabrication. Terus terang aku bagi tau, design template yg die suruh aku ikut tu mmg tak professional, tak cantik, terlalu kebudak-budakan. So, aku amik masa la ubah balik kaler utk aku nyer kandungan/box/line utk bagi masuk dgn background kelabu dlm slide tu. Aku selalunya pakai design background putih, so senang nak masuk. Yg ni, background kaler kelabu... so aku kena buat tulisan kaler biru, dan buat kotak2 yg ade warna (biru lembut dgn gradient) utk tarik perhatian audience yg tgk slide tu, dan buat nampak lagi menarik. The end result is really nice. Cam tak caye aku tgk, slide yg nampak tak menarik masa awal2 jadik best pulak bila ikut aku nyer design. Hehe... memang aku nih berbakar lah bab2 nih... puas hati. Kandungan slide tu? Takyah la citer kat sini...

So Alhamdulillah lah semua nih. Org USM pun tau pasal mende nih. Aku rase cam kesian gak kat derang... sebelum nih derang ajak2 aku pegi sane... tp aku rase, derang x minat pun ngn MOCVD. Derang lagi minat nak hidupkan balik MBE derang tu dan work with it for nitride. Aku pulak tak suka MBE. It's a failed growth technique for nitride. Aku tau semua. Dan aku tau lagi banyak dari mana2 rakyat malaysia! Strategi aku utk MOCVD dan HVPE. Kombinasi 2 nih mmg tersangant lah diperlukan... kat situ lah yg nak dikejar nih...

Doakan utk aku... usaha aku utk bentuk masa depan Malaysia yg lebih baik...