Monday, August 08, 2011
Visibility
Recently, I changed/deleted many of my old inactive accounts to prevent people from getting much info about me. Malu lah kan... zaman kanak2 dulu nyer webpage yg relate to me pun still exist on the net...
Thursday, December 23, 2010
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...
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...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
New post after a long time...
It has been a long time I didn't post here. I must assure you readers and followers that I do not, and will not abandon this blog. It's totally about my life. Some of the content here inspires people... so things are good I believe.
My current status is: Working and living in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
Not much I could elaborate since I never know who actually reads this. But, people around me know a lot about me, so it's unnecessary to tell more, right?
Currently, after coming back to Malaysia, my passion is towards building vapor-phase-epitaxy (VPE) instrument/system for gallium nitride growth. People are supporting and sponsoring me money to work for this. In life, it's always good to do fundamental thing that only several people in the world are working for it. Nobody in Malaysia has the idea what I'm working on... what in my mind... how the things are working... how things are controlled... who to meet/collaborate with... etc. Some only know the chemistry/physics theoretical processes, they found it in text books.
Yesterday, I had a meeting with guys from Japanese company producing parts to precisely control gas flow which I will use for my project. The general manager from Singapore branch of its office came to my office, and, I should say that he is the guy I really need! Having experience designing VPE system for one of Japanese electronic giants, I must say that he's an expert in gas control/distribution system in VPE system! And gladly, he was in Nagoya prior assigned to Singapore, and he also actually worked with my previous university in Nagoya for CVD/VPE there. We went out for dinner together last night at The Garden (next to Mid Valley Megamall), and get to know each other further more. Through him, now, I know who to contact for other parts of the VPE system I'm working on. Nice! :)
My current status is: Working and living in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
Not much I could elaborate since I never know who actually reads this. But, people around me know a lot about me, so it's unnecessary to tell more, right?
Currently, after coming back to Malaysia, my passion is towards building vapor-phase-epitaxy (VPE) instrument/system for gallium nitride growth. People are supporting and sponsoring me money to work for this. In life, it's always good to do fundamental thing that only several people in the world are working for it. Nobody in Malaysia has the idea what I'm working on... what in my mind... how the things are working... how things are controlled... who to meet/collaborate with... etc. Some only know the chemistry/physics theoretical processes, they found it in text books.
Yesterday, I had a meeting with guys from Japanese company producing parts to precisely control gas flow which I will use for my project. The general manager from Singapore branch of its office came to my office, and, I should say that he is the guy I really need! Having experience designing VPE system for one of Japanese electronic giants, I must say that he's an expert in gas control/distribution system in VPE system! And gladly, he was in Nagoya prior assigned to Singapore, and he also actually worked with my previous university in Nagoya for CVD/VPE there. We went out for dinner together last night at The Garden (next to Mid Valley Megamall), and get to know each other further more. Through him, now, I know who to contact for other parts of the VPE system I'm working on. Nice! :)
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Designing new life...
Alhamdulillah, officially secured my unit at Astana Condominium, Cheras KL. Mine at 17th floor, with fascinating KL view. Alhamdulillah... rezeki saya... walaupun beberapa org berebut utk unit ini... (will update my blog on this later this weekened)...
The story behind...
Actually, I went to visit Adik Ilmi living at Bandar Tun Razak Cheras several weeks ago. It's just my normal visit... almost every week I go to visit him as we're not far away. But last 2 week, it's a little different. He told me that there's a new condominium development nearby. So, we went to the site. But it was late in the night and the area was dark. It's at Bandar Permaisuri, next to Mentari Condominium to be precise. The area is pretty new.
Last year, I also came to this area considering to buy a shop-office unit, and I must say that I like this area very very much! It's new, has wide roads, nicely designed area, properly maintained, a little raised land (not too hilly), many Malays (meaning good neighborhood standard, less crime or vandalism, less drunk drivers, peaceful place for a living, etc), mosque is just a block away, nearest LRT station is just 5 minutes away, easy access to East-West Link, Besraya, MRR2, Plus, etc. Don't have to stuck in traffic jam too long as entrance to East-West link is just 1 traffic light away (don't even have to go through the traffic light, just turn left at the light).
After visiting the site that night, I quickly check about new property development at that area on the internet... and I found Astana Lumayan condominium. It's exactly as I wished for! Everybody who knows me surely understand that I'm an extremely picky guy! Looking at the design is like falling in love with a girl at first sight... cinta pandang pertama la kata orang! Keke :)
Took time a little bit to think. I also searched for other development at that area... and of course, looking for comments from others on forums. Seems like all the units are fully booked. On one weekday in the preceding week, I called the developer office from the number I got from the net. Hmmm... the operator was Malay lady, and quite rude, I must say. She told me that all units are fully booked, but she asked me to go to the developer office to view the show unit. Hmmm... I've no idea, but I think it's a wise idea to see the show unit for my future reference.
Last Saturday, I went to the developer office and met one of the staffs there. It's quite late, around 12:15 noon as I picked my younger brother nearby first before going to the developer office (They close at 1PM). Saw several young Chinese families in the office as I entered... maybe coming to see any new project development... not sure though. At first, the staffs told me that all units at Astana are fully booked. They asked me to register for their future development, Casa Lumayan to be developed next year. But, I'm not interested for that one as it's a large scale development with 900 units. The Astana is just 250 units with only 2 blocks, so its quite exclusive!
When there was only me and my brother in that office, one of the staff told me that there're units picked by the staffs and contractors earlier that are available for sale, if I'm interested. Of course, I'm interested! That's what I'm looking for, right?
And the discussion goes on... first, she told me there's unit at 4th floor facing lake behind the condominium. But, I don't like that one (it's 4th floor... not a good floor number to live!). I prefer high floor instead. Then, she offered me a unit at 17th floor, facing KL city. The price is the same, and "duit atas angin" (because I'm buying from other buyer) is the same, but with premium view! Wow! Immediately I said, "YES! I want that unit!"
Afterward, she showed me the show unit next to her office. I must say that its properly designed, and looks spacious. It's different than other condominiums that I saw before developed by some Chinese companies. Even the RM650k condominium at Bangsar South don't feel spacious to me because it's badly designed! And another good thing is, all the 4 bedrooms (and kitchen, and of course dining & living area) has windows! So, there's no dark rooms like terrace houses! There's only 4 units for each floor (per column), that's why.
I discussed with Abg Wan, Abg Yie, Abah and Ma when I returned to Abg Wan's house. Everybody agrees with my decision to buy. I then called the lady at developer's office and scheduled an appointment for booking. It should be last Thursday, but then postponed to last Saturday. And, finally, it happened today... Alhamdulillah, with my own salary in it! (Borrowed RM1k from Abg Yie though to make it RM13k). Haha... RM13k get zapped in 1 day. Never had this experience before, but I'm feeling really satisfied with this purchase. It's like you're securing a girl of your dream, haha. Alhamdulillah...
Will bring Abah & Ma to the show unit this coming Friday. Hehe :) (Really hope they like my 'dream girl'!)
The story behind...
Actually, I went to visit Adik Ilmi living at Bandar Tun Razak Cheras several weeks ago. It's just my normal visit... almost every week I go to visit him as we're not far away. But last 2 week, it's a little different. He told me that there's a new condominium development nearby. So, we went to the site. But it was late in the night and the area was dark. It's at Bandar Permaisuri, next to Mentari Condominium to be precise. The area is pretty new.
Last year, I also came to this area considering to buy a shop-office unit, and I must say that I like this area very very much! It's new, has wide roads, nicely designed area, properly maintained, a little raised land (not too hilly), many Malays (meaning good neighborhood standard, less crime or vandalism, less drunk drivers, peaceful place for a living, etc), mosque is just a block away, nearest LRT station is just 5 minutes away, easy access to East-West Link, Besraya, MRR2, Plus, etc. Don't have to stuck in traffic jam too long as entrance to East-West link is just 1 traffic light away (don't even have to go through the traffic light, just turn left at the light).
After visiting the site that night, I quickly check about new property development at that area on the internet... and I found Astana Lumayan condominium. It's exactly as I wished for! Everybody who knows me surely understand that I'm an extremely picky guy! Looking at the design is like falling in love with a girl at first sight... cinta pandang pertama la kata orang! Keke :)
Took time a little bit to think. I also searched for other development at that area... and of course, looking for comments from others on forums. Seems like all the units are fully booked. On one weekday in the preceding week, I called the developer office from the number I got from the net. Hmmm... the operator was Malay lady, and quite rude, I must say. She told me that all units are fully booked, but she asked me to go to the developer office to view the show unit. Hmmm... I've no idea, but I think it's a wise idea to see the show unit for my future reference.
Last Saturday, I went to the developer office and met one of the staffs there. It's quite late, around 12:15 noon as I picked my younger brother nearby first before going to the developer office (They close at 1PM). Saw several young Chinese families in the office as I entered... maybe coming to see any new project development... not sure though. At first, the staffs told me that all units at Astana are fully booked. They asked me to register for their future development, Casa Lumayan to be developed next year. But, I'm not interested for that one as it's a large scale development with 900 units. The Astana is just 250 units with only 2 blocks, so its quite exclusive!
When there was only me and my brother in that office, one of the staff told me that there're units picked by the staffs and contractors earlier that are available for sale, if I'm interested. Of course, I'm interested! That's what I'm looking for, right?
And the discussion goes on... first, she told me there's unit at 4th floor facing lake behind the condominium. But, I don't like that one (it's 4th floor... not a good floor number to live!). I prefer high floor instead. Then, she offered me a unit at 17th floor, facing KL city. The price is the same, and "duit atas angin" (because I'm buying from other buyer) is the same, but with premium view! Wow! Immediately I said, "YES! I want that unit!"
Afterward, she showed me the show unit next to her office. I must say that its properly designed, and looks spacious. It's different than other condominiums that I saw before developed by some Chinese companies. Even the RM650k condominium at Bangsar South don't feel spacious to me because it's badly designed! And another good thing is, all the 4 bedrooms (and kitchen, and of course dining & living area) has windows! So, there's no dark rooms like terrace houses! There's only 4 units for each floor (per column), that's why.
I discussed with Abg Wan, Abg Yie, Abah and Ma when I returned to Abg Wan's house. Everybody agrees with my decision to buy. I then called the lady at developer's office and scheduled an appointment for booking. It should be last Thursday, but then postponed to last Saturday. And, finally, it happened today... Alhamdulillah, with my own salary in it! (Borrowed RM1k from Abg Yie though to make it RM13k). Haha... RM13k get zapped in 1 day. Never had this experience before, but I'm feeling really satisfied with this purchase. It's like you're securing a girl of your dream, haha. Alhamdulillah...
Will bring Abah & Ma to the show unit this coming Friday. Hehe :) (Really hope they like my 'dream girl'!)
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Status Update...
This is my first blog post since I came back to Malaysia. A lot happened actually... but they're too personal to write in this public blog. Most are bad news... about my sister, my younger breaking his arm bone, etc...
Regarding the invited paper for J. Phys. D, Alhamdulillah (thanks God) it was accepted on May 25th after a little minor revision. I put some part of the publisher's reply here which was sent to my professor last week:
Regarding the invited paper for J. Phys. D, Alhamdulillah (thanks God) it was accepted on May 25th after a little minor revision. I put some part of the publisher's reply here which was sent to my professor last week:
Your article for J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. - D/350***/SPE/157***
Ref: D/350***/SPE/157***
Dear ***
TITLE: High performance InGaN LEDs on Si (111) substrates grown by MOCVD
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Got it submitted
Today, submitted my next paper for Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics published by the UK Institute of Physics (IOP).
This is actually an invited paper asked to my professor by Professor Grandjean (Ecoles Polytechniques fédérales in Switzerland) who is guest editor for a cluster issue titled "LEDs". I met Prof Grandjien last spring who visited my laboratory just after I came back from San Francisco (for MRS conference). I am only the 2nd author, but actually, only my professor and me are the only authors. Being the 2nd is OK to me this time because the impact factor is very high. With 27 pages all in Word format (MUST be around 10-15 pages when published), it's like a sum up of everything I made this recent years on LEDs.
I'm also working for another publication which has relationship to this paper, with better result acually. This one will have me as the 1st author like usual. Alhamdulillah... banyak sungguh rezeki Allah akhir2 nih.
Minggu lepas:
Rabu: pegi tgk ISPlasma kat Meijo University. Presentation dari OSRAM dan C J Sung (ITRI Taiwan) mmg penting.
Khamis: pegi utk Monbukagakusyo/ASTF Nanotechnology Cluster. Best sgt2 presentation yg sesi pagi, dari OSRAM, ITRI dan Sangyo Shimbun (Industrial Press) tentang keadaan GaN-based LED blue/white (light emitting diode) research/industry di Europe, Taiwan dan Japan. Mmg best! Sesi petang dari Japanese LED related manufacturers, tp lebih kpd business strategy, market condition/demand, design (illumination), etc.
Malangnya... aku sorang saja anak Malaysia...
This is actually an invited paper asked to my professor by Professor Grandjean (Ecoles Polytechniques fédérales in Switzerland) who is guest editor for a cluster issue titled "LEDs". I met Prof Grandjien last spring who visited my laboratory just after I came back from San Francisco (for MRS conference). I am only the 2nd author, but actually, only my professor and me are the only authors. Being the 2nd is OK to me this time because the impact factor is very high. With 27 pages all in Word format (MUST be around 10-15 pages when published), it's like a sum up of everything I made this recent years on LEDs.
I'm also working for another publication which has relationship to this paper, with better result acually. This one will have me as the 1st author like usual. Alhamdulillah... banyak sungguh rezeki Allah akhir2 nih.
Minggu lepas:
Rabu: pegi tgk ISPlasma kat Meijo University. Presentation dari OSRAM dan C J Sung (ITRI Taiwan) mmg penting.
Khamis: pegi utk Monbukagakusyo/ASTF Nanotechnology Cluster. Best sgt2 presentation yg sesi pagi, dari OSRAM, ITRI dan Sangyo Shimbun (Industrial Press) tentang keadaan GaN-based LED blue/white (light emitting diode) research/industry di Europe, Taiwan dan Japan. Mmg best! Sesi petang dari Japanese LED related manufacturers, tp lebih kpd business strategy, market condition/demand, design (illumination), etc.
Malangnya... aku sorang saja anak Malaysia...
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Completed the entire Ph D course...
Today (Feb 18th, 2010), from 15:00 to 17:00 was my final viva for my Ph. D.
Alhamdulillah (thanks Allah (my God)), everything went so smoothly. This was actually my 4th presentation of the same slide, including in-laboratory rehearsals and previous presentation to my 3 supervisors. Actually, it's more than 4 times if all my previous international conferences are included, as each part of the entire 1 hour presentation was presented elsewhere, and already published elsewhere.
I only want to say "thank you" to all members of Egawa Laboratory (RCNDS, Nagoya Inst of Tech) for all support I received from everybody. In whatever I did, there's everybody's effort in it... from the idea, growth, characterization, process, discussions, printing, publishing, comments, helps, smiles, ... everything!
Thanks to you guys for helping me before the presentation, and the support that you gave. It was the first time in my life having people coming to greet and shake hands with me after the presentation. Having the scene made me feel so happy... didn't even have in my lifetime people called to my laboratory phone just to say "good luck". Thank you guys for helping me turning back the presentation room to its original state after the presentation. Thank you for taking so much care about me...
I wish good luck to all you guys in whatever you're doing. The entire 9 years at NIT were great, and the entire 6 years at Egawa Lab made my life rocks!
Alhamdulillah, hope that what I faced and showed along my life journey could help making your world rocks, too.
Each of us is just a small guy, in need for each other.
Thank you.
[Special thanks to Prof. Dr. Egawa, Prof. Dr. Jimbo, Prof. Dr. Sakamoto, Prof. Dr. Yasuda, Taiyo-Nippon-Sanso (Japanese largest MOCVD maker) CEO Dr. Matsumoto Koh, Toshiba/Covalent researcher Dr. Abe, RCNDS researchers Dr. Sakai, Dr. Lawrence, Dr. Chen, Dr. Zhang, etc., Matsushita Denko / Panasonic Osaka researcher, Hitachi Central Research Tokyo Nanoelectronics Department Principal Researcher Dr. Tsuchiya, UBE Scientific Analysis Laboratory, Inc. (Osaka) Prof. Dr. Fujita (also Shizuoka Univ. visiting professor), my LD group members Kawai and Tanaka, my MOCVD guy Watanabe, my best LED discussion partner Zhu, my life advisor and PL expert Pum, my Ph D colleague and the best briyani cook Josphine (including her mom), the laboratory secretary and my "fund manager" Ms Watanabe, laboratory staffs Ms Kanekura and Mr Adachi, etc. Thank you all for spending your time in attending my final viva, even though to some of you, it's far from your working place. To my Ph D course colleagues Josephine, Pum, Zhu, Freedsman, Beula, and Yazid who was the only Malaysian colleague attended my presentation, it's your turn next. Hope what I showed you today is beneficial for your future. I appreciate ex-member of Jimbo Lab Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rusop (currently at UiTM) for the inspiration in semiconductor research, my senior Mr. Ohta (currently at Toshiba Semiconductor) for giving me a good start 6 years ago. Your previous effort have created many generations of great researchers! Thanks to Malaysian government for sponsoring my study, Japanese government and companies for sponsoring my research, paper/journal/dissertation publications and all the international conferences I attended, and all people related to me, especially my family who sponsored me during my hard time without money in pursuing my vision to continue into masters degree at the current laboratory 6 years ago. I appreciate everybody's effort in producing who I am now. Sorry if I missed to mention any name. Good luck to all!]
Alhamdulillah (thanks Allah (my God)), everything went so smoothly. This was actually my 4th presentation of the same slide, including in-laboratory rehearsals and previous presentation to my 3 supervisors. Actually, it's more than 4 times if all my previous international conferences are included, as each part of the entire 1 hour presentation was presented elsewhere, and already published elsewhere.
I only want to say "thank you" to all members of Egawa Laboratory (RCNDS, Nagoya Inst of Tech) for all support I received from everybody. In whatever I did, there's everybody's effort in it... from the idea, growth, characterization, process, discussions, printing, publishing, comments, helps, smiles, ... everything!
Thanks to you guys for helping me before the presentation, and the support that you gave. It was the first time in my life having people coming to greet and shake hands with me after the presentation. Having the scene made me feel so happy... didn't even have in my lifetime people called to my laboratory phone just to say "good luck". Thank you guys for helping me turning back the presentation room to its original state after the presentation. Thank you for taking so much care about me...
I wish good luck to all you guys in whatever you're doing. The entire 9 years at NIT were great, and the entire 6 years at Egawa Lab made my life rocks!
Alhamdulillah, hope that what I faced and showed along my life journey could help making your world rocks, too.
Each of us is just a small guy, in need for each other.
Thank you.
[Special thanks to Prof. Dr. Egawa, Prof. Dr. Jimbo, Prof. Dr. Sakamoto, Prof. Dr. Yasuda, Taiyo-Nippon-Sanso (Japanese largest MOCVD maker) CEO Dr. Matsumoto Koh, Toshiba/Covalent researcher Dr. Abe, RCNDS researchers Dr. Sakai, Dr. Lawrence, Dr. Chen, Dr. Zhang, etc., Matsushita Denko / Panasonic Osaka researcher, Hitachi Central Research Tokyo Nanoelectronics Department Principal Researcher Dr. Tsuchiya, UBE Scientific Analysis Laboratory, Inc. (Osaka) Prof. Dr. Fujita (also Shizuoka Univ. visiting professor), my LD group members Kawai and Tanaka, my MOCVD guy Watanabe, my best LED discussion partner Zhu, my life advisor and PL expert Pum, my Ph D colleague and the best briyani cook Josphine (including her mom), the laboratory secretary and my "fund manager" Ms Watanabe, laboratory staffs Ms Kanekura and Mr Adachi, etc. Thank you all for spending your time in attending my final viva, even though to some of you, it's far from your working place. To my Ph D course colleagues Josephine, Pum, Zhu, Freedsman, Beula, and Yazid who was the only Malaysian colleague attended my presentation, it's your turn next. Hope what I showed you today is beneficial for your future. I appreciate ex-member of Jimbo Lab Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rusop (currently at UiTM) for the inspiration in semiconductor research, my senior Mr. Ohta (currently at Toshiba Semiconductor) for giving me a good start 6 years ago. Your previous effort have created many generations of great researchers! Thanks to Malaysian government for sponsoring my study, Japanese government and companies for sponsoring my research, paper/journal/dissertation publications and all the international conferences I attended, and all people related to me, especially my family who sponsored me during my hard time without money in pursuing my vision to continue into masters degree at the current laboratory 6 years ago. I appreciate everybody's effort in producing who I am now. Sorry if I missed to mention any name. Good luck to all!]
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
OpenSolaris ROOT Pool (rpool) Mirror
I setup OpenSolaris virtual machine using Virtual Box.
Here&s how I do mirroring for the root pool (rpool) to have redundant disk for the OS partition, based on the following guide
http://malsserver.blogspot.com/2008/08/mirroring-resolved-correct-way.html
http://darkstar-solaris.blogspot.com/2008/09/zfs-root-mirror.html
Please note that the first format command is used to know the disk number/name.
Please check comments at the end of this article.
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c8t0d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@0,0
1. c8t1d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@1,0
2. c8t2d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@2,0
3. c8t3d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@3,0
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c8t0d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@0,0
1. c8t1d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@1,0
2. c8t2d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@2,0
3. c8t3d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@3,0
selecting c8t1d0
[disk formatted]
No Solaris fdisk partition found.
FORMAT MENU:
disk - select a disk
type - select (define) a disk type
partition - select (define) a partition table
current - describe the current disk
format - format and analyze the disk
fdisk - run the fdisk program
repair - repair a defective sector
label - write label to the disk
analyze - surface analysis
defect - defect list management
backup - search for backup labels
verify - read and display labels
save - save new disk/partition definitions
inquiry - show vendor, product and revision
volname - set 8-character volume name
! - execute , then return
quit
No fdisk table exists. The default partition for the disk is:
a 100% "SOLARIS System" partition
Type "y" to accept the default partition, otherwise type "n" to edit the
partition table.
y
fmthard: New volume table of contents now in place.
* /dev/rdsk/c8t0d0s2 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 63 sectors/track
* 255 tracks/cylinder
* 16065 sectors/cylinder
* 2609 cylinders
* 2607 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
*
* Unallocated space:
* First Sector Last
* Sector Count Sector
* 0 16065 16064
*
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 16065 41865390 41881454
2 5 01 0 41881455 41881454
8 1 01 0 16065 16064
* /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s2 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 63 sectors/track
* 255 tracks/cylinder
* 16065 sectors/cylinder
* 2609 cylinders
* 2607 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
*
* Unallocated space:
* First Sector Last
* Sector Count Sector
* 0 16065 16064
*
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 16065 41865390 41881454
2 5 01 0 41881455 41881454
8 1 01 0 16065 16064
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
invalid vdev specification
use '-f' to override the following errors:
/dev/dsk/c8t1d0s0 overlaps with /dev/dsk/c8t1d0s2
Please be sure to invoke installgrub(1M) to make 'c8t1d0s0' bootable.
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered. The pool will
continue to function, possibly in a degraded state.
action: Wait for the resilver to complete.
scrub: resilver in progress for 0h0m, 11.37% done, 0h3m to go
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t1d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 419M resilvered
errors: No known data errors
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered. The pool will
continue to function, possibly in a degraded state.
action: Wait for the resilver to complete.
scrub: resilver in progress for 0h1m, 46.50% done, 0h2m to go
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t1d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 1.68G resilvered
errors: No known data errors
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: resilver completed after 0h3m with 0 errors on Fri Jan 15 10:57:32 2010
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t1d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 3.62G resilvered
errors: No known data errors
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk#
* /dev/rdsk/c8t0d0s0 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 63 sectors/track
* 255 tracks/cylinder
* 16065 sectors/cylinder
* 2609 cylinders
* 2607 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
*
* Unallocated space:
* First Sector Last
* Sector Count Sector
* 0 16065 16064
*
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 16065 41865390 41881454
2 5 01 0 41881455 41881454
8 1 01 0 16065 16064
* /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s0 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 63 sectors/track
* 255 tracks/cylinder
* 16065 sectors/cylinder
* 2609 cylinders
* 2607 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
*
* Unallocated space:
* First Sector Last
* Sector Count Sector
* 0 16065 16064
*
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 16065 41865390 41881454
2 5 01 0 41881455 41881454
8 1 01 0 16065 16064
stage1 written to partition 0 sector 0 (abs 16065)
stage2 written to partition 0, 271 sectors starting at 50 (abs 16115)
COMMENTS from Malachi&s Guide
I run the second format command and pick fdisk in my guide, so maybe due to that, there&s no error in my guide.
Here&s how I do mirroring for the root pool (rpool) to have redundant disk for the OS partition, based on the following guide
http://malsserver.blogspot.com/2008/08/mirroring-resolved-correct-way.html
http://darkstar-solaris.blogspot.com/2008/09/zfs-root-mirror.html
Please note that the first format command is used to know the disk number/name.
Please check comments at the end of this article.
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# zpool status -v
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c8t0d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@0,0
1. c8t1d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@1,0
2. c8t2d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@2,0
3. c8t3d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@3,0
Specify disk (enter its number): ^C
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c8t0d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@0,0
1. c8t1d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@1,0
2. c8t2d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@2,0
3. c8t3d0
/pci@0,0/pci8086,2829@d/disk@3,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 1
selecting c8t1d0
[disk formatted]
No Solaris fdisk partition found.
FORMAT MENU:
disk - select a disk
type - select (define) a disk type
partition - select (define) a partition table
current - describe the current disk
format - format and analyze the disk
fdisk - run the fdisk program
repair - repair a defective sector
label - write label to the disk
analyze - surface analysis
defect - defect list management
backup - search for backup labels
verify - read and display labels
save - save new disk/partition definitions
inquiry - show vendor, product and revision
volname - set 8-character volume name
!
quit
format> fdisk
No fdisk table exists. The default partition for the disk is:
a 100% "SOLARIS System" partition
Type "y" to accept the default partition, otherwise type "n" to edit the
partition table.
y
format> quit
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c8t0d0s2 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s2
fmthard: New volume table of contents now in place.
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c8t0d0s2
* /dev/rdsk/c8t0d0s2 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 63 sectors/track
* 255 tracks/cylinder
* 16065 sectors/cylinder
* 2609 cylinders
* 2607 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
*
* Unallocated space:
* First Sector Last
* Sector Count Sector
* 0 16065 16064
*
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 16065 41865390 41881454
2 5 01 0 41881455 41881454
8 1 01 0 16065 16064
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s2
* /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s2 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 63 sectors/track
* 255 tracks/cylinder
* 16065 sectors/cylinder
* 2609 cylinders
* 2607 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
*
* Unallocated space:
* First Sector Last
* Sector Count Sector
* 0 16065 16064
*
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 16065 41865390 41881454
2 5 01 0 41881455 41881454
8 1 01 0 16065 16064
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# zpool status
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# zpool attach rpool c8t0d0s0 c8t1d0s0
invalid vdev specification
use '-f' to override the following errors:
/dev/dsk/c8t1d0s0 overlaps with /dev/dsk/c8t1d0s2
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# zpool attach -f rpool c8t0d0s0 c8t1d0s0
Please be sure to invoke installgrub(1M) to make 'c8t1d0s0' bootable.
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# zpool status
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered. The pool will
continue to function, possibly in a degraded state.
action: Wait for the resilver to complete.
scrub: resilver in progress for 0h0m, 11.37% done, 0h3m to go
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t1d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 419M resilvered
errors: No known data errors
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# zpool status
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered. The pool will
continue to function, possibly in a degraded state.
action: Wait for the resilver to complete.
scrub: resilver in progress for 0h1m, 46.50% done, 0h2m to go
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t1d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 1.68G resilvered
errors: No known data errors
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# zpool status
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: resilver completed after 0h3m with 0 errors on Fri Jan 15 10:57:32 2010
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c8t1d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 3.62G resilvered
errors: No known data errors
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk#
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c8t0d0s0
* /dev/rdsk/c8t0d0s0 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 63 sectors/track
* 255 tracks/cylinder
* 16065 sectors/cylinder
* 2609 cylinders
* 2607 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
*
* Unallocated space:
* First Sector Last
* Sector Count Sector
* 0 16065 16064
*
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 16065 41865390 41881454
2 5 01 0 41881455 41881454
8 1 01 0 16065 16064
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s0
* /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s0 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 63 sectors/track
* 255 tracks/cylinder
* 16065 sectors/cylinder
* 2609 cylinders
* 2607 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
*
* Unallocated space:
* First Sector Last
* Sector Count Sector
* 0 16065 16064
*
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 16065 41865390 41881454
2 5 01 0 41881455 41881454
8 1 01 0 16065 16064
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk# installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s0
stage1 written to partition 0 sector 0 (abs 16065)
stage2 written to partition 0, 271 sectors starting at 50 (abs 16115)
root@opensolaris:/dev/dsk#
COMMENTS from Malachi&s Guide
I run the second format command and pick fdisk in my guide, so maybe due to that, there&s no error in my guide.
It appears that we were missing a step....
before doing the fmthard, you have to do fdisk on the new drive.
In my case, I did 'pfexec fdisk /dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s2', it complained, I said yes then everything was fine.
If you skip this step, you'll get:
fmthard: Partition 2 specifies the full disk and is not equal
and later:
"Partition 0 of the disk has an incorrect offset"
A couple things maybe worth mentioning. If you hotplug a SATA disk, and your controller supports hotswapping, you may still have to do cfgadm and check the state of the drive. (This happens on an nVidia 610i) If it's unconfigured just cfgadm -c configure SATA1/1 or whatever port it's on. Then you should be able to add it to the pool. The other advantage is it will give the address (c0t0d0 etc. of the new drive). This will not work for IDE, and I don't have any SCSI drives to try this with so I can't say if itworks the same way.
Also, I have been trying to figure out a way to find the IDE (SCSI?) disks other than using the format command. Yeah you can control C out of it but it just makes me nervous having to tell someone else to do that. Especially some of the Windows users, say the word format and they get all red nervous and itchy ;)
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Japan Society of Applied Physics Ueda Kinen Kouen (Ueda Symposium)
Went to Melparque (メルパルク) Hotel near Chikusa Station (Nagoya, JP) to listen for speeches by several professors on Japanese current and future technological education, MOS technological breakthrough by Prof. Sasaki (Tokyo University Emeritus Professor, currently at Toyota Institute of Technology), and blue light-emitting-diode (LED) by Prof. Akasaki (Nagoya University Emeritus Professor). My main reason to be there was to listen for Prof. Akasaki's speech, but Prof. Sasaki's speech was also impressive! He's a very friendly and down-to-earth guy too. I like him more than Prof. Akasaki.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Happy New Year 2010 from Fujikyu Highland Park
Spent the new year eve at Fujikyu Highland Park in Yamanashi Pefecture (near to Tokyo).
The following video says everything about my trip there:
The following video says everything about my trip there:
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
New Year Post Card
Time is ticking out... but have to write a few new year blessing card to several friends that I know. Haha... another last minute work for another year (seems like I'm doing last minute for this job for almost every year...) Haha :)
Hope everybody is blessed in the new coming "tiger" year... :)
Hope everybody is blessed in the new coming "tiger" year... :)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
What is Relationships?
TRUST
TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.
A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, "Public Utilities Board." There was silence. She repeated, "PUB." There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she Heard a lady's voice, "Oh, so this is PUB. Sorry, I got the number from my Husband's pocket but I do not know whose number it is."
Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just "hello" instead of "PUB".
NO POINTING FINGERS
A man asked his father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?"
The father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than
you."
We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves.
If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.
CREATING PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS?
A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested "I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable one." The SDU officer said, "Your requirements, please." "Oh, good looking, polite, humorous , sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my
leisure hour, if I don't go out. Telling me interesting stories when I need companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest." The officer listened carefully and replied, "I understand you need television."
There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wife and a deaf husband ,because the blind wife cannot see the faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunately, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up and discover that marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.
NO OVERPOWERING
Many relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another,or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character."
It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectation on changing the spouse character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness.
It would be less painful to change ourselves and lower our expectations..
RIGHT SPEECH
There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation." Many relationships break off because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other,we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party.
A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted,"Hi, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school." On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, "Luckily you married me.Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker." She answered ,"You should appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he will be the millionaire and not you."
Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.
PERSONAL PERCEPTION
Different people have different perception. One man's meat could be another man's poison. A couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way home,a boy commented, "Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey?"Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, "The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?" Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey.
Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, "How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman."
The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey. Then, they met a young man. He commented, "Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you." Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.
It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a na rrow bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell into the river. You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will be in the future.
Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear..
BE PATIENT
This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.
Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, " Daddy,I'm sorry about your truck." Then he asked, "but when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father went home & committed suicide.
Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or u wish to take revenge. Think first before u lose your patience with someone u love. Trucks can be repaired.. Broken bones & hurt feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.
People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.
p/s: Got this from a forwarded e-mail. Thanks to Dr. Sumathi for giving me this.
TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.
A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, "Public Utilities Board." There was silence. She repeated, "PUB." There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she Heard a lady's voice, "Oh, so this is PUB. Sorry, I got the number from my Husband's pocket but I do not know whose number it is."
Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just "hello" instead of "PUB".
NO POINTING FINGERS
A man asked his father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?"
The father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than
you."
We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves.
If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.
CREATING PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS?
A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested "I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable one." The SDU officer said, "Your requirements, please." "Oh, good looking, polite, humorous , sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my
leisure hour, if I don't go out. Telling me interesting stories when I need companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest." The officer listened carefully and replied, "I understand you need television."
There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wife and a deaf husband ,because the blind wife cannot see the faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunately, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up and discover that marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.
NO OVERPOWERING
Many relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another,or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character."
It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectation on changing the spouse character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness.
It would be less painful to change ourselves and lower our expectations..
RIGHT SPEECH
There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation." Many relationships break off because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other,we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party.
A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted,"Hi, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school." On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, "Luckily you married me.Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker." She answered ,"You should appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he will be the millionaire and not you."
Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.
PERSONAL PERCEPTION
Different people have different perception. One man's meat could be another man's poison. A couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way home,a boy commented, "Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey?"Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, "The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?" Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey.
Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, "How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman."
The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey. Then, they met a young man. He commented, "Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you." Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.
It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a na rrow bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell into the river. You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will be in the future.
Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear..
BE PATIENT
This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.
Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, " Daddy,I'm sorry about your truck." Then he asked, "but when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father went home & committed suicide.
Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or u wish to take revenge. Think first before u lose your patience with someone u love. Trucks can be repaired.. Broken bones & hurt feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.
People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.
p/s: Got this from a forwarded e-mail. Thanks to Dr. Sumathi for giving me this.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Nishino Kana - Dear (HQ)
PV 西野カナ Dear・・・ 高音質高画質
Wow, this MV is very inspiring... with the high tone in the voice, quick music, and a very good lyric. I think, they try to show that there is love among good friends and between boy/girl couples. They take both, and also the high-school girls highlighted in the MV, to obtain good sales among young Japanese. From what I saw on TV chart, this song is very phenomenal to young Japanese girls. People made this song as ring-tone for their cellphones.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Got 'em printed
Alhamdulillah, got all my Ph. D. dissertation printed yesterday. All to be 30 pieces of books, 8 with hard cover and the other 22 with soft cover.
All those dissertation will be sent to co-op tomorrow for book publishing.
I'm so thankful to Prof Egawa for allowing me to pay all the printing and book publishing fee using laboratory money. They all cost around JPY70,000 (RM2,800). Thanks to all kind guys at Egawa laboratory... you're (we're) the best!
Alhamdulillah (thank God)...
All those dissertation will be sent to co-op tomorrow for book publishing.
I'm so thankful to Prof Egawa for allowing me to pay all the printing and book publishing fee using laboratory money. They all cost around JPY70,000 (RM2,800). Thanks to all kind guys at Egawa laboratory... you're (we're) the best!
Alhamdulillah (thank God)...
