Wedding - Khanif + Shahidah

Early morning in office

My office tower. This is the place I am working now...

Early morning usually having less traffic than late hours.

My table

Other stations

One of the benefits from my office is I always can see sunrise from the windows. Nice.

Office

Took this shot from my office through my mobile phone.

This is my station. Still nothing on my desk beside two 24" monitor with a keyboard and mouse. Server is next to my feet so not in the view. Nothing there yet. Still thinking to catch up my work then only think what to do with my desk.

1st day in work.

Today is the 1st day working in new company. An Australian company specialize in seismic data processing. First day in work, I already prepare myself for the worst but I still feel some tough time to handle the job. This really can called it stepping out my comfort zone. Scripting, Linux system, seismic... It makes me really headache about it~ Hope can get better tomorrow...

Last day in the company

今天是在公司的最后一天，没有庆祝典礼，没有感谢的电话，我就这样地离开了。

Singapore

Photos taken using Samsung Galaxy S

无聊

选择

在繁忙的城市生活里，很少人会停下脚步去思考自己及未来。因为所谓的手停等于口停，上班的日子没有什么机会让你停下来。这几天呆在这里的却没什么事情干，由于有病在身也没有打算去哪里，所以每天都多出了很多时间在发呆。多出的时间让我思考了很多问题及看法。我问了自己一些问题，我问为什么我在这里？为什么我不在我的家人及我的爱人身边？他们需要我；当然的，我也需要他们，但是我却不在他们身边。家里需要人的时候，我不在。爱人需要我的时候，我不在。当我希望能见一些朋友的时候，我也不是那么方便。有些人告诉我，你去做工一个月，回来放假一个月，那已经补回了啊。但是其实你的问题已经有了答案，一年12个月里我失去了6个月的时间去陪伴我的家人及我的爱人。就好像你失去了人生一半的时间或者说你活少一半。往往没想到你失去了那么多。

也有人告诉我，你在那里做工工钱不错嘛,而且比陆地上的工作还高。无可否认，我的工作的却比陆地上的工作高了一些，但是其实也不相上下。例如当我两个月没做工在家的时候每个月拿着低薪千八块，你可以知道我是如何过日子。年底了，你们可以开开心心拿两个月花红再来起一个年薪，而我是什么也没有。算一算，那也不就是在你们年底拿的除去12个月所拿到的吗？何来比你高？我的工作只是容易存钱而已，而且我也有存钱的习惯，就此而已。虽然他们说做我这行都是很好赚的，对，没错，但是看来我的这种工作是例外吧。

我还留在这里，因为我想吸取多点经验，存多点钱。谁人不想陪在自己的家人，爱人及朋友身边呢？我想。只能盼望有更好的工作机会在前方等着我，能做的也只有这些。看到一些朋友因为工作而忙得不可开交，发现其实工作的世界里都是理亏的，我们纯粹以我们的劳力获取了金钱而已。但是往往付出的劳力跟得来的金钱不成正比，所以难免心中厌恶感会作祟。埋怨，投诉及讨厌因此而起，其实我们到底能做什么？我也不晓得。

写了很多，也是时候停了。

Alone

I will be leaving for work on today evening flight. Heading to Miri for two days training before I go to the work site at Bintulu. I heard that this trip is only a short hitch because they almost finish the well already. I not sure about it but let's see how is it goes, normally I doubt with their look ahead. Haha~

By the way, I took the photo above just outside my house before the raining. Damn nice clouds on the sky. I love the feel of the photo. Lonely. Hopefully I can still update my blog when I over there but hopefully my laziness won't overflow than my willing to write blog. I will try my best. See ya~

Wonderful December

Have a wonderful December before I leave... Although can't have a great Christmas night with Angeline but overall still ok. Thanks for Wai Leong accompany for that night~ Sigh, after 7 weeks of holiday makes me lazy, makes me don't know how to adapt back my working life. What can I do, actually nothing and face it. My friend at facebook told me just think about this is mean to earning money for wedding and milk powder money. It is quite true though. Have to earn some money before I reach my dream, damn no choice about it. Seen like I keep crapping before I leaving, dammit. Haha~

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Angeline help me took this photo. Nice, isn't it? I like my eye although it very small, wau~ Wahaha....

Leaving again....

Think that I have to leaving again. Once again for the job I doing now. One month off from here. Away from my love one, my family and my friends. I have to face this before I see any exit sign on the front. I have to keep it up but I know I didn't happy with it. This is life I think so. So called life. Leaving again put my social life on halt. And putting my blog update on halt. New location, new environment and new people AGAIN for this time. I'm tired with this cycle. Who can lend me your hand to put me up~ sorry for talking crap gain. Thanks for your time. See you again after one month. Goodbye.

I hate this kind of feeling...

When you wake up from your bed, the first thing you worry about is anyone message you or call you to go back for work. If you really got a call or a message, you need to leave your house for one month. You never know when is the call or the message will knock your door. So what you can do is just keep waiting for it. Waiting to be execute on the electric chair. Those feelings are not good at all. You are watching the clock ticking every second and check the phone frequently although it doesn't have any incoming phone calls or messages. What can I do with that? Nothing, definitely nothing can I do for that. Sigh~

Dik... Dok... Dik... Dok... My clock still ticking now...

Finally I got my table arrange properly. After I bought a wireless keyboard, mouse and a laptop cooler pad, seen like my table is more tidy up now. While my favourite IKEA photo frame is just sit in front of me. Great~ I love my table now... Hopefully can get a bigger table and a more comfortable chair to pair up my gears now. Day dreaming again...

Bintulu

Fall asleep just now while my TV and laptop are still on. Get up from the bed to switch them off. Looking at the clock now, just realize already pass 3am+ now. Sahur time for those Islamic followers while I still here updating my blog. Since that day I leaved my home, I travel to Miri and now stuck in Bintulu Hotel. Standby for go out offshore working.

That day traveled from Miri to Bintulu noticed a horrible car accident. A 4WD crash into another 4WD and role over few times and stuck at the road side with 45degree tilt. Front side almost totally gone. Seen like the impact is very great and high speed. The road without any lights and you only able to see the light from your car. It is possible to have such horrible accident. Hope no people is injure in that accident.

This is 3rd night staying at Bintulu. Nothing to do for whole day and only can access to internet and watching tv for whole day. While I'm damn boring, I'm thinking to order McD for my lunch and just remember there are no McD outlet in Bintulu area... No McD for lunch...

Afterward, I wish to drink coffee so first thing flashing in my mind sure is Starbucks. But where to find Starbucks here? In the end, no Starbucks or McD for me. Just can surfing for whole day.

Actually Bintulu just a small town only. Not much development having here. So it is not special to not have such outlet over here. Not critic over here but just miss my Starbucks a lot!

Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel + LCCT Taxi

Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel

Just back from Singapore yesterday night. In last week, I'm tired and tension with the training carry on. Luckily it is finish now. Hopefully don't send me to Miri again for another training. This time training, I stayed at the Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel located at the Marina Parade. Actually just beside the Paramount Hotel I used to stay at for my training. For this hotel, I think most of the facilities is better than Paramount Hotel especially their dinner buffet. Compare with the dinner buffet with their breakfast, their breakfast really lack of option and really not good at all. I think this is the only drawback for this hotel. Haha~ Nice...

LCCT Taxi

I'm disappointed with the LCCT Taxi, even more disappointed with the taxi driver fetched me back yesterday night. From what I remember for my last time using the LCCT Official Taxi services, it is not so bad like yesterday. Not organize at all and really can't compare with the KLIA taxi services. Even worst is the Taxi driver picking up me. When I tell him the destination I wish to go, he didn't say anything but after he start the journey then he said he can't remember how to go then he ask me to guide him to my house. You know what? That is from LCCT to my house. Sigh~ No choice since I already on the cab... Only one word I can say, disappointed.

a night at Kota Bahru

Before that, I never been to the Kota Bahru in my life. Due to my job at Kota Bahru last time, I had the opportunity to pay a visit at Kota Bahru first time at all. After I reached the airport, the driver took me to the town and checked in into one of the Hotel called Grand Riverview Hotel. Company let me stayed in one big room alone. Yeah~ The photo below is the view inside my hotel room.

The hotel is just beside the river but the river is quite dirty because the water is in brown colour. After I entered my room, I went out to the downtown to have a walk over there. Due to I don’t have any map on my hand so basically I’m walking blind throughout the town. I noticed there are plenty of gates around Kota Bahru. Those gates are just as you can see from the photo below.

This is another huge and tall gate around the town. If not mistaken, there is a museum behind the main gate. When I get there, the museum already closed. So I didn’t go inside to have some photos. Hehe~

I forgot what is this building already but it is quite beautiful in architecture terms. I love it~

This building is a food court and some stalls selling traditional souvenirs like key chain, T-shirt and etc. I found that most of the building design around Kota Bahru is full of traditional styles. It is quite interesting since I can’t see it frequently in KL area.

Kota Bahru is only a small town. Not much tall and big buildings like KL and the place let me feel peaceful walking on the streets. Not much people around the town although it is still on daylight. Compared to KL, I felt safe when I walking alone throughout the town. Haha~

But I found some interesting notice around the town which is like the photo below. Our dear Barisan Nasional party do a lot of advertisements on the development projects done by them. So they put a lot of notice like this on the wall of the buildings. Interesting, right? Hehe~

work work work

Have to go Miri on this evening. Not sure when will be coming back home although I got my return ticket on my hand. In this field, everything can be change in the split of the second but I have to accept it since it is my job.

Have to meet Singapore HR personnel in this trip to Miri. Don't know what to tell him yet. I think I should have some ideas before enter his room on tomorrow morning. Hopefully I can get back home after few days at Miri. Really don't wish to go to rig directly after met Uncle Lobo(my instructor).

The main purpose to go Miri is because I have to attend Uncle Lobo's class and being access by him to understand how is my performances and skills. So due to that reason, I need to prepare for plenty of his questions and tests paper to test me.

I need to study a lot due to that. Haha~ I thought I can run away from tests after my university life but who knows I still have to attend tests now. Hehe~ But I know I really can learn a lot from Uncle Lobo when I compare myself to other colleagues not yet meet Uncle Lobo. That is one of the advantage and let me feel more confident when doing my jobs.

Aiks, I starting to mumble again. Better make it short and continue packing my luggage. See ya~

2 weeks in Singapore

When I went to Singapore for training on last year September, my hand phone was spoiled before I enter the flight. But luckily I went to Singapore this time, my hand phone still in one piece. Due to that, I still able to take some photos in this trip. Actually I went to Singapore for a 2 weeks course prepared by my company. So in short, it is a business trip without much free time for me to relax.

I took the window seat when I on the way going to Singapore and that day weather is a great sunny day. I love the blue sky so much so I took a photo from the airplane’s window.

This is another photo showing the window in front of me. Really damn hot on that day.

I stayed at the same hotel opposite the Parkway Parade which is called Paramount Hotel. The hotel is quite ok for me since it near to the Parkway Parade and food court too. But this time, my breakfast and dinner was already prepared by the hotel so I no need eat at outside. Yeah~

This was my instructor for that 2 weeks, his name is Kyaw Min Htoo from Myanmar. He is a nice and funny guy. He already almost 19 years experience in our company. Good senior though.

Singaporean are much richer than average Malaysian, right? Expensive and luxury car can easy to spot out on the road. This was one of the expensive car I spotted it parking in front of my hotel. Nissan GT-R! I love this car, man.

Due to the course is Monday to Saturday in a week, it really made me so tension about it since I still have to do some test paper after this course. After a week over there, I really can’t hold on anymore so I took a bus from the hotel and head towards the downtown of Singapore on the weekend. Actually it is quite relaxing to spent some time by walking around Singapore at the night. But the main purpose I went there is because of the live performance at the Esplanade(Theatres on the bay).

I love their live performance over there. I heard that they always will be there for every Friday to Sunday. So maybe can catch up with them on my next visiting to Singapore. Due to I was attending a course in that period, so I not really enjoy for the two weeks time. Maybe I should visit Singapore again in personal but not business trip. Hopefully…

How you go to work?

How you all go to work every time? I think most of the people will travel by car, motorcycle, bus, KTM or LRT, right? It is so often to travel by those transportation to go to work. But due to my job requirement, I need to travel by airplane, boat and even helicopter. Ya, it is a true flying helicopter. In this trip, I no longer going to Miri but is Kota Bahru. And I go to the rig by helicopter type Sikorsky S-76, just like the photo below.

How is the feeling travel by helicopter? Firstly I really nervous when I preparing to board into the helicopter. When it want to start take off, it seen like playing video game. It is so fast and just take off like plane too. I'm very exciting since I just sit behind the pilot, so I can observed what the pilot did when taking off, so cool! My journey from Kota Bahru airport to the rig is almost spend half an hour so it is not so far. In the middle of the journey, we went through a cloud. And inside the cloud, it was raining on that time. So I almost can feel all those cloud pass by the helicopter. Nice experience for me. In the end, if anyone ask me how is helicopter ride? I sure will tell them it is damn nice but too noisy from the propeller and damn small cocpit... Haha~ I am looking forward to my second helicopter ride when I leaving this rig... still got 11 days to go...

Working in the Oil Industry...

When I on the rig, I received an email from my senior. I think that this is interesting so I copied it and posted it in my blog. Have fun and enjoy reading it.

Working in the Oil Industry...

When i try to explain to people exactly what I do in my job, its sometimes difficult to get them to understand. This may put it in a way that makes it easier to grasp.

We work in weird shifts...Just like prostitutes

We are paid to make the client happy...Just like prostitutes

The client pays a lot of money, but our employer keeps almost every penny...Just like prostitutes

We are rewarded for fulfilling the client's dreams...Just like prostitutes

Our old friends drift away and we end up hanging out with other people in the same profession as us...Just like prostitutes

When we have to meet the client we always have to be perfectly groomed...Just like prostitutes

But when we go back home it seems like we are coming back from hell...Just like prostitutes

The client always wants to pay less but expects incredible things from us...Just like prostitutes

When people ask us about our job, we have difficulties explaining what we do...Just like prostitutes

Everyday when we wake up, we say I'm NOT GOING TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE DOING THIS SHIT...Just like prostitutes

The only real difference is that prostitutes can take Christmas and New Year Eve off and they actually DO make a lot of Money!!!

If you know someone in the oil industry, please share this article with them so they don't feel bad anymore...Just like prostitutes

I'm back from offshore...

At last, I'm back from offshore last Friday.... Feel tired and miss my bed. hehe~ I found that I didn't update my blog long time already so I wrote this post. (My stupid streamyx very slow, seen like got problems already. Have to make complaint to TM tomorrow morning.)

Ok, back to my post... I am working at middle of the ocean and approximately 2hours plus boat ride to get there. My working place for this time is called "West Berani" and "Helang Phase Two". The West Berani looks like the pictures below.

Day Time

Night Time

One of my Phillipine's wellsite geologist took this with his Nikon D80. That night is full moon.

Working at there is an exciting experience for me since I won't be found that kind of job on land. I am working with peoples from almost 10 countries. We speak English or Malay over there. Most of the guy over there are very nice and friendly. My seniors treat me very well and teach me a lot of stuff, thanks man. They are very kind!

My shift is 12 hours shift per day, most of the time I took the shift from 6pm to 6am because I want to work at night. So actually I start working when sunset and going back my living quarter on sunrise. Here got 8 meals per day because our operations are running 24/7 so we will go to eat something at the midnight.

The galley open hours like below:

3.00-3.15am tea break

5.00-7.00am breakfast
9.00-9.15am tea break
11.00-1.00pm lunch
3.00-3.15pm tea break
5.00-7.00pm dinner
9.00-9.15pm tea break
11.00-1.00am supper

Not much entertainments over there but we can still watch TV, surfing Internet and making phone calls. Besides that, we can watch dolphin jumping around at the ocean and some birds flying around the rig. And the most entertaining activity is watching sunset and sunrise. The sunset and the sunrise are very beautiful. I never see such beautiful scenes in my life, it is really breathtaking.

Here are some photos taken by my new friend met at there. He is using Nikon D80 now. Hehe.

This is the photos I like the most, thanks Eric for taking such a good photos.

So I end this post at here and wish I can successfully post all the postpone posts after this. hehe~