New Job, new life, no life...

My friend hav been complaining about me not blogging.
But i really got lots to post. Back lot to the days right after i complete my degree to nw that i jus returned from my convocation.

But hav been real busy once i came back.
Guess those can wait untill i got long long time then post ba. Recent post is shorter, i hope... lol

For those who dun know, i hav started working with London Offshore Consultants Pte Ltd (LOC). As a Naval Architect by name but Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) by appointment. I guessed its kinda crazy for me to take up the job, as i really do not hav much experience on these things. Initially tot there will be lotsa paper work in the office so there are chances to read up, learn the ropes, as i do the paper work before i really set out to carry surveys. But it is really not the case. Been reading guidelines and Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) manuals. They are part and parcel of the work we do. Initially i spent two days reading them n quickly got bored, as i am not really a reader... I took 6mths to read "The Client" by John Grisham, and i think i am still struggling to finish one book in my bag, "The way of the rat" by Joep P.M. (I was targeting to finish it in my 18day trip in UK, n i jus passed the 120 pg mark... 50 more pages to go. lol) See my reading speed now? Guess many people out there must be saying i should b ashamed of myself. N i am. lol but well, thats jus me. Though i know i really need to buckle up! Working in a english culture working environment n my griblish will not get me far...

Well back to my two days of reading, on the third day, i managed to land myself in some projects to reading. So that i could understand wat a MWS is really doing. So Kent, my "lao da", who is our senior, passed me a job that he is handling. There are some calculations and some procedure. Basically we are reviewing the cals n vetting the procedures. They must comply to our clients standards or rather our standards. Thats where the guildlines come in. So i was pretty excited reading those stuffs, at the same time picking up my PPE which are the helmets, coveralls, blah blah, blah. Our receptionist, Katerine, who also turn out to be my godmother coz she says i machiam her son. lol, was telling me... 'people take one week to finish reading, n u wanna go out le huh?' Well, i told her i am more then happy to be out in a job rather then readin n readin. Then she gave me the 'are u sure' look. I now i understand wat she meant...

Day 3 evening, while chatting to a colleague jus before knock off, i landed myself in a job - To follow a ext surveyor for a suitability survey of a tug n barge. Sounds interesting to me, since i got to travel out. So after Kent agreed, i was busy getting the info that i need n zoom, out i go to get myself the safety boots i need for the job.

Day 4, met up with Bobby for the survey. It was a long day. After waitin almost 1hr for the barge to settle down, we were on the barge doing our job. Bobby is a exp survey n knows exactly wat to do. Follow him around, even entering all ten tanks on the barge! Despite the morning news of two death due to confine space entry. Some more the gas-free test is pretty 'bo' standard one... Was pretty worried initially. But luckily its a very new barge (built 2007), even though the test showed safe entry, we still took precautions by sniffing the air over the tank opening and quick visual checks of the tanks before entry. Its was tiring, climbing in n out of all ten tanks. Esp when the man-hole diameter were jus about the size of my waist. lol. But it was a good exp. Picked up some knowledge when around. :)

Next we went to Jur Port for the tug inspection, after a lunch treat by the contractors. :D *free lunch* The tug was much older n more serious inspections have to be observed. After a good 2hr inspection, we were ready to go. Time is 4pm, so i guessed i should return office instead. As i wanted to request to Kent to follow who ever surveyor for the load-out tml. Reached the office, i changed to my ARSENAL polo i got from UK. lol more details on the trip next time. Got myself into deep soup as the "ang mos" were very offended to see me in an ARSENAL polo. lol. Tot i could pick up some comrades. :P but it was cool, my other director saw me in it n got a whole lot of "ang mos" and told me i really shouldnt be wearing ARSENAL tees around. We were all joking about footballs stuffs in the office.

Later i got to know that actually football in UK were pretty much a traditional or religious stuff! Not like now where people buy players or jus stick to their fav teams. They kinda born to the team. So if u are born a arsenal or liverpool , u will hav to stick with it, by religion and by faith. So most of them here pretty much stick to different teams. So i guessed i should not bring up the subject again if not kanna again. lol

Well, after the jokes are done, back to work. Managed to get hold of the guy going out for the job. The job was scheduled to start at 1100. We planned to reach there at 1000 to prepare for entry and to be there before the commencement of the job. Which means no need to go work at 9am coz its at Jur Port. Happy! But the happiness was short lived... Turn out the vessel was delayed. nabe... (Pls pardon me, such words come out at times. lol) Well, vessel delay was common these days. But it changed to 5pm... OMG... that means late night completion. Sianz... Guessed it wouldnt be nice to turn it away as it wouldnt be very nice to my colleague. So guessed i will hav to go by hock or by croak loh. Some more cannot claim OT... T_T Dun know can get off-in-lieu or not. See how tml loh, talk to my boss.

Late liao got to wake up early go office tml. I shall sign off here...

Nightz