• DAY 4 – MSTS – MENTAL TORTURE

    As I said in previous post, I always hate classrooms. Today, the training took place only in the classroom, to wrap up all the practicals we did the previous days in presentation slides. Ahhhh….

    Sleepy, sleepy me. Kelas Bahasa Melayu kat koleq yang diajar oleh Penolong Kanan HEM pun aku belasah tido, apatah lagi training ni.

    Anyway, we also had CPR training today, the only practical we did, for about half an hour. It was an excellent projection by the trainer. Now I know exactly what to do if a water accident happen.

    Learning aid. Dummies, of course.

    CPR. DRABC is the key!

    Spooky, isn’t it?

    This too. Spooooooookyyyyyyyy!!!!


  • DAY 2 – MSTS – FIRE AND WATER

    Registration started at 0830, and we gathered in groups an headed to different classes. Mine is classroom 3, with purple color code. Purple?

    Introduction and facility briefing received, we started the day with the pool. Same ‘ol, same ‘ol. It was good, but nowhere near fun. Training has never been fun for me, except the one I had in Phitsanulok, three years ago. Well, I guess it’s all depending on the trainer himself.

    We wrapped up the day with fire fighting and smoke house escape. Again, same ‘ol same ‘ol. CO2, dry powder, water, bla bla bla. To add pepper on the rotten pizza, the shine of the bright evening sun was burning deep into the skin. Humid and hot day, with fire and smoke training? They shouldn’t get along together, should they?

    Waiting for the shuttle. Look at the wall pewter art. Just brilliant.

    The training barge. Yup, it’s all in the barge, except the fire fighting yard.

    There’s no option but to have lunch in this silly restaurant. The food? Perhaps Royal Canine tastes better.

    Fire fighting. Guess who’s the clown in bottom right picture. Answer’s below.

    Yours truly. And the clown. Hahaha. No offense, dude!


  • DAY 1 – MSTS – ARRIVAL

    I left Kemaman at half past eight this morning with two other ELITE members. We’re going to the offshore training which takes place in Pasir Gudang. This will be my first time to reach Johore, officially. I knew I’ve been there, but I couldn’t remember anything. I was too small that time, perhaps.

    Our coordinator has booked a villa in Tanjung Puteri Golf Resort, here in Pasir Gudang. As we arrived, I completely lost my sanity. This is, by far, the biggest resort I’ve ever been. It’s probably much bigger than KSB, the place where I go to work everyday, where hundreds of oil and gas companies are stationed. It’s so huge, with three 18-hole golf courses and a 52-bay driving range, as well as an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Tennis courts, futsal arena, horse riding field, and even a football field, are available too. How amazing.

    We’ve checked ourselves in a villa called Mahligai. With 4 bedrooms, each with its own dedicated bathroom, this is luxurious, for me at least.

    Enjoy the pictures!

    PS: This is golfers’ heaven, surely. Family gathering is okay too, but nothing much to do here, as the villas are at the heart of the golf courses. Compared to this Tanjung Puteri Golf Resort, Awana Kijal is indeed, ‘cap ayam’. =)

    Exterior views of Mahligai.

    First floor, with exquisite view of the Plantation Course.

    The rooms. Mine is the bottom left. See my jacket?

    Ground floor. I personally like the split level dining/living.


  • HEADACHE

    Running nose. Bloody cough. Deadly headache.

    Aah, couldn’t get a better Sunday could I?


  • PRODUCTS OF AN OVERLOADED EMPLOYEE

    I’ve been with this new company for several months now, and things seem to pile up at a rather faster pace than I had anticipated. Moreover, there are things I’ve never imagined doing, had to be done. In no time.

    So I thought that I have to slow things down. I looked left and right, looking for something else I could do. And yet, the only things I found were an 0.8 Artline and an Emerson notebook.

    I left drawing for too long, I couldn’t even recall when. Oh whatever.

    With ‘Believe’ by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus on my iTunes, I started to draw.

    And here are the outcomes. Pretty good for an under-a-massive-pressure engineering employee, kan? =)

    I saw this once in Ungu’s Cinta Dalam Hati’s video clip. Not entirely the same though.

    This is me. Under pressure. Hahaha.