Sleepless Bus Journey

I used to feel proud of my ability to sleep for the whole bus journey from JB to A/S. It is a torture for some people who hardly sleep throughout the 10-12 hours bus journey from the south of Malaysia to the North of Malaysia. Having to stay in a space of less than 1m3, with limited leg space, sometimes bumpy bus is someone who stay and work far away from home need to experience. Some people that i know would try to cut down the frequency of going back home so as to avoid the needs of traveling long hour by bus.But this is not a fear factor for me and i have been traveling back home once a month for the past 11mths since i started working.

To add on to the suffering journey is the need to travel from Spore to Johor. Though it is only seperated by a bridge with Spore & Msia customs each at both end,you hardly imagine the time you need to spend to cross the bridge when there is a traffic jam. And it is very common, for you to spend one hour for the journey that only seperated <2km away. Time spend including the bus waiting time (unimaginable long queue), custom clearance (another unimaginable long queue) + 10min from JB custom to the larkin bus station.(a bus terminal for long and short journey bus). Everytime, whenever i reach the Larkin terminal, i will be drench wet because of sweating( not kidding..)

You might be wondering why i still prefer to travel back to my hometown from Johor instead of the hassel free journey by boarding the bus from spore?? One ( and used to be the major)factor is because of the cost of traveling back from Johor is much cheaper ( as of now traveling back from Johor cost me RM60 while traveling back from Spore will cost me SGD54). Going back frm Spore cost more than twice more expensive. The 2nd factor is that it motivate me to work harder, earn more money so that i can escape from this ran race society. I wonder how many of you ever think of the following:
1) How many hours have been wasted by all M'sian who travel through n forth between JB and Spore?----Everyday, there are more than 40,000 msian workers travel from JB to Spore. Considering each worker spend (2hr+2hr) through & forth, 40,000* 4hrs = 160,000hrs. (actual case the total would be much higher)
Do you know 160,000 hrs is equivalent to 18.3yrs? How many 18yrs do you have in your life??
I think now you know why i said it motivates me to work harder. It is because of the feeling: 1)I feel that im very lucky for not facing this trouble and 2) Everytime, i feel pity for those having to travel 4 hrs to work and feel angry at those who make this happen..both msia & spore goverment....no matter what is the reasons behind this heavy jam ( be it political or economic concern )both should look into solutions to expand or rebuild the super old bridge which is also a symbolic of the tie between the two countries. I do not know when can this happen, but i hope it can be in the shortest time possible. These 2 reasons push me and give me energy to achieve greater height in my life.

Now i realise that im out of topic...but im not as the moment i wrote about traveling frm spore to JB to board the bus...the fire burns in my heart....i think that's how i train emotion control capability ....no pain no gain .

I guess i will post another tread as i forsee it will be another long post in order to summarise what i had gone through in my mind while traveling back home last week.......

Another Lonely Weekend ---Hoya its' pondering time !!

Why i felt so lonely these day ? Is it one of the characteristic of Aries with the personality of Popular Sanguine and Powerful Choleric? May be these days,there are not much "fresh" things for me, as usual routine work, liasing with vendors to expedite the delivery of our packages, chased for documentation from our suppliers, updating equipment list bla bla bla....sound boring isnt it ? But this is the phase one need to go through at the end of the engineering phase waiting for the vessel to sail off and hopefully by then will receive my project completion bonus as a token of appreciation from the management to all the employees who stay loyal until the ship sail off.......this is my 1st ponder.

At this time round it is also the most critical time for all employees as it decides who will stay and who has to leave the company. Not not for me, the "little prawn" who just learned to swim in the ocean of the working world. But it worth to stop & think about the criterias that the management value most to determine who stay & who not staying. --------This is my 2nd ponder.

This is a cruel world,those who are chosen to stay will start thinking of negotiating for better salary/remuneration package while those who have to go will need to hunt for job. So, this is the most unstable stage in a company ( i think i need to explain that there are a few project phases namely : Conceptual > Bidding > Engineering > Construction > Commissioning > Production) ...u get to see new employees joining the construction team or commissioning team everyday...where it also means that someone from engineering department need to be relocated if there is a suitable position in the company else good luck to him.

So you get to see employees talking to phone during office hour apprently it is not about work as they tend to walk out of the office for phone call or will close their office door ( for those higher rank one )while talking to phone...i need to say that the higher rank you the more dangerous you will be at the end of the project. This has been the topic for us during our lunch time for the past 2 months and i believe this will still be the main topic for the coming few months. Peoples are trying to look around for job opportunity since company couldnt confirm whether they are going to stay or leave....so human nature to look for safety place to park themselves b4 it is too late start to take control. Why the management allow this unstable to happen ? How to avoid this unstable from happening ? (The ans lies on the number of new projects we will secure in the coming few months...but one thing to stress is that there is no need to have so many employees at the beginning of the project. It is only in the later stage where more people are required.) So, how to keep the people at this point of time ? -------This is my 3rd ponder.

My next concern is what next after this project ? -----My 4th ponder.
I will be meeting with the HR on coming Monday morning to discuss about the training program that im currently enrol. But sad to say,i know that nothing is laid out in the company plan yet at this moment. Seriously, i dont mind if they dont have any plan for me but provided im allow to choose for / decide what i want to do next. I have been thinking of this for some time. And now i think i know what i need so that after the training program (now is the 11th month of the 2 yrs program) i have equipped myself with sufficient knowledge + experiences to negotiate for better remuneration package/ career path for myself. It is related to my 1st ponder of how to increase my own value, it applies to my current company and also to other companies in the same field. For the past 11th months i have many chances working with engineers from various back ground ( (1)pure design type, (2)those with offshore or sailing experiences )and i discover that it is very important to have offshore / sailing experience ( experience to operate the equipment / systems of vessel ) for someone who will be doing design of the system and buying the packages on for the vessel. Now that i come to appreciate the experience of those who have sailing / offshore experiences as it comes in handy to decide / justify the quantity & type of equipments we are buying ( apart from fulfilling the international/ local regulation). When come across a problem, those who have working experience on board the vessel can imagine ( there is a clear picture of the location of the equipments, thus the estimated quantity, type of equipment etc) in a split of sec .But i didnt say that the 11th months working in office is a waste of time as i come to appreciate the need of working offshore/ on board the vessel after i gone through the engineering drawing which sometime i really couldnt understand even after a few attempts. But from the drawings and specification i learn to what to pay attention to when dealing with certain equipments. So i believe i can quickly recall the drawings that i have seen before next time when i come across it onboard the vessel. It is like going through the questions 1st b4 reading the long comprehension.
But will i have the chance to go offshore ? What am i going to do next ? All will come to know after Monday discussion with the HR in-charged. The discussion is just the beginning , there are still long long way to go ...but atleast i take the 1st step to approach the HR..Cheers n i will need to start planing for meeting on Monday morning..LOL!! Finally something fresh come to my mind ya...by the way tomorrow still will go to company to settle some stuffs as i promissed to send to my lead on Monday...Bo pian , sendiri cari punya pasal. LOL!!

WhAt Am I DoInG aT tHiS TiMe StIlL HaVeN Go 2 BeD??

Woke up 2 hours ago n now still couldnt feel the need to go to bed...mati liao la tomorrow need to go to work le....Hopefully by writing donw something boring then it makes me easy to go to bed...haha sorry to those who read my blog ya..

I felt so lonely, so "free" this weekend....though i am down with flu since thursday, i insist to go to work n go out to hang around during weekend & now i am still struggling with my running nose. Sight! This is the ending of
" Bu ting quen gao de hai zi" means someone that never listen to advice to rest when feel unhealthy...

But i am who i am.

Hm..Sat, i spent whole day with peipei hanging around in friends' house n her sister's house...Nothing to do, so after lunch at 130pm at Kou Fu foodcourt, we went to Giant n then JP to shop..at the same time to digest the food that we had....we were so full. To me the GSS ( Great Singapore Sales ) is not something attractive as i dont shop ....or i only shop when i have in my mind what to buy..typical men habit...Oya indeed i went shopping is partially because i like to observe human behavior..Opps dont think "yang bukan bukan"...really i am interested to watch how people communicate with each other be it with their friends, bf or gf, how parents treat their chil n in return how their chil treat their parents...you can see them all in a shopping center.

So hang around the shops hanging , 50%, 40% ,30% discount (min 2 pieces), the word min 2 pieces usually will be written 10 times smaller than the Discount...u wont notice until u get close enough to the tag...This is what i hate most !!

Hm,the num of peo flocking to JP is just like normal...Amazing we spent about 3 hours in JP n headed to B. Batok to Pei's sister house. The time we reach B Batok, it was already 5pm. So, hanging in Pei's sister house for about 45 mins we then went to had our "dinner" ...haha early dinner bcause at 7pm Pei's sis going to fly to Aus for vacation...but i know it will not be the only " dinner " i will have on that day...After the "dinner" we visited Min Chunn & Sze Wei's house also at B Batok....their apartment seems ok la...acceptable condition ...

ayo feel sleep liao...so i think i achieve what i want lo...feel sleepy finally..so 88 ...haha dont want to write down all the slack things that happen this weekend